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

Wang Xingguo sometimes found Li Xiuping's words quite interesting.

My wife's past behavior never seemed to give me the feeling of being such a virtuous wife and loving mother.

At the time, he was attracted to Li Xiuping's looks, but as they spent more time together, he found her increasingly likable.

Moreover, the two never had any conflicts after marriage. Li Xiuping really took such good care of the family that Wang Xingguo felt a little guilty whenever he saw her and always wanted to make it up to her.

Wang Xingmin took over the job of dispensing beer, and went to buy beer with the money and two thermos flasks.

After his elder brother and sister-in-law got off work, they prepared a sumptuous dinner. Wang Xingguo picked out a piece of duck meat and rolled it into a spring pancake for his son.

His teeth aren't strong enough right now, but he can still eat slowly. However, I estimate that one wrap will last him all night. That's all he can do without strong teeth.

I took a big gulp of beer, but unfortunately it wasn't chilled.

Because they were building flush toilets, they not only didn't dig new wells, but they also covered up the existing ones, since the well water there was practically unusable.

Otherwise, you could hang it in well water to chill it, which would make it even cooler.

Wang Xingbang rolled up a spring pancake and handed it to Shen Qingqing, saying happily, "It's so good to have the second son at home. We even got to eat roast duck, something we really miss."

Wang Xingning nodded repeatedly and said, "Big brother is right. If my second brother stayed home every day, our family would be so much happier."

Wang Xingguo joked, "Silly boy, if your second brother doesn't go to work, where would he get the roast duck vouchers to buy roast duck? This thing was probably a reward from some leader, otherwise our unit wouldn't give out these things."

Wang Xingmin asked, puzzled, "Second Brother, aren't these roast duck tickets supposed to be pre-ordered by the company? Why can't your company issue them?"

Wang Xingguo replied, "Because there are too many people, the company can't afford to issue Peking duck tickets."

The truth is that their fuel transportation department has too many people, and so many people go on business trips each time. If they were to issue roast duck vouchers to everyone, there simply wouldn't be enough funding to handle this.

Wang Xingguo didn't know about other units, but their oil transportation department was truly poor...

Because when he asked Director Ma, who was scrubbing his back, why their bathhouse didn't hire bath attendants, he righteously replied that it was because they didn't have the money...

Don't assume they have a lot of funding; in reality, it's very little. They just allocate a lot of supplies.

The compressed military rations that Wang Xingguo eats on his business trips aren't entirely for food safety; it's just that they're issued a lot of compressed rations...

However, their job is to procure and transport supplies for various classified units.

Shen Qingqing asked, "Xingguo, our trust store wants to start a waste recycling business, but they're not going to put it up for business. Everyone's saying that the director and the others are up to something, but I don't quite understand it."

Wang Xingguo frowned, thought for a moment, and then quickly asked, "Sister-in-law, did they not assign the original people to handle this business, but only their own people?"

Shen Qingqing was taken aback for a moment, then nodded and said, "I hadn't even thought about it until you mentioned it. It really is true. The five colleagues who are responsible for riding tricycles and bicycles to collect recyclables are all people they hired later. And the strangest thing is that the recyclables they collect are all bought by those five people at a higher price, so everyone feels that something is wrong."

Wang Xingguo gasped.

He had already guessed what they were planning to do!

They simply acquire antiques and calligraphy at low prices, then resell them at a higher price, going through a process of laundering their money. I never expected them to be so audacious!

He had originally planned to expose this matter later, but it seems that won't be possible now!

Since trust shops currently only sell secondhand items on consignment, they can only earn a small commission from the trust.

However, with the ability to recycle waste, they can use their power to take things from those people, but since the items are waste, they buy them at waste prices...

Wang Xingguo said to Shen Qingqing, "Sister-in-law, don't worry about this. I'll talk to someone about it. They've gone too far."

Shen Qingqing asked, somewhat puzzled, "Xingguo, why do you say that? I'm a little confused."

Wang Xingguo shook his head and said, "Don't ask about this. Just focus on your work. Knowing too much won't do you any good. Just pretend you don't know anything."

Wang Xingguo had made up his mind to report this matter.

Because if they drag this out, their actions will put their own people in a very passive position, and they might end up harming their own people as well.

After finishing his meal, Wang Xingguo smoked a cigarette and headed towards Li Zhong's house.

After arriving here, it turned out that Li Zhong was home that night. Wang Xingguo handed him a cigarette, lit it for him, nodded to his son, and then explained the situation and his worries.

After hearing Wang Xingguo's words, Li Zhong's eldest son, Li Qiangjun, slammed his fist on the table and shouted, "How dare they! These are all items that are urgently needed to generate foreign exchange. These low-ranking officials have really got a death wish!"

Li Zhong glared at him, then asked Wang Xingguo, "Xingguo, are you sure they're doing this?"

Wang Xingguo said earnestly, "Grandpa Li, if it were just minor mischief, I wouldn't bother coming to complain. But since they took over the trust store, they've started dealing in these kinds of things. This time, I don't know what route they took, but they even managed to get their hands on a scrap metal collection license. Do you think it's normal for them to collect things without making any profit and then resell them at a higher price?"

Li Qiangguo, the third son of the Li family, sneered, "There's no need to explain the situation; this is a swarm of rats!"

Li Zhong pondered for a long time, then said to Li Qiangguo, "Third brother, report this to the Municipal Bureau tomorrow and arrange for someone to arrest them immediately."

After saying that, he turned to Li Qiangguo and said, "Third brother, you go and report this to the old leader tomorrow. We already knew these people were suspicious, let's see if we can dig out a few big rats this time!"

Then he said to Wang Xingguo, "Xingguo, forget about this. None of this has anything to do with you. But I'm not afraid to tell you, this is a big problem. People in the Li family hold those positions, so it's only natural for us to investigate this kind of thing. If you're found out you've gotten involved, you might get harassed by his lackeys."

Wang Xingguo nodded and said, "I understand. I don't want to cause trouble if they haven't gone too far."

Wang Xingguo really hates trouble!

If he weren't worried that their business would escalate and implicate his friends and family in the trust store, he might have pretended not to know anything about it.

Unfortunately, they chose the wrong place. As the future patriarch of the Wang clan, he had to be responsible for his clansmen.

After leaving the Li family, Wang Xingguo looked up at the sky. The waning moon of this month wouldn't appear until dawn.

However, the vegetable garden that was originally a flower bed was now filled with the sounds of all sorts of insects.

Now that the Li family has taken over this matter, he no longer needs to worry about it.

That's how it is sometimes. No matter what they want to do, Wang Xingguo will never tolerate it if it might affect the safety of his people.

You can die for your fellow Daoist, but I cannot die for myself!