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

Chapter 33 A little favor
"This car doesn't break down easily." Yu Dawei glanced at it curiously and noticed that the windows were covered in frost, so he guessed that the temperature inside the car wasn't too high.

Hou Wanqiang, his cigarette dangling from his lips, asked with obvious enthusiasm, "Can you fix a car?"

“In principle, they are about the same.” Yu Dawei said with a complicated expression, “It’s just that if any major part of this car breaks down, I’m afraid you won’t be able to find a replacement in the whole town.”

"It doesn't matter, I'm just going to take a look. It would be great if I could help, but if I can't, neither of us will lose anything." Hou Wanqiang stepped on the clutch, braked, shifted into second gear, and slowly drove past the old Audi.

"Hey, driver, what's going on?" Hou Wanqiang asked Yu Dawei to roll down the car window and then shouted outside.

"The car heater is broken! Hey buddy, is there a car repair shop around here?" The man turned around and smiled at the two passersby.

Hou Wanqiang slammed on the brakes at that moment, then had Dawei roll up the window, and the two of them got out of the car and turned back.

"It's not warm yet, you'll freeze to death driving without a heater," Hou Wanqiang said, a cigarette dangling from his lips. He took a pack of Changbaishan cigarettes from his pocket and handed it over. "Have one to warm you up."

"Hehe, no way." The man waved his hand. "Aren't there car repair shops in the nearby towns?"

“Yes, we do have them, but we might not be able to get parts for these imported cars.” Hou Wanqiang pointed to Yu Dawei beside him. “If you trust him, let him take a look. He repairs construction machinery, so he knows a thing or two about these things.”

"That's great, thank you for your help, young man." The man looked at Yu Dawei. All three of them were wearing hoods on the back of their clothes, so only their faces could be seen.

Yu Dawei has a very distinctive face; his憨憨 (simple and honest) appearance naturally makes people like him.

"It's alright." Yu Dawei agreed, first glancing at the various parts under the hood, then opening the car door and getting inside to examine them.

"It's freezing cold outside, let him keep busy. I'll take you to my car to warm up." Hou Wanqiang finished one cigarette and lit another one in front of the other person.

The man was somewhat astonished; this guy must be a heavy smoker.

"No need, let's wait and see. If it doesn't work, I'll go to town to take a look first." The man looked at Hou Wanqiang curiously, "Are you from this construction site?"

"Yes, I won the bid for part of this land." Hou Wanqiang took a deep breath. "I figured since construction is about to start, I came to take a look beforehand so I would have a better idea of ​​how much equipment I would need later."

"Once this road is repaired, it will be much more convenient for people in the town to go to the city. It will extend from the very beginning all the way to the village entrance below." Hou Wanqiang pointed into the distance. Although neither of them could see it, he still wanted the other to know that the road was really well repaired.

"This is just the beginning. I believe that in a few years, every household in the village will have a cement road in front of their door." The man's smile widened as he spoke of this.

"It's fixed." Yu Dawei's voice suddenly rang out in the air, catching the two off guard.

"Fixed? Fixed?" The man was shocked. He had been working on it for an hour and couldn't figure it out, but the other party fixed it in less than ten minutes.

"Are you sure?" Hou Wanqiang was also stunned. Although his nephew had learned car repair from his father, there was no reason why he could repair cars so quickly.

Don't the car parts need to be replaced?

"Yeah, this car probably hasn't been maintained much." Yu Dawei pointed to the glove box in front of the passenger seat. "I took the cabin air filter out and looked at it; it was so dirty it was almost black. I dusted it off and put it back in." "Just drive it for now. When you get to the city, just find an auto parts shop and buy a new cabin air filter." Yu Dawei thought for a moment, then opened the coolant reservoir cap. "Change the coolant when you get back; this car might be leaking coolant."

"Okay, okay!" The man opened the car door and felt the gradually warming driver's seat. He looked at Yu Dawei gratefully. "Thank you both so much. If I hadn't met you, I guess I would have had to drive back to the city in minus twenty or thirty degrees Celsius."

Huang Fengcang's feelings went beyond mere gratitude; he was also incredibly impressed by the young man's skills. Such keen eye and skill at such a young age were rare, even in the city.

Moreover, the other party's major was construction machinery, which gave Huang Fengcang a lot of ideas.

"What are you saying? In this godforsaken place, we should lend a hand when we run into someone." Hou Wanqiang smiled and exhaled smoke, then stomped the cigarette butt under his foot. "Alright, if there's no problem, we'll be going now."

"Hey, wait a minute, how much?" Huang Fengcang said, reaching his right hand into his shirt pocket.

"What money do you need for such a small thing? Alright, you get on with your work, we're leaving." Hou Wanqiang waved and got into the car with Yu Dawei.

Under Huang Fengcang's watchful eye, the two quickly drove away from the construction site.

"These two." Huang Fengcang smiled helplessly and put the money back into his pocket.

Originally, the car heater was broken, and he planned to take advantage of the warmth to drive back quickly. Now that the car was warm, he thought he might as well continue his undercover investigation of the other sections in the town.

Logically speaking, this should be a busy time after the New Year, and he simply doesn't have time to come here. The infrastructure projects in the oil city have him firmly tied down.

However, he was always a little worried about the local road construction, and since they had only recently started this kind of project contracting, he was also concerned that something might go wrong.

If he does well this time, he can implement this model throughout North China. If he doesn't, his career will probably come to an end.

It was a very important matter, so I couldn't refuse to come. I never expected that this old, beat-up car would cause such a commotion.

"Well, thankfully, I met a young man who knows how to fix cars." Huang Fengcang was taken aback, then slapped his forehead. "Look at my memory, I forgot to ask these two people their names. I was just trying to fix my car, and I didn't even know their names."

Huang Fengcang felt so guilty that he wished he could drive up to him right now, ask for his name, and maybe even treat him to a meal.

But thinking about it, I have a lot of things to do, and that old smoker is the contractor here, so I guess I'll probably see him again in the future.

Thinking of this, he was relieved.

I drove my warm car away from this desolate, empty land.

On the other side, on the way back, Hou Wanqiang glanced at Yu Dawei with a smile: "Aren't you particularly curious as to why we're in such a hurry to leave?"

"Hmm, I'm a little confused." Yu Dawei knew that someone who could drive an Audi was probably a high-ranking leader, but he wasn't familiar with the person, so it didn't seem to matter whether he was in a hurry to leave or not.

(End of this chapter)