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

Chapter 613 Marriage, Marriage is a Must

In the following days, with Li Liu's help, Yu Dawei didn't have to worry about the trivial matters at the gas station. Moreover, Li Liu was quick to learn new things and could efficiently complete the tasks assigned by Yu Dawei.

Seeing how capable Li Liu was, Yu Dawei finally felt at ease entrusting the gas station to her management and even held a small meeting with her specifically to discuss the future development of the gas station.

Actually, there aren't any big goals. Just breaking even in the short term is enough. After that, the gas station will save 50% of the profits each year. This is the remaining 50% of the profits after deducting all expenses. The hope is that Li Liu can open a second, or even a third, gas station in the oil city in the future.

If the gas stations become self-sufficient, Yu Dawei won't have to worry too much, just like how Fanfan's repair shop and car maintenance are handled by their own people now.

Li Liu also promised Yu Dawei that she would do her best to run the gas station well.

A few days later, the Land Cruiser that had been totaled in the crash was refurbished by Lao Zhu and others. In accordance with Yu Dawei's request, the bodywork and paint were redone, changing the original black to off-white. There were also wind and freedom decals on both sides of the doors, making it look very off-road.

All the interior furnishings in the car were replaced with new ones, but some of the imported parts were not cost-effective, so Yu Dawei chose domestically imported ones.

After registering the car at the vehicle management office, Yu Dawei did not stay in the oil city any longer and drove back to his hometown, Yujiatun.

The villagers had never seen such a big car before, and adults and children alike ran to Yu Dawei's yard to touch and look at it.

His eldest son was also full of curiosity, asking all sorts of questions, and even brought his friends to sit in the car to play.

Yu Dawei wasn't angry. They were just kids, and mostly boys at that. What kid wouldn't like a car?

Moreover, the interior, including the surrounding glass, center console, steering wheel, gear shift, sofa seats, seat belts, and so on, has been completely replaced. It's almost like hand-crafting a brand new car.

So Yu Dawei didn't pay much attention to the fact that someone had died in the car. However, Lao Zhu was a very thoughtful person and specially went to the market to buy a red peace knot.

In the following days, Yu Dawei began to organize a year-end meeting for everyone and asked Accountant Yang to reorganize the year-end bonuses of the brothers.

Yu Dawei's company is different from other companies in the south. Most companies in the south now use a commission system, where a certain amount of money is paid for each car repaired. Yu Dawei's company calculates the amount at the end of the year and pays it all at once.

This also saves some single men who can't save money from spending recklessly, as their basic salary is enough for their daily expenses and those of their families.

The annual meeting was scheduled for December 12th. In addition to giving out year-end bonuses to his colleagues, Yu Dawei also gave every employee a gift.

These are beef jerky and milk balls from Xiqi, Hohhot. Two boxes per person. Yu Dawei asked Xiaobai to help purchase and mail them to him.

After the annual meeting, some brothers who want to take a vacation can apply in advance. However, there is a limit on the number of people that can be taken off, otherwise there will be problems in various factories and repair shops.

However, Yu Dawei usually arranges shift work and rest, and at the end of the year, it is the off-season for all factories, except for wilderness rescue.

Therefore, all staff in the wilderness rescue department are definitely working overtime, continuing until the Chinese New Year.

Following that, everyone in the factory except for a few staff members on duty could take a holiday a few days before New Year's Eve, which lasted until the Lantern Festival.

I also thought that working after the second day of the second lunar month would be fine, but it would be the same as the holidays during the Gregorian calendar: firstly, it would require shift work, and secondly, it wouldn't be included in the daily salary.

Repairmen in private companies are like this; they only do repairs a few days a year. It's rare to find someone like Yu Dawei who can give them a long vacation of a month or even half a month. Besides, the salary and bonuses Yu Dawei gives are top-notch.

The mechanics received several times more money than those from other repair shops.

After the annual meeting at his factory was almost over, Yu Dawei drove his wife and children, along with Secretary Wan and one of her girlfriends, to Yake City.

Little White is still waiting for them in that icy, snowy world.

Despite spending years on the farm, Xiao Bai's fair skin remains as youthful as ever. After Yu Dawei arrived with Secretary Wan and others, he did everything in his power to try and bring them together.

However, the final result surprised Yu Dawei.

In Yu Dawei's opinion, Xiaobai might get along well with Secretary Wan and eventually become friends, or he might remain single as before.

However, before Yu Dawei arrived, he always thought that he would become friends with Secretary Wan.

Because Secretary Wan is first-rate in terms of personality, dreams, and knowledge, and she also loves the countryside and is quite good-looking, there's no reason for Xiaobai not to like her.

To Yu Dawei's surprise, Xiao Bai had a strong liking for the young lady that Secretary Wan brought over.

The girl's name was Feng Xiaoxiao, she was twenty-six years old, and she was also transferred from Kyoto, but a few months later than Secretary Wan.

Secretary Wan didn't mention anything else.

As her name suggests, this girl was thin and petite, and with her wearing a beige down jacket, she was really hard to find in the snow.

The girl wasn't particularly beautiful, but her skin was as white as snow, just like Xiao Bai's, so fair that it was enviable.

Yu Dawei and Secretary Wan stayed in Yake City for less than a week, and no one knows how Xiaobai and that girl got together.

Before leaving, they even confirmed their relationship in front of Yu Dawei and others.

Later, on the way back, Yu Dawei learned from Secretary Wan that Feng Xiaoxiao had told her that she had met Bai Zhongsheng in Kyoto and had even had a meal with him.

Yu Dawei then realized that the two of them knew each other before, so there was nothing more to say.

Feng Xiaoxiao is also a very quiet person, so she probably won't argue with Xiaobai.

In short, Xiaobai's parents have completed the task they assigned themselves; now it's up to the two of them to do it themselves.

But another sentence from Secretary Wan surprised Yu Dawei greatly.

Secretary Wan also said that it wouldn't be easy for Xiaobai and Feng Xiaoxiao to truly be together.

Judging from this, it seems that Feng Xiaoxiao has a special identity.

Yu Dawei didn't investigate further.

On the way back, Xiaobai drove one car and Yu Dawei drove another. Feng Xiaoxiao was in Xiaobai's car, which is why the group was able to chat happily about some gossip in Yu Dawei's car.

When the group returned to Luhe, the number of vehicles heading south had increased from two to three.

Fu Zi and Sun Shunli drove the 213, which was loaded with various gifts and mountain products from Northeast China.

Yu Dawei brought his wife, children, and parents.

Dafeng stayed at the factory to finish up the work. At the end of the year, she was going to Kyoto to meet her future in-laws. This was a suggestion made by Professor Zhang and his wife after both sets of parents met with their future in-laws a while ago.

Even the private room had been prepared well in advance.

Er Yan spent the Spring Festival at her second brother's house. I heard that Er Yan also had a boyfriend, a local from Hohhot, and she was going to meet her future in-laws before the New Year. The meeting between the two families was arranged by her aunt, since the distance was too far and the other family was considered to be from an official family. Her aunt volunteered to do so and was more likely to keep the atmosphere in check.

My younger sister, Yu Fang, isn't going home for the Chinese New Year. She said she's going to Hohhot to visit her aunt and ask her if there are any suitable jobs there.

He knew his younger sister and wanted to see if he could get her a government job after graduation through his aunt and uncle's connections.

Yu Dawei transferred 1,000 yuan to his younger sister, telling her to buy something for her aunt and uncle so they wouldn't go empty-handed.

The old man even wired 500 yuan to Yu Fang, so there shouldn't be any need to worry.

After arriving in Qingcheng, Yu Dawei and his group first attended Lao Chang's wedding, and then Huang Man's.

However, Huang Man's wedding was fraught with difficulties in the early stages because Huang's mother was still not in favor of her son getting together with He Huihui.

But Huang Man's stubbornness and the persuasion of the others could not stop him.

Especially his mother, Zhang Yunqin, Yu Dawei felt that his mother played an indispensable role in Huang Man's successful marriage to He Huihui.

My mother was extremely approachable when she was in the village. Apart from the older women (due to historical reasons), she got along very well with all the other women in the village.

My mother is also very good at giving advice, and He Huihui had lived in Yujiatun for a period of time, so my mother Zhang Yunqin had seen everything He Huihui did.

After being comforted by her mother for two days, and given that Huang Ma was of similar age to her mother and was willing to confide in her mother Zhang Yunqin, the shackles in Huang Ma's heart gradually loosened.

However, there is one prerequisite for agreeing to the marriage between the two people.

Huang Ma doesn't want the couple to go back to Northeast China. Over the years, Huang Ma's beef tallow hot pot base business has grown bigger and bigger, even more popular than her own yin-yang hot pot restaurant.

She hoped that after the two of them got married, at least one of them would be available to help her, which was also a way of indirectly letting the couple manage her family business.

Huang Man is definitely not a good fit. He's not cut out for business, and he loves operating excavators. Even if he comes back and becomes a billionaire, all he wants to do is operate excavators.

So this condition is less about having one of the couple work with Huang Ma, and more about specifically naming He Huihui to work under her.

He Huihui naturally understood this as well. In addition, her mother-in-law didn't like her to begin with, so working under her would almost certainly result in her being treated unfairly.

But in the end, she agreed. If you like someone, you really like them. If you give up easily, then it's not liking them anymore.

She was a girl who dared to love and hate, and had also experienced the ugliness of human nature. She could see Huang Ma's worries, and she wanted to tell Huang Ma in this way.

She loves Huang Man. She doesn't care about Huang Man's IQ or her own sacrifices, because Huang Man is really a good person. He's just slower to react than normal people.

He would also take the initiative to share the housework, buy himself a birthday cake in the county town on his birthday, and sit by his side to protect him when he was sick, not daring to close his eyes for even a moment.

What more could a husband like that want? Doesn't he deserve my effort?

Huang Ma seemed surprised that He Huihui agreed so readily, and then stopped trying to stop her. Instead, she took the initiative to arrange the wedding for the two of them.

On the wedding day, the eldest son, Yu Muyu, became the flower boy for He Huihui and Huang Man.

A professional emcee and photographers were all present, and they put on a very beautiful light show.

From a futuristic perspective, Yu Dawei's style might seem outdated, but it's still quite trendy today.

At both weddings, Yu Dawei finally met the top leader Huang Fengcang and took the initiative to bring up the future equipment for the Eighth Bureau.

The senior leader didn't use any bureaucratic language; he spoke frankly and quietly conveyed some information to Yu Dawei.

Just as Yu Dawei predicted, the Eighth Bureau will quickly ditch its equipment and start renting or even partnering with equipment suppliers.

Currently, it's not just the Eighth Bureau doing this; even private enterprises like Second Uncle's are operating with a streamlined approach, having sold off their existing sand and gravel trucks.

Then find a specialized partner to supply sand and gravel, and have your own fleet of vehicles.

The water trucks and excavators on the construction site are also sourced from equipment rental companies, either through leasing or by negotiating long-term partnerships.

The main idea is to accomplish big things with a light asset base.

After obtaining accurate information, Yu Dawei also put his previous alternative plan into action, accelerating the acquisition of equipment from the Eighth Bureau, and eventually forming a large equipment leasing company to cooperate with the Eighth Bureau.

As for the previous cooperation agreement on equipment maintenance, it may expire in a few years.

After all, the equipment belongs to someone else. The company that leases the equipment has dedicated personnel responsible for maintenance and upkeep. How could the Eighth Bureau possibly cooperate with them?

Yu Dawei's family lived very comfortably in Qingcheng. Huang Ma gave them the villa they had stayed in before, and also took Huang Ma's mother, Zhang Yunqin, with her.

It seems that after the counseling incident, Huang's mother enjoyed chatting with her mother even more. Whenever the two sisters had free time, they would go out to eat delicious food or go shopping in the department store, just like sisters who hadn't seen each other for many years.

On the other hand, Yu Dawei stays in the villa every day, and his body is almost rusting.

He doesn't have to worry about his wife and children. Other people's elders have their elders to lead them around, and his generation has He Huihui to lead them around.

He Huihui is, after all, Yu Muyu's godmother. Since we've come to her hometown, we naturally have to take the child to all the amusement parks.

After the Gregorian New Year, Axe and Sun Shunli prepared to go back.

They had originally planned to spend the New Year together in Qingcheng, but Fu Zi seemed to have been provoked by his two marriages and insisted on going back to confront Mi Yao about the matter.

If marriage really isn't possible, it seems Axe really doesn't intend to be a simp anymore.

As for Sun Shunli, he was already single, so it didn't really matter where he spent the New Year. Who knew he would receive a woman's confession call out of nowhere?

They forced Sun to go back smoothly.

Yu Dawei heard what was said on the phone; it was probably, maybe, perhaps... a confession call.

At the entrance of the villa area, the No. 213 car sputtered away, its cargo full of New Year's goods.

"Axe, when you get back, have a good talk with Mi Yao. The most important thing is to stop being so wishy-washy. She won you over with just a look or a tearful expression. That won't do!"

At the door, Yu Dawei slapped Yao Jinfu hard on the shoulder with his large hand, his expression very serious as he instructed, "Remember! If she doesn't agree, you have to grit your teeth and break up with her! You have to fight like a man!"

"Even if she has a million reasons, you just keep insisting on breaking up if she doesn't get married! Mi Yao is thirty this year, an old woman, she'll definitely agree! You're just too accommodating to her." Yu Dawei didn't forget to encourage her!
"Yes, yes!" Axe nodded firmly, practically wearing "I'd rather die than not get married" on his face.

(End of this chapter)