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

At four o'clock in the morning on February 13, after seeing off the last customer, Wang Xingguo looked at the empty counter, sighed, and shook his head.

They've been working overtime every day these past few days because there have been just too many people coming to buy supplies.

All the supplies he brought back were sold out. Every night, the Dongcheng Public Security Bureau would send people over to escort Xiaohuangyu to the Municipal Bureau of Commerce under armed guard.

Because there were so many items, we were really worried about them transporting them empty-handed.

Wang Xingguo yawned and saw Gan Ping carrying a box in each hand, being escorted by his own people and the police to the Municipal Bureau of Commerce, where he began to oversee the distribution of year-end bonuses.

In principle, employees should not be paid money, because only capitalism can corrupt people's hearts with money.

That was the regulation at the time, so Wang Xingguo could only issue it under the guise of night shift allowance and overtime allowance.

In addition to wages, night shift allowance, and overtime allowance, there is also a heating allowance.

The district bureau arranged for someone to help distribute the coupons. The district bureau rewarded all employees with two ounces of meat coupons, and the municipal bureau rewarded them with three ounces of oil coupons. Minister Liu asked everyone for credit and applied for three ounces of sesame oil coupons for each person.

The generous year-end benefits arranged by Wang Xingguo made everyone extremely excited, and the fatigue caused by working overtime was instantly swept away.

Everyone worked until 5 a.m. before finally finishing the most important year-end welfare distribution work.

Gan Ping has also returned. Wang Xingguo, who has become much more mature since becoming a father, started a meeting to summarize the year's work and wish everyone a happy new year in advance.

He doesn't visit relatives and friends during the Chinese New Year because his father-in-law lives next door, and he also doesn't want to visit other leaders because the current situation is quite special. Some leaders have already reminded him that it's not appropriate to visit relatives and friends at this time, unlike in previous years.

It was all caused by the shortage of supplies, and Wang Xingguo had no choice but to go and pay his respects to Grandpa Li, Minister Liu, and his old leader.

Li Zhong is visibly thin now, which makes Wang Xingguo feel sorry for him, after all, he is his old leader.

But when he sent nutritional supplements, he would immediately take them to the experts to improve their health. Wang Xingguo had no choice but to often take the prepared supplements to Grandma Li and the others to eat to replenish their bodies.

Wang Xingguo later learned that the supplies Li Zhong had requested had all been distributed to the experts so they could help support their families.

He didn't take anything for himself, which sometimes made Wang Xingguo a little angry. He supported the idea of ​​putting the greater good first, but there was no need to sacrifice one's own family!

Faced with Wang Xingguo's complaints, Li Zhong just smiled and said, "You don't understand," and that was the end of it.

In fact, Wang Xingguo understood, but he was being blackmailed. Everyone was furious, especially the researchers, who didn't believe in such nonsense as that it would take so many years to build!

Bullshit! I don't believe in this nonsense!

Being insulted like this was something no one could swallow. Everyone was determined to work as hard as they could, making the most of every minute to do their research.

Li Zhong is in a tough spot!

Because the experts were working late into the night on their research, he tried to persuade them to go and rest, but he couldn't budge them at all.

With supplies already scarce, everyone is malnourished. How can their bodies withstand this onward?

Li Zhong wasn't a heartless person. He also felt sorry that his grandson's face wasn't as fleshy as before, but it didn't matter that he was thin. At least he was healthy and could eat his fill.

The experts in the bureau were already malnourished, but they were still working overtime to keep going.

Wang Xingguo returned home, gave his wages and receipts to Li Xiuping, put some supplies he had brought back in a basket by the door, gave Li Xiuping some instructions on what to take to Grandma Li the next day, kissed his son, and fell asleep.

These days he has to go to work in the afternoons and then work overtime until the next morning, so he's really too tired.

Li Xiuping felt sorry for her husband, and sometimes she would choose to sleep with her sister to avoid her son waking his father up.

Wang Xingguo woke up at 2 p.m. the next day. He hadn't actually slept enough, but he had been getting up at this time for the past few days to go to work, so he was used to waking up at this time.

Wang Xingguo didn't see his wife and children, but he heard sounds from next door and knew they were busy preparing for the New Year's Eve dinner.

This year, they will have their New Year's Eve dinner with the Shen and Li families. They will have three tables together for a lively New Year's Eve dinner.

When Wang Xingguo arrived, everyone was basically at home. After greeting them, Wang Xingguo went to smoke and chat with his father-in-law and Uncle Shen.

Uncle Shen had two children, his sister-in-law Shen Qingqing and Shen Yangyang, and then he never had any more children. It seems that when Shen Yangyang was born, his aunt injured her body and could not have any more children.

Li Wenbin and the others also arrived. Wang Xingguo greeted them, and the younger ones went to help prepare the New Year's Eve dinner, while the older ones accompanied the elders to drink tea and chat.

Wang Jianhua and his older brother Wang Chengan slept together in a crib. The two little ones were sleeping so soundly that no one dared to speak too loudly, for fear of waking them up.

Wang Xingguo, noticing that Shen Yangyang and Li Wenlong were not there, asked, "Where are Yangyang and Wenlong? I can't find them."

Li Laishun said cheerfully, "We sent the two of them to queue up to buy things. We have to use all those coupons today, otherwise we might not be able to buy anything even if we queue up many times."

Shen Daxing nodded and said, "That's right. I've heard others say the same thing. It's better to buy it early. At least it's available today. We're not going to eat it right away. At least that way we'll feel more at ease."

Everyone lacked confidence in the supply of goods. Since June, there was only one opportunity to buy pork during the Lunar New Year. The rest of the time, people could only use meat coupons to buy canned goods.

If you're lucky, you can get canned luncheon meat; if you're unlucky, you can only get canned fish and poultry; and if you're even unlucky, you can get some old, stale canned goods...

Although they managed to swindle a lot of the old canned goods from wealthy people, there were still too many cans in the warehouse.

The wealthy people who had stockpiled this canned food were having a real headache looking at the cans in their house.

Let them eat it, they'll easily catch it. Reward them with a day of diarrhea...

Just throw it away. It took so much gold to hoard this stuff...

As everyone chatted about work and the news in the newspaper, time slowly passed.

Shen Yangyang and Li Wenlong returned with their purchases. After putting away everyone's belongings, the two were sent off to help with chores.

Li Wenbin and Wang Xingguo don't have to work, but even the eldest brother, Wang Xingbang, has to work.

There was no way around it; among the younger generation, Li Wenbin was the oldest, while Wang Xingguo was the most successful. Even if Wang Xingguo wanted to work, Li Laishun had to stop him.

My good son-in-law has to go do chores?

What are his son and daughter doing?

Get to work, all of you!

There's no way around it; it's a bit pragmatic, but the prestige of a cadre's son-in-law is just that high. It's not just now; it's the same even in modern society. The one who's doing the best is definitely the one who doesn't have to work.