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

Chapter 495 Are you sure you want to get married?
As the sun broke through the clouds, golden light bathed the earth, and the once-in-a-century flood finally passed.

Yu Dawei's Fanfan Repair Shop and the old Luhe Flour Mill were even praised by the authorities for this.

At the critical moment of flood control in Suishi, they led people and supplies to carry out rescue and disaster relief. Now that the flour mill and repair shop have received official endorsement, their development in Suishi should be even smoother going forward.

In the latter half of 1998, after completing disaster relief efforts, Yu Dawei accompanied Xiaobai to reclaim wasteland in Yakecheng.

Each of the two people owns 500 mu of land, and in about two more months, they should be able to cultivate it all.

The act of reclaiming wasteland for farming was not because Yu Dawei was neglecting his duties, but rather as an alternative investment.

According to Yu Dawei's next plan, before Xiao Muyu graduates from elementary school, he will go back to the oil city and gradually reclaim the dignity, wealth, and personality that he lost in his previous life!
His goal after his rebirth was clear: unlike other reborn individuals, he would not stand at the top of the world and stir up trouble. He felt that even though he was a reborn individual, he could not compare with those who stood at the top of the pyramid, whether in terms of intelligence, emotional intelligence, or anything else.

He could see this from his second uncle. He realized that he was not the kind of person who would achieve great things. In this life, he could see himself more clearly than in the previous one, but he could strive in that direction.

Just like I once told my father, I will strive to make the special machinery business bigger and stronger.

His first step in Luhe Town has been solid and well-established.

Now all he needs to do is accumulate strength, form a fleet of engineering vehicles and a fleet of transport vehicles, and continuously build up initial wealth for Fanfan Repair Shop and parts until he reaches the level he expects. Then he can take the second step and realize his ambitions in the oil city!
He plans to re-establish his presence in the oil city, quietly developing his strength, and finally, at the right moment, complete his transformation with the oil city as the center.

If everything goes smoothly, he might be able to sit on equal footing with someone of his second uncle's caliber.

To break through to that level, it's not enough to just accumulate wealth; connections and status are also indispensable.

With my aunt's help, my second uncle will soon be able to complete that transformation.

The two got married last year. When Yu Dawei attended the wedding, all the bigwigs from the oil city were there. It was then that Yu Dawei understood what the so-called hierarchy meant.

The reclamation of the wasteland in Yake City was barely completed in the last few days of October, with each party managing to cultivate 500 mu (approximately 33 hectares) of land.

However, because the land in Yak City froze early, the agricultural machinery used for digging the land often broke down and couldn't work.

Fortunately, we had Yu Dawei, a master mechanic, who fixed things, repaired them, repaired them, and then fixed them again... We barely managed to get the land clearing work done in the last month.

Xiao Bai hasn't been home for a long time. He plans to hitch a ride with Yu Dawei back to his hometown, go to Youcheng, and then transfer to another bus to go home.

Yu Dawei went back to his hometown and told Yu Damin in the village about planting watermelons next spring, asking him to prepare watermelon seeds.

He's willing to grow watermelons, so let him plant a thousand acres of watermelons!
After Xiaobai learned that Yu Dawei was going to plant watermelons on his 500 mu of land, he unexpectedly joined in the fun. Yu Dawei thought to himself, if Damin knew that there was a thousand mu of land waiting for him to plant, he would be so scared that he would faint on the spot.

There's no way to finish planting them all!
Yu Dawei's 500 mu of land can be considered his "backup battery". If he doesn't do well in the second step of his life and loses everything in the oil city, he can still take care of his wife and children for the rest of his life by renting out these 500 mu of land.

Of course, in addition to this, if you need a large amount of funds due to special circumstances, you can also make flexible use of this land.

Rent it for one year, five years, or ten years; it all depends on how much money he urgently needs.

The only pity is that, in such a vast country as China, only Yake City and Dawei were able to catch up with the policy of reclaiming wasteland and turning it into their own farmland, and even then, it only lasted for a few years.

By 2000, this policy was completely withdrawn, and such a good thing has not happened since.

In the future, there may even be a wave of reforestation programs.

Yu Dawei took Xiaobai to the train station before returning to Yujiatun from the oil city.

Upon returning, he immediately went to find Yu Damin. When Yu Damin heard that there was a thousand acres of land to cultivate, he was so "happy" that he almost fainted.

However, Yu Dawei stopped caring about what happened after that; it was up to Yu Damin to decide how to do it and how to plant it.

When Dawei returned home and took his wife and children to the backyard, he unexpectedly met his aunt from his own clan.

"Dawei's back! When did you get back?" The old lady's eyes lit up when she saw Yu Dawei, but the old man next to her, Yu Chen, just glanced at Yu Dawei and continued to watch the Errenzhuan (a type of folk performance) on TV.

"Just got back, Auntie, is there some good news? You can't stop smiling." Yu Dawei grinned, pulled a stool from beside the stove, and let his wife sit down first.

He sat down on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) next to him, and told the little brat to find a place to sit himself.

Before Yu Dawei arrived, there were four elderly people in the house: his mother Zhang Yunqin, his father Yu Laonian, his uncle, and his aunt.

Er Yan is currently learning hairdressing at a technical school. Before the Lunar New Year, Yu Dawei asked his father to contact his aunt as soon as possible so that Er Yan could be sent there after she finished her studies.

It wasn't that Yu Dawei disliked his second sister; it was just that a wonderful marriage was waiting for her in Hohhot, but it might mean that his aunt would have to endure some hardship again.

Old Man Yu didn't understand Yu Dawei's suggestion at all, thinking that Yu Dawei was unwilling to help Er Yan, so he nodded in agreement. Yu Dawei didn't know what to say about it, so he let the old man misunderstand.

"That kid has a sharp eye." Although the old lady was talking about Yu Dawei, the smile in her eyes didn't diminish. "Your younger brother Dafu is getting married, so I came to tell you."

Yu was startled, his eyes widening instantly.

Oh right, he almost forgot that in his previous life, back in 1998, his uncle and aunt's youngest son, who was also his cousin, got married at the end of the year.

However, the wedding did not go very smoothly.

Yu Dafu's girlfriend is the daughter of a steel tycoon in the oil city. She owns two steel mills in the city and has some cooperation with his second uncle.

Needless to say, the elderly couple's family was in dire straits. On the wedding day, the second uncle suddenly had something come up and couldn't attend. When the bride's family saw that all the people who came were just country bumpkins from the village, they immediately became very displeased.

He was present when this happened; he and Yu Dafu were both working under his second uncle.

It was only later that I learned that my second uncle had a bridge repair job, and someone on site jumped off the bridge after failing to get his wages.

My second uncle later found out that one of his contractors owed migrant workers wages. He was so angry that he had someone beat the bastard up and stripped him naked that night, then threw him out into the street.

He came from the countryside, so he cared about migrant workers to some extent. Even the food that the project department canteen prepared for the migrant workers would occasionally include some meat.

My second uncle has always tried his best to give migrant workers more benefits, so naturally he won't tolerate a contractor who drives people to their deaths.

Later, I heard that my eldest sister and brother-in-law's family were wronged at the wedding, and my second uncle took people to the bride's parents to demand an explanation, but the matter was never resolved.

"Has the date been set?" Yu Dawei suppressed his shock and looked at the elderly couple with a complex expression in his eyes.

Speaking of which, his younger brother is quite a troublemaker. The reason he chose to marry that girl was because he wanted her money.

However, very few people know about this, except for Yu Dawei.

After all, they both worked at their second uncle's company, and they were cousins. In their past lives, Dafu would tell Yu Dawei all his worries.

The main reason he chose to "avoid taking decades of detours" was to pay off Hohhot's foreign debt.

This guy ran away from Hohhot to escape debts, and it wasn't until after he got married that he managed to fill the hole.

So for this younger brother, Yu Dafu, marriage is more like a tomb.

The old lady didn't notice the complicated look in Yu Dawei's eyes at all, and continued to happily say to herself, "This Friday, your second uncle has helped arrange the hotel and everything for the wedding. The third brother even specially arranged two buses. Anyone in the village who wants to go can come along."

"Okay! I'm free these few days anyway, so I'll drive you there and help you out." Yu Dawei looked at the elderly couple.

"That would be wonderful." The old lady smiled and looked at Yu Dawei. "Dawei, your parents have never experienced a big wedding in the city before. Don't forget to help them out then."

"Don't worry, grandpa and grandma, we definitely won't let our Yu family lose face this time." Yu Dawei's voice was calm, but his tone was extremely serious.

After chatting for a while, the elderly couple left the backyard and slowly headed back to their home in the west.

"Hmph! So what if she married a rich man? Look how smug she is!"

As soon as the elderly couple left, Zhang Yunqin, the mother, returned home and couldn't help but stare at the departing couple outside, complaining with a tone full of bitterness.

The old man, Yu Laonian, sighed silently to himself.

Yu Dawei smiled as expected. He knew that since his aunt had come in person, she must have shaken her feathers at his mother, Zhang Yunqin, and made an appearance.

The two sisters-in-law have had a bad relationship for more than just a year or two. Ever since their grandmother was alive, they have disliked each other. You could say it's a legacy of trouble left by their grandmother.

After all, Grandma doted on her eldest grandson, and Auntie only gave birth to daughters. How could she not be envious of Zhang Yunqin for giving birth twice, both times to sons?

Alas, historical issues are something no one can resolve.

"Dawei, I think there was something hidden in your conversation just now?" Old Yu glanced at his eldest son, then continued to lower his head, slurping down hot water from his teacup.

He leaned his left hand against the wardrobe, his eyes still glued to the two-person comedy show on the color television, which featured the scene of water being splashed in front of a horse.

(End of this chapter)