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

Back inside, seeing Wang Niannian sleeping soundly, Wang Xingguo went into the kitchen to help Li Xiuping prepare dinner.

Li Xiuping asked, "How's the situation with Lian Sheng?"

Wang Xingguo said with a smile that Lian Sheng's living conditions were actually quite good because he was a technician.

However, compared to his father, he is far inferior.

After hearing this, Li Xiuping said happily, "That's great. It's better for everyone to be well than anything else."

Wang Xingguo laughed and said, "Honey, how come our daughter can sleep so much? I don't sleep that much either. Were you like this when you were little?"

After thinking for a moment, Li Xiuping nodded and said, "I had almost forgotten about it until you mentioned it. I used to be a really heavy sleeper when I was little. How should I put it? My mom said I slept both day and night, sleeping seventeen or eighteen hours a day, and that was when I was three or four years old."

"Section Chief Wang, are you home?"

Wang Xingguo was a little surprised because it was Gan Ping's voice.

He agreed, went out to open the door and let Gan Ping in. He offered him a cigarette and lit it for him. While making tea, Wang Xingguo asked, "Old Gan, what's up?"

Gan Ping replied directly, "Section Chief Wang, I won't beat around the bush. Actually, I wanted to ask you if you could help contact your clansmen in Gaobeidian and get a few pigs for our branch."

Wang Xingguo said speechlessly, "Seriously, you might as well contact the food company instead of me. Are you kidding me?"

Gan Ping said somewhat awkwardly, "I have no problems, but the other officers in the branch office took on other tasks, leaving me with this pork task..."

Wang Xingguo asked curiously, "Tell me what happened? Are you being ostracized?"

Gan Ping shook his head and explained helplessly, "Actually, it's like this: it was too difficult to get the pork for year-end bonuses last year. Although the supply of materials has improved this year, everyone is afraid of this job. When the tasks were assigned, they took other tasks, leaving this pork for me."

I originally thought that talking to the food company would solve the problem easily. Who would have thought they would hold such a grudge? They still remember the pig quota issue we had before, saying that if we hadn't had that pig quota issue, they wouldn't have been criticized by their superiors, and no one in the food company would have been promoted.

"We're truly wronged in this matter. It was clearly their own misconduct. If they hadn't obtained so many quotas to sell to various units all at once, the higher-ups wouldn't have been alerted at all. Now they're trying to pin the blame on me. When I went to discuss the pork issue with them, they insisted on handling it strictly by official procedures..."

Wang Xingguo was stunned. These guys were so shameless!

How can they be blamed for this?

He said, somewhat amused and exasperated, "These guys are insane! They were the ones who screwed us over back then. If they hadn't messed things up, we could have gotten even more mission pig quotas, and maybe even more gold in return."

Gan Ping, looking equally aggrieved, said, "That's right, I'm so angry! How can they be so shameless! It's clearly their own fault, but they're blaming it all on us. I don't even know what to say."

"Forget it, let's not bother with them. They haven't had a single person promoted in two years, so this is their just desserts."

Gan Ping quickly said, "Section Chief Wang, could you please help with the pig issue?"

Wang Xingguo smiled and nodded, saying, "No problem. Quite a few people in our compound are planning to buy pigs that aren't part of the mission. You can bring them back with you. I'll have my uncles talk to you about it tonight. We'll agree on the price. Getting a few pigs shouldn't be a problem."

Gan Ping smiled and said, "That's good, that's good. I've had this headache for days, and finally there's a solution."

Wang Xingguo invited Gan Ping to stay for dinner and took the opportunity to have his clansmen talk to him about pigs.

He's too lazy to get involved in these kinds of things now.

The dinner was quite ordinary, because all the chickens and ducks in his house had actually been bought.

It was Jin Baorong, the nephew of Grandma Jin. He was also unlucky. Because it was difficult to get supplies during the hard times, he couldn't save money from his meager monthly salary to buy nutritional supplements, which is why he only managed to save enough money to get married now.

Regardless of whether he's genuinely poor or not, he's considered an older single man anyway.

If other neighbors in the courtyard come for help, it's considered good-natured of Wang Xingguo not to kick them out.

But Old Lady Jin didn't pretend to be her benefactor. When Jin Baorong arrived, she was very polite and didn't skimp on the money she asked him for. In the end, she still showed him some consideration.

Wang Xingguo hadn't understood before, but now, thinking back on what Grandma Jin said, he understood a little better.

In the past, Grandma Jin would always talk about this courtyard in front of Wang Xingguo. She only trusted the two brothers and didn't trust anyone else.

Actually, it was a subtle way of reminding him!

Back then, he didn't understand and just thought that Grandma Jin was just saying nice things.

Now that I know what kind of person my neighbor is, and thinking back on what Grandma Jin said, I realize there's more to it than meets the eye.

People meant well by reminding him, and it wasn't wrong of them not to remind him. Wang Xingguo shouldn't hold a grudge for not being clearly told about this.

Wang Xingguo told several of his uncles and cousins ​​about Gan Ping's plan to get pigs, and they started discussing the price.

There are now enough pigs in the clan to complete the quests, so many pigs can be sold to others.

The main reason was that they made money in 61 and 62, so they had more money than other production brigades to buy fattening feed, and naturally they could raise more large, fat pigs.

The matter was quickly settled. Wang Xingye would go back in a few days to discuss the matter of keeping the pig with his clansmen, and then they would go together to bring the pig back.

Wang Xingning held Wang Niannian and played with her, while Wang Xingguo asked, "Third brother, how's your job going?"

Wang Xingning said happily, "It's great. My job is very easy. I just weigh candy for people."

Wang Xingmin asked, "Second Brother, you only have a few days left on your vacation. Will you be gone for such a long time again?"

Wang Xingguo nodded, and seeing that his fourth brother seemed a little unhappy, he asked with a smile, "What's wrong? Second brother is going to work, not to play. What's wrong?"

Wang Xingmin replied, "I felt uneasy because you were spending the New Year away from home."

Hearing what the fourth brother said, Wang Xingguo patted him on the shoulder and said, "There's nothing we can do about it, it's for work. Anyway, since the second brother isn't home, you, as his uncle, have to help take care of your nephew and niece."

Wang Xingmin nodded seriously. He would have done the same even without Wang Xingguo's instructions.

After finishing their business, Gan Ping took his leave. Everyone chatted for a few minutes before heading home to rest.

Wang Xingbang held up the candy to amuse the two little ones, Shen Qingqing and Li Xiuping chatted, Wang Xingning tidied the table, Wang Xingmin did his homework, and Wang Chengbin and Wang Niannian fell asleep in the basket.

Wang Xingguo lit a cigarette and looked at his family, feeling exceptionally warm. These ordinary days are truly wonderful!