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

Wang Xingguo said happily to his family, "I'm relieved to hear that everything is alright, but I'm very sleepy now, I need to go catch up on some sleep first."

Li Xiuping nodded repeatedly and said, "Honey, you should go to sleep now. I'll wake you up for dinner later."

Shen's mother also said, "I'll go out and wander around some more, and see if I can bring back some good dishes."

Wang Xingguo said with a smile, "Auntie, don't bother. I brought back some eggs and canned luncheon meat. You don't have any connections when it comes to getting supplies, so I'll go get more tomorrow to replenish everyone's supplies."

Li Xiuping nodded repeatedly and said, "I'll kill a rabbit in a bit and stew it for you to nourish yourself."

Speaking of which, although Wang Xingguo gave all his adult chickens, ducks, pigs, sheep and rabbits to the farm last year, after so many months, his chicks, ducks, geese and rabbits have grown up again. There are already more than 400 rabbits weighing three or four pounds each.

Now the muntjacs in his space have also given birth to baby muntjacs, forming a group of twelve large and five small muntjacs.

Two ewes gave birth to two lambs, and the sixty pigs, after being fed for more than four months, have reached a weight of about 110 jin (55 kg).

It's not that he's unwilling to give it to the farm, but since he's never left, there's no reason for him to give it away.

While waiting for work, he used his spatial abilities to collect stones and sand from the Gobi Desert, expanding the space to about forty acres.

Currently, besides ten acres of land for raising various things, ten acres for planting soybeans, ten acres for planting corn, two acres for peanuts, three acres for dryland rice, three acres for wheat, the rest are fish ponds, fruit trees, and vegetable gardens.

When Wang Xingbang learned that his younger brother had returned that evening, he was overjoyed. He used his accumulated credit to buy a bottle of Erguotou (a type of Chinese liquor) so he could have a drink with his brother that night.

Needless to say, Wang Xingning and her siblings rushed into the room to see Wang Xingguo, as it was the first time they hadn't seen him in so long.

Wang Xingguo was sleeping very soundly, and the siblings didn't want to wake him.

By 7:30 p.m., many people knew that Wang Xingguo had returned. Some brought a bottle of wine and some steamed buns, while others brought a plate of fried soybeans or peanuts. In short, more than a dozen people came.

Li Xiuping had no choice but to wake Wang Xingguo up, open another can of luncheon meat, and fry a few more eggs.

There was no reluctance on her part. Li Xiuping knew how capable her husband was; with him back, there would be no shortage of nutritional supplements at home.

Wang Xingguo greeted everyone, and Wang Yongchang offered him a cigarette, which Wang Xingguo refused: "Uncle Yongchang, don't smoke inside. We'll go outside to smoke after we've had our drinks. A dozen or so people smoking in this room is making my precious son sick."

Wang Yongchang nodded happily and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you. Let's all stop smoking for now, we can't let the smoke bother Jianhua."

Wang Xingguo sat down, and Wang Xingbang poured him a drink. Director Zhao asked, "Xingguo, how long will your leave be this time?"

Wang Xingguo replied with a smile, "Uncle, this vacation is for a month. After it ends, I probably won't be able to go on business trips for such a long time again."

Director Zhao replied, "That's good. This business trip will last almost five months. You need to spend more time with your wife and children."

Wang Xingguo looked at his son, who was being held by his mother-in-law and fed a steamed bun, and said with a smile, "I really need to spend more time with them. Jianhua, that brat, is already shy around me."

After sharing a drink, Wang Xingye said to him, "Xingguo, those three from the trust store want to change the drivers of the two trucks. Do you think we should give them up?"

Wang Xingguo frowned, not expecting that they would actually dare to target this car!

Wang Xingguo said to Wang Xingye, "You don't have to be the drivers. They probably don't know that these two cars are registered under the district's Bureau of Commerce. How about I sell them to the Bureau of Commerce for a low price of 30,000 yuan and then share the money with everyone?"

Wang Yongli's eyes lit up, and he immediately nodded, saying, "That's good. Anyway, you were the one who bought this car, so we can't let them get it for free."

Wang Xingguo said to Wang Xingye and Wang Xingwei, "Xingye, Xingwei, leave the car keys with me. When you two go to work tomorrow morning, ask them to assign you work positions. When they ask for the car keys back, just say they're in the car."

Wang Xingwei asked, "Xingguo, won't this offend those three directors too much?"

Wang Xingguo shook his head and said, "Do they dare to mess with you? There are over sixty people in the trust store, more than forty of whom are from our own clan and family. Do you think they would dare?"

It's not that Wang Xingguo looks down on them, but do they really dare to turn against Wang Xingye and his group because of this?

They wouldn't dare. You see, the workers had a lot of power at that time. If they wanted to vote to remove the three directors, they could have gone to the district commerce bureau and made a scene, leaving the matter to the district commerce bureau to vote on.

Wang Yongli laughed and said, "Xingwei, don't worry, they wouldn't dare to fall out with us. If we weren't thinking of getting them to handle the grain, it wouldn't be difficult to get them out of power."

After a round of drinks, everyone went outside to smoke and chat about recent events.

Around nine o'clock, everyone dispersed and went home to wash up and rest.

After Wang Xingguo put his son to sleep, he handed him over to Wang Xingning to sleep with.

Then he went to lull Li Xiuping to sleep.

They actually went to sleep very late. After all, they hadn't seen each other for so long and had so much to talk about. They chatted until after 1 a.m. before finally falling asleep in each other's arms.

That brat Wang Jianhua woke up the next day and, not seeing Li Xiuping, started crying and calling for his mother. It took Wang Xingning a while to calm the little guy down.

Wang Xingguo didn't get up until noon. After lunch, he played with his son for a while, then rode his bicycle out.

We're still short of oil and fat at home, so we need to slaughter a pig and get some meat to nourish the family. We also need to get some peanut oil.

After wandering around, many people returned from digging for wild vegetables on the riverbank outside the city. There weren't many wild vegetables at this time, but those who found some were quite happy.

The winter of 61 was really tough, but thankfully we made it through.

After wandering around for a while, Wang Xingguo found a secluded spot and entered the space. He then used his spatial power to kill a pig, processed the pig's offal, and returned to the courtyard with a set of offal, some meat, three hens, and a jar of ten catties of peanut oil.

I gave the security department a piece of pig intestine, a piece of pig liver, and two pounds of fatty meat as an extra meal for them that evening.

When he was away, the security personnel were very protective of his family. They wouldn't let anyone in unless they were sure there was no problem.

Wang Xingguo knew that his help hadn't been in vain; they had taken his words to heart.

Back home, there was oil, meat, and so much pig offal, which made Li Xiuping extremely happy.

Shen's mother and Aunt Zhao helped with the preparations, while Wang Xingguo cut off a piece of meat and took a hen to deliver to Grandma Li.