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

Wang Xingning said cheerfully, "Second Brother, we need to get Jianhua and the others a big bed. I'll sleep with them; it'll be so cool with a fan!"

Wang Xingguo joked, "They're still young, they don't need to sleep in big beds. If you want to use a fan, then just sleep on the floor."

"That's fine too. It's cooler late this year. In previous years, the temperature should have dropped by evening in September. I don't know why it's still so hot this year."

That's really true. In previous years, once September arrived, the temperature would drop to around 20 degrees Celsius at night. Even if the daytime temperature was still around 30 degrees Celsius, it would be cool at night.

The temperature didn't drop as quickly this year; it's still often around 23 or 24 degrees Celsius at night, and there's not much wind, so the humidity is too high, making the house unbearably stuffy.

However, it won't last too long. Generally speaking, it will cool down by the middle of the month, and by the end of the month, you'll need to wear a sweater.

The fan is for daytime use; in the middle and late part of the month, you'll need a light blanket at night.

So Wang Xingning was just saying it casually. It wasn't particularly hot tonight. Wang Xingguo simply pointed the fan at the wall, and the whole room cooled down.

Actually, it's better to be cool. The couple is very loving and always sleeps together. If it's too hot, it will affect their sleep quality.

On the second day of his vacation, after breakfast, Wang Xingguo noticed that the kids wanted soda, so he went to buy them some.

Now that we have a fan at home, it's very cool, so the boys run outside less often. They're more comfortable playing at home.

Wang Xingguo bought some soda and chatted with the security personnel for a while. Then he went home and soaked the soda in the cool water in the water tank to cool it down. After soaking for a while, he took it out and opened it for the children to drink.

Li Xiuping went to buy groceries by herself, while Shen's mother helped look after the children. Since the house was cool with the fan blowing, many people came in to chat and knit.

It has to be said that the fan was very powerful at this time. With an electric fan on the ground blowing, the whole room was very cool. It felt like the heat was being carried away when you sat down.

Aunt Zhao asked, "Xingguo, does your workplace give you a holiday for National Day? I've heard from many people that we get a day off for National Day, but your uncle's neighborhood office doesn't give us a holiday."

Wang Xingguo laughed and said, "We have even less hope. We don't even get holidays during the Lunar New Year if we're supposed to work normally, so it's even less likely that we'll get holidays during the rest of the year."

Aunt Yongchang sighed, "Your Uncle Yongchang and his family only get one day off for National Day. Recently, the trust shop has been quite busy with people consigning things, and they even take a holiday when they're so busy. It's really hard to understand."

Wang Xingguo explained, "Auntie, you don't understand. The trust store's holidays follow the Commerce Bureau's schedule. If the Commerce Bureau has a day off, the trust store has a day off too. It doesn't stop taking holidays just because it's busy."

Aunt Yongli asked, "Xingguo, your younger brother Xing is almost seventeen. I don't know how to find him a job. Can you give me some advice?"

"This is really not difficult," Wang Xingguo said in a low voice. "Aunt Yongli, you wouldn't know about this even if it were right in front of you. My Uncle Zhao is the director of the neighborhood committee. Let Uncle Yongli talk to him about it. Whatever amount is appropriate, just arrange a good job for Xingjia's brother."

Aunt Yongli's eyes lit up, and she quickly started talking to Aunt Zhao about it.

Wang Xingguo still has Wang Xingmin to take care of at home, but he is a really good student. It would be best if he could get into a vocational school.

As for his nephew and son, Wang Xingguo was not worried that they would need to go to the countryside to work. With his current rank, arranging jobs for them would not be difficult when the time came.

As for my nephew and daughter, there's even less to worry about. By the time they grow up, the college entrance examination will have been reinstated, and the rural labor movement will have ended.

The five-day holiday passed quickly, and Wang Xingguo resumed his daily commute, with the work of the Materials Transportation Department gradually getting back on track.

In fact, this separation of business operations has made things much easier for the oil transportation department, because they now only need to transport oil, as well as raw materials and equipment for mushroom cultivation.

The reduction in business means they don't need to work overtime or carry out transportation tasks around the clock, which is a good thing for everyone.

Wang Xingguo was reading the newspaper in his office. Recently, the US had extended the war to Vietnam, which was not far from our southern border.

At that time, everyone felt that Vietnam was their neighbor, and that the fate of the country depended on mutual support. Supporting the Vietnamese people in their fight against the Americans was not only helping their brother, but also ensuring peace and security for their own home.

Therefore, everyone strongly supports and assists Vietnam, and a wave of donations of money and supplies has even swept across the country.

From the perspective of later generations, supporting Vietnam seems meaningless, since from a historical point of view, we all know what will happen in the future.

However, at this time, North Vietnam belonged to the socialist camp, and our country and North Vietnam were friendly allies, so providing support was very necessary.

The United States continues to escalate the Vietnam War, and US bombing has gradually moved north, with the flames of war now reaching the vicinity of the Sino-Vietnamese border.

If the United States were to completely control Vietnam, its military forces would be able to directly advance to my country's southern border, posing a direct military threat to Guangxi and Yunnan provinces. Aiding Vietnam was about keeping the war outside our borders and preventing it from reaching our homeland; it was a form of geopolitical security defense.

Furthermore, the US Seventh Fleet has been stationed in the Taiwan Strait, effectively blockading and encircling my country. Supporting Vietnam in its fight against the US also indirectly restrains US power and alleviates the military pressure on my country's southeastern coast and southern border.

Therefore, regardless of what happens in the future, it is very necessary to support North Vietnam now.

Everyone was discussing this matter, but Wang Xingguo was not involved.

Although he knew that supporting North Vietnam was necessary, Wang Xingguo felt very reluctant when he thought about the future.

However, the situation we are facing domestically is very serious. It's not that we have too much money to burn, but that if the US occupies Vietnam, we will be completely surrounded, and the military pressure will be enormous.

Director Liu called Wang Xingguo to his office; he had something to discuss with him.

After Wang Xingguo walked into the office and sat down, he asked with a smile, "Old Liu, what do you want to discuss with me?"

Director Liu handed a document to Wang Xingguo, saying somewhat helplessly, "Xingguo, who do you think we should send?"

Wang Xingguo took the document and looked at it. He found that it was a notice to arrange for personnel to go to the farm to receive supplies. Because there were not enough people there, the materials transportation department needed to send people to receive and bring back the supplies.

Wang Xingguo frowned, looking somewhat troubled. "Shouldn't this be the transport team's job? Why is it our materials transport department sending people? Where are we going to find so many trucks and manpower?"

Director Liu spread his hands helplessly and said, "Now that we've separated our operations, we can mobilize the transportation team, but the problem is we don't have enough manpower. Just arranging shifts to transport supplies is already a challenge, and to add extra work for us is just making things difficult for us."