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

Chapter 493 It's Going to Rain
It started to drizzle occasionally in early April, but not frequently. In the Northeast, there were also occasional sleet showers.

The farmers were quite happy, after all, spring rain is like butter, and it is very precious.

Many farmers are at home sprouting corn and talking about how this year is sure to be a bumper harvest, given the abundant rainfall!

Those corns must grow incredibly tall!
But the farmers' smiles soon faded, because the rains in May started to fall more frequently and heavily!

The cash register often says that not only is there a lot of rainfall in the north, but there is also heavy rainfall in the south.

The seeds, freshly sown on the ground, are barely the length of a thumb, yet they are already beginning to endure wind and rain.

At Yu Damin's home.

After two months of rest, Yu Damin has recovered a lot and, with the help of crutches, is able to get out of bed and do some work.

He's a restless person. In fact, he had started trying to cultivate the garden a while ago, but it aggravated his wound, so he had to stay in bed.

Now he is focused on improving his health, and the family still has some savings. Even if he does nothing for a year, his family will not starve.

But when he occasionally had a moment to stand at the door and look at the overcast sky, he would find himself unable to calm down for a long time.

I never expected that so-called expert would actually be so damn accurate!
"Why don't you spend your time comforting the child? What are you doing standing here all the time?" His wife came out from behind him carrying a winnowing basket, her eyes glancing at Yu Damin with a hint of reproach.

During this period, she took care of everything at home by herself, big and small. Although she knew that her husband needed to rest, she was still a little uncomfortable.

Fortunately, my mother-in-law isn't as troublesome as other mothers-in-law. She's been helping me manage the household, and things haven't gone wrong lately.

"Do we need to coax the kids? Just let them play by themselves, as long as they don't go swimming in the river." Yu Damin said nonchalantly, and he shared the same thoughts as Yu Dawei when it came to disciplining the children.

Unrestrained and unbridled growth.

"And you still dare to talk! Sanluzi went to the Hetao region with his older brothers a couple of days ago! You don't even care about it!" The old woman couldn't help but roll her eyes and complain.

Sanluzi is Yu Damin's son. As for his two older brothers, they are Xiaoming and Xiaolong, who were bullied by the Third Team of Lijiatun.

"That brat, wait till I get here and I'll teach him a lesson!" Yu Damin was furious upon hearing this.

With the frequent rains these days, the water level in the Hetao region has risen sharply. These kids going there to play is practically asking for trouble!
"Sigh, with this rain this year, the crops are bound to be flooded. Dawei is really something, knowing this in advance. I didn't believe it before." Yu Damin's wife poured the corn husks from the winnowing basket into the silk bag by the door, her tone wistful: "Seeing that you've stopped farming and even rented out our land, I thought you'd gone mad."

"Hmph! Now you know how foresightful your husband is, right? How prescient I was..." Yu Damin paused here, a hint of lingering fear in his voice.

If you actually believe the old man selling watermelon seeds in town and plant watermelons on a large scale this year, with this amount of rainfall, even if it continues for a month, all those watermelons will be completely ruined.

"Hmph! You're just patting yourself on the back. It's because Yu Dawei is so amazing," Yu Damin's wife retorted.

"What you said is true. If I didn't have such a good brother, I would probably be crying for my parents after losing money this year."

However, everything was still beyond Damin's expectations; the rain was far more than just a matter of the next month.

One day in late May, the Yangtze River began to overflow in some areas of the basin, but fortunately, it was under control and no large-scale disaster occurred.

But it was still raining until early June, and there were relatively fewer sunny days.

May used to have months of clear skies, but those days seem to be gone forever; June is now mostly just light drizzle.

Meanwhile, Yu Dawei was discussing countermeasures with Duan Dahai.

As early as April or May, Yu Dawei began using transport trucks to transport sand and soil. All the sand and soil transported to Luhe was placed on the easternmost piece of wasteland that no one usually went there.

Yu Dawei refurbished two excavators in the first half of the year, and he took them both to dig sand and soil. The place was not far from Luhe Town. Further south, there was a wasteland full of sand, soil, and stones.

"Sigh, at this rate of rain, it's only a matter of time before the Hetao region floods." Duan Dahai stared at the map of Sui City, especially the area around Luhe Town, with a hint of worry in his eyes.

His hometown, Chuhua Village, isn't far from the Hetao region. If a major flood were to occur, all the men, women, and children in the village would suffer.

When Yu Dawei told him about the floods this year, he didn't believe it at all. You see, the weather in February and March was perfect, with sunshine every day. In April, there were only a few rain showers, but everyone knows that spring rain is as precious as oil.

Unfortunately, things developed too quickly.

When Duan Dahai went to Fanfan's repair shop, he saw that Yu Dawei had replaced the entire perimeter wall of the yard with bricks and cement. He even chuckled and laughed at his brother Dawei. Now, he can't laugh anymore.

Fortunately, he sensed something was wrong last month and started tearing down the original mud wall, copying Yu Dawei's approach and building a brick-concrete wall around it.

In this case, if a major flood occurs, simply placing flood control sandbags at the main entrance will minimize the factory's losses.

“We have more than 20 truckloads of sand now, which should be enough to deal with the floods in our town and the floodwaters in the river bends below.” Yu Dawei rested his hands on the table and pointed to a tributary next to Sui City. “The problem is that we can’t hold the river upstream. If we can’t stop the floods from the top, the villages near our town will also be affected.”

"Don't worry, I've already spoken to the authorities. The town leaders said they've reported it to the city, and with signs of flooding already appearing in the south, they'll definitely take this matter seriously," Duan Dahai analyzed logically.

Yu Dawei nodded subconsciously; Duan Ge's analysis did indeed make sense.

The most important thing right now is to take care of yourself. Yu Dawei raised his head and said, "Tomorrow I'll bring people to fill the bags with sand. Brother Duan, you still need to pay attention to the flour mill area. The terrain here is as low as mine, so water might flow back in."

"Understood. Lao Liang has already helped me clear out some of the flour and rice in my inventory at a discount. Like you, I'll try not to produce in large quantities during July and August, just defend and not attack." Duan Dahai smiled at Yu Dawei.

He didn't know when it started, but he completely believed Yu Dawei's words that the flood would be released this year. Even the people in the factory, including Director Yu, thought they were crazy, but he was absolutely certain!
Perhaps it was because they saw Yu Dawei actively preparing, or perhaps it was because of their long-standing friendship and tacit understanding.

Or perhaps it's because a real fire broke out at the flour mill the year before last.

The fire was huge, but it only burned down the toilet and smoking room. It was because an old employee had a habit of not putting out his cigarette. Fortunately, it didn't cause much damage.

But for some reason, even though it was just a fire in a toilet and a smoking room, Duan Dahai felt a strange sense of relief after that day.

He thought about it and realized that it must be because he had often heard Yu Dawei and Director Xu repeatedly emphasizing safety issues to him over the past two years.

I thought Yu Dawei was already quite concerned about the safety of the flour mill.

Unexpectedly, Director Yu is a true safety fanatic. He basically checks every morning meeting to see if anyone has brought matches or lighters. The morning meeting is also a safety briefing, which is repeated over and over again, firmly imprinting fire prevention in the minds of the employees!
Duan Dahai finally understood why no accidents had happened when Director Yu was in charge of the old flour mill – it was all thanks to the strict adherence to rules and regulations.

"By the way, Dawei, your second apprentice wants to bring some classmates from the south to work with you on car repairs during the summer vacation. He asked me to ask you if it's okay. If not, he won't bring them," Duan Dahai added. "None of his classmates from the south are in the mechanical field, so they want to come to you to broaden their horizons."

“Sure, I’m fine with this. Let them come and help us with the flood control.” Yu Dawei grinned, not expecting to have free labor coming his way.

"Then I'll take that as a yes. I'll give this kid a call later," Duan Dahai replied, then put the map away again.

The times are developing rapidly, especially in communication technology. In the past two years, mobile phones have been updated and iterated very quickly. Various models of Nokia and Motorola mobile phones have begun to enter the field of vision of ordinary people, and some small business owners can finally afford to buy a mobile phone.

A mobile phone that used to cost tens of thousands of yuan now only costs two or three thousand yuan, and if it's second-hand, you can probably buy it for less than a thousand yuan.

Duan Dahai bought a second-hand one for his own son. He bought it for his eldest son on his own initiative, mainly because his mother missed him too much. Once he went to school, she wouldn't see him for several months at a time.

Yu Dawei then spoke a few more words to Brother Duan before turning around and leaving for Fanfan's repair shop.

Fanfan Repair Shop currently has fewer than fifty employees, but not all of them are in the town; some are in the oil city area.

Yu Dawei now manages Fanfan Repair Shop very little, essentially acting as a hands-off manager.

Everything was in perfect order, and the reason why it was managed so well was inseparable from Yu Feng.

Over the years, Yu Feng has grown rapidly. He learned a lot of parts business skills from Boss Liang, and with the help of Yu Dawei, he began to participate in the management of Fanfan Repair Shop's inflows and outflows, various daily operations, and finally the management of the entire Fanfan Repair Shop.

Of course, although he is in charge of overall coordination, his position is the same as Lao Ji's.

However, now Lao Ji is only responsible for maintenance and management, leaving all the troublesome things to Yu Feng.

(End of this chapter)