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

Wang Xingguo was a little flattered, as it was the first time he had heard such words of concern from Li Enze, which made him feel somewhat uncomfortable.

There was no way around it; he was very businesslike during our first meeting.

The second time we met, I gave him a piece of my mind.

On our third meeting, he still looked at me with exasperation at my lack of ambition...

Later, Wang Xingguo became a little afraid of him. He couldn't talk back, because this middle-aged man was superior to him in terms of rank and seniority.

Wang Xingguo quickly replied, "The doctor said I'm recovering very well and told me to avoid noisy places as much as possible for the next year, and my hearing should return to normal. My injury was originally meant to heal, but in Pingxiang, there were constant air raid sirens, gunfire, and explosions from the front lines, so it didn't heal properly."

Li Enze nodded and said, "That's good. Now you can focus on your work in Beijing and spend more time with your father and family."

After saying that, he went to see Grandpa Lin.

Li Enze seems to have made progress again; he's now in charge of more important tasks and is even busier.

Grandpa Lin asked Li Enze, "How are things going over there?"

Li Enze nodded and said, "Everything went smoothly. Don't you trust me to handle things?"

Grandpa Lin nodded in satisfaction and said, "That's good, thank you for your hard work."

"Sir, this is what I should do. But you should take better care of yourself and not overwork yourself."

Li Enze was very concerned about his health because the old commander was one of his few relatives and one of the most important people to him.

Grandpa Lin waved his hand and said, "It's nothing much to worry about. My work isn't as busy as it used to be, so I have time to take Jianhua and the others out to play."

Wang Niannian ran out and, upon seeing Li Enze, obediently called out, "Grandpa Li is here!"

Li Enze revealed a gentle smile, which stunned Wang Xingguo. How could this guy smile like that?

What's with that forced smile she gave me...?

Li Enze and Grandpa Lin are no different!

They all showed the same favoritism towards the Wang family. Wang Xingning wasn't like her aunt enough, so Li Enze treated her rather indifferently.

Wang Xingguo's eyebrows and eyes resembled his aunt's, and Wang Jianhua inherited his eyebrows and eyes as well, so Li Enze preferred Wang Jianhua.

Wang Niannian is different; she looks more like her aunt, and you can already vaguely tell the difference.

So both Grandpa Lin and Li Enze showed a special fondness for Wang Niannian and paid her extra attention.

It's not their fault, after all, they are closer to Wang Yongzhen than to the four siblings.

You can tell just by looking at what Li Enze brought; he gave everyone else a single gift, but he gave Wang Niannian a whole bunch of things…

Wang Xingguo and Wang Xingbang were the most perfunctory, each only receiving one pack of Daqianmen cigarettes.

Wang Niannian tugged at Li Enze and said, "Grandpa Li, next time I want a bicycle, can you buy it for me?"

Li Enze waved his hand and said, "Buy it! I'll get you a shorter bicycle so you can learn to ride it, Nian Nian."

Grandpa Lin said with a smile, "Don't spoil Nian Nian so much, it's not good to spoil her."

Li Enze dismissed it, saying, "It's alright, my Niannian is very well-behaved and won't be spoiled."

Wang Xingguo curled his lip and asked, "How come it's yours?"

This is my daughter, okay...

They had dinner together, but Wang Xingguo didn't even have a chance to peel shrimp for his daughter because Li Enze had taken over the job.

He could only peel it for his youngest son. As for Wang Jianhua, he was already so old, so it was up to him whether he wanted to eat it or not!

After dinner, Li Enze drank some tea and then left.

As Wang Xingguo saw him off, he said to Wang Xingguo, "When you get back to work, make careful and thorough arrangements. You also need to keep a close eye on your subordinates and make sure they don't act recklessly. I'll take care of things here. External matters won't affect your logistics department, but if you cause trouble yourselves, then you'd better be careful, understand?"

Wang Xingguo nodded, and after considering it for a moment, he said, "Uncle Li, if someone follows suit and acts recklessly, should I deal with it directly, or should I hand it over to the logistics department?"

Li Enze grinned, revealing a set of menacing white teeth: "Of course you'll handle it yourself, and deal with it severely! Ordinary leaders have Uncle Li Zhong backing them up, and your Grandpa Lin is holding up the pressure from above. We won't allow anyone to act recklessly here, and we certainly won't allow it to affect our nuclear weapons program, no one!"

"I understand. After I start work, I will do a good job of explaining things to everyone and will not allow anyone to sabotage our work."

"Okay, that's settled then. I need to rush back to review the documents."

Li Enze was as decisive as ever. After finishing his sentence, he left and strode towards his car.

Looking at his retreating figure, Wang Xingguo seemed lost in thought.

It seems the materials transportation department is also showing some promise, otherwise Li Enze wouldn't have given him such instructions.

But as he said, if the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up; he just needs to do his job in the material transportation department.

As for those with all sorts of ulterior motives, Wang Xingguo has been managing so many people in the past two years, he's not the same naive young man he used to be, he has plenty of ways to deal with them.

The next day, Wang Xingbang went to work.

Unexpectedly, he did not choose the job arranged by Grandpa Lin, but instead chose a job as an electrician.

Because he worked at an electric wire factory, he was familiar with the work of an electrician and was very interested in it, so he chose this job.

Grandpa Lin was a little helpless, but he didn't say anything.

Actually, he wanted to arrange a cadre status for Wang Xingbang in the future, but who would have thought that he would choose to be an electrician, which is a worker's job.

But it doesn't matter, anyway, he still favors Wang Jianhua and the others, the children he personally trained are the most suitable successors.

He often took the children out to play, which was actually paving the way for them, letting them get familiar with his network of contacts, and helping them get along with the children of his old comrades-in-arms, fostering their friendship from childhood to adulthood.

It may not sound pleasant, but that's reality; that's how the world works.

Because of his great-grandfather, Wang Jianhua was able to access circles that most people could never reach in their entire lives.

These hidden resources and advantages are simply immeasurable.

Wang Xingguo's holiday was over, and he returned to the material transportation department. Kong Xiangqing happily hugged him.

Then he began to hand over his work to Wang Xingguo. Kong Xiangqing was very satisfied with and reassured about Wang Xingguo as his successor.

He told Wang Xingguo everything he could think of, sharing his experience without reservation so that Wang could get started quickly and avoid some detours.

Wang Xingguo asked, "Old Kong, are there any signs of unrest or instability within our logistics department?"

Kong Xiangqing shook his head and said coldly, "I've dealt with a few troublemakers seriously and transferred them to less demanding positions in other departments. Xingguo, when you encounter this kind of situation, you must not be lenient, otherwise the consequences will be endless! Deal with them seriously and get rid of these bad apples. We cannot allow anyone to undermine the stability of the Materials Transportation Department."