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

Chapter 492 The Crisis in Yu Dawei's Heart
After dinner, Yu Dawei walked home with a furrowed brow. In 1998, Northeast China would experience continuous rainfall starting from the end of May, and for more than a month to come, the sky would be overcast.

In June and July, China began to face floods, with people in the south being the first to succumb, followed by those in the north.

Yu Dawei had actually been on guard about this matter since the end of last year.

Because in my previous life, Sui City also experienced flooding, and the flood was no smaller than that in other places.

Sui City and Youcheng are both in dire straits. Youcheng is a low-lying area, so the consequences of a severe flood are unimaginable.

Sui City is alright, except that it has two main rivers on both sides, one is the Songhua River system and the other is the Hulan River system.

As a result, during the floods, these two rivers were the two that caused the most trouble. In order to block the riverbanks, countless manpower and resources were used up back then.

The Luhe River, which is part of the Hulan River system, also suffered a significant disaster.

If Yu Dawei remembers correctly, in his previous life, he was in the Hetao area northeast of Luhe Town, where he was the first to breach the dike and release floodwaters, which then spread to various villages.

In addition, most houses in Northeast China are made of rammed earth, which is basically mud. Due to years of neglect, some houses have been washed away.

The three provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning all experienced floods of varying degrees that year.

Yu Dawei's personal abilities are limited, and he can't manage too much, but at least he has to make sure that the river behind the Yu family doesn't flood, and then he can consider the river north of the town.

“It’s early March now, so I can put everything else on hold for now.” Yu Dawei knew very well that he could never go against the will of Heaven.

When a great disaster strikes, no matter how capable you are at making money, it will all be in vain.

It would be better to tighten our grip and protect our existing assets.

The walls of Yu Dawei's Fanfan Repair Shop are all made of mud. If the flood is like it was in his previous life, his yard probably won't survive. Right now, the walls need to be repaired.

In addition, some sand will be transported by truck, filled into bags, and used to block the flood outlet.

There's still a lot of work to be done regarding flood prevention. Yu Dawei needs to go home and discuss it with his wife; she'll need to requisition his little red car.

That's right, the little red Fiat is now Han Jingfan's daily mode of transportation, while Yu Dawei has finally gotten his wish and bought a second-hand off-road jeep.

As for why it's secondhand, new ones are too expensive. The Cherokee he drives would cost at least 130,000 to 150,000 yuan if it were new, but a secondhand one can be had for around 70,000 to 80,000 yuan.

And it doesn't require much maintenance, just simple upkeep.

Yu Dawei is still a long way from being a moderately wealthy man like his second uncle. He can only say that he is living a better life than the people in the village and a little better than the people in the county town.

"Honey, I'm home." Yu Dawei glanced around the inner and outer rooms, then looked somewhat blankly at Han Jingfan, who was writing something at the table. "Where's our son?"

"He went out to play with Tie Zhuzi and ran away right after we finished eating," Han Jingfan sighed.

"These two lads." Yu Dawei shook his head and took off his coat, hanging it on the hanger.

Tiezhuzi is the son of Old Liu's family in the north of the village. He was sent to the village when he was young and has always been taken care of by his grandmother.

His mother disliked his family for being poor and ran away not long after giving birth. As for his father, Yu Dawei remembered that Tiezhuzi's father was an alcoholic and not well-liked in the village.

After his wife ran away, he ran away with her. As for where he went to work or whether he will come back, it's hard to say.

Anyway, it's been several years, and no one in the village has seen Tiezhuzi's father.

So this child is quite pitiful. The mud-brick house he lives in is similar to the mud-brick house that Yu Dawei's family used to live in, and it could collapse at any time.

Because of this family situation, Tie Zhu is a pitifully sensible child. When people come to play with his son, even if it's mealtime, he won't eat. He'll just wait outside quietly until Xiao Muyu finishes eating before they play together.

Despite his grandmother's frugal lifestyle, she was very sensible. Yu Dawei once gave the Liu family half a bag of grain, but it was returned by Tiezhuzi's grandmother.

She kept saying that she could still support Tiezhu and himself, and that they hadn't reached the point of desperation.

At this point, Yu Dawei felt even more respect for the old lady, and also had many feelings.

Actually, Tiezhuzi and Yu Muyu were very good friends in their past lives. They were like kids who were about the same age in the whole village when they were young. I only have a very close relationship with you, and we get along very well.

Their relationship was so close that once Yu Muyu wanted to go to his maternal grandmother's house to play. As soon as he told Tiezhuzi, Tiezhuzi took out a sled he had made at home without saying a word, and then pulled Yu Muyu to his maternal grandmother's house.

At that time, the two brothers were only six and a half years old, not even seven. Fortunately, the two villages were not far apart, but in the previous life, they had scared Han Jingfan half to death, almost making him lose his soul.

Later, Yu Dawei only heard about this from Han Jingfan after returning from working in the oil city. He was so angry that he found a thick wooden stick in the yard and whipped Yu Muyu's buttocks, making him cry on and off for three days.

Ever since then, the kid has been especially afraid of him, and it wasn't until he was almost graduating from high school that his fear of his father lessened considerably. "Hey? I heard from Tiezhu that his grandma seems to be sick, and I'm thinking of going to see her in the next couple of days." Han Jingfan suddenly remembered this and stopped what she was doing, turning to look at Yu Dawei.

"Go and see, it's not easy for the old lady to take care of her grandson all by herself." Yu Dawei moved a stool over, sat down next to Han Jingfan, reached out and pulled him onto his lap, wrapping his arms around the other's slender waist.

How's Damin doing?

"What can I do? He's already lying on the kang (heated brick bed) and still thinking about planting watermelons. He's practically obsessed." Yu Dawei shook his head speechlessly. "Later, I had no choice but to let him postpone planting for a year and let him plant the land I've been working on for the past two years."

"If you understand how to plant it, split the profits 50/50; if you don't understand, forget it. It's a good opportunity to test the quality of that piece of land."

Two years ago, Xiaobai suddenly contacted Yu Dawei one day, wanting Yu Dawei to help him get a piece of land. It didn't need to be too big, but it just needed to be quiet and open enough.

At that time, Xiaobai actually had the idea of ​​leaving the Eighth Bureau. He was probably tired of all the messy things and just wanted to live alone.

Yu Dawei agreed to help him take a look first, and told him not to rush. He was so young, he could at least find a wife and have a child before talking about living a secluded life in the mountains.

Then Yu Dawei remembered a place that had been reclaimed before 2000. Anyone belonging to the town there could cultivate the land.

This decision was not made in every place; it was merely a local measure to improve people's lives at that time.

Yu Dawei immediately put down his work and headed straight for Yakecheng, a remote county-level city in the northern part of the Greater Khingan Mountains.

After confirming that such a benefit did indeed exist there, Yu Dawei began to discuss it with Xiaobai. The two of them immediately decided to go to that place to do pioneering work at all costs.

Then came the negotiations with the government. After three rounds of persistent and gentle persuasion, they finally obtained the land reclamation rights. However, the two men had to help Yak City with its local construction work, and each person could not reclaim more than 500 mu of land.

In other words, it's about finding ways to attract projects and businesses.

After that, Xiaobai did all the investment promotion work, while Yu Dawei just stood by and cheered him on.

Now, almost two years have passed, and the land is nearing its reclamation limit.

Yu Dawei was pondering whether to rent the land or hire someone to grow it for the first year next year, but now that Yu Damin was so obsessed with growing watermelons, he might as well go with the flow.

In fact, for Dawei, the cost of land reclamation is very low, requiring only manpower and machinery, which is also what Dawei is responsible for.

As for Xiaobai, he might have to put in more effort for the idyllic rural life he dreams of, such as attracting investment, providing for the management staff's basic needs, and overseeing the land reclamation process, etc.

However, he was quite experienced in this kind of thing, so Yu Dawei wasn't worried.

Not long after this incident began, Huang Fengcang, the current head of the Eighth Bureau, called him and berated him harshly.

After all, the day after Xiaobai signed the land contract, he resigned from his job, and then the big boss discovered that you, Yu Dawei, were also involved.

Well, that's enough said. It must have been you who caused this trouble.

Actually, everything else is fine, but Xiaobai is, after all, his friend's only son. Now that he doesn't even have a girlfriend, is it appropriate for him to go to the mountains to live a quiet life?

This could wipe out the Bai family line! How could Huang Fengcang not be angry? This was just adding insult to injury for Bai Hanting and his wife.

Yu Dawei had no choice but to repeatedly promise that he would ensure Xiaobai had a partner within three years and would never let Xiaobai hide away in a corner.

Finally, this matter was put to rest.

"By the way, honey, I need to borrow the little red car from home in a couple of days," Yu Dawei said, hugging her.

"Sure, I don't go out much anyway. At most, I'll drive to town to see Sister Yao Yao or visit my parents." Ever since Yu Dawei had a falling out with his in-laws, Han Jingfan would choose to go back and visit them alone whenever she had free time.

"Okay, then it's settled."

Yu Dawei brought the little red car back to the factory mainly so that he could later have Fuzi help him with flood relief work.

He went to the oil city to help Taozi with flood control and disaster relief at the equipment factory, while Yu Dawei led his brothers to guard their home.

This is roughly the current line of thinking.

After resting at home for two days, Yu Dawei began preparing for flood control efforts.

Time quickly jumped from March to May, and some farmers who had been farming all year round finally realized that something was wrong with the weather when it came time to sow seeds in the spring.

(End of this chapter)