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

Chapter 456 Say something quickly

That night, Yu Dawei got up to use the restroom and suddenly noticed that the light was still on in Shao Mingxue's room. The light shone through the narrow crack in the door and onto the wooden floor of the living room.

Yu Dawei initially wanted to quietly knock on the other person's door and go in to comfort the girl, but then he thought that some things she had to face on her own, so he ultimately chose to silently return to his own room.

The next day, Yu Dawei gave his three children the day off and took them to the hospital. He then drove to a machinery rental market in Chuncheng to see if there were any vehicles for sale that caught his eye.

After going around in circles, Yu Dawei returned to the hospital, but the result was not ideal. The doctor bluntly told Shao Mingxue to be prepared that her father might not wake up.

She also reminded Yu Dawei to help find her relatives as soon as possible, probably because she was worried about any unexpected situations that might arise with the patient later.

After returning home, Yu Dawei was busy making lunch. The three children sat on the sofa and saw that Shao Mingxue looked listless. Agui and Duan Xiaowu were too embarrassed to turn on the TV.

Before long, the girl recovered and was laughing carefree again, turning on the TV to watch "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" together.

Yu Dawei assumed it was just a girl's temper, but after the meal, he saw the girl holding an envelope full of notes, taking out many notes written by Shao Gang and looking at them over and over again.

He knew that the child was genuinely worried about his father this time.

"Xiaoxue, you have to trust your father. He's so good to you, how could he possibly let you live a lonely life?" Yu Dawei took off his apron and sat down on the sofa next to Shao Mingxue, his tone unusually gentle.

"Actually, it's nothing." Shao Mingxue felt Yu Dawei's concerned gaze, raised her head and said nonchalantly, "Over the years, my dad has been leaving home every day before I'm fully awake and only coming home after I've fallen asleep. Even though we live in the same house, I never see him."

"Uncle Yu, what's the difference between this and my own life?" The girl leaned back on the sofa and smiled faintly. "I'm thinking, if my dad really never wakes up, it's not a big deal. At worst, I'll just drop out of school, find a job, and make sure I don't starve."

"It's just a change from going to school to working. The only thing I have to do more than before is to go to the hospital to take care of my father every day."

Yu Dawei smiled without saying a word. Children's ideas are always so naive. Only when they grow up and experience more things will they understand how childish and foolish their past ideas were.

"Duan Xiaowu and Agui went back to their room for a nap. You should rest for a while too." Yu Dawei didn't dwell on the previous topic.

"Okay, why don't you come in and get some sleep too?" Shao Mingxue casually tossed the envelope and note on the coffee table, got up, and went into the master bedroom.

Yu Dawei silently reached out, picked up the scattered slips of paper on the coffee table, and casually flipped through them.

"Girl, it's raining today, remember to bring an umbrella when you go out. I've cooked millet porridge and eggs for breakfast."

"Daughter, Dad will be back a little late tonight. There's cash in the safe, take it yourself, and buy whatever you want to eat or buy."

"Honey, I can't make it to the parent-teacher conference today. I'm sorry. Breakfast is in the pot. I'll make it up to you this weekend when you have the weekend off."

These notes all look very new, probably from the last few months. Judging from the contents, this guy is a workaholic.

It seems like she gets up very early every day, not just for work, but also to prepare breakfast for the children.

Yu Dawei felt somewhat ashamed about this; let alone not being able to do it, he was already being lenient by not eating the breakfast his son prepared.

When Yu Muyu was in junior high school, he would make his own breakfast every morning. He would often turn leftover rice into fried rice with eggs, and he would make extra rice while frying it, so that he could also bring out the portions for his elderly parents and mother.

People are afraid of comparison, and after this comparison, Yu Dawei realized just how inadequate he was as a father.

He stuffed the note back into the envelope, turned around, and went back to his room to take a nap.

Another day passed before the hydraulic pump parts arrived. Yu Dawei immediately took the three kids to the secondhand market to install the hydraulic pump.

The installation of a hydraulic pump is relatively complicated. First, all the parts must be cleaned. Then, the pump body and distribution plate are installed and slowly installed into the pump body.

It didn't take long. Under Yu Dawei's command, Duan Xiaowu and Agui quickly finished the job, and then they found an excavator to move the hydraulic pump up.

After the hydraulic pump was installed, Yu Dawei tested the vehicle again, and the previous problem of the boom and forearm feeling weak and powerless was gone.

However, Yu Dawei is a detail-oriented person, so he changed the hydraulic oil again and test drove it again. This time, there were no problems at all.

The car was fixed, and since there was nothing else to do in the afternoon, Yu Dawei took the children to the children's park in Kunming. Watching the three children run around happily in the distance, Yu Dawei just smiled and chose a spacious bench to sit on.

It's rare to see him so relaxed.

Given the current situation, it's highly likely that Shao Gang won't wake up. If that's the case, then Yu Dawei doesn't need to stay here any longer.

Yesterday, Shao Mingxue spent half the day rummaging through drawers and cabinets looking for phone numbers, but she couldn't find her two aunts' contact information. She guessed they probably lived in a town or village.

In fact, some people in Hohhot live in the mountains. Although they are called towns, they are surrounded by mountains or plains and there is not much transportation or communication.

So Yu Dawei now had a few more options. He could give the remaining 100,000 yuan to the child, take the car himself, and leave Shao Mingxue to fend for herself.

However, if this situation continues, it is indeed possible that the child will drop out of school and start working.

Furthermore, even if you take the child away yourself, it will take a lot of effort to get adoption certificates from the other party, as well as transfer schools, etc.

The Caterpillar excavator couldn't be moved around carelessly; it also had to take care of its brother, who was in a vegetative state.

Yu Dawei is not a saint, so he is certain that he would never do such a thing.

Therefore, the optimal solution is to give the child 100,000 yuan, have him take the excavator away, and then provide the girl with some financial assistance every month to at least ensure that she reaches adulthood smoothly.

If I can get into university, I will; if I can't, we'll see what happens then.

As for dropping out of school to work, Yu Dawei would not let this girl make such a hasty decision about her life.

Having formed a rough plan in mind, Yu Dawei intended to have a proper talk with the girl before leaving in the next couple of days.

Just one day before Yu Dawei was about to leave and confront Shao Mingxue, the hospital suddenly notified him that Shao Gang showed signs of waking up.

Yu Dawei quickly drove the three children to the hospital. When they arrived at the bedside, they found that the other person's fingers and eyelids were twitching slightly, indicating that he was indeed waking up.

Perhaps if we wait a little longer, we'll wake up soon.

But this wait lasted a whole night and a day. It wasn't until after 10 a.m. the next day that the guy's eyelids twitched occasionally, which meant that he really wanted to wake up.

The doctor repeatedly reminded Shao Mingxue to sit by the bedside and communicate with her father as much as possible, letting her loved one's voice surround him.

Perhaps it's true that the father and daughter don't have much interaction on a daily basis, especially in the past three years, as Shao Mingxue's father has become increasingly busy, leaving Shao Mingxue with even less to talk about with him.

In the end, all he could do was silently hold his father's hand and occasionally whisper "Dad" in his ear.

"Are you hungry? I'll go out and get you something to eat." Yu Dawei hadn't slept much last night, and he groggily got up and glanced at the group.

Duan Xiaowu was already asleep. He even complained that the stool was too hard, so he took the bed of a patient who had just been discharged from the hospital next door and was sleeping soundly.

Ah Gui remained silent throughout, showing no signs of sleepiness. He simply sat quietly beside Shao Mingxue's bed, his gaze occasionally drifting to Shao Gang and then back to Shao Mingxue, his little head seemingly lost in thought.

But when he heard that his master was going out to buy something, he also stood up and looked at his master: "Should I go too?"

"You don't need to. You can stay here with Xiaoxue." Yu Dawei sighed softly, turned around, and quietly walked out.

The saddest thing in life is giving someone hope, only to have them do a complete 180-degree turn, leaving you utterly disappointed.

There are many fast food restaurants across from the hospital. Taking advantage of the fact that no one was around, Yu Dawei got four boxed meals as soon as the food was ready.

When he returned to the ward, he saw Shao Mingxue, Duan Xiaowu, and Agui standing nervously by the bed, their three pairs of eyes fixed on Shao Gang on the bed.

When Yu Dawei went over to take a look, he saw that the other person was not only tightly gripping his daughter's hands, but also had her eyelids twitching rapidly, as if she might wake up at any moment.

"Dad! Dad! Wake up, Dad!" Shao Mingxue was also gripping her father's hand tightly with great anxiety. She stared intently at her father's extremely pale face and shouted desperately.

The female doctor in charge of Shao Gang outside the door seemed to have been informed of the situation by the nurse, and rushed in from outside without regard for anything else.

"Calm down, don't speak too loudly, just enough for him to hear." The female doctor glanced at Shao Mingxue, "Tell him something that will stimulate him, whether it's happy or sad, it's fine."

Upon hearing this, Shao Mingxue's mind went blank. Without thinking, she quickly said to her father, "Dad, I've been doing very well lately. I'm eating well, sleeping well, and I've even gained some weight since you left."

The female doctor stood aside, looking at the girl with a dark expression. "Is it that you want your father to leave without any worries?"

"Let's talk about something else, girl. Let's talk about your school life." The female doctor stood beside Yu Dawei and spoke to Shao Mingxue across from her.

"Go to school?" Shao Mingxue was taken aback, then looked down at her father. "Dad, my grades improved last semester. I went from second to last in the class to fourth to last. My homeroom teacher even praised me."

Female doctor: "..."

The child's studies... His father woke up and suggested that he find a tutoring class for the girl.

(End of this chapter)