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

Director Zhao exclaimed in surprise, "Xingguo, have you transferred to military service?"

Wang Xingguo smiled and nodded, saying with a hint of pride, "Grandpa, you finally figured it out?"

Director Zhao laughed heartily and said, "You little rascal, what rank did you get?"

Wang Xingguo chuckled and said, "Hehe, a lieutenant colonel at the regimental level, I'll be a soldier from now on."

Director Zhao was genuinely happy for Wang Xingguo. In the eyes of those of them who came from the military, the military was the best choice.

Now that Wang Xingguo has been transferred to military service, he is truly relieved, and he no longer has to worry about the brat's past.

Director Zhao cautioned, "You can't be willful anymore. The military is different from civilian life. Obeying orders and following commands is a soldier's duty. You can't just do whatever you want."

Wang Xingguo nodded seriously and said, "Don't worry, sir, I definitely won't do anything reckless."

Which man doesn't dream of serving in the military?

Wang Xingguo has fulfilled his dream. Whether in his past life or this one, he has always had the dream of protecting his country.

You could call him naive, or you could call him innocent, but what man hasn't had such thoughts?

Of course, effeminate men are out of the question...

After breakfast, Wang Xingguo carried his son on his shoulders, Li Xiuping held Wang Chengan, and took Wang Xingning and Wang Xingmin out for a stroll.

Wang Xingguo's receipt included a roast duck voucher, which was a reward for him. Today, he was going shopping with his wife and two children and would buy roast duck to take home and eat.

At that time in the capital, ninety percent of things required ration coupons. They couldn't even buy roast duck normally, because it was only available with roast duck coupons.

Otherwise, it would be foreign friends using foreign currency to eat, thus ignoring the issue of receipts.

There was no other way; we were desperately short of foreign exchange at that time.

The Soviet Union suppressed us from developing the Dongfeng Express, and Western countries also imposed blockades, fearing that we would develop the Dongfeng Express.

Every Chinese person knows why these countries don't want us to develop the Dongfeng Express.

Even under such difficult circumstances, the instruments and equipment we needed were all brought back from third countries at high prices.

Coupled with the domestic food shortage, it's a complete mess!

First, we must be clear that the movement's policies were flawed. But the selfless dedication, blood, and sweat of countless ordinary workers, farmers, and researchers are real!

They just want to build a better country.

Our predecessors were learning by trial and error, and they made mistakes along the way, but we cannot completely deny their efforts and contributions.

Suffering itself is never a good thing; it is the struggle and hard work people put in during suffering that are the treasures we leave behind, and we cannot ignore them.

While suffering itself is not something we should glorify, the indomitable spirit of our predecessors amidst hardship deserves our respect.

Li Xiuping was very happy today; she hadn't had time to go shopping with Wang Xingguo in a long time.

The couple took their two children and younger siblings for a walk, and then at noon they found a state-run restaurant and ordered four bowls of noodles with soybean paste using their tickets.

After eating their fill, they bought popsicles and went for a stroll in Wangfujing. Wang Xingguo also bought them a lot of fabric, asking Li Xiuping and Wang Xingning to make them a new dress.

I bought Wang Xingbang a pair of leather shoes, Wang Xinmin a new set of stationery, and cotton candy for them at the state-run stall.

Wang Xingning and Wang Xingmin each held a child's hand, and the children, each holding a cotton candy, happily looked around.

Wang Cheng'an is 21 months old and Wang Jianhua is 19 months old. At this age, they actually really enjoy walking. For example, Wang Jianhua often goes shopping with Li Xiuping and walks for more than 20 minutes before getting tired and wanting to be carried.

At 3 p.m., Wang Xingguo went to get a roast duck to go. Because he had a roast duck ticket, he didn't need to pay for the meat ticket for this roast duck.

It's not that they don't need it, but the oil transportation department has already paid for it. They don't even need the food coupons for the lotus leaf cakes; they can just pay in cash and pack everything up and leave.

Back home, everyone put their things away and then started preparing dinner.

Wang Xingguo saw that his nephew and son had fallen asleep, and because it was a bit hot, he took a fan and fanned them.

The weather in Beijing at the end of June was already very hot, with daytime temperatures exceeding 30 degrees Celsius. The nights were alright, generally around 20 degrees Celsius, making it quite easy to sleep.

When Wang Xingmin came out to take over, Wang Xingguo said to him, "Fourth brother, call your third sister over. Let's go take a bath and scrub our backs together."

Wang Xingmin nodded repeatedly, ran to call Wang Xingning out, and then the two brothers went to the toilet to take a shower.

"Second brother, don't rub so hard."

Wang Xingguo laughed and said, "How can you rub off the mud without using your strength? Speaking of which, Fourth Brother, you're really dirty. With such thick mud, didn't you rub it off with your older brother?"

Wang Xingmin asked, "How could that be? I have to scrub every other day. It's been so dusty lately since it hasn't rained, it's easy to get covered in dirt. By the way, Second Brother, it seems like you've been to a public bathhouse every time you come back from a business trip?"

Wang Xingmin laughed and said, "Haha, you don't understand! My second brother's workplace has a bathhouse, but there are no bath attendants. After we finish bathing, we can only scrub each other's backs."

Li Xiuping, who was in the kitchen, asked, "Honey, what kind of vegetables do you want to eat? I forgot to buy groceries earlier, I'll have to go to the grocery store to buy some."

Wang Xingguo replied, "Wife, buy some bell peppers, and if you have cucumbers and tomatoes, buy some too. I want to eat smashed cucumber."

"Okay, everything you need is here now, but we might not have tomatoes. I'll go check first."

When the two brothers finished showering and came out, Li Xiuping had already returned from grocery shopping. Actually, the grocery store was just on the main street, not particularly far at all; it only took a few minutes to get there by bicycle.

Li Xiuping really bought a lot of vegetables. I saw that there were not only bell peppers, but also cucumbers, tomatoes, a large bunch of chives, and she also bought a rather large cabbage.

Wang Xingguo asked in surprise, "Wife, is there no limit to the amount of vegetables you can buy now?"

Li Xiuping nodded happily and said, "There are no restrictions anymore. You can buy as many vegetables as you want now. I didn't originally plan to buy this cabbage, but there's so much of it now, and the price is even a penny cheaper than usual. I thought I'd buy one anyway, since you like it quite a bit."

At this time, people in Beijing called cabbage "foreign cabbage." It was best to stir-fry it with vinegar in this kind of weather, and it wouldn't be cooked too soft. People wanted it to be crisp, not mushy.

While washing the vegetables, Wang Xingning asked, "Second Sister-in-law, what are we cooking today? We already have roast duck, are you buying chives to stir-fry with eggs?"

Li Xiuping nodded as she chopped a bell pepper and replied, "Your second brother works so hard out there. He finally gets to eat at home for a few days, so we need to make sure he gets some good nutrition. Tonight we'll make stir-fried eggs with chives, duck carcass and cabbage soup, and cucumber salad. Your second brother said he wants to get some beer, so let's also make a plate of stir-fried peanuts, but not deep-fried ones."