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

Chapter 461 A repair accident occurred at Fanfan's Repair Shop!

But since it was ultimately a matter between the brothers, Yu Dawei didn't say much.

On the other side of the oilfield expressway, Sun Shunli had finished his work for the year. After all, construction work couldn't continue once winter arrived. Like Yao Jinfu, Sun Shunli planned to go back to his hometown for a while.

Yu Dawei agreed and also talked to the other party about tomorrow's salary. Sun Shunli is considered a skilled worker, and he hasn't caused any trouble for him in the past six months. He will definitely get a raise next year.

Sun Shunli was naturally very happy to hear the news, but in fact he already felt that he was doing very well. He could earn 1,500 yuan a month, which was much more comfortable than farming in the countryside in 1994.

Finally, Huang Man's side, with the completion of the village road construction project, Huang Man is also preparing to go home to see his mother.

Having been away for almost a year, Huang Man was already missing his mother. Now that he had nothing to do, he wanted to go home to see her immediately.

Yu Dawei personally gave Huang Man a long vacation, telling him to come back after the New Year. This way, he could rest for three months from December to March and spend more time with Huang's mother.

As for the rotary excavator, Yu Dawei sold it at a low price before Huang Man left, for a total of 40,000 yuan.

There's nothing we can do about this wheeled excavator; it's just a Komatsu PW40 shell. Everything inside was haphazardly installed by his eldest apprentice back then.

But this is already a good deal.

After all, Yu Dawei only spent 8,000 yuan to get the car back. Now, he has not only made money with it for nearly two years, but he can also sell it for 40,000 yuan. Yu Dawei is very satisfied.

However, Huang Man's stubborn temper flared up because Yu Dawei sold the wheeled excavator, and he had a fight with Yu Dawei. Perhaps he had grown attached to the machine after using it for a long time, or perhaps he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to operate the excavator without the wheeled excavator.

Yu Dawei promised him that there would definitely be excavators operating when he returned next year.

Moreover, he was busy from September until November, collecting broken excavators, refurbishing them, and reselling them. He currently has two excavators on hand for sale.

There's no shortage of excavators or anything like that.

Actually, it's not just the rotary excavators that are going to be sold; Yu Dawei also plans to sell the old Hitachi machines and replace them all later.

Axe also said that the old Hitachi truck he's currently driving might need a major overhaul, otherwise the machine will likely break down next year, a point that coincides with Yu Dawei's.

When Yu Dawei saw Huang Man off, he kept reminding him to make sure he brought back a small excavator, or a bigger one if he could, since he would definitely come back next year anyway.

Yu Dawei reluctantly nodded in agreement.

The reason Huang Man came to Northeast China was because of his cousin, who is now the head of the Eighth Bureau, General Manager Huang. The other party had no choice but to send the boy to Yu Dawei to learn technology.

As a result, after Huang Man got involved with the excavator, it was as if something inside him had awakened, especially since he had caused an engineering accident due to improper operation.

Huang Man, after much painful reflection, practiced day and night, which is how he developed his current skill.

After seeing Huang Man off, Yu Dawei called Huang's mother and transferred the 200,000 yuan he owed her to her.

Originally, Yu Dawei intended to give Huang Ma some interest, but after hearing this, Huang Ma scolded him severely, leaving Yu Dawei with no choice but to be flexible.

Huang Man was asked to take back some wild fungus, wild mushrooms, hazelnuts, and two small ginseng roots that he had picked from the mountains.

These things were arranged by Yu Dawei through intermediaries, as a way of expressing his gratitude to Huang Ma.

As the end of December approached, Yu Dawei began to reorganize the accounts, as it involved the year-end bonus distribution to everyone, which required careful calculation and ensuring sufficient funds.

After A-Gui and Duan Xiaowu started school in September, Yu Dawei acquired a total of three refurbished cars. He sold one and made 60,000 yuan, but the other two remained unsold.

The commission from car maintenance, plus the income from Fanfan Repair Shop for September, October, and November, totaled approximately 150,000 yuan.

During the peak season for wilderness rescue, they contributed a lot of effort. Moreover, because of the wilderness rescue, many locals in the surrounding area also learned about Fanfan Repair Shop in Luhe Town, which can be considered a second form of publicity.

Fanfan Repair Shop refurbished six cars in total, earning nearly 80,000 yuan.

Although it was profitable, it didn't quite adapt to the local conditions in Luhe Town, and the later returns weren't great.

The total income over these three months, roughly calculated, is around thirty.

However, Yu Dawei spent quite a bit of it.

The acquisition and modification of the two used vans cost Yu Dawei 80,000 yuan.

Both vans are in 80-90% new condition. They can be driven right away without major repairs. The only thing that needs to be done is to modify the interior to make them suitable for storing equipment during field rescue operations.

On average, each van cost over 40,000 yuan, which Yu Dawei felt was well worth it. In the past two months, Yu Dawei also sent Biao Ge and Zhao Zi to Shenzhen to buy two truckloads of parts, which cost a total of 80,000 yuan.

After deducting the 200,000 yuan returned to Huang Ma, and then deducting workers' wages and various expenses, let's take into account the following:

Yu Dawei has barely saved up any of his income from the past three months, but fortunately, his previous income had already reached 47 or 48.

After deducting previous expenses, Yu Dawei's earnings in 1994 still amount to 420,000.

"Girl, calculate the year-end bonus for each mechanic in the repair shop carefully, and then calculate the driver's bonus."

Yu Dawei was frowning as he helped Da Feng sort out the accounts. Because the amounts involved were too complicated, the two of them had been calculating since the afternoon, and it was making his head spin.

"Hmm." Da Feng nodded slightly and continued to work diligently.

While sorting through the accounts today, Da Feng realized just how wealthy her elder brother was! Excluding all other miscellaneous items, he currently had a total of 420,000 yuan in cash on hand.

What does this mean? I estimate that a family of four could live comfortably without doing anything all their lives, just by earning interest from bank deposits.

Even without depositing interest, just by carrying money out like in the countryside, you wouldn't need to do anything else for a year.

My brother has only been in Luhe Town for a few years? Less than two years? And he's already a millionaire. I reckon if you add up his other assets, he must have at least a million.

Just thinking about it made Yu Fengguang's heart pound uncontrollably, and a sense of disconnect from reality began to grow in her mind.

It's like having a classmate who's been in the bottom of the class for three years of junior high, but in the last semester of junior high, they catch up on all the knowledge in just two months and even get the top score in the grade on the final exam!

Actually, that's not a big deal. The key point is that compared to myself, who used to consider myself an "average student," this level of superiority is completely indescribable.

Yu Feng once thought that even if she married just anyone, her life would probably be better than her older brother's.

After all, with such an unreliable man in the family, how can anything be done well?

Now Yu Feng is genuinely apologizing to Yu Dawei. All I can say is that if his older brother didn't work hard, he could easily leave a nobody like me far behind.

“It’s going to be tough to sell those two excavators in the oil city right now. And I’m also planning to take that old Hitachi in the yard to the oil city to sell. I’ll try to get two better used excavators before the end of the year.” Yu Dawei said, picking up his cup and taking a sip of water.

Yu Dawei thought to himself that if he sold these three cars, he could make at least thirty or forty more yuan from his initial investment plus the profit.

There is also the remaining balance of 100,000 yuan for the mechanical maintenance of the Eighth Bureau.

I think getting two decent excavators shouldn't be a problem.

"The repair shop currently has six senior repairmen, four junior repairmen, and about ten apprentices. The profit sharing for the repairmen is easy to calculate, but what about the apprentices?" Da Feng suddenly asked.

“According to the rules, there’s definitely no pay during the probationary period. Let’s give them a red envelope at the end of the year,” Yu Dawei said after a moment of thought.

Just then, a scream suddenly came from outside.

Startled, Yu Dawei jumped in fright, quickly put on his shoes, and rushed out of the small house.

When Yu Dawei arrived at the scene, he saw a repairman who had just been promoted from apprentice to technician lying on the ground with his arms crossed, his body covered in crimson stains against the white snow.

"What happened!" Yu Dawei stared intently at the young man's right hand, where a large, bloody gash was gushing blood. "Quickly grab the first-aid kit! Stop the bleeding first! Get the car here, let's go to the town clinic!"

Just then, Lao Ji ran out of the dormitory, carrying a cardboard box full of medicines that his brothers usually took when they were sick, as well as some gauze, plasters for bruises and sprains, and so on.

"Old Ji, what happened!" Yu Dawei asked while busy stopping the bleeding.

Old Ji was also in a daze. He saw that Xiao Li had fallen and hurt himself, so he rushed into the house to get gauze and other things. Finally, he looked at Zhao Hua, who was in the same group, and asked, "What happened!"

"Well, it just snowed. Xiao Li fell from in front of the bulldozer, and his arm must have been scraped there." Zhao Hua was also extremely nervous. He had gone to repair the air conditioner outdoor unit when the accident happened and hadn't seen it at all!
"Alright, hurry up and get him to the health center!" Yu Dawei carefully picked him up, put him in the little red car, and then took Lao Ji to the town health center.

Mi Yao happened to be on duty today. She was startled when she saw Yu Dawei carrying in a man whose right arm was covered in blood. She quickly took him to the infirmary to treat his wound.

Unfortunately, the injured arm had a 20-centimeter-long gash that was deep enough to expose the bone, requiring surgical stitches. The clinic could only provide a simple bandage to at least reduce the bleeding.

Yu Dawei was extremely anxious. Even though he had reduced the bleeding, it was still happening! If it continued like this, would the person even survive?!

Helpless, Yu Dawei could only drive Xiao Li straight to the county's big hospital, where Mi Yao said that the county was fully capable of performing suturing surgery for this kind of external injury!
Yu Dawei dared not hesitate and almost floored the accelerator, cutting the 20-30 minute journey in half!
Finally, just before Xiao Li was about to go into shock, he was taken to the county hospital for treatment.

(End of this chapter)