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

Wang Guowei reached out to Wang Xingguo for a hug.

Wang Xingguo happily picked up his youngest son. After all, they were blood relatives, and they became close after spending just a few days together.

Wang Guowei wanted to eat a pear, so Li Xiuping went to wash one and cut it into small pieces so he could eat it easily.

Wang Xingguo asked, "Wife, our daughter and her family probably won't be back tonight, right?"

Li Xiuping nodded and said, "They probably won't come back. When Grandpa Lin takes them out to play, the distances are usually quite far, so they usually don't come back."

Wang Guowei is still too young to travel too far.

So the old man only took the four of them with him, while Wang Chengnuo went to work with his sister-in-law.

Wang Chengnuo is two months younger than Wang Guowei, but now that his sister-in-law is pregnant with her fourth child, Wang Xingguo and the others also need to work harder.

Li Xiuping wanted to have another child, but Wang Xingguo felt that four children were enough and there was no need to have more.

Wang Guowei ate two pieces of pear and said in his childish voice, "Daddy, sell popsicles~"

Wang Xingguo laughed heartily, then took his youngest son's hand to buy him an ice pop.

Li Xiuping also went out with her basket. It was late April, and fresh vegetables such as chives, spinach, bok choy, Chinese cabbage, lettuce, and garlic sprouts were available.

Wang Xingguo brought back a lot of pickled bamboo shoots from Guangxi, but they were all used up at the dinner party that night. There are plenty of bamboo in Guangxi. When he was in Pingxiang, he often ate bamboo shoots prepared in various ways.

The people here really love eating bamboo shoots because they're relatively rare; things are valued for their scarcity.

We went grocery shopping together, each of us ate an ice pop on the way home.

When Old Chen from the security department saw them return, he smiled and gave Wang Guowei a few White Rabbit milk candies.

The little guy seemed quite familiar with them, reaching out to take it and saying thank you, Grandpa Chen, in a childish voice.

Old Chen smiled and patted his head, then said to Wang Xingguo, "Director Wang, you shouldn't need to go again this time, right?"

Wang Xingguo nodded and said, "No need, I'll go back to my old workplace. How's things back home, Lao Chen?"

Old Chen said happily, "The weather here is great, the harvest is good, and with the added income from animal husbandry, life is getting better and better. I plan to apply to bring my wife and children to Beijing in a couple of years, but I don't know if I'll be able to get it approved."

Wang Xingguo shook his head and said, "Old Chen, the reason we're sending people to the countryside now is because there's too much urban population and no jobs are available for young people. Even if you bring your wife and children over, we still can't find them jobs, so your application probably won't be approved."

Old Chen frowned, looking somewhat troubled, and said, "But I've been working like this for so many years, I can't keep going on like this forever, can I?"

However, this is a crucial point. After thinking for a moment, Wang Xingguo asked, "Old Chen, how many years have you been working in Beijing?"

Without a second thought, Old Chen replied, "It's been eleven years."

Wang Xingguo smiled and said, "So it's been that long already. No problem, you can go and submit your application now. In any case, if you've been separated by work for so many years, the organization will either resolve your separation issue or arrange for you to work back in your hometown. These are both ways to resolve the separation."

Old Chen nodded repeatedly and said, "That's what I think too, but it would be best if I could stay in Beijing. I've worked here for so many years, I already consider this place my home."

Wang Xingguo thought about it. Although they were from the security department, they had helped his family a lot over the years, and he couldn't just sit idly by.

So he went to the security office, dialed Li Zhong's number, and asked if he could pass on a message and help the security department resolve the matter.

Upon hearing this, Li Zhong readily agreed.

"Xingguo, I'll put in a word with them about this and arrange a family reunion for them. There are quite a few houses available in the compound due to job changes, so we can arrange for them to move in directly."

Wang Xingguo thanked him over the phone: "Thank you so much, Grandpa Li. This has been a great help to them."

"You should worry less about these things in the future, take better care of your health, and make sure your ears recover. We're all waiting for you to come back to work."

Wang Xingguo smiled and responded, thanking him again. He didn't need to say anything more.

The security personnel thanked him excitedly.

Wang Xingguo waved his hand and said, "You deserve it all. You have worked diligently for so many years, it's time to solve these problems for you."

Back home, Li Xiuping had already started cooking.

Shen's mother brought Wang Chengnuo back, and she told Wang Xingguo about the hardships Li Xiuping had endured over the past two years.

Wang Xingguo felt heartbroken listening to this. Because of work, Li Xiuping had many people helping to take care of her and her baby during her postpartum period.

However, because she missed Wang Xingguo, she was depressed and in a very bad mood all day long.

This made Wang Xingguo feel extremely guilty; he really owed this woman too much!

In the evening, Wang Xingning and Chen Dajun went back to her parents' home again, bringing back a lot of things. They said that Chen Dajun's family had asked them to send them over, and they hoped that Wang Xingning would visit them when he had time.

Wang Xingguo opened the wine and drank with his father-in-law, his elder brother's father-in-law, Director Zhao, three uncles, and his brother-in-law.

Now there's no shortage of alcohol, and it's not hard to buy alcohol. Wang Xingguo doesn't need to worry about it; his older brother just buys the alcohol for him.

After sharing a drink, Wang Xingguo picked up a piece of cold spinach with his chopsticks and ate it. After finishing, he asked, "Dajun, what do you do for a living now?"

Chen Dajun quickly put down his chopsticks and replied, "Second Brother, I'm currently working in the personnel department of the General Logistics Department, responsible for things like organizing personnel files."

The State Science and Technology Commission and the General Logistics Department are not far apart; it only takes about ten minutes to drive there.

Wang Xingguo nodded and said, "That's pretty good."

Chen Dajun smiled and nodded, saying, "Yes, but I'm far inferior to my second brother. You are the director of the Transportation Department of the State Science and Technology Commission, while I'm just a junior staff member at level twenty-one."

Wang Xingguo waved his hand and said, "Don't say that, I was just lucky."

Chen Dajun retorted, "This is not a matter of luck. Second Brother, you have made a lot of foreign exchange, fought on the battlefield, and done so much work on the front lines. This is not luck, but the result of your hard work."

Wang Xingguo was a little helpless; his brother-in-law seemed to admire him quite a bit…

It wasn't because he was the second brother-in-law, but out of genuine admiration, that he couldn't help but praise how amazing this second brother-in-law was.

This makes it difficult for Wang Xingguo to keep a straight face towards him...

Wang Xingning said with a smile, "Second brother, that's just how this guy is. When we first met, he kept bothering me every day because of you."

Chen Dajun chuckled and said, "No, no, I just like you, not because of my second brother, I genuinely like you."

Everyone can see that Chen Dajun really likes Wang Xingning. In any case, this guy is completely under Wang Xingning's thumb, and he does whatever Wang Xingning asks him to do without any temper.