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

Chapter 583 Getting Quite Close
But the thought of being able to eat McDonald's made him very happy, extremely happy!
“Go ahead, I have to keep my promise to the kids. I heard from Lao Liang that a McDonald’s opened in Sui City recently, so I’ll take the kids to check it out.” Yu Dawei said calmly, driving towards Luhe Town first, and then heading north to the city soon.

"I'm sorry, I always make you unhappy when I come back."

"What nonsense are you talking about? If Liu Liguo and the others hadn't come back this time, we could have had a proper meal." Yu Dawei then sighed, "But Liu Liguo really went too far. He wanted to be the manager of the flour mill right away. He's really dreaming. Does he think the flour mill is his own business?"

However, Liu Liguo's mention of the grain depot's closure gave Yu Dawei some food for thought.

His repair shop had always lacked a proper accountant. When Yu Dawei went to Old Man Yang's house to buy sheep, he heard that Old Man Yang's eldest son was an accountant at the grain depot.

Moreover, Duan Dahai had also heard of this person's name, Yang Guang, who was a very good accountant.

Yu Dawei pondered that perhaps he could take advantage of the grain depot's impending collapse to recruit Accountant Yang, a talented individual, to his side.

He now lacks not only an accountant but also a legal advisor. Boss Liang's case served as another reminder to Yu Dawei that his factory must have its own legal counsel.

If there are any legal issues later, they will handle them for me directly.

Unfortunately, Mr. Xu's son has not agreed to be his legal counsel. He will have to try again when he has time. The man is a big shot in the legal field in Heilongjiang Province. If someone like that could become the legal counsel for his factory, wow, I can't even imagine how safe his factory would be.

On the other side, at the Han family's house, ever since Yu Dawei and his family of three left, the eldest brother's daughter and the second brother's son have been crying and begging for McDonald's. The children cried and the adults made a fuss, and in the end, no one ate much of the meal.

But all of this had nothing to do with Yu Dawei anymore. After driving for two hours to Sui City, he took his wife and children out for a delicious McDonald's meal.

We stayed in the city that night, in a relatively nice hotel. The three of us took a stroll around the streets before going back to the hotel to sleep.

The next day, Yu Dawei returned to the village with his wife and children. Now, only the old man and his mother live in the backyard of the village. The old man had wanted to go back to work at the factory, but his back was hurting so badly that he couldn't exert any strength and could only rest at home.

My mother didn't care; she could stay anywhere. Since my husband said to stay in the village, she would just stay there too.

In the following days, Yu Dawei took a few days off and cooked different delicious meals for his parents and wife every day.

He also loved cooking in his past life, but he was always hungry and cold. His whole family depended on him to work and earn money, so he had no time to cook for his family, let alone his parents.

Now that he has time, during his rare vacation, he made all the dishes he hadn't made for his parents before: squirrel-shaped mandarin fish, stir-fried pork slices, four-happiness meatballs, and his signature three-cup chicken.

In just a few days, Yu Dawei felt that his parents, wife and child had all gotten fatter from his efforts.

Every day after school, Yu Muyu would stare at the kitchen, wondering what new dishes she would be able to eat.

Even He Huihui has been coming over for a meal these past few days, then staying in the front yard before driving back to the city the next morning.

It's worth mentioning that He Huihui and Huang Man are getting married in their hometown. The wedding will take place after they finish their excavator work in Northeast China.

Yu Dawei doesn't have an annual employee award here. If he did, he would definitely give it to Huang Man every year.

Both he and He Huihui could tell that this kid really loved operating excavators.

Before the Lunar New Year in 1998, Yu Dawei held a special meeting for the drivers, with the aim of promoting them to management positions. Fu Zi, needless to say, was already in management at that time.

Huang Manyi actually wanted to promote him, but after only a few days, he got itchy and insisted on competing with his apprentice for the excavator.

Even now, although Huang Man is working on the construction site, he still holds the title of deputy team leader. His monthly salary has increased from 2,000 yuan to over 3000 yuan. Needless to say, his year-end work assignment ratio will also increase accordingly.

Yu Dawei didn't think about how much money he could make in his life, but he would never let down his brothers who had been with him all the way.

All employees in this field are paid the highest salary in the industry, plus a bonus at the end of the year.

October 29, 2000, was the last day of the week and also the last day of Yu Dawei's vacation.

These past two days, Yu Dawei has been in contact with Duan Dahai, inquiring about the situation at the grain depot. He heard that the director of the grain depot has gone to see Duan Dahai several times, wanting to renegotiate the cooperation.

Judging from this trend, the grain depot's closure should be imminent.

He needs to go back and discuss it with Duan Dahai tomorrow. Not all the people in the granary are good-for-nothings like Liu Liguo. Duan Dahai also wants to take this opportunity to recruit some talented people.

Yu Dawei himself also had the idea of ​​poaching Accountant Yang, but the two brothers still needed to discuss carefully how to implement it.

"The sweet and sour pork is ready, serve!" At this moment, Yu Dawei was wearing a white polka-dot apron and holding a plate of golden-brown sweet and sour pork.

This is a delicacy that is simply unavailable in rural areas today.

"Coming, coming!" Yao Jinfu was the first to run from the inner room to the outer room, took a large plate of sweet and sour pork, and went into the house.

Today is the weekend, and since a project involving excavators has finished, He Huihui dragged Huang Man over.

Yao Jinfu and Sun Shunli were having an end-of-month meeting at the factory in the morning, and Yu Dawei casually invited the two of them to the old house as well.

One is his half-brother, and the other calls him brother-in-law; they're practically family.

In addition, Da Feng and Zhang Huaijin also returned; they were summoned back by Yu Dawei.

Yu Dawei heard that Zhang Huaijin was going back to Gansu Province tomorrow, and it seemed that Huang Man and He Huihui were also leaving. Tonight's dinner was mainly a farewell dinner.

"Cold dishes! Why is no one serving the big bowl of cold noodles I made?" Yu Dawei started shouting into the house again.

"Coming! I just brought out the stools." Sun Shunli and Huang Man both rushed out from the inner room, one carrying a bowl of cold dishes with Northeastern-style cold noodles, and the other carrying a stew of chicken and mushrooms. The old man's table is a large round table that can fit more than ten people. Usually, when there are fewer people, they eat on the kang (a heated brick bed), but today, with more people, the old man brought out this large table.

Everyone sat together, chatting and laughing. The men and women had glasses filled with baijiu (Chinese liquor). This baijiu wasn't some brand sold outside; it was brewed by the Yu Da Restaurant in the village.

The aroma of wine is irresistible.

"It's so lively today, Grandpa, how about saying a few words?" Yu Dawei asked, winking at his father who was sitting at the head of the table as he took off his apron.

Old Yu rolled his eyes at his eldest son. Ever since the boy invited him to the factory, he liked to flatter him whenever he had the chance, especially when Old Xu was around. The two of them would work together to get him to go on stage and say a few words or give his opinion on a certain technical point.

This is so annoying!

However, today's situation is special, and with the future son-in-law also watching, Old Man Yu ultimately did not complain or grumble. Instead, he solemnly raised his wine glass and said, "Today, everyone who comes to my old man's place for dinner is family. Our family is different from those wealthy and powerful families. We don't have many rules. We just eat and drink well and come together often."

"As long as I'm here, you can all feel at ease treating this place as your own home!"

As he spoke, Yu Laonian clinked glasses with everyone and then took a deep sip.

After the old man started, Yu Dawei began to invite everyone to eat, drink, chat, and joke around. Every now and then, lively laughter would come from the small house in the backyard.

There aren't many rules for meals in rural Northeast China. There's no such thing as the host offering three toasts first, and then the formal meal begins. Or there's no clear distinction between host and guest seats, or the order of toasting, like in other provinces. There aren't many rules or regulations.

The rules in Old Man Yu's family are mostly about how to conduct oneself and how to do things. They are rarely mentioned at the dinner table. The old man doesn't really support his children drinking, and smoking is even more unacceptable.

But life seems rather bland if you don't drink any alcohol at all.

So he didn't stop his eldest and second sons from doing anything.

"Huihui, when are you and Huang Man planning to go back to Qingcheng to take care of some business?" Yu Dawei asked He Huihui casually, his drunkenness kicking in a bit.

On one hand, I wanted to see what plans the two of them had after they went back and whether they needed my help. On the other hand, I was also thinking about when I would arrange my work and then take my wife and children there.

As for Yu Muyu's schooling, what kind of school? The knowledge she learns in preschool is less than what she learns in kindergarten.

Following Teacher He's instructions is the right thing to do.

“The two of us,” He Huihui said, her face flushed from the wine. Her cheeks seemed to turn even redder as she spoke of the matter. “We’re planning to go back and get our marriage certificate first, and then talk to Aunt Huang. If all goes well, we’ll have the wedding before the Lunar New Year.”

"Okay, let me know anytime in December." Yu Dawei clinked glasses with the soon-to-be couple, then looked at Zhang Huaijin and Dafeng with a mischievous smile, "You two, look, our parents have been waiting for you two to speak up since we started eating, they had to wait for your older brother to ask first."

Da Feng and Zhang Huaijin exchanged a glance upon hearing this. Da Feng smiled shyly, and Zhang Huaijin turned to the two elders and took the initiative to speak: "Uncle, Aunt, this is what Da Feng and I were thinking. We'll see when you two have time before the new year, and I'll bring my parents over so we can chat. If there are no problems, we can settle things next year."

"Doing things" refers to both getting a marriage certificate and hosting a banquet.

Yu Dawei was quite happy to hear this. His younger sister had finally lived her second life. At this time in her previous life, she seemed to be on the verge of death.

Now that he is in good health and has found a good man, Yu Dawei feels a strong sense of relief.

Is this what it feels like to be the eldest brother, like a father? It's so much more interesting than my previous life!
"Brother, there's something else!" Zhang Huaijin took out a blue bank card from his pocket, stood up, and handed it to Yu Dawei with both hands. "There's 200,000 yuan in this card, which Dafeng and I pooled together."

“Brother, since I’ve chosen to be with her, the money she owes is my debt. Please accept this money; that way, her debt will be completely paid off, and Fengfeng will feel better.”

“Yes, brother, I’ve been working hard these past few years to pay you back the money I owe you. Don’t worry, we still have money in our hands, and the parts business is getting better and better, so our lives will be even better.” Seeing that her brother didn’t reach out to take the money right away, Da Feng also stood up, not forgetting to pick up her wine glass.

Yu Dawei looked at Zhang Huaijin, then at Dafeng, and his furrowed brows finally relaxed. He reached out and took the bank card the two of them gave him; it was a Great Wall card.

"Alright, I'll take the money. The old man once said that everything should be borrowed and returned." Yu Dawei put the bank card in his pocket. He didn't ask for the PIN; he had already seen it written on the card.

Yu Dawei picked up his wine glass and clinked it with the two of them: "I hope your marriage will be happy and fulfilling in the future."

The atmosphere at the dinner table became lively again, but Yu Dawei felt a bit emotional because of the two people paying him back.

He could see that the girl's eyes showed a hint of apology towards him, which he guessed was because she was about to leave Fanfan's Repair Shop.

After all, once married, the two cannot live apart, so it was inevitable that Da Feng would leave to pursue her own happiness.

That's why the two of them were in a hurry to pay off their debts first, because things would be more complicated after they got married next year, especially since they still owed the older brother money. Da Feng probably wouldn't be able to bring herself to leave.

However, Yu Dawei felt that his sister was overthinking things. Even if she quit now, Yu Dawei wouldn't have any reason to be angry.

Because this isn't just anyone, it's my own sister. She's not being unreasonable; she's just pursuing her own happiness.

In fact, anyone who knows what's going on can see clearly what these two people are doing: the old man, the mother Zhang Yunqin, and their own wife.

So there was a moment of awkwardness at the dinner table, but thankfully He Huihui and the others warmed up the atmosphere again.

"By the way, Shunli, why haven't we heard any good news about your marriage all these years? You should find someone." Yu Dawei skipped over Dafeng's matter and looked at Sun Shunli, who had been eating and drinking in silence.

"Me?" Shunli was quite surprised to hear his boss ask him, and then gave a wry smile. "Brother-in-law, I don't have any ideas right now, mainly because I haven't met anyone suitable."

“That shouldn’t be the case. I’ve noticed that Officer Zhao has been getting quite close to you since we came back from the oil city last time,” Yao Jinfu suddenly said, picking up a peanut as he did so.

(End of this chapter)