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

Liu Chang'an replied, "Don't mention it. My second brother's fiancée's father is away on a business trip. He can't be absent on the wedding day, can he? So we had to change the date. Do you have any problems with that?"

Wang Xingguo patted his chest and said, "Absolutely! Just tell me two days in advance, and I'll prepare all the ingredients for Brother Liu. It definitely won't delay this joyous occasion."

Liu Chang'an nodded in satisfaction and said, "Alright, I'll go back and tell my second brother. We should discuss the menu with the chef on October 3rd, and after deciding on the dishes, we'll talk to you about the ingredients on the evening of the 4th."

Wang Xingguo had no problem with that. He was just buying ingredients on behalf of others. He could provide fish, shrimp, chicken, duck, and eggs himself. If it was pork hock or something, he could buy it at the black market run by the brother-in-law of a leader at the slaughterhouse. There were basically no problems.

Liu Chang'an's family isn't a cadre family. Cadre families would ask for large yellow croaker, prawns, sea cucumbers, abalone, and the like. Ordinary people usually only get one whole carp for their wedding banquets, and Wang Xingguo has no shortage of carp.

After exchanging a few more words, Liu Chang'an left the alley. Wang Xingguo rode his tricycle back home, where his younger siblings were all there and the courtyard gate was open.

Wang Xingguo used a mat to push the bicycle into the yard, and the two people in the main house ran out.

Wang Xingning asked with a smile, "Second Brother, why are you back in broad daylight today?"

Wang Xingguo laughed and said, "Hey, you little girl, why can't your second brother come back during the day? You must have finished your work. I won't be leaving until tomorrow afternoon to take care of my business. Remember not to prepare my dinner tomorrow night."

Wang Xingmin asked, "Second brother, you're always running around like this, and people don't have much food to spare. Do you think they'd be happy to give you any?"

Wang Xingguo rubbed his younger brother's head and laughed, "Haha, don't worry, Second Brother will eat wherever he goes. He'll be more than happy to have me come to eat with him."

"Hehe, I was worried you'd be hungry out there, Second Brother..."

A simple sentence warmed Wang Xingguo's heart, making him feel that his love for his younger sister and brother had not been in vain.

After parking the tricycle, the three siblings returned to the living room. Wang Xingguo asked them about their recent studies and, upon learning that everything was going well, praised the two siblings.

In the afternoon, the siblings went to school, while Wang Xingguo took a nap at home. After waking up, he cooked dinner early and released a lot of chicken and duck eggs from his spatial storage, as well as a few fish into the fish tank, so that his older brother could take them to his girlfriend's house.

Not long after they returned from school, Wang Xingguo pushed his tricycle out to pick up Li Xiuping after get off work, and then rushed to the General Hospital of Liberation.

As soon as they arrived, Guo Mingzhong came running over from afar, carrying a bucket of water. He said with a smile, "Hey buddy, you've come at the perfect time. I just filled the bucket with water, and you've arrived just in time."

Wang Xingguo chuckled and scooped out crucian carp for him. He said he wanted fourteen, so Wang Xingguo scooped out sixteen for him.

Guo Mingzhong took out the money, but Wang Xingguo waved it off.

"Brother Guo, don't be so polite. I'm just trying to make a living here, and you've all been so kind to me, turning a blind eye to everything. I'm not being unreasonable. Giving this fish to the brothers so they can have some fish soup is nothing. If you're going to give me money, then you're being too polite."

Guo Mingzhong looked at Wang Xingguo and, seeing his sincere expression, smiled and nodded, saying, "Alright, since you put it that way, I won't stand on ceremony. Don't worry, the fish won't be taken for nothing. We can't control what others do, but the brothers in our team definitely won't make things difficult for you."

"Then I'll thank you in advance, brothers. I've changed the supplies tonight, and I'll have to travel to the countryside for the next few days to find fish. These fish are getting harder and harder to get, and I don't know how much longer this business can last."

After exchanging a few polite words, Guo Mingzhong took the fish and left. Wang Xingguo put some more crucian carp into the bucket, rode the tricycle forward for a while, and stopped about ten meters away from the gate.

Because someone was already waiting for him here with buckets of wine.

They kept exchanging fish with people while saying they were going to the countryside for a few days to collect more fish, and that they might not be back for a few days.

After exchanging all the fish, Wang Xingguo tidied up his belongings, dusted himself off, and rode away on his bicycle.

In a secluded spot, Wang Xingguo stored the items he had traded away into his spatial storage. He took the two packs of peach crisps he had acquired that evening, first delivering one pack to his wife, and then rushed home. However, his younger brother and sister were already asleep, so he left the peach crisps on the table for them to eat tomorrow.

As for the eldest brother, he didn't get home until almost 10 o'clock.

The older brother is still very obedient to advice. Wang Xingguo had just advised him last night. After getting off work and having dinner today, he caught a crucian carp and brought it to Shen Qingqing. Then, the Shen family kept him at home to drink. They got him drunk and told him everything about his family.

It wasn't a bad thing, because Wang Xingbang was a responsible and dependable person, and Shen's parents were actually more satisfied with him.

Needless to say, Shen Qingqing was very satisfied with Wang Xingbang, who was good-looking and had a good job at the wire factory. Most importantly, his house was so spacious.

Seeing that his older brother was drunk, Wang Xingguo didn't ask any questions. He prepared foot bath water for him, gave him a towel to wipe his face and soak his feet, and took care of him until he went to bed. Only then did he feel at ease pour out the foot bath water, go back to his own room to soak his feet, and then rest.

The next day, he went to the entrance of Xiehe Hospital and, as usual, exchanged fish for people while saying that he would be able to come over in a few days without giving a definite answer. Those who needed the fish would naturally wait for him to come.

Wang Xingguo started checking things. He had exchanged a lot of brown sugar in the past two days. In fact, the people in these hospitals really have a lot of brown sugar.

Because brown sugar was considered a nutritional supplement in those days, people who were able would bring some brown sugar to help patients recover when visiting them.

If you have many friends, you'll receive a lot of brown sugar, so many people trade it for fish.

There were about fifty catties of brown sugar in the space. Wang Xingguo thought for a moment, then sorted it out and planned to take forty catties over, ten catties each for his three uncles, and ten catties for Wang Changshun, and let them decide how to distribute the sugar.

They also brought twenty bottles of Erguotou liquor, giving two bottles each to the eight elders they could talk to and Wang Changshun.

Regardless, it's never wrong to give a gift, and Wang Xingguo didn't expect to gain anything from this; it was just a token of his appreciation.

After eating a bowl of noodles at a restaurant, Wang Xingguo rode his bicycle to Uncle Niu's place. Since there were guards at the door, he easily got the door opened.

Wang Xingguo woke up Uncle Niu, who had only slept for a few hours, and asked earnestly, "Uncle Niu, I'm all ready to go get the pigs. How's the food preparation going?"

Old Niu rubbed his eyes and said, "Don't worry, you just need to take your men and move the pigs to a yard near Chaoyang East Bridge. The grain has already been delivered there."