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

As long as there are rules in this world, there will always be loopholes to exploit!

Wang Xingguo spent a long time researching and finally managed to obtain a large amount of grain by exploiting a loophole in the brewery using pigs. This batch of grain greatly benefited the clansmen.

Now it's just a matter of exchanging pigs for grain, but instead, it's exchanging ribbonfish and kelp for grain. Even if it's one pound of ribbonfish for one pound of corn, it's still a very worthwhile deal.

Of course, it can't be such a low percentage.

Because they were willing to accept a lower percentage, the brewery's management was not.

If they do that, they'll leave themselves a handle to use against them. If someone brings up this old grievance later, they'll be in deep trouble.

Gan Pingxing came in a great hurry and left in high spirits.

Wang Xingguo only offered suggestions and didn't participate in the matter. In any case, no matter how much grain they got in return, it would belong to the district commerce bureau, not their night market.

Wang Xingguo went next door, picked up Wang Chengan and showed him some affection, but the little guy was a bit shy and started crying because he smelled an unfamiliar scent.

Wang Xingguo had no choice but to hand the child back to his sister-in-law, saying somewhat dejectedly, "Why doesn't this little guy like his second uncle?"

Mother Shen laughed heartily, "Xingguo, the child is still too young to recognize people. Right now, he only recognizes Qingqing. But after he pees on you a few times, he'll recognize you, haha..."

Wang Xingguo laughed and said, "So, they haven't claimed any territory on my land yet!"

Li Xiuping smiled and asked, "Xingguo, what brings Director Gan here so early?"

Wang Xingguo curled his lip and said, "What could be wrong with Lao Gan? He just can't solve his own problems, so he comes to me for help. That guy got a batch of ribbonfish and kelp from the seafood company. We can't sell that stuff for a high price, and he's been laughing like an idiot for ages."

Shen Qingqing asked curiously, "Xingguo, ribbonfish and kelp can sell for a good price, right? They're sold at the wet market, but not everyone can queue up to buy them. You could probably sell them at the night market by adding a little extra, right?"

Wang Xingguo explained, "Sister-in-law, you know the situation at the night market. Even if you sell a thousand catties of ribbonfish at a markup of two cents per catty, that's only two hundred yuan. It's not worth the trouble for such a small profit. After working hard for several days, you can't even get back a few small yellow croakers. It's really not a worthwhile business. But I've given him an idea. If he's smart, he should be able to exchange it for grain. Selling grain is a different story."

After chatting for a while, Wang Xingguo was called outside by Wang Yongchang, who pointed to the empty space in the yard and said, "Xingguo, I remember you said that these plots of land were empty to grow vegetables next year, right?"

Wang Xingguo nodded and said, "Yes, that's a plan. Uncle Yongchang, do you have any thoughts on this?"

Wang Yongchang nodded and said, "That's right. If we're going to farm, it's best to turn the land over and let it dry this year. We can't wait until next year to turn it over."

Wang Xingguo suddenly realized and said, "So that's how it is. Then, Uncle Yongchang, how about you organize everyone to take some time to come out and till the land?"

Wang Yongchang nodded and said, "Alright, I'll discuss this with Director Zhao and the others tonight. I'll go to work at the night market later."

Wang Xingguo laughed and said, "Hey, it's alright, you just keep busy. Business at the night market isn't booming right now, we don't need a few extra people."

They don't have any farm tools right now, so they need to discuss with Director Zhao and the others to see where they can borrow some farm tools, and then mobilize everyone to work together to tidy up the land.

There's quite a lot to do. Next, we need to do a population count, and then I'll drive around to pick up winter vegetables. The winter vegetable storage campaign will start at the end of October, and this can't be delayed, otherwise the cabbages will be frozen and won't be able to be stored.

By the end of November, it will almost always snow, and then there will be almost no vegetables left to grow outdoors, so people will have to eat winter-stored vegetables to survive.

Now, because of the food shortage, winter is going to be tough!

When they arrived at the night market that evening, Shen Qingqing came to get her and Li Xiuping's food.

Sometimes Wang Xingguo felt quite helpless, not knowing what they were thinking. They had plenty of food at home and nutritional supplements, but they just preferred the meals provided by the company.

He supplies the food for his workplace, and he also helps make up for the food shortage at home. What's the difference...?

There was no point in saying anything more, so Wang Xingguo could only let them be.

After getting his own food, Wang Xingguo returned to the main hall and sat down to eat.

Old Niu leaned closer and whispered, "Wang Er, do you still remember Old Shi Er, who used to come to my place to play with crickets?"

Wang Xingguo nodded. He did have some impression of him; he was an old acquaintance, and the kind who always had a rather arrogant attitude.

Master Niu continued, "Second Master Shi sent someone to see me today. I went there, and guess what?"

Wang Xingguo was too lazy to reply. He didn't care whether he said it or not. He hated people who kept others in suspense the most, unless he was the one doing it.

Seeing that Wang Xingguo didn't respond, Uncle Niu wasn't embarrassed and continued, "I didn't expect that Second Master Shi would fall so low. He wants to sell a batch of his collection and asked if I could find a buyer. I was thinking that our night market doesn't accept these kinds of things, but he doesn't dare to sell them to government stores, so I wanted to ask you if you'd be interested in buying these treasures?"

Wang Xingguo didn't even look up and said, "No interest. These things are too hot to handle. They'll just gather dust and have no value to me whatsoever."

Old Master Niu advised, "Wang Er, I've seen those things; they're all good stuff from the palace. They say in prosperous times you collect calligraphy, paintings, and antiques, and in chaotic times you stockpile grain, oil, and gold. The situation isn't good now, but these things will become valuable in the future. Don't you really want to consider collecting some?"

Wang Xingguo looked up at Master Niu, his face full of surprise, and said, "No, Master Niu, how much of a bribe did you take from him? Why are you speaking up for him like this? This thing might be valuable in the future, but it's worthless now. Why would I buy it? To let others know I'm going against the government?"

Old Niu chuckled twice and explained, "I really didn't take any benefits from him. I just thought these things were pretty good, and his prices weren't high. Buying treasures worth 10,000 or 20,000 yuan for a few thousand yuan felt like a good deal."

Wang Xingguo rolled his eyes at Niu Ye and said, "Then why don't you buy it yourself? I don't have the spare money to buy these things. If you think it's good, then buy it yourself."

Uncle Niu said somewhat awkwardly, "I would like to buy it, but I don't have the money."

Wang Xingguo rolled his eyes and said, "Alright, I don't want to call you out. You know perfectly well whether you have money or not, so stop pretending to be poor in front of me. Don't even mention selling junk in the future; I'm not interested, and I won't buy any of that stuff. I advise you to be honest. If you buy these things and someone identifies you, you won't be able to keep even the best stuff. You've been in this underworld for half your life, how come you can't even tell the difference?"