In 1959, what's wrong with me pedaling a tricycle?

On November 2nd, the winter vegetable storage campaign had been underway for several days. Unfortunately, Wang Xingguo had been busy these past few days, but his family had still managed to get a lot of winter vegetables approved. So today, the clansmen rode tricycles to pick up the vegetables.

Wang Xingguo prepared the gifts for the marriage proposal and led Wang Yongchang to pick up Director Zhao, then arrived at Li Xiuping's home.

The entire Li family was waiting at home for Wang Xingguo to arrive. They had been notified in advance, and even Li Xiuping was on leave at home waiting.

She looked at Wang Xingguo with a sweet smile, her expression a little shy, but mostly joyful.

Wang Xingguo smiled and said, "Xiuping, I've come to propose marriage to Uncle Li!"

Li Xiuping nodded, greeted Director Zhao and Wang Yongchang, and welcomed them into the house.

Li Laishun, Li Wenbin, and Li Wenjie greeted everyone warmly, and soon everyone sat down.

After exchanging pleasantries, Wang Xingguo learned for the first time that his mother-in-law's name was Zhao Guizhi.

Wang Xingguo and Li Xiuping's marriage had already been approved. Wang Xingguo reported on the recent situation, including his promotion to administrative level 21 and his current responsibility for managing the negotiated night market.

He smiled and said to Li Laishun, "Since Xiuping and I are now in the same system, I'd like to apply to have Xiuping transferred to my workplace as well. That way, our work schedules will be more aligned after we get married. What do you think about this, Dad?"

When Li Laishun heard Wang Xingguo call him "Dad," his face lit up with joy. His son-in-law was now a cadre; he hadn't misjudged him at all!

He used to worry about his tinkering, but he gradually accepted him. Now, his son-in-law, who used to drive a tricycle, has become a cadre's son-in-law. Li Laishun feels like he's dreaming. It's really amazing.

Zhao Guizhi nudged Li Laishun: "Honey, Xingguo is asking you a question!"

Li Laishun snapped out of his daze, smiled, and nodded, saying, "That's great. If you can be transferred there, that would be the best outcome. Otherwise, it's really inconvenient for one of you to leave work at seven and the other to start work at seven."

Li Xiuping asked happily, "Xingguo, what kind of work can I do if I go to your place?"

Wang Xingguo said with a doting look, "Well, how about you become my assistant? You can do whatever you want. Anyway, I'm in charge of my night market. I'm responsible for paying all the employees' salaries, so I can arrange things however I want."

Director Zhao asked, "Xingguo, are you in charge of paying your own salaries?"

Wang Xingguo nodded and said, "Yes, my half of the profit is also used to pay everyone's wages, but it's not a big problem. Last night's sales alone brought in 3,600 yuan. After deducting costs and the portion that doesn't belong to us, my half of the profit is nearly 800 yuan. A few days' profit is enough to pay wages and cover daily living expenses. We'll save the money we earn in the remaining four weeks."

Li Wenbin asked, "Xingguo, what standard is used to pay salaries over there?"

"There's nothing I can do about that. The regulations stipulate that we have to follow the standards set by our superiors. In other words, if I want to pay them more, I have to do it privately. At the very least, the salary payments have to be done according to the standards."

That's fine. Anyway, half of the profits belong to Wang Xingguo, so it's no problem for him to pay the clansmen back wages privately if he wants.

However, the high wages were previously necessary due to the black market, but now that they've become a regular army, they naturally don't need to pay such high wages anymore.

Wang Xingguo decided to secretly give the clansmen who purchased the goods an extra twenty yuan each month, and the clansmen who sold the goods an extra ten yuan each month.

Based on the current wage standards, each person only earns about thirty yuan a month. Including Gan Ping, Chen Ming, and himself, there are only thirty-one people in total. The wage expenditure is less than 1,200 yuan, which is more than enough for Wang Xingguo's net profit in two days.

The clan is now purchasing goods at high prices because the accounts need to be recorded and processed this way. So the clan's share of the money was given for purchasing goods, and now half of the profits belong to Wang Xingguo.

Having too much money is a hot potato!

Therefore, Wang Xingguo had already made plans to hide the money from the supplies in his space after deducting costs, and try to spend as much of the money as possible on the surface. For example, he would buy chicken and duck eggs for the street office to distribute to families in need, and purchase a few pigs for the Spring Festival to distribute to the families of martyrs and families in need as well.

In any case, he should never openly have more than five thousand yuan in his possession, otherwise he worries that he will be targeted as a fat sheep.

The cost of purchasing eels, fish, and even chickens, ducks, and eggs sold from within the space all need to be deducted. This portion of the money is Wang Xingguo's personal savings stored in the space. As long as the market continues, his profits will increase, and his personal savings will also grow!

Giving up the profit margin on gold is to attract more people to sell gold here, thus realizing the value of the night market and preventing its cancellation.

The date was quite arbitrary, and it was impossible to take out the almanac in front of Director Zhao, so it was decided to set November 8th, the day of the Beginning of Winter, mainly because that day was a Sunday, which would be convenient for holding a banquet to invite relatives and friends.

After discussing the matter and drinking, Director Zhao and Wang Yongchang left the Li family's house.

Wang Xingguo then took Li Xiuping to the night market to show her where she would be working in the future.

Transferring personnel from other systems is quite troublesome, but transferring them from within this system is much simpler. Wang Xingguo was confident that Gan Ping would help him submit the application if he made the request.

Although he is the director, it is more appropriate for Gan Ping to handle matters related to liaising with higher-level departments.

Li Xiuping was in a very good mood today, with a smile on her face the whole time.

Wang Xingguo was itching to marry her as soon as possible, so that his 360 moves that he had practiced for many years could finally come in handy.

"Xingguo, hehe, what you just said made me think I was dreaming. How did you suddenly become a cadre?"

"My silly wife, I'm telling the truth, you're not dreaming. From now on, when people ask you what your husband does, just say he's a director, and remember to make them call me Director Wang, hahaha."

"Ugh, should I call you Director Wang too?"

"You? Don't call me Director Wang, call me anything, how about calling me Grandpa? I just want to hear how you feel when you say Grandpa, come here quickly."

Li Xiuping pinched Wang Xingguo's waist, her face flushed, and said, "You're so naughty, I'm not going to call you grandpa..."

Wang Xingguo winked and said, "That's not necessarily true. We'll see. We'll see if you call me 'Grandpa' then, hehe."