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

Wang Xingguo, who returned to the night market after dinner, was actually under a lot of pressure. Both the big boss and this Grandpa Li had said the same thing to him.

We cannot tarnish the reputation of those sacrificed clan elders.

In fact, many of the descendants of the great-grandfather were arranged to work in the city or join the army.

Some of these clansmen worked at the Second Textile Factory, some at the Second Steel Rolling Mill, and even a few households owned steel mills in Shijiazhuang.

Anyway, that's the situation. They're quite busy with work, so we only met once or twice after get off work in the evening. The Shijiazhuang Iron and Steel Plant is too far away, so we've never met there at all.

For some reason, Wang Xingguo didn't know what his eleventh uncle had secured for him, but he felt that the big boss and Grandpa Li valued him quite a bit.

They were all members of the Wang clan, but they didn't show the same level of importance to anyone else.

Work remains as busy as ever. It's just that supplies are scarce right now. It's not just the rich who are struggling; even ordinary people are working hard every day to get nutritional supplements for their families.

The grain from Wang Xingguo's side no longer needs to be supplied to the residents of Fensiting Hutong for purchase, because the grain that Gan Ping brought back was all ordered by the District Commerce Bureau to be supplied to them in limited quantities.

Gan Ping was extremely frustrated because he had brought back a lot of grain, which could have been sold to wealthy people for a large sum of money. The materials that could have been used to recycle gold were now lost as a result of his hard work.

Fortunately, the smoked meat was a great success. Old Niu was incredibly ruthless; one pound of smoked wild boar meat, two pounds of smoked roe deer meat, and two pounds of smoked wolf meat were all for a small yellow croaker.

Otherwise, it would be four pounds of smoked wild boar meat, or a small yellow croaker.

That single cut was so ruthless that even Wang Xingguo was ashamed of himself. The key point is that he sold out all those jin of smoked meat in just two days.

At 10 p.m. on November 27th, Li Xiuping gave birth!

Instead of going to the hospital, she suddenly went into labor at home. Seeing that there was no time to take her to the hospital, a group of experienced aunts from her clan didn't panic and delivered the baby for her at home.

It went too smoothly!

My water broke, and then the baby came out half an hour later.

It's a boy, weighing 6 pounds 8 ounces, with a loud cry, and he's perfectly healthy!

Wang Xingguo was stunned when he received the good news!

He had a bicycle but didn't ride it; instead, he ran home like crazy.

As he ran, he had only one thought in his mind: I have a son!

When he returned to the house, he saw the baby, who had been washed clean by the aunties and was still in swaddling clothes. Although the baby was wrinkled and looked like a little old man, Wang Xingguo felt his heart melt.

A feeling of blood connection welled up in Wang Xingguo's heart.

This is my own son!

Over the next few days, Wang Xingguo got busy. He didn't need to worry about taking care of the child, as his mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and his aunts and sisters-in-law took care of him.

He brought back nutritional supplements for Li Xiuping, but he didn't make any red eggs. These days, it's unrealistic to make red eggs; there aren't even enough for pregnant women to supplement their bodies, let alone extra eggs for others.

Li Xiuping drank blackfish soup for three consecutive days, which helped her recover well and produce plenty of breast milk.

The two young people embarked on a new learning journey, clumsily but earnestly learning how to take care of children.

Every day after get off work, Li Laishun would go to see his grandson, and he was overjoyed.

On December 11th, Li Wenbin got married.

The wedding banquet wasn't bad. Although there wasn't a fancy dish like braised pork knuckle, being able to get pork these days was a sign of capability.

The wedding banquet was very lively. The only pity was that Li Xiuping was in postpartum confinement and could not attend her elder brother's wedding banquet. Only Wang Xingguo was busy helping to take care of various things.

Before we knew it, it was January 15th. All the pigs and poultry at the night market were gone; they had all been sold out.

Wang Xingguo and Gan Ping are also worried. The quota for pigs to be slaughtered has been reduced to 100 jin, but the number of pigs to be delivered this year is still far from enough.

After deducting the pork supplied to all the people during the Lunar New Year, only key units and the military could obtain the rest.

In any case, whether it's the Municipal Bureau of Commerce or the District Bureau of Commerce, apart from the leaders who enjoy special supplies, no one else receives a single ounce of pork as an end-of-year bonus.

They did give out two pounds of ribbonfish, but it's really not as good as pork.

It has been confirmed that an extra two ounces of meat coupons will be issued during the Lunar New Year, allowing each person to purchase four ounces of pork and each household to purchase one pound of chicken or duck. This time, it is truly only possible to purchase by the pound, unlike before when you could buy whole animals in excess.

And if you're unlucky, you might not be able to buy pork and will have to use canned pork instead. There's no way to say for sure; it all depends on luck.

Gan Ping said with a worried look, "Director Wang, I've tried my best, but I really can't get the nutritional supplements to distribute. What do you think we should do about the night market?"

Wang Xingguo frowned and said, "Old Gan, think of another way. Go and block the director's door and ask them if we haven't achieved anything, or if we did something wrong, and why we haven't been given any supplies or year-end bonuses."

Year-end benefits are extremely important; employees will not be happy if these benefits are not provided.

Gan Ping looked troubled: "How can we block it? Director Yang and Director Zhou are hiding and dare not go back to their units. There are people everywhere demanding supplies from them."

Playing this game?

Wang Xingguo sneered and said, "Interesting. Director Gan, go and write a report saying that the employees are emotionally unstable because they don't have year-end bonuses, and the night market is going to be closed for a period of time for rectification."

Gan Ping was taken aback. He hesitated for a moment and said, "Director Wang, isn't it a bit inappropriate to threaten Director Yang and the others like this?"

Wang Xingguo said angrily, "Director Gan, they're already avoiding us, why should we be polite? Besides, our work performance speaks for itself, we're not afraid to take this to Minister Liu!"

Last year at least some supplies were provided, but this year none at all, leaving them to raise their own supplies at the night market to cover their year-end bonuses.

But this is something they should be responsible for in the first place, so why should they be forced to raise the resources themselves?

Wang Xingguo used to be a bit timid, but now he's not a coward at all!

With his old boss backing him up and a leader like Director Li looking after him, he's fearless now.

To be honest, he's gotten incredibly arrogant right now!

After thinking about it, Gan Ping felt that Wang Xingguo made sense, and nodded fiercely, saying, "Okay, I'll listen to you. I'll go write the report now. Let them give it to us or not. At worst, we'll just close down for a few days. Anyway, we don't have any supplies to sell right now."

"That's right. Since they won't give us an explanation, we'll make a scene. Even if Minister Liu finds out, he can't side with them, since they're in the wrong."

Wang Xingguo was no joke; he acted immediately. The next day, he posted a notice of business suspension and rectification at the door, gave all employees a holiday, and told them not to come to work without prior notice.