Chapter 1147: Yang Zhangfeng Wants to Retire

Jingcheng.

Yang Zhangfeng looked at the last courtyard house he had restored and let out a deep sigh.

He was already old, and it was time to rest.

He missed Yang Qing a lot; steeped in traditional culture, he felt he should fulfill his filial duties.

But he couldn't let go of Jingcheng's old buildings.

He had dealt with these old structures all his life, and giving them up was extremely difficult.

Now the important ancient buildings within Jingcheng's old city wall have almost all been restored by him.

He should let go now.

The rest will be handed over to the company's new generation.

If he wants to retire, he needs to see Yang Tian and ask whether to retire.

In Jingcheng, the bond between the two brothers is the strongest.

After saying goodbye to his friends, he got into a future car and traveled to Yang Tian's home.

When he entered, Zhou Ying was not at home.

Yang Tian was sitting in the courtyard, in a rocking chair.

Seeing Yang Tian, he got up.

"Why do you have time to come over today?"

Yang Tian invited him to sit.

Yang Zhangfeng smiled, sat on the other side, lay back in the rocking chair, and rocked twice.

"You're still alive, this is the life our dad most wanted in Jingcheng."

When Yang Qing was mentioned, Yang Tian fell a bit silent.

Yang Zhangfeng saw his expression and felt a bit uncomfortable.

"The matter with Nuomi is long past; now our dad owes her nothing."

Even so, Yang Tian remained very silent.

Regarding Yang Qing, his feelings are too complicated.

He used to like his own dad a lot, and even after the Yang Nuomi incident, he held little resentment.

At most, he felt uneasy.

But later Yang Qing seized the Nuomi incident, forcibly imposed the commoner marriage system, and nailed him as an example on the pillar of shame.

He and Zhou Ying almost divorced several times because of this.

He was exhausted from the turmoil.

Family life was a mess.

He could no longer get close to Yang Qing.

Of course he didn't know that, in others' eyes, his behavior made him an ungrateful wolf.

Yang Qing hadn't wronged him at all, and Zhou Ying's issues indeed existed.

The Yang family's marriage system didn't arise because of him; it has always existed, otherwise how would He Jin'er and Lin Cuiping have appeared.

Even his ability to marry Zhou Ying, to some extent, was due to Yang Qing's favoritism.

But although this is normal in others' eyes, for Yang Tian it became an emotional burden.

It made the relationship between Yang Tian and Yang Qing very cold.

Yang Zhangfeng had never heard what Yang Qing said, but he could imagine it must have been chilling.

Those who are favored always feel others owe them.

Yang Tian still feels that way now.

"Hmm, I never said I owed anything."

His tone seemed to mock something, which made Yang Zhangfeng feel very uncomfortable.

So his tone also became much colder.

"I came here to tell you, I'm preparing to retire."

"I'm planning to go to Linshui."

Yang Tian's figure paused briefly, then relaxed, and he said casually.

"Hmm, I'll see you off then."

Yang Zhangfeng was disappointed again.

He continued to mechanically state his plans.

"The several courtyards I have, I'm ready to give up all of them."

"Except for No. 95, I don't intend to rent any more courtyards in Jingcheng."

Yang Tian's body tensed again; Yang Zhangfeng's meaning was clear—he wasn't planning to come back, he was truly preparing to move out.

Why only keep No. 95? Both of them understood.

Intense emotions roiled in Yang Tian's chest.

His relationship with Yang Zhangfeng was still close; Zhangfeng's departure was a huge blow to him.

But he couldn't find words to try to keep him.

Their brothers, Yang Fan and Yang Qihang, had long since left.

It was also their daughters-in-law who were shouldering the responsibility of caring for the parents.

Now Yang Zhangfeng is about to leave.

Yang Canghai and Yang Yuntian won't be far either.

But now he's all alone.

He should go to Linshui after all.

But there's no one at home to inherit his mantle.

The key is that Zhou Ying doesn't really want to go back either.

"I heard that our father's place is very lively; he says it's noisy every day."

Meaning, I don't want to go back.

Yang Zhangfeng was utterly disappointed.

"Hmm, it's too noisy; you'd better not go back, anyway we've already gone back."

At this point his tone was already filled with anger.

Yang Tian naturally could tell.

But he was still making excuses for himself.

"My uncle's family is still here."

This time the meaning is already quite clear.

Yang Zhangfeng snorted, then had to suppress his anger, after all, brotherly love runs deep.

"Nowadays, geese can't carry family letters."

"If one can't do morning and evening greetings, the three festivals and two longevity celebrations, one shouldn't be absent either."

"Our father is no longer young; he's old, very old."

"Moreover, he doesn't take any medicine at all."

"When he was a child, his body was terribly deficient."

"You understand what I mean, right?"

Yang Tian's heart gave a throb.

His eyes also began to moisten.

Finally he took a deep breath, suppressing the heavy emotion in his heart.

"I can't leave here for the time being, you know, now there's no one to inherit my career."

"Originally Qing Feng was supposed to take over, but now you can see he has no time."

"Over these years, although many standard-bearers of cultural revival have emerged, the interests involved are too many; I fear that if I leave, they will be co-opted by capital."

"This is Jingcheng, where the water is shallow and there are many turtles; our Yang family still can't suppress some people's ambitions."

"Blame it all on the fact that Father entrusted me with this back then, blame it all on our choosing to be in Jingcheng."

"Now the cultural and entertainment industry in Qiongzhou is developing well; I want to gradually transfer some of the accumulated legacy here to Qiongzhou."

"This is also a precaution."

This reason is somewhat far-fetched, but it's still passable.

Yang Zhangfeng convinced himself.

Yang Tian doing this is right; the old father has always attached great importance to cultural revival.

Decades of effort must not be ruined in a single moment.

"All right, I'll go to Qiongzhou and can help you get things done."

"I also feel that in traditional cultural entertainment, there's a bit of south-light, north-heavy."

This also counts as a reason one can state.

Moreover, although I've retired, I can't stay idle; like Yang Fan and Yang Qihang, they're still active.

Engaging in tradition is also a fairly good project.

It's just right to let him stretch his talents in Qiongzhou.

At the same time, it also counts as helping Yang Tian promote traditional culture southward.

Then, through Qiongzhou, push traditional culture toward the whole world.

Traditional culture, though long taken for granted in his view, is now seen by foreigners as a lofty, high-end representative.

In this regard, Yang Tian has still made great achievements.

Jingcheng's support for the cultural industry is also quite strong.

Initially, Yang Qing's plan was to mainly develop the cultural industry inside the old city walls.

This gave strong assistance to the cultural industry.

It allowed a large amount of traditional culture to be preserved.

Other things aside, just in terms of drama, Jingcheng nearly encompasses all drama forms.

There's also storytelling, comic singing, pingshu, crosstalk, acrobatics……