Thank you, friends from sanitation workers, and invite you to a reunion dinner (a story of Changsha practicing core values)


　　A boss in Changsha has hosted a heartwarming reunion dinner for 13 consecutive years and invited "urban beauticians"

　　Changsha Evening News full media reporter Liu Shuyuan

　　At noon on January 14th, the winter was raining and the wind was cold, but the Dingding Xiangwei Food Store in Gaoqiao Market was very lively. A group of sanitation workers were invited to come here. Blessing the meal, drinking the reunion wine, and receiving the New Year's materials, the sanitation workers' faces were filled with joy.

　　"Thank you sanitation workers, you are urban beauticians, you have worked hard, and today I will invite you to a reunion dinner!" Zhang Shangyou, chairman of Dingding Xiangwei, who initiated this welfare activity, said with a smile, making a special trip to thank the sanitation workers for their reunion The rice is held every year before the Spring Festival, and it has been held for 13 years.

　　Thanksgiving feedback "I have to do something for them"

　　In early 2008, a heavy snow swept across Sanxiang.

Many sanitation workers are fighting against the ice and snow on the front line. Due to the tight schedule and heavy tasks, it is difficult for them to eat a hot meal.

Zhang Shangyou, who manages food distribution in Gaoqiao Market, sees it and is anxious.

"These sanitation workers wake up early in the morning and stay in the dark to clean up the snow near our store, so that we have a safe, clean and tidy environment. I have to do something for them!"

　　Just do it!

He immediately set up a table of meals in the store and invited nearby sanitation workers to come over for a reunion dinner.

Although the banquet was not large, it contained wine and meat, enough to feed dozens of cold and hungry sanitation workers who had been working for a long time.

Seeing the warm smiles on everyone's faces, Zhang Shangyou was also very happy. He immediately set his next goal - to hold such a reunion dinner every year to thank the hard-working sanitation workers nearby.

　　From 2008 to this year, Zhang Shangyou held the Chinese New Year Appreciation Banquet for 13 consecutive years, and the scale has also been upgraded from one table to five or six tables, with 12 tables in one year at most.

"Affected by the epidemic this year, it cannot be expanded. I invited some representatives of the sanitation workers in the vicinity to welcome the Chinese New Year together, so that they can eat and drink well and work happily."

　　The reporter saw that the banquet dishes were rich. In addition to beef and mutton, the 12 main dishes included seafood.

These sanitation workers blessed each other and thanked Zhang Shangyou for his kindness.

　　In the past 13 years, nearly a thousand sanitation workers have been invited to participate in the reunion dinner.

"As long as our business is still in operation, we will continue this love activity." Zhang Shangyou said with a smile.

　　Passing on love, early years of hard work inspired him to often do good deeds

　　Zhang Shangyou from Liuyang entered the society very early. He first went to the village to sell popsicles, and then traveled long-distance transportation. Later, he partnered with others to open a preserved meat shop and sell pork to other places.

In 2003, he came to Takahashi Market to open a store.

In 2007, he started specializing in the distribution of hotel ingredients, and now it has a large scale and is well received by the industry.

　　Years and months of running around, Zhang Shangyou knows that labor is hard.

"My family used to be a poor household, and my parents were down-to-earth peasants. They wake up early every day and stay in the dark, facing the loess and back to the sky, which is not easy." Zhang Shangyou said that when he saw the sanitation workers, he thought of his parents, and he especially wanted to invite the sanitation workers to dinner. , let them live a little better, and it can be regarded as a chat.

　　Not only that, Zhang Shangyou can also be seen in many scenes of devotion to love.

When the flood hit in the summer of 2017, he and his employees sent relief materials to Ningxiang and Liuyang, which were severely affected by the disaster.

　　The 56-year-old sister Chen has been a sanitation worker for 10 years and has participated in the reunion dinner for the fifth year.

Sister Chen said with emotion: "Boss Zhang invited us to a big meal, and our hearts are warm."

　　Before the reunion dinner, Zhang Shangyou and the staff also gave each sanitation worker a carefully selected Chinese New Year gift bag, which included mutton, chicken, cuttlefish and other special ingredients for the sanitation workers to take home with their families. Have a delicious new year.

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