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Director Yang of the District Commerce Bureau also said to Wang Xingguo, "Xingguo, this is actually a good thing. We've always been worried that the house wouldn't be suitable and that it might cause problems. Now that the leaders have made this arrangement, the housing issue is completely resolved, and we have no more worries. A two-bedroom apartment is actually very good and fits our social standing. This is a good thing for everyone."

Director Liu of the Public Security Bureau chimed in, "That's right, a two-bedroom apartment is great. The room is big enough. Actually, you can use wooden boards to divide it into two smaller rooms. If that doesn't work, you can divide both rooms into two separate rooms, making a total of four rooms, which is enough for a family."

Director Zhao said cheerfully, "That's what I was planning too. The living room is so big, I'm also thinking of partitioning off a small room for my third child. It might be a bit cramped, but having heating is better than anything else."

Hearing everyone say that, Wang Xingguo also felt that it made sense, and the rooms in his dormitory buildings were indeed particularly spacious.

Although he hadn't considered dividing the rooms into smaller ones, he had considered the issue of putting in two beds, so the rooms were all 4.5 meters by 3.5 meters in size, which could indeed be divided into two smaller rooms.

Wang Xingguo asked Director Yang and Director Zhou of the Municipal Bureau to talk to them about this matter. Since the housing had already been arranged by the leaders, the matter of allocating a building was naturally out of the question.

Now that the three three-bedroom buildings have been allocated by the leaders, they can only allocate the remaining five two-bedroom buildings.

Wang Xingguo's night market has a total of 65 people, including himself. Therefore, out of 150 two-bedroom apartments, he needs to take 65 apartments to distribute to everyone.

How to allocate the remaining houses is something we'll have to discuss together, but at least twenty units should be reserved for the housing authority.

If high-ranking officials and experts are to be accommodated in this compound, there will definitely be a lot of security personnel, so it is necessary to reserve enough houses for them to live in.

So there are only about 65 houses left. The city bureau may not necessarily want them, since the situation has changed.

The district commerce bureau and public security bureau definitely need it, as do the street office and police station, but the coal plant definitely can't provide it.

Because if high-ranking officials and experts are accommodated, Wang Xingguo won't need to worry about the coal industry.

Around 9 PM, everything was sold out again, except for some live fish and eels. People had known about this for a week because they could buy two extra ribbonfish for the National Day holiday tomorrow, so there were very few people buying fish recently.

Wang Xingguo began arranging for people to distribute National Day benefits. Everyone happily lined up with bags to weigh their grain. Nothing is more practical than grain these days.

Every family was short of food. Even Li Xiuping, that simple-minded woman, was happily chatting with her mother about getting a share of the food.

Wang Xingguo and she each received one, plus Shen Qingqing who was in postpartum confinement, so giving one to her family was quite appropriate.

The main reason is that it's not difficult for Wang Xingguo to get food; there's plenty of food in his space, and he can take it home to eat anytime.

After distributing the National Day benefits, Wang Xingguo instructed the kitchen to prepare a late-night snack. Tonight's snack consisted of two large steamed buns made from two different types of dough, which were usually eaten with pickled vegetables. Therefore, Wang Xingguo allowed everyone to take some pickled vegetables home.

Pickled vegetables don't cost much, and there's no limit to the quantity you can buy. Every household has them; they're not a rare treat.

The night market offers free food to everyone, and buying extra can save you a few cents, so no one complains and they all take their lunchboxes to queue up for pickled vegetables.

Wang Xingguo watched as Zhao Guizhi also went to queue for pickled vegetables, and, with a mix of amusement and exasperation, pulled her out, saying, "Mom, there's no need for this. It's not like it's anything good. Why are you making such a fuss?"

Zhao Guizhi scoffed and said, "What do you know? Everyone's fighting. If I don't fight, doesn't that mean others have it and I don't?"

Wang Xingguo said speechlessly, "Fine, whatever makes you happy, I won't say anything more..."

The next second, Wang Xingguo saw that Niu Ye was also happily running to join the queue, and he fell completely silent.

Uncle Niu isn't short of money, so why would he go and buy a few cents worth of pickled vegetables? Is it really necessary?

In fact, Wang Xingguo didn't have that kind of understanding at all. It was just a benefit provided by the company, regardless of its value or not.

Although it doesn't sound good to bring it home and say it's a company-provided perk of pickled vegetables, it's better than nothing. Plus, the company gave out five kilograms of grain this time, so everyone was happy.

Even if someone got in through connections, who wouldn't be happy?

There are very few organizations that could still distribute food during times of food shortage, and even now, there are few that can compare.

After Wang Xingguo drove Li Xiuping home, Li Xiuping ran to tell Shen Qingqing what her National Day benefits were.

Shen Qingqing was overjoyed to learn that Wang Xingguo, who was in charge of distributing the welfare, was actually her family member.

Even Wang Xingbang looked on with envy and said, "Xingguo, you guys even get grain? That's really great. Our unit only got a can of fish and meat, half a pound of peanuts in their shells, and nothing else besides some work safety supplies."

Wang Xingguo exclaimed in surprise, "Wait, brother, is your company really that stingy?"

Wang Xingbang said helplessly, "There's nothing we can do. Most units are in the same boat. Do you think everyone can get supplies like you guys? I heard some units don't even have canned fish, they just give out peanuts and mung beans and other grains."

That's true, that's just how things are right now, there's really nothing we can do about it...

After chatting for a while, the couple took a shower together, helped each other scrub their backs, and then went back to their room to sleep.

Wang Xingguo used to sleeping with his arm around Li Xiuping, but now that the weather was quite hot, Li Xiuping disliked him getting too close.

My body is always warm, like a heater in winter, but now I'm disliked by everyone.

The next morning arrived, and Wang Xingguo rarely got up this early; he usually woke up around noon because of the heat.

Everyone had a day off today, so Wang Xingbang took his identification documents early and went to the market to queue up for ribbonfish. They have two household registration books, which allows them to buy four ribbonfish.

After he returned from grocery shopping, Shen's mother came over, and Wang Xingguo greeted her.

Shen's mother asked, "Xingguo, how is Yangyang doing at work? If he's not doing well, as his older brother, you shouldn't protect him. Scold him if he needs to, and hit him if he needs to."

Wang Xingguo laughed and said, "Auntie, don't worry, Yangyang is doing a great job. I arranged for him to help sell the goods, and he's working very hard."

Mrs. Shen nodded and said, "That's good. I was worried that Yangyang would be disobedient and cause you trouble."

Wang Xingguo whispered, "Auntie, don't worry. But there's something I need to tell you. We won't be able to get three-bedroom apartments anymore. Even I can only get a two-bedroom apartment. I'll try my best to arrange a two-bedroom apartment in a better location for Yangyang."

Mrs. Shen didn't mind at all. She nodded and said, "What does it matter? A two-bedroom apartment is perfectly fine. I only have two children, Qingqing and Yangyang. A two-bedroom apartment is enough for our whole family. What more could we ask for?"

Wang Xingguo nodded and said, "It's good that you understand. Now the three-bedroom apartments are all for high-ranking officials and experts. In the future, our dormitory compound will be a place for high-ranking officials to live. This is better than anything else."