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

In the afternoon, someone came to Wang Xing's house.

They were sent by the organization.

It wasn't to cause him trouble, but because of his outstanding work performance recently, the organization sent people to visit and offer Wang Xingguo some rewards, and also to inquire about any difficulties he might be facing in his life.

Wang Xingguo was quite happy because he was given a lot of coupons: five jin of wheat flour coupons, three jin of rice coupons, ten jin of corn coupons, one jin of sugar coupons, one jin of egg coupons...

These special supply vouchers are quite difficult to obtain and can only be used at special supply stores.

Because things like eggs are only available at special supply stores. Either people like Wang Xingguo who are rewarded can buy them with tickets, or they can buy them with a certificate issued by the hospital.

After thinking for a moment, Wang Xingguo carefully chose his words and asked, "There are indeed some difficulties at home. My wife is currently taking care of the child, and there are no elderly relatives to help. I often worry about this while I'm at work. I wonder if the organization could help transfer my wife's job to a relative or friend, so that she can stay home and take care of the child without worry, and I can work without any concerns."

The two men who arrived made a note of the matter, then stood up and said to Wang Xingguo, "Comrade Wang Xingguo, I have recorded this matter and will report it to my superiors. I am confident that this issue will be resolved properly for you. You can rest assured and go back to work; the organization will handle these matters for you."

Wang Xingguo stood up, shook hands with the two to thank them, and saw them to the door. After watching them ride away on their bicycles, he said to Li Xiuping, "Honey, you won't blame me for taking it upon myself to not let you go to work, will you?"

Li Xiuping shook her head and looked at her son gently, saying, "Right now, my heart is filled with you and our son. It doesn't matter if I can't go to work. Taking good care of our son at home is my most important task."

To Wang Xingguo's surprise, his workplace didn't ask Li Xiuping to give up her job; instead, they transferred her to the subdistrict office as a propaganda officer. From now on, whenever there are new policies, the subdistrict office will send someone to deliver the documents, and Li Xiuping will hold a large meeting to publicize them to the residents of their compound.

In other words, Li Xiuping needs to work at the subdistrict office, while she will be responsible for the publicity work in the compound. This arrangement is really perfect.

Wang Xingguo remarked that the organization had gone to great lengths to ensure he could focus on his work, with arrangements including a cross-system transfer and the direct conversion of Li Xiuping's status to a cadre.

Li Xiuping went with him to complete the formalities, and Wang Xingguo took care of their son for half a day before she returned.

Wang Jianhua is hungry and is crying.

Li Xiuping picked up her son and went inside to breastfeed him.

These days, because there is no formula, everyone needs to feed their children for at least a year. If the baby's mother is healthy and well-nourished, feeding until two years old is the most suitable.

Wang Xingguo was able to get nutritional supplements for his wife, so naturally he would feed her for a longer period of time, as the child's healthy growth was more important than anything else.

Wang Xingguo took a wooden bucket out, mainly to catch some fish, whether to make fish soup or to keep them for his family to eat slowly, it would be very suitable.

Edema is very common at this time, and Wang Xingguo saw quite a few cases during his rounds.

He remembered Uncle Zhao's words and could only sigh.

After wandering around, Wang Xingguo unexpectedly ran into an acquaintance.

"Ergouzi, what are you doing here?"

Er Gouzi, who was squatting on the ground smoking, turned his head after hearing the sound and saw Wang Xingguo sitting on the bicycle. He smiled and stood up.

While offering him a cigarette, he said, "Director Wang, it's been a long time."

Wang Xingguo took the cigarette, lit it, and said with a smile, "Don't call me Director Wang anymore, I'm Section Chief Wang now."

Wang Xingguo has two certificates. The work certificate he usually uses shows that he is the head of the Fourth Transportation Section, and the unit listed on the certificate is very ordinary.

He would only retrieve his certificate as the deputy regimental-level head of the Fourth Transportation Section of the National Defense Science and Technology Commission from the unit's custodian when he was on a mission.

Because they are worried that their work IDs might leak information, they only collect them when they go on a mission and return them for safekeeping after the mission is completed.

Er Gouzi said cheerfully, "No matter what you do now, in my heart you will always be that righteous Director Wang."

Wang Xingguo smiled and then asked, "Aren't you going to rest now? Don't you have to work at the night market tonight?"

Er Gouzi said with a bitter face, "Don't even mention it, I'm really worried about this. Director Wang, what do you think I should do to get the restructuring done? I don't want to run the night market anymore. Things are hard to come by now, and the task of recycling gold is especially heavy, it's making me feel a bit overwhelmed."

Wang Xingguo shook his head and said, "There's really no way to fix this. But I can only remind you that everything in the ledgers must match. As long as the ledgers match, there won't be any trouble later. But if they don't match, you'll have a lot of headaches to deal with."

Er Gouzi nodded and said, "I know, I've always remembered what you said, but I haven't dared to do anything reckless."

The two chatted for a while. Er Gouzi had come to deliver goods this time.

Wang Xingguo never expected that he would actually come here to deliver goods, and even during the day.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. The reason why night markets open at night is because many people only dare to go out to buy small yellow croakers while masked at night.

If it's door-to-door delivery, there's nothing wrong with delivering during the day, since delivering from the west side of the city to the east side at night is really inappropriate.

We chatted about the situation at the night market, and it wasn't a good time for anyone; things were too difficult to get.

Actually, it was Wang Xingguo who screwed them over!

Because Wang Xingguo's night market in Dongcheng District has been undergoing restructuring for almost five months now.

As a result, no other night market handed in more gold than them, so now the higher-ups are putting pressure on them, demanding that they do their job better.

Wang Xingguo couldn't help but chuckle to himself as he listened to Er Gouzi's complaints.

He used to have the Gaobeidian production brigade help him get supplies, and his space also had various outputs. He even went to Tianjin to get so many goods.

What other night markets can compare to it?

Er Gouzi's underlings returned from delivering goods, and Wang Xingguo stopped chatting with him, gave a greeting, and continued riding his bike for a while.

After wandering around for a while, Wang Xingguo caught six or seven jin of eels and a dozen or so crucian carp, and brought them home.

Wang Xingguo handed the fish over to Li Xiuping to raise in a large water tank, while he began to process the eels.

Eels are quite valuable now. They're really good for your health, and they're suitable for people who are malnourished. Various ways of cooking them have been developed.

Everyone knows that dead eels are poisonous, so they are no longer afraid of these "long worms".

In rural areas, people are now searching for eels every day because even if they don't sell them privately, factory buyers are willing to pay three yuan per kilogram to buy them.

Eels, which used to be worthless as feed for poultry and livestock, have seen their value rise to such a high level in just two years, all thanks to Director Wang.