Siheyuan, a comfortable life under Zhengyang Gate

years later.

On the first day of the first lunar month, Yang Yukun and Xu Jingping, as usual, brought little Zongzi, Pingping and Xiao Yumi to the Heishan People's Cemetery to pay New Year's greetings to their parents.

On the morning of the second day of the Lunar New Year, the disciples came to pay New Year's greetings to Yang Yukun and Xu Jingping. In the afternoon, Yang Yukun and Xu Jingping took their children to pay New Year's greetings to their master.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Zhiweilou Restaurant, a subsidiary of Zhiweilou Catering Company, resumed work. Xu Jingping went to the company early in the morning, while Yang Yukun went to see Teacher Yi and his wife.

In the afternoon, Lan Wu and his wife and Xia Junhui and Zhong Li and their husbands came to Yang Yukun's house to wish him a happy new year.

On the morning of the fourth day of the Chinese New Year, Yang Yukun and Xu Jingping went to Zhiweilou Catering Company together.

Peng Changhai and other 19 master craftsmen are old and want to retire to enjoy their old age. The company held a retirement ceremony for them at the front door of Zhiweilou Restaurant.

"Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye. Time flies so fast. Master Peng, Master Cui, Master Wu... Thank you all."

Yang Yukun and Xu Jingping expressed their gratitude to Peng Changhai and others one by one. These master chefs are the cornerstones of the rapid rise of Zhiweilou Restaurant.

Ten years ago, Yang Yukun opened the first Zhiweilou Restaurant on Qianmen Street and poached Chen Yuliang from the Imperial Capital Hotel to join the business.

At that time, the front store of Zhiweilou Restaurant had just opened and did not have the foundation it has today.

At the invitation of Yang Yukun, Peng Changhai, who had just retired from the Imperial Capital Hotel, joined Zhiweilou Restaurant. He also brought his fellow apprentices to Zhiweilou Restaurant to be responsible for chef training and innovative dish development.

Through the relationship between Peng Changhai and his two brothers, sixteen senior chefs who retired from major hotels in the capital joined the chef training and food innovation and development department of Zhiweilou Restaurant.

Over the past ten years, master chefs such as Peng Changhai have trained thousands of excellent chefs for Zhiweilou Restaurant and have innovatively developed thousands of new dishes.

The special banquets now offered by the various cuisine halls of Zhiweilou Restaurant are also prepared under the guidance of these master chefs.

Today, these old masters are all in their seventies. Yang Yukun and Xu Jingping are very grateful for their contributions to Zhiweilou Restaurant over the past ten years.

Peng Changhai said with a smile, "I should have been enjoying my retirement life ten years ago, but you insisted on having me work at Zhiweilou Restaurant, tempting me with Eight Immortals Drunk, Hanhai Jingjiang, and Jieyuhua."

Cui Minghe said: "One jar of good wine a day, we finally couldn't resist the temptation."

Wu Xiuquan said with a smile: "Xiao Kun, now that we are officially retired, can we still drink the good wine you provided?"

"Of course, no problem. The company will not only give you a retirement salary, but also a jar of good wine every day."

In order to retain old masters like Peng Changhai, Yang Yukun provided them with a jar of good wine every day, one of which was Eight Immortals Drunk, Hanhai Nectar, or Jieyuhua Renyuan.

Over the years, the extra benefits provided to these old masters have not been interrupted, and they still provide the Eight Immortals Drunk, Hanhai Nectar and Jieyuhua brewed by Yang Yukun himself in his portable planting space.

Now that the masters have retired and are enjoying their retirement, the treatment of a jar of good wine a day will continue without interruption and will continue until they pass on to another world.

Wu Xiuquan smiled and said, "Then I feel relieved. You have spoiled my mouth. No other wine tastes good to me."

Xu Jingping said: "Master Peng, Master Cui, Master Wu..., this glass of wine is for you."

Peng Changhai said: "If we really want to say thank you, we should thank you and Xiaokun. The company has not treated us unfairly. We have been very happy in the company for the past ten years."

After retiring from their original units, Peng Changhai and others worked at Zhiweilou Catering Company for another ten years.

But in these ten years, they have lived a very fulfilling life, not only spiritually but also materially. The company has not treated them unfairly.

The salary at Zhiweilou Catering Company is several times higher than what they received in their original unit. They can also receive rewards for innovatively developing new dishes, and they also receive a share of the company's profit dividends.

Two years ago, when his eldest grandson got married, Peng Changhai, as a grandfather, bought him a new house in Fengmingyuan Community with full payment. He also bought him a Peugeot and filled the house with high-end imported appliances.

If he had not accepted Yang Yukun's invitation to work at Zhiweilou Restaurant after retirement, he would not have been able to come up with so much money all at once.

Nowadays, when they retire, the company will give them an additional retirement pay, which means they can receive two retirement paychecks.

If they were not too old to work anymore, they would really like to continue working at Zhiweilou Catering Company.

Yang Yukun said: "Wife, Master Chen, Master Zhang, Mr. Luo, Mr. Tan, Mr. Xu..., let's toast to all the masters and wish you a leisurely and colorful retirement life. May all the masters be healthy, free from illness and disaster, and live a long life."

"Cheers to all the masters."

"thank you all."

"cheers!"

"Done!"

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After the retirement ceremony, Peng Changhai and 19 other people left from the front door of Zhiweilou Restaurant. They made an appointment to go to the park together.

From today on, this group of old men over 70 years old will truly enter retirement life.

Yang Yukun, Xu Jingping, Chen Yuliang and others sent the masters to the door and watched them leave chatting and laughing.

"Wife, I'll go back first."

"Okay, go back."

"Master Chen, Master Zhang, Mr. Luo, Mr. Tan, Mr. Xu... Goodbye." "Goodbye, Mr. Yang."

"okay."

There was a meeting at Zhiweilou Catering Company in the afternoon. Yang Yukun, the hands-off boss, did not plan to attend. After seeing off the masters including Peng Changhai, he left first.

"Dad is back."

"dad."

"Third uncle."

"Uncle Kun, you're back."

"Uncle Xiaokun..."

Little Zongzi, Pingping and Little Yumi were playing in the yard.

"Fifteenth, tenth day, little mosquito, you guys came over too."

"Let's come over to play with Xiao Zongzi and the others."

"What are your dad and the others busy with?"

"My dad went to Fangshan and hasn't come back yet. My mom and I went back to Fangshan to celebrate the New Year."

"My parents too. They went there yesterday morning and haven't come back yet."

Feifei said: "Uncle Kun, my parents also went to Fangshan."

"They all went to Fangshan." On the second day of the Chinese New Year, Yang Huajian's family of three and Mao Ditu's family of four came to pay New Year's greetings to Aunt Han.

Yang Yukun heard from Yang Huajian and others that he wanted to accompany Meng Xiaoxing and Meng Xiaozao back to her parents' home in Fangshan.

Although Meng Xiaoxing and Meng Xiaozao's parents have passed away long ago, they still have their aunt who is very kind to them.

Han Chunming and Su Meng, along with Meng Xiaoxing and her friends, went to Fangshan to visit their aunt.

"Little Zongzi, where are your grandparents?" There were only a dozen little ones like Little Zongzi, Pingping, and Little Yumi at home. Yang Yukun didn't see his father-in-law and mother-in-law.

When he and Xu Jingping went out in the morning, his father-in-law and mother-in-law were still at home.

"Grandpa and grandma went to the construction site." Little Zongzi said, "Oh, Dad, Brother Guangcheng and Fengzi came here just now. You were not at home, so they sat for a while and then went back."

"Have Fengzi and the others returned from their hometown?"

"They came back today and brought a lot of things and put them in the house."

"Okay, I see."

Yang Yukun picked up his cell phone and called Yang Guangcheng and Yang Feng respectively, asking them to come over for dinner later.

In less than half an hour, Yang Feng and Zhang Xue came over with their two children.

"Grandpa."

"Grandpa, we are here to see you."

"Fengzi, Xiaoxue, you are here. Fengfeng, Xiaojie, we haven't seen each other for such a long time. Do you two miss your great-grandfather?"

"Yes." Yang Xuefeng asked, "Are grandpa and grandma not at home?"

"Your great grandmother has gone to the company and will be back soon. Go play with your great aunt and the others."

Yang Yukun patted Yang Xuefeng on the head, let the boy go play with Xiao Zongzi and the others, and then took the little guy from Yang Feng.

This little guy is called Yang Shijie, the youngest son of Yang Feng and Zhang Xue. He was born in mid-October of the lunar calendar in 1990 and is one year and three months old.

"Why are you back so early this year? In previous years, you always came back after the Lantern Festival."

Today is only the fourth day of the first lunar month. In previous years, Yang Feng and his family returned to their hometown in Jingchu to celebrate the New Year, and would basically not return to the capital until after the Lantern Festival.

Yang Feng said: "I had a quarrel with my family, so I came back."

"what's the situation?"

"It's all because of Xiaocheng. I get angry when I talk about him."

Speaking of his younger brother Yang Cheng, Yang Feng became extremely angry.

At first, the boy found a job at the Xidan Food Factory, but he felt that his big brother was too strict with him, so he ran back to his hometown after working there for a few months.

Last year I went to work in Guangdong and was cheated. I almost died there.

Yang Feng originally planned to let him come to the capital, but no matter what he said, the boy would not listen, and his parents even sided with him. In a rage, Yang Feng and Zhang Xue took the child back to the capital. (End of this chapter)