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

Chapter 80 The Arrival of Second Uncle and Hao Jianqiang
"Are all antique dealers this arrogant these days?" Hou Wanqiang took a drag of his cigarette, looking at the man beside him with a hint of mockery. "Aren't you going to show him your police ID?"

"No need for the police ID, just take the handcuffs." Officer Hao pulled out handcuffs from behind his back and walked towards Fatty Qian. "We heard you showing off your antiques in the outer room. Good heavens, you even dared to touch Qin Dynasty antiques. Come with me to the police station."

As soon as Fatty Qian saw the silver bracelet, he understood everything. He gritted his teeth, threw down the black leather suitcase, and turned to jump out of the window.

I was inwardly groaning!

The reason he came to the Northeast at this time is because the South was cracking down too hard recently, and the North is now lagging behind in various ways. He originally thought he could make some money, but now not only is he not making any, but he is also worried about whether he can keep his life.

"Third brother." Yu Quan saw that Fatty Qian rushed onto the kang (a heated brick bed) and was about to escape through the window, but he just turned his head and whispered something to the crippled man beside him.

Three-Crippled Man stared at Fatty Qian with a sneer on his lips. He swung his crutch out with his right hand, hooking the top of the crutch in a figure-seven shape onto Fatty Qian's ankle, sending him sprawling face-first into the dirt.

"With that weight, how come you didn't break the kang (heated brick bed)?" Uncle Twelve, hiding behind Third Cripple, couldn't help but complain.

Officer Hao seized the opportunity, took a step forward, pinned Fatty Qian to the ground, fastened the silver bracelet, and searched the man thoroughly. Only after finding no guns did he breathe a sigh of relief.

Under Yu Quan's instructions, the three cripples began to drive people away, and basically all the young men who walked slowly were hit with their crutches by him.

The women in the village felt they had seen enough of the excitement and gradually left.

However, the way Uncle Yu Quan looked today completely deterred the gossipy women from bothering him anymore.

Even Yu Quan's eldest daughter-in-law, who disliked him the most, slunk away like a mouse after seeing her father-in-law's outburst from outside the window, not daring to appear in front of Yu Quan at all.

A person's name is like a tree's shadow; many people have forgotten how formidable Grandpa Quan'er was.

"Second Uncle, Officer Hao, what brings you here?" Yu Dawei and his wife walked to the front door of Old Wang's house, looking at the two of them with some curiosity.

"We were planning to go back to Laotun today, but we happened to pass by your village, so we stopped by to see you." Officer Hao patted Fatty Qian on the shoulder. "Who would have thought that just visiting relatives would lead to such a big catch?"

Officer Hao searched Qian Pangzi's car and found two shotguns, a pistol, and two antique items that looked quite old under the back seat.

Officer Hao had no choice but to earn merit now.

Just recently, a notice was issued from above requiring strict punishment and investigation of the illegal sale of antiques between towns and villages.

"You, why are you only arresting me! This kid is also dealing in antiques!" Fatty Qian glared at Officer Hao, indignant.

"Heh, do you think I'm deaf? That thing originally belonged to the Yu family. What's wrong with them taking back their own things? As for you, come with me to the station later and honestly explain everything. Maybe you can get a lighter sentence." Officer Hao put Fatty Qian in the passenger seat of the Santana, turned to look at Yu Dawei, and said with a wry smile, "Yujiatun is truly my lucky place. Maybe I should just move my whole family here."

"I think it's a good idea." Yu Dawei laughed heartily.

"Qiangzi, you should go back to the village first. I'll probably be busy these next couple of days." Officer Hao waved to Hou Wanqiang. "Tell my dad I won't be going back this week, something's come up."

"Okay." Hou Wanqiang agreed, watched Officer Hao drive away in Fatty Qian's Santana, then turned to look at the woman next to Yu Dawei, "This must be my nephew's wife, she's really pretty."

Hou Wanqiang gave the other man a thumbs up, a cigarette dangling from his mouth: "No wonder this kid doesn't stay put at the construction site. He keeps running home every few days. If I had such a beautiful wife, I'd take her everywhere I go."

"This is my second uncle, my aunt's cousin." Yu Dawei glanced at Han Jingfan, whose face was flushed. Her small hands were clearly no longer cold, and her emotions were much more stable.

"Hello, Second Uncle." Han Jingfan poked her head out and greeted her Second Uncle.

"Okay, okay." Hou Wanqiang glanced around. People kept coming out of Old Wang's house and looking at the three of them at the door. Hou Wanqiang looked at Yu Dawei and said, "I came here this time for two reasons. First, I want to see my older sister, and second, I have something to tell you. Let's go over there and talk."

Hou Wanqiang pointed to the back of Old Wang's house.

"Okay." Yu Dawei patted Han Jingfan's hand and handed her the white jade Guanyin. "Take your things and go home first. I'll be right back."

"Mm." Han Jingfan nodded obediently, took the white jade Guanyin wrapped in red cloth, and turned to leave.

The two went to the back of the house. Hou Wanqiang took a puff of his cigarette and looked at Han Jingfan, who had just returned home: "Nephew, where did you find such a wonderful wife? She's so enviable. Her voice is lovely too. Treat her well. It's hard to find such a gentle and beautiful girl."

Yu Dawei was both amused and exasperated: "Second Uncle, you didn't call me over just to hear you praise my wife, did you?"

"Am I that irresponsible?" Hou Wanqiang rolled his eyes at Yu Dawei, then quietly leaned close to his ear and said, "Hurry up and get a rotary excavator working on it. The town of Luhe is about to get electricity, and I've already managed to get the project through the town leaders. The power supply bureau signed the contract directly with me."

Yu Dawei's eyes widened. This was no small matter. He glanced around and found that only Yu Quan and a few old men from the Yu family were enjoying the cool air at the landlord's place.

He then turned his head with relief and quietly asked, "Second Uncle, don't you have a project in Luhe Town? Where do you find the time to do this?"

"Of course I don't have time, but I still have your third uncle." Hou Wanqiang exhaled smoke. "This village-to-village electrification project is entirely in the hands of your third uncle. He was in charge of my peripheral matters before, and I will have him come back soon to take over this project."

Yu Dawei was deeply shocked. Sure enough, he was the kind of person who would create a dominant company like Wanqiang Group in the future. He seized every opportunity that was in his favor, grew wildly, and became stronger rapidly.

But he couldn't envy it. Everyone has different life goals, all of which involve making money, but the meaning of making money is also very different.

My second uncle is destined to abandon his wife and children for money, and even for higher pursuits, he will take a wife who can elevate his status.

But he is not.

There's no right or wrong here. My second uncle himself said how distant his relationship with my aunt had become, and how the children treated him. This is the price he paid for his choices.

Yu Dawei didn't want that; he didn't want to be alone in his perfect life.

"Oh, and one more thing I need to remind you. This village-to-village electrification project will be carried out in three batches, one after another. Don't worry too much about it; other remote villages are all doing it this way. Electrification will definitely happen eventually; it's an inevitable trend." Hou Wanqiang threw his cigarette butt on the ground, two puffs of smoke flying from his nostrils. "If you have any ideas, you can get your village electrified first. It would be best to count the number of people and report it in advance, so you might be able to catch the first batch."

"The reason I went back to Laotun with Officer Hao this time was to discuss this matter with our village chief." Hou Wanqiang glanced at Yu Dawei's conflicted expression. "Let me tell you, only three villages in Luhe Town will be eligible for the first batch of electrification, then the second batch, the third batch, and the intervals between them won't be too long, but it definitely can't be done all at once." Yu Dawei understood this. There are usually five or six villages under each village, and it's unrealistic to get them all done at once, especially since their area is surrounded by impoverished counties.

Getting electricity to their own village first is certainly a good thing, as it benefits both the village and their families. But the question is, how should it be done?

He didn't have that much influence in the village, let alone in other villages.

"Hehe, I'm going to see your aunt. I haven't seen my older sister in years. You can worry about it by yourself." Hou Wanqiang patted Dawei's shoulder and whispered in his ear, "I think your Uncle Yu Quan has a lot of influence. Why don't you talk to him about it?"

"Yes, that's right." Yu Dawei suddenly realized.

"I'm leaving. Keep an eye on the excavator business. The third brother needs to file the necessary documents and sign contracts with various material and equipment suppliers in the next few days." Hou Wanqiang left.

Before leaving, he deliberately passed by Yu Quan and whispered a few words to him before leaving with a smile.

Just as Yu Dawei was still standing there thinking about the digging, the old voice of Grandpa Yu Quan came from behind him: "That kid said you were looking for me?"

Yu Quan stood behind Yu Dawei, leaning on his cane with both hands, and had a palm-sized tin wine pot hanging at his waist. It was gourd-shaped with a few slight dents on its surface.

In the center of the tin gourd is a copper coin tied with a patina-covered red string. The coin itself is also patina-covered with a faint layer of gold rust, making the inscription on it almost invisible to the naked eye.

"Uncle, I do have something to tell you." Yu Dawei then explained the matter of bringing electricity to every village to Yu Quan, and also mentioned the phased connection of electricity.

After listening, Yu Quan lowered his eyes and pondered for a long time before finally nodding: "Don't worry, I can still help you with this kind of contacting people. Come to my house tomorrow night."

"Okay, Uncle, thank you for your trouble." Yu Dawei smiled happily. If it weren't for Uncle Yu Quan, he would have even hesitated about whether to help their village.

It wasn't that he was selfish, but rather that he was a nobody and his voice carried little weight. Now that people in the village knew he was rich, people in other villages probably didn't even know who he was, let alone the village chief he had never met.

With the help of the old man smoothing things over, their decision to get the electricity connected ahead of schedule seems very reliable!

"Hehe, I'm getting old after all. It's better to be young, when you can eat and bite, fight and endure." Yu Quan said with some emotion, taking off the tin gourd, uncorking the small bottle, taking a sip, and smacking his lips. "Time flies, and we can't help it! I'm off."

As Yu Dawei watched the old man's departing figure, he felt a pang of emotion.

It has to be the Yu family who can stand up for me at crucial moments; otherwise, the matter of the White Jade Guanyin would never have ended well.

Thinking about it this way, it would be a good thing to help the family members in Yujiatun get electricity ahead of schedule.

Do it casually, without getting involved in any consequences.

The current task is to find a wheeled excavator, also known as a wheeled excavator. These are common in the south but rare in the northeast, let alone in a small town. Fortunately, Yu Dawei remembered seeing a scrapped wheeled excavator at the rental market before.

Suddenly, I remembered what I had said to Axe before. I think I said that I wouldn't take that piece of junk even if it were given to me for free. Now I'm definitely being proven wrong.

Not only that, but he also needs to go to the rental market tomorrow morning to check on Brother Duan. At noon, he can ask Boss Liang and Brother Duan for a free meal. Perfect!

Yu Dawei felt everything was going smoothly, so he turned around and walked home with cheerful steps.

The four puppies in the yard, now grown up, had long since gone off to play somewhere, leaving only Big White lying alone in his doghouse in the yard.

Upon seeing Yu Dawei return, it quickly ran to his side, rubbed against his trouser leg, and then stuck out its tongue to lick the back of Yu Dawei's hand.

"Alright, don't run around in the yard. There are dozens of chickens, ducks, and geese. Keep an eye on them for me." Yu Dawei reached out and patted Da Bai's head.

"Woof woof!" Big White barked twice, showing great understanding, then crawled into its kennel, its eyes fixed on the poultry in front of the chicken and duck racks, its previous laziness turning into a sharper gaze.

Yu Dawei grinned. What a good dog! He wondered if any of her four puppies were particularly intelligent.

Looking at them now, they all seem a bit silly, and one of them is a traitor.

He walked into the room and saw Han Jingfan sitting on the kang doing needlework, Er Yan holding the child and coaxing him to sleep, and the white jade Guanyin wrapped in a red cloth, quietly bathing in the sunlight reflected from the window on the kang.

“You, you’ve finally come home.” Yu Dawei put his feet on the ground, leaned his upper body on the kang (a heated brick bed), picked up the white jade Guanyin statue with both hands, and placed it on top of the mahogany cabinet on the west side.

"Big brother, how come you have so much money? You can just take ten or twenty thousand yuan like that." Er Yan looked at Yu Dawei curiously, not daring to speak too loudly, and asked the question by vibrating her vocal cords with the air in her throat.

Yu Dawei leaned over and quietly replied, "If it still doesn't work, then your big brother's luck has finally turned around?"

Er Yan smiled brightly: "By the way, I heard that's ours?"

Han Jingfan, who was sitting at the opposite end of the kang, also put down her needlework. She knew that the white jade Guanyin should be related to her father. It was only after she figured this out that she took out all the family's wealth and gave it all to Yu Dawei.

Her father-in-law treated her extremely well. She was able to resolve her inner conflict about rereading books because of Yu Dawei, and she was able to have books to read because of her father-in-law.

The two were more like teacher and student. Many of the principles in books, when combined with reality, were explained to Han Jingfan by Yu Laonian based on his own experiences over most of his life, which made her understand completely.

Being able to help her father-in-law was something that made Han Jingfan very happy.

At this moment, Han Jingfan was simply curious about the relationship between the White Jade Guanyin and the Yu family.

Yu Dawei sat on the kang (a heated brick bed) and began to speak softly, "Let me tell you some stories about this white jade Guanyin and our family. It's related to my childhood..."

(End of this chapter)