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

Holding Wang Yueyue in her arms, Li Xiuping saw Wang Xingguo's sentimental expression and couldn't help but ask, "Honey, what's wrong? Is something on your mind?"

Wang Xingguo quickly shook his head and smiled, saying, "No, what could I possibly be worried about? I'm just lamenting how fast time flies. It feels like just yesterday that the four of us siblings were relying on each other, and now we've all grown up, have our own jobs and families, and it's rare for us to get together for a meal."

Li Xiuping paused for a moment, then sighed, "Yes, time flies. In the blink of an eye, we have four children now."

Wang Xingguo put his arm around Li Xiuping and said gently, "I still remember when I was pursuing you, you were so hard to get."

Li Xiuping said with a smile, "It's because you were so poor back then and didn't have a job. I thought you were quite pretty, but I was also afraid that I would suffer if I followed you."

Later, you started reselling things and buying me all sorts of delicious food every day. I thought to myself, "You must be sincere towards me. I won't suffer with you."

Wang Xingguo laughed and said, "So that's what you were thinking back then? Well, that's understandable. I didn't even have a decent set of clothes at the time, so it's normal for you to think that way. But you were still captivated by my handsomeness, weren't you?"

Li Xiuping rolled her eyes at Wang Xingguo, but she did think he was good-looking, otherwise she wouldn't have been so easily fooled by him and ended up losing her innocence.

Wang Xingguo said to Li Xiuping, "Wife, meeting you in this life is truly my greatest blessing."

Li Xiuping chuckled and said reproachfully, "You're just trying to make me happy. I don't believe your nonsense."

"Nonsense, I mean it, it's not some nonsense."

The couple chatted and laughed as they returned to their house.

Shen Qingqing and her husband were discussing how to arrange a blind date for Wang Xingmin.

This younger brother is a bit shy; to avoid the topic, he went to take a shower.

Grandpa Lin watched the children practice calligraphy. As a cultured man, he had high standards for their handwriting. In his view, handwriting reflects a person's character, and one must write well in order to be an upright person.

The next day, Grandpa Lin had the driver take Wang Xingmin back to Shijiazhuang Iron and Steel Group first, while he took the children to school.

Actually, the school for children of employees in the compound wasn't far from their home, and the old man simply enjoyed the feeling of sending his children to school.

After having breakfast, Shen Qingqing and Li Xiuping went out to chat with their neighbors, asking which girls were still single so they could introduce Wang Xingmin to potential partners.

When Wang Xingguo arrived at his workplace, Liu Weidong came to report on his work, explaining that he had already arranged the tasks Wang Xingguo had assigned the previous night.

Wang Xingguo nodded and said, "Once everything is arranged, Weidong, you go and gather everyone to start the study session."

Liu Weidong responded and turned to leave to inform everyone about the study session.

Wang Xingguo arrived at the cafeteria, picked up a small book, and began to give a lesson to everyone.

It was very simple. Wang Xingguo led the reading, and everyone read along. Wang Xingguo told everyone to go back and think about it carefully, and then he ended the study session and told everyone to go back to work.

It was indeed very perfunctory, but he put on a very good show, holding these study sessions every day, so no one could criticize him for anything.

There's nothing we can do; this is someone the leader has specifically praised, so no one dares to label him arbitrarily, otherwise it would be considered disrespectful to the leader.

If someone actually did that, they'd be in big trouble!

They dare not mess with Wang Xingguo, and even have to treat him with utmost respect, but that doesn't mean they dare not mess with someone as ruthless as him.

After a busy day at work, Wang Xingguo was exhausted. The workload was too heavy, and he had been busy non-stop.

These days, all documents have to be handwritten, and his arm is getting sore from writing so much.

After arranging the duty personnel, Wang Xingguo went off duty.

When he got home, Grandpa Lin was already there and waved to Wang Xingguo.

Wang Xingguo jogged over, greeted them, and sat down.

Grandpa Lin said to him, "Xingguo, there's a job I'd like to ask if you'd like to do."

Wang Xingguo frowned and said, "Grandpa, do you want me to go to the front line again? If I really have to go, I want Yueyue to be a little older and remember me as her father before I go."

Grandpa Lin shook his head and explained, "It's not that I'm asking you to work in another city. It's that there's a vacancy in the Security Department's headquarters. If you fill that position, you can legitimately be promoted to level twelve."

"But as you know, if you go to this position, you're responsible for keeping a close watch on things, preventing anyone from coming in to cause trouble or disrupt order, and also preventing anyone from harming our people."

Wang Xingguo understood. The Security Department was subordinate to the Security Department, which was a powerful department. If he became the director of the local Security Department, he would be responsible for the security work of the entire headquarters, including providing business guidance to the guards, coordinating security duties, conducting political reviews for new recruits to the headquarters, protecting confidential files and communications, and investigating internal cases.

Wang Xingguo was somewhat tempted, because the most important thing was the political vetting, which was a powerful tool that could protect many of his colleagues in the logistics department.

To put it bluntly, he is not as high-ranking as Li Zhong, but under the current circumstances, he can still play a role and protect his own people who are being attacked, like Grandpa Li.

So he nodded and said, "Grandpa, I think I can do this job. First of all, I've been praised by my superiors, and with that status, outsiders who want to cause trouble won't dare to do anything to me."

Secondly, I can use this connections to resolve internal issues; if I prevent them from launching a movement, they won't be able to get it going. Finally, regarding the issue of blocking people from entering, I'm the most suitable person to handle that.

Grandpa Lin nodded and smiled, "That's what I was thinking too, which is why I arranged for you to be in this position. I'm under a lot of pressure right now, and I need someone to help me share some of it."

You, a young person who has been specifically praised by the leaders, are the perfect candidate. You can handle those impulsive young people, and even those who are unstable within the organization won't dare to mess with you.

Wang Xingguo frowned and asked, "Grandpa, is the situation that serious?"

Grandpa Lin nodded and said, "Many veteran comrades have been sent to the countryside, and the situation is not optimistic. But things are better on my side. Several leaders have withstood the pressure and are still fully supporting my work. As long as there are no internal problems, we can basically weather this storm."

Wang Xingguo breathed a sigh of relief. If even Grandpa Lin couldn't hold on, then although his side wasn't in much trouble, without someone to take charge, things would definitely fall into chaos.

After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Who should be assigned to take over the Logistics Department?"

"Li Zhong plans to transfer someone from the logistics department to take over. Now, the heads of the various transportation departments must be his own people to feel at ease."

As you know, our job is to ensure the smooth progress of the nuclear weapons program, which allows no room for error. That's why the leadership has been able to withstand the pressure and ensure my job stability.