In 1992, a small village owner became the richest man in the village by owning a car.

Chapter 432 Giving the Elderly an Explanation: The Design of the House

Uncle Ji used to cook for the oil equipment factory, and Yu Dawei had tasted the food there, so it was naturally excellent.

That old man not only knows how to cook communal meals, but he also makes stir-fries separately for the factory director.

According to Lao Ji, his father used to cook in the army when he was young. He was a well-known chopping master in the army, and his knife skills were absolutely amazing!
Although I'm not an expert at stir-frying, I've learned quite a bit from those who are in charge of cooking.

Upon hearing about Uncle Ji's impressive background, Yu Dawei immediately hired him and even arranged for him to work as a doorman.

Just like at the equipment factory, one person receives two salaries.

Two days later, Yu Dawei personally picked up Uncle Ji and brought him to the repair shop. As soon as Uncle Ji arrived, he gave his son a good scolding, all about cooking.

After all, he, as the father, is a natural cook, yet he still makes the people in the factory suffer from poor food conditions. This is a dereliction of duty in management.

Old Man Ji could tell that Boss Xiao was intentionally grooming his son. He was almost forty years old; it was truly rare for someone to have such an opportunity in life.

Yu Dawei also saw the old man's disappointment and gave him a few words of advice. He then explained some of the daily work to the old man in detail.

For his accommodation, Yu Dawei arranged for the old man to sleep in a shared bed at the very back of the dormitory.

This location was a previously separated room, originally used to store daily necessities. The west door is to the right of the person lying on the kang (a heated brick bed).

Normally, people would just open the west gate to get things like laundry detergent, which was more convenient than going through the dormitory.

Grandpa Ji prefers quiet places, and seeing that this room even has a kang (heated brick bed), he decided to sleep here.

Moreover, this place is right next to the warehouse, and the door faces the side door of the warehouse directly. Nowadays, a lot of maintenance equipment brought back from the oil city equipment factory is inside.

Grandpa Ji said it would be convenient for him to sleep here and keep an eye on things.

In the end, Yu Dawei could only nod and ask someone to help tidy up the surrounding clutter.

Having resolved the optimization issues at the factory, Yu Dawei felt he had nothing to worry about anymore. The next day, he drove away from the factory and returned to his village.

With nothing much going on lately, he plans to go back to his village and get some rest.

Ever since returning from Shenzhen, he had been dealing with various matters while feeling exhausted. Now, he finally has time to spend with his wife and children in a cozy home.

After returning home, Dad and Mom inevitably asked about Dafeng's recent situation. She had been staying at the factory for more than a week, almost two weeks. Mom, in particular, was worried that her young daughter wasn't eating or sleeping well outside.

While having dinner with the old man, Yu Dawei rolled his eyes in exasperation.

He was Da Feng's own brother; who would suffer? He couldn't possibly let his own sister suffer.
Although the place I lived in was a room partitioned off from a prefabricated steel warehouse, it was still about 20 or 30 square meters. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a single room, would it?
Not only were the windows fixed and the lights installed, but Yu Dawei also got a standing fan for his sister, just in case she got too hot in the summer.

A layer of insulation board was specially installed on the roof and around the perimeter to prevent cold in winter and heat in summer.

He's a pretty good older brother, isn't he? He didn't let his sister suffer, did he?
He had already planned it all out: in winter, he would put a small stove in his sister's little room so it wouldn't be too warm at night.

When Zhang Yunqin heard her eldest son say this, she immediately beamed with joy and kept praising Yu Dawei, saying that he was acting like a good older brother and knew how to take care of his younger sister.

She even compared him to Yu Dawei from the past, which made my mother even happier.

My mother, who usually doesn't like to burn incense or worship Guanyin, couldn't resist going to the inner room to burn incense.

The old man was also very happy. He went to the inner room and brought out his treasured wine. The previous Jiannanchun wine had been finished before the Spring Festival last year.

This time, the old man was using a wine bottle to preserve the strong liquor that his great-uncle used to drink. However, the old man was not very willing to drink it. Knowing that Yu Dawei was fond of this kind of liquor, he only accompanied him for two cups.

Not everyone can accept such strong liquor; at least the old man couldn't.

During dinner, something else happened that surprised Yu Dawei.

That's Er Yan and A Gui. After finishing their meal, they would lie down on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) and do math problems or something.

Agui can understand Dawei, after all, he is a natural learner, he not only learns things quickly, but he is also very diligent in his studies.

But as for the Second Yan...

"What's going on with these two, honey?" Yu Dawei swayed as he quietly asked Han Jingfan, who was standing next to him.

"The exams are coming up soon, starting on July 2nd or 3rd. It's not just those two; all the kids in the village who come to study recently are really taking it seriously." Han Jingfan smiled and whispered to Yu Dawei, telling him the news in a low voice.

Yu Dawei raised an eyebrow; so that's how it is.

It seems the time for the primary school to junior high school entrance exam is approaching. Agui is not worried about Dawei, but he is a little worried about Eryan.

Although this girl got into university, it seems she was at the bottom of the class in terms of grades.

However, Yu Dawei didn't think about it too much.

After that, he discussed the renovation of the front yard with the old man.

The house construction should have started in May, but Dafeng had to go to the hospital, there were problems with the factory's parts, and Dafeng couldn't find a job, so in the end, Yu Dawei was forced to go to the south.

However, the trip to Shenzhen wasn't too bad. While the gains weren't overwhelming, they were decent enough. Just those two old Jiefang trucks alone could easily fetch tens of thousands of yuan each, and that's without Yu Dawei putting any effort into refurbishing them.

Since it's for my own use, whether it's refurbished or not doesn't matter.

If it were to be sold, a little refurbishment and some modifications to the old Jiefang model would likely increase its value considerably.

In addition to the two trucks, there are also parts distribution rights.

Ye Qian doesn't seem like a good person, but he's not the kind of person who doesn't keep his word either. Everyone has a side that's both good and evil, and Yu Dawei understands this very well.

Even if Boss Ye Qian is not the best, he would not become the godson of some old lady. Just for this reason, the other party's impression score in Yu Dawei's mind skyrocketed.

Although the other party had told Yu Dawei in advance that they wouldn't be too involved in the import and export of parts and components, and that everything would have to be arranged by Yu Dawei himself.

But Yu Dawei was still very satisfied because the price was low, and the offer was very low.

Secondly, the market in Northeast China is not favored by other regions, so I have more freedom than regional agents in the South.

With the support of someone like Boss Liang, who has friends everywhere, the parts business might actually take off in the future.

But Yu Dawei wasn't sure what would happen; he was just taking a chance, no matter what.

Besides that, there was the courtyard where his second uncle had asked him to manage, a matter that Yu Dawei didn't tell anyone when he returned to the village.

His main concern was that if the older generation found out, they would encourage the younger generation to go out and make their own way in the world.

Yu Dawei knew all too well that it was tough to get by outside. Just from Erdan's experience, you could see that at this point in the 1990s, while order existed, it wasn't quite perfect.

Besides, most of their generation are married now, and some even have two children.

Take, for example, the Yu family who raise horses, the Yu family who raise horses, and even Yu Dazhi, who runs a small shop and was always thought to be impotent, now has a wife who is pregnant.

Where can you go to reason with this guy? On his way back, Yu Dawei passed by the convenience store and mocked the guy quite a bit.

He got married earlier than me and we never had children. I thought he was impotent.

"How do you plan to build the house?" The old man looked up at Yu Dawei.

“My yard is so big, I can build whatever I want,” Yu Dawei blurted out, then leaned against the windowsill, feeling dizzy.

Upon hearing this, Old Master Yu's face darkened: "Are you getting cocky again? You think you can build however you want? Who's going to live in the whole yard if you build houses? Besides, have you thought about whether you'll live in the village forever?"

It's no wonder that Old Nian was angry. This kid really got cocky after he got a little bit of ability. Building a house in the village is no small matter. How people live there and how many people live there are all important things.

He has always been a believer in feng shui and has always understood that if a house is too big, there will be problems if there are too few people and the house cannot be properly managed. This is by no means a trivial matter.

After being lectured by the old man, Yu Dawei immediately sobered up a bit and chuckled twice to ease the awkwardness.

He then used his chopsticks to pick up a piece of cold tofu strips for the old man before explaining, "Dad, our village is definitely a feng shui treasure land. If one day it gets demolished like in Beijing, we can still make a lot of money."

"That's quite a dream," Old Yu rolled his eyes.

Seeing that the old man was not buying it, Yu Dawei explained, "Besides, I'm not building all houses. Xiao Fan likes to raise chickens and ducks, so I plan to build a chicken coop, a duck coop, and a larger pigsty in the yard."

"You're right about the house, as long as it's big enough." Yu Dawei turned to his wife, "What do you think, honey?"

"Mm." Han Jingfan nodded quietly.

She had seen Yu Dawei draw the house sketch back in May, and he had carefully explained it to her.

The whole yard will be enclosed by a pigsty, which will be quite large. The chicken coop and duck coop combined will be about the same size as the pigsty.

In fact, Han Jingfan didn't understand either; if it got too big, she wouldn't be able to handle it.

However, what Dawei meant was that it's better to get it out first, and you can adjust the size as needed. If you make it too small, it will be troublesome to change it later.

Moreover, Han Jingfan saw from the sketch that Yu Dawei had also built a vegetable greenhouse in the garden. It wasn't large, but it was quite an innovative idea.

Han Jingfan had never grown greenhouse vegetables before, but after hearing Yu Dawei's words, the genes for farming that belonged to the Chinese people in her bones were awakened.

She's still quite looking forward to the vegetable greenhouse that Dawei mentioned.

The house itself wasn't very big; it was a standard three-room brick house with a door in the middle, dividing it into four rooms.

The rooms in the southeast and southwest are bedrooms. There is a passageway in the middle of the rooms. The room in the northeast is the kitchen, with a main stove, a boiler room, and a place to store firewood. The room in the northwest is a storage room.

There are doors at the front and back, and in summer, the cross breeze flows through the corridor from north to south, so it won't get too hot.

Actually, Yu Dawei still felt some regret about this house design.

(End of this chapter)