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

Chapter 530 How's the watermelon doing now?
"Do you need a car?" Yu Dawei asked as he walked out the door.

"No need, it's such a short distance, you can walk there." Han Jingfan said, squatting down to straighten the child's short-sleeved shirt. "Same as always, you walk in front, and your dad and I will follow behind you. Mom has already told you where the way to school is, so you can find your way to school by yourself first."

"Okay, I know how to get there!" Xiao Muyu raised her little head and raised her little fist. "I went to school with Tiezhuzi before."

"Okay, keep it up! If you don't know which way to go, just turn around and ask your mom and dad." Han Jingfan smiled knowingly at her son, then accompanied Yu Dawei as they walked slowly behind Yu Muyu.

Except for rainy or snowy days when the country roads are difficult to travel on, the roads are generally smooth. Occasionally there will be ruts of varying depths, but they are actually more reliable to walk on than asphalt roads.

In September, autumn has just begun in Northeast China. Occasionally, poplar leaves from other people's yards will fall and dance in the wind, swirling around the heads of a family of three before disappearing into the distance.

Although Yu Dawei's square face remained calm, he seemed even more excited than the little guy in front of him, even though it was the boy's first day of school.

Is this what it feels like to accompany your child as they grow up? He wasn't sure, but he enjoyed the feeling.

He subconsciously took a deep breath of the country air, enjoying the fragrance of the grass and crops in each garden.

"Dawei? Are you back to take the kids to school?"

As the family of three passed by the gate of a courtyard, they saw Yu Damin's wife leading a little girl out. The girl was carrying a pink backpack, but the backpack looked old; it must have been given to her by a relative who no longer needed it.

“Yes, I’m always busy outside and don’t have time to come back and see the kids. This is the first time the kids are going to school, so I have to come back and see them.” Yu Dawei smiled at Da Min’s wife, and then reached out to pat the head of the little girl next to her. “You’ll be in the same class as my Xiao Yu from now on, so you’ll have to help him out. If we count by birthday, he’ll have to call you ‘Miss’.”

"Mmm!" The little girl looked up at Yu Dawei and nodded her head very seriously, just like when she used to choke her own big yellow dog to prevent it from bullying Yu Dawei.

The girl's full name is Yu Qianqian. Theoretically, she is one year older than Yu Muyu, but because her birthday is in the twelfth lunar month, she started school in the same year as Yu Muyu.

"Sigh, it has to be you. Unlike my heartless husband, he didn't even know the kids were starting school. Back when our third son started school, I was the one who took him there." Da Min's wife looked at Yu Dawei, the father, being so responsible, and a hint of complaint appeared on her face.

"Sister-in-law, Damin did it all for this family," Han Jingfan said, trying to comfort Damin's wife when she saw that she was feeling down.

“Who says otherwise? Putting everything else aside, your husband Yu Damin has been selling watermelons really well these past two years. I heard him say that several companies contacted him this year and bought a lot of watermelons from him.” Yu Dawei smiled at Damin’s wife. “So your family’s life is getting better and better, so stop complaining about how hard you have to work.”

"I'm not complaining, it's just that the conversation has come to this." Damin's wife smiled shyly. She knew that in the past two years, thanks to the help of Yu Dawei and his friend, their family had made a lot of money.

Although the price of watermelons doesn't go up every year, the sheer volume makes up for it. Even if the income is split 50/50 with Yu Dawei and his friend, there's still a considerable profit to be made.

The three of them chatted and laughed as they walked toward the school.

The distance from Yujiatun in Team Four to Heshan Primary School via the main road involves a sharp right-angle bend, making it relatively far. Therefore, the children prefer to take the makeshift path to school. The makeshift path starts from the west side of Yu Huai's house, cuts diagonally through the fields, passes through two poplar groves, and then leads to Lijiatun in Team Three, after which Heshan Primary School is located.

Lijiatun and Heshan Primary School are right next to each other, making it the most convenient for children from those five brigades to go to school.

Along the way, Yu Dawei not only saw students from grades one to five who were spontaneously going to school, but also Zhang Laoda from the Zhang family with his son, and Zhang Ergou with his daughter.

However, perhaps because they weren't very familiar with Yu Dawei, the two simply greeted him briefly and then left on their own.

Zhang Ergou learned from his elder brother that Yu Dawei was not someone anyone could offend in the village. It seemed that he possessed a token of the previous patriarch of the Yu family, a fact that was also mentioned in other members of the Yu family.

Zhang Ergou was even more reserved when facing Yu Dawei, and even more regretful that his wife had taken the initiative to ask Boss Yu for a bargain yesterday.

Although society today is no longer concerned about the affairs of landlords, some things are still deeply ingrained in people's minds.

Zhang Ergou had heard from his elders since he was a child that his family had fled from the south to escape famine in the early years. If it weren't for the Yu family's ancestor taking them in, there wouldn't be the Zhang family and their large family in Yujiatun.

So even after many years, and even after the land was divided among individual households, some of the older members of the Zhang family still treat Grandpa Quan with utmost respect, and they wouldn't dare to ask for help without saying a word.

This is not a slave mentality, but purely out of gratitude for the benevolence and righteousness of our ancestors.

In years of severe drought, human life is cheap. If someone shares their own food with you, that's a friendship that's worth risking your life for.

There are quite a few people in the Zhang family in the village, similar to the Gao family. But the Zhang family members are all very honest and kind-hearted. So even Zhang Ergou and his generation still have a deep sense of awe for the so-called "head of the family" who is now only a figurehead.

Yu Dawei didn't think much of it. He just chatted with his wife while keeping an eye on his eldest son, making sure the boy was always within his sight.

Along both sides of Maodao, some families deliberately planted sunflowers or other plants that could be pressed for oil. Firstly, they could find a place to get some oil during the autumn harvest, and secondly, they made way for the Maodao, creating a path for children and adults passing by.

Helping others is helping yourself.

Soon the three arrived at the school gate. The four characters "Heshan Primary School" on the top of the school gate had been painted red again, and it looked like they weren't dry yet.

The school gate was open, and the path in the middle directly opposite was the road that Yu Dawei helped repair a few years ago; it was all paved with red bricks.

After several years of wear and tear, the surface of the bricks has become somewhat smooth from being rubbed.

(End of this chapter)