I, Yan Jiefang, will live to 2025 in this courtyard house.

Liu Ruyan hadn't expected this to happen. She wasn't like those fairy maidens of later generations; she didn't have those bizarre ideas.

I felt a sudden surge of sweetness in my heart.

She remembered that her husband had said back in those days that it might take ten or twenty years to realize his dream, and now, almost twenty years later, this beautiful wish has really come true!

Her husband, who was already a towering figure in her heart, became even more towering.

"Honey, I also want to go to the beach when spring is here and the flowers are in bloom."

Liu Ruyan started to act coquettishly.

It gave his two sons behind him goosebumps.

They had never seen a mother like this before, and this mother was almost forty years old!

Yan Jiefang, however, remained calm as he drove, nodding in agreement.

"Okay, I'll buy the tickets this afternoon, and we'll go in a couple of days."

"Yay, my husband is the best!"

Mom!

Is this still my biological mother?

Yan Xueheng and Yan Xueyuan exchanged a glance, neither knowing what to say.

Today's mother completely shattered their long-held preconceived notions about mothers.

Is this still their beautiful, virtuous and kind mother?

...

Yan Jiefang kept his word and, after sending the group home, immediately went to the train station to buy sleeper tickets for the third day.

There were only the two of them on this trip south.

My mother-in-law is old and doesn't like to move around much.

My two sons are 16 and 14 years old, and they are already capable of taking care of themselves.

So the three of them stayed at home.

Oh, and there's also Liu Guangtian's daughter, Liu Jingjing.

They don't need to worry about this at all.

Yan Jiefang took his wife to Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen for several days.

By the time I returned, more than half a month had passed.

In this day and age, traveling far from home is still not very safe.

Especially someone like Liu Ruyan, who is both beautiful and appears to be wealthy.

It is also the goal of many people.

But who is Yan Jiefang?

Although he doesn't show off, he deeply despises human traffickers and other criminals.

Many of these people are wanted criminals and have murdered people; they handle many cases where the killers cannot be found.

They mostly commit crimes while moving from place to place, shooting and then moving on to another location.

With the criminal investigation methods available today, it would be really difficult to find them.

They were unlucky to run into Yan Jiefang.

Finally, he sent more than twenty people underground to be used for landscaping.

After this trip, Liu Ruyan felt much better and seemed more gentle.

On the other hand, Yan Jiefang has been frequently visiting Chunfeng Restaurant lately when he has nothing to do.

He came here to teach Shazhu some skills and recipes.

This was all so that Chunfeng Restaurant could stand firm in the future.

Sha Zhu is over fifty years old, but he really has a talent for cooking.

After more than ten days of instruction, his skill level improved significantly, and the dishes he made tasted much better.

In addition, his apprentice Ma Hua also learned a lot of skills under his tutelage.

At the very least, he memorized Sha Zhu's old seasoning recipe, and the seasoning he made looked quite decent.

There will be no problem with him taking over as head chef here from Sha Zhu in the future.

After discussion, everyone decided to raise his salary to 500 per month.

This is an extremely high salary for this era.

Ma Hua was very satisfied with the salary and was also very grateful to his mentor for being willing to pass on his true skills.

After some time, Chunfeng Restaurant officially opened.

As soon as the restaurant opened, everyone was amazed by Sha Zhu's culinary skills.

It is said that his culinary skills are no less than those of the head chefs of famous restaurants such as Fengzeyuan.

But the prices of vegetables here are much cheaper and more affordable.

In addition, the decor here is quite upscale.

Many people have decided that they will eat here from now on when they treat others to meals.

Some street thugs who wanted to cause trouble were easily dealt with by Yan Jiefang.

The opening of Chunfeng Restaurant was a great success.

When the business closed for the night, Sha Zhu looked worried and said to Yan Jiefang:

"Liberation, I had prepared some money today to pay off those who came to cause trouble, but none of them showed up."

This is strange, and I'm really uneasy about it.

Yan Jiefang patted him on the shoulder and said a word of comfort:

"Don't worry, I had someone talk to them about this."

The silly couple immediately breathed a sigh of relief:

"I see! You're really something else, Liberation, you have connections in both the legitimate and underworld!"

Yan Jiefang rolled his eyes, but was too lazy to explain, and simply said to them:

"Don't worry about these underworld matters. If anyone comes looking for trouble, don't confront them head-on."

Just let them have their way for now. Give me a call later, and I'll deal with it when I have time.

Sha Zhu nodded repeatedly:

"Okay, I'll leave this to you!"

"Alright, you guys keep going, I'm going back now."

After saying that, Yan Jiefang waved his hand and left gracefully.

The couple, Sha Zhu and his wife, watched his retreating figure with admiration.

This year, Sha Zhu has turned 52. His energy is not as good as when he was young, and he basically doesn't fight anymore.

When faced with problems, they become much more tactful and usually resolve them with money.

He's no longer the silly Zhu everyone remembers.

When He Daqing sent his daughter to Chunfeng Restaurant to ask for a waitress job, he readily agreed after explaining the rules.

...

The weather gradually turned cold, and 1987 came to an end.

At the end of the year, Great Wall Factory settled its accounts with Yan Jiefang Technology Development Company for the year.

Yan Jiefang Technology Development Company received 1560 million yuan.

Because of the preferential policies of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, Yan Jiefang's company has a three-year tax exemption period.

Therefore, these profits are tax-free and can be fully retained in the company's accounts.

As the company's boss, Yan Jiefang could dispose of these funds at will.

According to the contract, starting next year, the settlement cycle for both parties will be once a quarter until the cooperation ends.

Due to the huge shortage, Great Wall Motors has increased its procurement of related components, and its shipments should increase significantly next year.

Seeing the power of the Chinese Windows system, other assembly plants also called or visited Yan Jiefang to discuss cooperation, but he refused them all on the grounds of the contract.

In fact, Yan Jiefang had a great dislike for these "trade-industry-technology" guys, including Great Wall.

However, his plan had to be implemented step by step.

Even if he brought over an advanced lithography machine from the other side, it wouldn't be of much use.

After all, almost all the consumables for producing chips need to be imported, and according to the regulations of the Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls (COCOM) on equipment imports.

Not only are various advanced equipment prohibited from entering the country, but even related consumables are on the control list!

What disappointed him most was that he had already provided the relevant information more than ten years ago.

But after so many years, there has been no improvement in the domestic situation.

Someone is definitely up to something here!

And it wasn't just one or two people, it was a whole group of people!

Yan Jiefang's eyes flickered, and he made a decision in his heart.