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

Wang Xingguo came to the Materials Transportation Department and presided over today's ideological study meeting, which is a way for the Materials Transportation Department to avoid being labeled in various ways.

After that, he had to go to the logistics department to continue his studies. To avoid unnecessary trouble, Wang Xingguo was quite cooperative.

After the study session, Li Zhong asked Wang Xingguo to go to his office.

After he sat down, Li Zhong asked, "Xingguo, do you have any positions you can fill?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Xingguo's face fell. "Grandpa Li, are you trying to force more people into my supplies transport department?"

Li Zhong nodded somewhat awkwardly.

Nowadays, everyone is using their own ingenuity to arrange jobs for their children, so as to avoid them all being sent to the countryside.

However, going to the countryside was unavoidable, especially for cadres. It was difficult to arrange jobs for their children, and at that time, there were many children in the family. Almost every household had one or two children who had to go to the countryside.

Wang Xingguo refused, saying, "Grandpa Li, I really can't make any arrangements here. The people you've brought in the last few times have left me completely overwhelmed."

Li Zhong said somewhat helplessly, "They're all from the old military unit. It's hard to refuse when they ask for favors. Could you please help me slip in a couple more?"

Wang Xingguo sighed and had no choice but to agree.

After all, many of the clansmen's parents, siblings, and other relatives live in their rural hometowns, and the children's household registration is not a problem with their grandparents.

Actually, back in my hometown in the 1980s, due to various municipal projects and the land occupied by projects like the Beijing-Shenyang Railway, many people gradually changed their household registration to non-agricultural.

However, back then, it was about whose land was requisitioned and whose household registration was changed to non-agricultural.

It wasn't until the 1990s that all of the more than 10,000 households were converted to non-agricultural household registration.

and so!

Some leaders have already set their sights on Gaobeidian, planning to establish a dedicated vegetable farm so that their children can work there without having to travel too far.

In principle, as long as the commune is willing to accept them, then people can be arranged to go there.

Wang Xingguo didn't worry about it, after all, he was quite busy.

After receiving the documents that were being handed over, Wang Xingguo rubbed his forehead. They were two fifteen-year-old girls.

In many places now, primary school is five years and junior high school is two years. That means you graduate in seven years because there is no college entrance examination, and vocational schools have also abolished the unified entrance examination and replaced it with a recommendation system.

So now, after graduating from junior high school, you either get a job or you're sent to the countryside to work.

Two little girls like these are really hard to manage!

Wang Xingguo returned to the materials transportation department and threw the documents to Li Dapeng.

Li Dapeng picked up the documents and looked at them; his expression turned grim.

He said with a bit of a headache, "Director, why are you stuffing people in again? Those few we crammed in last time still haven't been assigned anywhere, and now two more are showing up. Is this some kind of shelter?"

Wang Xingguo said helplessly, "Old Li, this is a task personally assigned by the minister, I can't do anything about it. You figure it out, see what kind of work to assign the two girls to do, anyway, the minister wants to put people in, we can't refuse."

Li Dapeng muttered, "What a hassle. These two girls are too young. If they were eighteen, they could get married and wouldn't have to go to the countryside."

Wang Xingguo smiled but didn't say anything.

He knew that getting married wouldn't actually save him from being sent to the countryside.

Because after marriage, the woman's household registration is usually still that of an urban educated youth. In other words, it takes some connections to transfer the woman's household registration to the man's family.

The street office and the educated youth office were both tasked with mobilizing educated youth to go to the countryside, so it was difficult for them to handle this matter.

In a few more years, the policy will be tightened, and simply getting married will no longer be a reason to stay in the city.

Li Zhong dumped the task on him, Wang Xingguo dumped it on Li Dapeng, and Li Dapeng dumped it on the section chief in charge...

Three days later, after going around in circles, one of them was assigned to clean their office.

Wang Xingguo looked at the timid little girl carefully wiping the table for him and couldn't help but sigh.

His office is usually cleaned by his communications officer, who is essentially his bodyguard.

This arrangement is basically putting him out of a job...

Wang Xingguo's communications officer was named Xu Weiguo. He joined the army at the age of seventeen and was assigned to be Wang Xingguo's bodyguard at the age of twenty-two. He had been following Wang Xingguo for more than a year and had always performed well.

Xu Weiguo said, somewhat aggrieved, "Sir, this is all my job, how can you assign it to someone else..."

Wang Xingguo laughed and said, "It's alright, consider it lightening your burden a bit."

Hearing Xu Weiguo's words, Li Weihong became even more nervous, lowered her head and dared not speak, almost bursting into tears.

Seeing this, Wang Xingguo quickly comforted him, "Comrade Li, don't be afraid, we won't kick you out. Xiao Xu was just joking, don't take it to heart."

Xu Weiguo scratched his head. After all, making a little girl cry wasn't something to be proud of. He quickly apologized, "Well, Comrade Li, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to..."

Li Weihong burst into tears...

Wang Xingguo and Xu Weiguo looked at each other in bewilderment and hurriedly started to comfort her. Anyone who didn't know the situation would think they were bullying her!

Ten minutes later, Li Weihong finally stopped crying. She looked at the two of them timidly and said, "I didn't mean to cry, but I was scared..."

Xu Weiguo hurriedly said, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. From now on, the sanitation work here is yours. I won't compete with you for it."

Li Weihong smiled through her tears and nodded repeatedly, saying, "Then... the job of fetching water and making tea for the leader will also fall to me..."

"It's all yours, all yours, just don't cry, or people will think I'm bullying you..."

This was truly a situation that was both laughable and frustrating. It was the first time Xu Weiguo had faced such a situation, leaving him helpless and with no choice but to surrender.

Wang Xingguo said cheerfully, "Alright, from now on, office work will be handled by Xiao Li, and errands and answering phones will be handled by Xiao Xu. This division of labor is quite good."

Both of them agreed. Li Weihong continued cleaning, while Xu Weiguo went to his small desk to wait for orders.

At this moment, Li Dapeng was scolding the section chief in charge of arranging jobs for the two young girls, while Section Chief Zhao just smiled and let him scold her.

After Li Dapeng finished cursing, he also looked helpless. There was really no way to deal with this stubborn person.

"You figure it out yourself. My office doesn't need cleaning. If the higher-ups find out, I don't know how many criticisms I'll get!"

Section Chief Zhao laughed and said, "Director Li, Xiao Zhang doesn't just serve you alone. She's responsible for cleaning the offices of several section chiefs, fetching water and making tea, and we can even arrange for her to run errands. It's a pretty good arrangement."