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

Chapter 528 The New Neighbor's Plea
Come to think of it, I don't recall the neighboring yard being Zhang Ergou's.

Thinking of this, Yu Dawei couldn't help but ask, "Was this courtyard yours before?"

“No, it’s the third brother’s. Years ago, his wife ran away with someone and he’s been working away from home ever since. He won’t be back for a while, so I’ve been staying here.” Zhang Ergou grinned. “Later, I also took my wife and kids to work in Liancheng. I only recently came back.”

"I see. Okay, we're neighbors now. Let me know if you need any help." Yu Dawei was just being polite for a moment, then turned around and was about to take his wife and children out of the doghouse.

Fortunately, the doghouse at home was made of leftover brick and mortar materials, which is very sturdy. Otherwise, with Yu Dawei's strong physique, he probably could have collapsed it with just one foot.

"Um, Mr. Yu, we really have something we'd like to ask you for help with." The woman in the opposite courtyard, seeing that Yu Dawei was about to leave, didn't care about anything else and quickly called out to him.

Hearing his wife being so impolite, Zhang Ergou quickly gave her a look.

Anyone with eyes can see that Boss Yu was just being polite, but you actually took his words seriously. Isn't that stupid?

We may not be rich, but we still have to have some self-respect!

For a moment, Zhang Ergou's face fell.

But the woman still ignored him and spoke to Yu Dawei, who had turned around: "My Er Gou just came back and hasn't found a job yet. We heard that our hometown is developing well now, so we wanted to come back to see if there are any job opportunities."

The woman's expression turned somewhat forlorn as she spoke: "You know, if there were any job that could earn money back home, who would be willing to leave their hometown to work elsewhere and suffer the dislike and contempt of the locals?"

“Boss Yu, your family is so big and powerful. My Er Gouzi is reliable and honest. He’s been driving trucks in Liancheng for a long time. Do you think we could let him work for you?”

On the doghouse, Yu Dawei looked at the woman calmly. He could understand the pain of leaving one's hometown, but he didn't like the woman's way of doing things; she was too eager for quick success.

The woman's thoughts were nothing more than wanting her to take Zhang Ergou with her so that his family could get better. But they were not related by blood, and besides, none of the brothers from the Yu family in the village had ever asked her for anything. Why should she, an outsider, be able to?
"Well." Yu Dawei subconsciously reached out and touched his chin. After all, they were neighbors, and he didn't want to be too harsh. "My repair shop is currently recruiting transport drivers. In addition to the regular long-distance trips for the flour mill, they also need to make a trip to Shenzhen every month."

"If your husband doesn't mind the hard work, he could go to the repair shop and take a look."

The woman felt a little displeased upon hearing this. Long-distance driving? It was precisely because he was driving long distances every day in Liancheng that she didn't want her husband to work so hard.

Just as she was about to say something more, she saw Zhang Ergou come to his wife's side, pull her behind him, and smile apologetically at Yu Dawei: "It's fine, it's fine! Thank you, Boss Yu. I can't go to take the kids to school tomorrow, but can I go over the day after tomorrow?"

“Okay.” Yu Dawei nodded to Zhang Ergou.

Fortunately, there is a sensible person in this family.

Yu Dawei didn't say anything more. He turned around and led Han Jingfan down from the doghouse. As for the two rats, Yu Dawei killed them and threw them away.

He had just discovered that the old cat wasn't in the opposite yard at all; it must have been chased away.

"Honey, if I have some free time these next few days, I'll put some broken glass on the wall next door too." Yu Dawei didn't really want to deal with the other person. "Okay." Han Jingfan nodded. "I'm thinking of going to my mom's tomorrow after dropping the kids off. Do you want to come with me?"

"Let's go together." Yu Dawei agreed. He hadn't seen his mother-in-law for a long time, and there were some tonics he had brought back from out of town in the storeroom, so he would deliver them to her together.

In the neighboring yard, seeing Yu Dawei and his wife turn to leave, Zhang Ergou immediately dragged his wife back home and scolded her sternly: "What were you thinking! You begged them for a job the first time you met them! Aren't you just making enemies for no reason!"

"I'm an enemy?! Zhang Ergou, do you have any conscience?! If I hadn't spoken up for you just now, would you have gotten this job?!"

The woman returned to the house, stood on the ground with her hands on her hips, and then pointed to the tattered green kang mat in the room, and then to the old wooden square window on the windowsill: "Zhang Ergouzi, open your blind eyes and take a look! In order to pay off your famine debt, we can't bear to replace the kang mat! We can't bear to repair the window! Even the dish rack under the floor in the outer room is an old one from many years ago!"

"You drive without watching where you're going! You hit someone and hurt them! In the end, it's us, your mother and children, who will have to suffer with you!"

"I'm furious, I'm furious! People are starving to death, does saving face really matter that much!" The woman's eyes were filled with tears as she wiped them away. "If it weren't for you, would our eldest daughter have had to come back to our hometown to study? It would have been so much better to study in the city! Those schools are all in buildings, and she only came back because she couldn't afford it!"

"Waaaaah... I must have had the worst luck in the world to end up with a man like you... Waaaaah."

The woman sat on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) wiping away tears. Zhang Ergou, who was standing there, saw his wife crying so sadly, and his anger immediately subsided. He sat down next to her and comforted her.

As for the two children, one big and one small, they hid behind the door of the outer room, huddled up in fear.

They are still young, they can't do anything.

While comforting his wife, Zhang Ergou was filled with regret.

Why was he so greedy as to use a government vehicle to earn extra money? And why did he have to hit someone that night?

It was too perfect, everything happened too perfectly at the wrong time.

After returning home, Yu Dawei began helping his wife with tasks such as picking up the bowls and chopsticks.

Nowadays, we still prefer to eat at a kang table at home. It's not that we don't have a round table, but mainly because a round table is too big. There's no need for a family of three to use a round table. A white kang table is just right.

However, when his wife brought out the stewed green beans and potatoes, Yu Dawei's breath hitched, and he clutched his chest in pain: "Is it this dish again? Don't we have other green vegetables at home? Honey."

"We have too many green beans at home, they'll go bad if we don't eat them, so eat up." Han Jingfan sat down on the kang (a heated brick bed) and used chopsticks to put a freshly baked pancake on Yu Dawei's plate.

"Sigh, it's potato and green bean stew again." Yu Dawei sighed, feeling that whether you were rich or poor, as long as you lived in the village, you couldn't escape the curse of this dish.

"Sigh, it's potato and green bean stew again." Sitting next to Yu Dawei, Xiao Muyu imitated her father and said it in a very serious manner.

(End of this chapter)