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

Li Xiuping replied, "Don't we have nine hens at home? I sent three back, and also took five catties of eggs back. With the things my parents and older brother prepared, it's enough for my sister-in-law to eat during her postpartum period."

Seeing that Li Xiuping's face was covered in sweat, Wang Xingguo said to her, "Honey, what do we need right now? I'm going out to get something while it's still early. After I get it, I need to catch up on my sleep; I'm afraid I won't get enough sleep until tomorrow."

Li Xiuping said happily, "Honey, you don't need to do anything. There are premium ingredients available at the four major vegetable markets now. This time I bought three catties of cured pork, half a catty of sun-dried shrimp, and two cans of fish. Cheng'an and our son love shrimp porridge."

Wang Xingguo asked in surprise, "When did it start?"

Li Xiuping replied, "It started ten days ago. I heard from Uncle Zhao that it's imitating the function of our old night market where prices are negotiated. The prices are basically more than double the official quota prices. For example, the cured pork from Guangzhou used to cost 1.5 yuan per jin, but if you negotiate, it'll cost 3.5 yuan per jin. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to buy it anymore, so I bought three jin at once."

Wang Xingguo gasped inwardly, because he couldn't recall ever having heard of this, nor did he find it in any of the documents he had consulted!

However, he quickly realized that he, like a butterfly, had probably triggered a butterfly effect.

No big problem. No matter what, Wang Xingguo is prepared to keep a low profile and work honestly, then he has nothing to fear.

He smiled and said, "Then my wife can make me lunch. After I eat, I'll go take a nap."

Li Xiuping quickly agreed, put the things she bought away, and went to cook.

Wang Xingguo placed the two little ones on his lap, one on each side, and by moving his legs and shaking them, he could get the two little ones to hold his hands and play happily.

After lunch was prepared, Wang Xingguo suddenly remembered something and asked in surprise, "Wife, Aunt Zhao and the others don't seem to be home today. Where did they all go?"

Li Xiuping explained, "They all went to dig for wild vegetables. Actually, they weren't really digging for wild vegetables; they were just using it as a cover to go to the countryside to buy nutritional supplements. Not every family raises chickens like ours. They've discovered that they can buy chicken and duck eggs in the countryside, but bringing them back to the city is quite troublesome. So they go in groups to dig for some wild vegetables, put the chicken and duck eggs at the bottom of their baskets, and cover them with wild vegetables so they basically won't be caught."

It has to be said that as long as you don't give up, there are always more solutions than problems. This saying is really true!

Wang Xingguo laughed and said, "Hey, they're quite clever. That's a good idea, except they can't bring back chickens and ducks."

Li Xiuping explained, "Actually, it's okay to bring them. It seems like things have been relaxed a lot now. Xingye went home ten days ago and brought back two ducks, giving one to our family. But he said we can't bring more than three. If we bring less than three, as long as we say they're for relatives or are gifts from relatives, there shouldn't be any problems."

Wang Xingguo nodded, not finding it strange at all. Currently, the supply of goods in the city is insufficient, and the countryside is also engaging in both public and private breeding, and is even encouraging rural residents to use their allocated private plots to raise poultry and livestock.

After lunch, Wang Xingguo went back to his room to catch up on sleep.

Wang Xingguo slept until the next morning. His family knew that he must be very tired to say that, so they kept their voices down during the night so as not to wake him.

Li Xiuping had already gotten up to make breakfast, while Wang Jianhua was still sound asleep in his small bed. When he saw his son turn over, Wang Xingguo smiled.

He really didn't want to work in another city anymore. He knew that given the confidentiality of his workplace, it was impossible for him to take his wife and children with him.

He really didn't want to live that kind of life if he couldn't come back for several years, so he made up an excuse to refuse.

Even if someone tells him what the consequences will be, he will still refuse.

After having breakfast, Wang Xingguo went out for a ride on his bicycle.

At this time, the capital city had recovered a lot. After Wang Xingguo walked around, he saw two people who seemed to have edema symptoms.

That's great, we finally made it through.

When he returned home, Wang Xingguo brought some fish back with him and kept them in a water tank.

Because Li Xiuping mentioned it, both her nephew and her son loved to eat fish.

The two little ones haven't learned how to eat fish yet, so everyone needs to help remove all the fish bones before we dare let them eat it.

Wang Xingning and Wang Xingmin went to work in the vegetable garden, while Li Xiuping fed the two little ones tomatoes.

Wang Xingguo asked cheerfully, "Wife, I'd like to get a piece of pork tomorrow. What cut would you like?"

Unexpectedly, Li Xiuping said without thinking, "Honey, our son can't eat too much fatty food. His stomach isn't very good, and he gets diarrhea if he eats too much fatty food. We need to feed him leaner food."

Adults may suffer from malnutrition, but these two little ones won't. They get all the nutritious food they can eat.

After thinking for a moment, Wang Xingguo said, "Then I'll get some pork rump. We can cook the lean and fatty parts separately, so they can eat less fatty meat."

Li Xiuping nodded repeatedly and said, "That's the best way. They ate braised pork a week ago and both of them had diarrhea. They're still young and can't control themselves. I washed their pants five times that day."

Wang Xingguo pinched the two little ones' cheeks and said with a smile, "You two rascals, you've made my wife so tired. If you grow up and don't respect your second aunt and mother, I'll beat you both to death."

The kids didn't know anything; they thought Wang Xingguo was just playing with them, and they were laughing happily, even wanting to ride a big horse.

Every father is like this: no matter how straight his spine is outside, he will bend selflessly towards his children when he comes home.

Men generally dislike being bossed around, but it's a different story if it's their own child.

Wang Xingning and her brother returned, bringing back several ripe tomatoes. They washed and cut them up for the two little ones to eat.

Naturally ripened tomatoes are actually really delicious, with a sweet and sour taste and a wonderful tomato aroma, which is incomparable to modern varieties cultivated for easier transportation.

Wang Xingmin asked, "Second Brother, this business trip of yours is so long, is it five days or a week?"

Wang Xingguo laughed and said, "This time it's a week-long break, I'll be back at work on September 5th. Why are you suddenly asking this?"

Wang Xingmin replied, "I'm going to junior high school soon, have you forgotten about that...?"

Wang Xingguo was a little surprised. After doing the math, he realized that if his younger brother passed the entrance exam for junior high school, he would indeed be going to junior high school.

He looked at Wang Xingning, whose face was flushed, because she started school early, but she had to repeat the second year of elementary school before she could take the entrance exam for junior high school...