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

The next day, two cars arrived at the gate of the compound.

The security personnel went up to check and, upon discovering it was Wang Xingguo, quickly let him pass.

The car stopped in front of their house. Li Laishun and the others, who had already been notified by Li Xiuping that they would be back, were already waiting on the stools at the door.

There are also many of Wang Xingguo's clansmen waiting for you here.

So as soon as the car stopped, Wang Xingguo got out and was surrounded by people greeting him. Wang Xingguo responded happily.

I would occasionally ask everyone how they were doing, how their health was, and other words of concern.

The main problem is that he doesn't come back very often. When we need something, we usually contact home by phone, and we rarely see each other.

Many of Wang Xingguo's cousins ​​have grandchildren now, and they all come over with their grandchildren, asking them to call Wang Xingguo "Grandpa," which makes him extremely happy.

For some reason, Wang Xingguo, who is only thirty-nine years old, wants to be a grandfather. Wang Jianhua is in the army, so now they can only pin their hopes on Wang Guowei, but he is still young and has to wait several more years.

Uncle Yongchang and Uncle Yongli are now retired and spend their days tending to the vegetable garden in the courtyard.

Actually, it had already been divided up. Since there was no shortage of supplies, some people were unwilling to work to manage the vegetable gardens, so it was later divided up by household, which was considered as private plots.

Li Xiuping led the children to distribute the items. They brought a lot of things, some of which were gifts from people who came to visit Grandpa Lin, and some of which were local specialties received from visiting Wang Xingguo.

Wang Xingguo is the kind of person who gets a lot of visits from old friends, receiving a lot of cigarettes, alcohol, tea and other such items. So this time he brought some back to share with his relatives and friends, so as not to let it pile up at home and go to waste.

Li Wenbin and Li Wenlong both took leave, as did many of their cousins. After all, it was rare for Wang Xingguo to come back, so everyone naturally wanted to come back and see him.

The main reason is that neither steel mills nor trust shops are currently busy, so it's easy to take leave.

In particular, trust shops have become a huge burden, unable to make ends meet, with salaries entirely dependent on grants from higher authorities.

His mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and their family prepared a table full of dishes. Wang Xingguo said, both amused and exasperated, "Mom, it's only a little past nine o'clock. Is this breakfast or lunch?"

"Have breakfast and lunch together. It's rare for you to come back, so have a couple of drinks with Lao Li. He was overjoyed to hear you were coming to visit us."

Li Laishun said cheerfully, "Yes, I'm happy. My son-in-law is successful. What's wrong with me being happy?"

Wang Xingguo smiled and joined everyone in drinking.

Actually, Wang Xingguo just doesn't come back often; Li Xiuping and Shen Qingqing often bring their children back here.

So the children were very familiar with their cousins, and they took the pocket money given to them by Li Xiuping and went out together to buy ice cream.

Now that the kids are so big, we can let them go out and play on their own without worry.

It's only because Wang Jianhua and his family aren't around that they're always out playing with their younger siblings, even visiting other counties.

Every year when it's time to pick fruit, these little guys would run back to their hometown village, ostensibly to help out, but actually just to eat, drink, and have fun.

The key thing is that the people inside the house welcomed them back. Even though so many years have passed, the people in the clan have always remembered them. Wang Xingguo will be their clan leader in the future.

Wang Changshun is now over sixty years old and his health is not as good as before. Sooner or later, he will have to hand over the position of clan leader to Wang Xingguo.

However, there's no use talking about it now. Wang Xingguo is in his prime, and he still has a lot to achieve in his career. In his view, even if he were to take over the position of clan leader in the future, it would be something he would consider after he retires.

One by one, people voiced their doubts, because Wang Xingguo's suggestion to arrange for their children to become self-employed individuals left them somewhat puzzled.

Wang Xingguo himself has a lot of resources. If the children in the clan are willing to do this, to go north to trade things, to go to places like Guangzhou and Shanghai to buy goods and bring them back to the capital, he has the resources to help arrange it.

Don't forget that Wang Xingguo worked in the oil transportation department for so many years. Those people in the materials transportation department who were protected by him are now the backbone of the materials transportation department.

If Wang Xingguo wanted to switch train cars, or cram in some people and goods, it would be too easy for him!

When he worked in Pingxiang, he got to know so many people involved in the transportation of goods in Guangdong and Guangxi. His network of contacts is quite impressive.

He knows people in several military regions, all of whom are old comrades-in-arms, so some things aren't that difficult.

Wang Xingguo didn't utilize these resources before, partly because his children weren't interested in making money.

Although it may sound harsh, it is the truth.

Because children either aspire to join the military or to go to university and enter politics, and many experts also want to entice their children to do scientific research.

These are all connections he's built up over the past twenty years. His future is bright, so people are eyeing his children.

But no matter what, the most promising one is definitely Wang Cheng'an or Wang Jianhua.

Because the legacy left by their great-aunt was so immense, whoever became a regimental-level officer first would inherit this legacy.

Wang Xingguo checked the relevant files and learned why this achievement was so significant: it was because it was part of a Japanese assassination plot targeting leaders of certain organizations.

Fortunately, it was discovered in time, thwarting the Japanese invaders' plot; otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

As we all know, there would be no republic without an organization, and there would be no new China without the leadership of the organization's leaders.

That's why this honor is so great, and none of the three units are willing to let it go.

After all, with this honor, there is a chance to ensure that the unit's designation will never be revoked!

Therefore, regardless of which of the two brothers inherits this legacy, they will be deeply bound to their respective units, sharing honor and disgrace for life.

After listening to Wang Xingguo's explanation, although everyone was still a little confused, they roughly understood a few points.

One reason is that self-employed individuals can make money, and even a lot of money.

Another point is that policies will become increasingly open, and there will be no reversals.

Finally, Wang Xingguo was willing to provide the children with start-up capital and connections so they could try being middlemen.

Although they don't understand big-picture issues like reform and opening up, they know that Wang Xingguo won't harm them.

So they all nodded in agreement with Wang Xingguo's suggestion to let the children go and explore.

In fact, Wang Xingguo also had his own selfish motives. Although being a middleman was risky, the returns were also high, and it was also beneficial to the country.

Because exchanging light industrial products for heavy industrial equipment and technology is a very worthwhile deal, anyone who does this will quietly receive support.

However, all of this cannot be done openly; it must be done in secret, otherwise the impact would be too negative.