Chapter 97 98. Statistics
Holding their round bellies and food boxes in their hands, the two walked out of the restaurant with satisfied looks on their faces.
Jin Qianqian also sighed, "Sure enough, it's true that high-end ingredients often only require the simplest cooking methods. We are blessed in the future."
Gu Wenheng, "You are very lucky, but you are still too thin. Let's go to the clinic for a check-up."
He had this idea a long time ago, but the medical skills of the doctor Liu outside the city seemed limited, and he could only treat some minor illnesses such as headaches and fevers at most.
"It's good to be thinner. Look how skinny I am." Jin Qianqian lowered her head and said with some self-mockery, "Luckily I don't live by the sea, otherwise I would be able to master Qinggong at any time."
Gu Wenheng, "Don't joke around. If you don't take good care of your body, you will suffer in the future, and I will be the one who feels bad.
I just asked the waiter, and found out that the doctor at the Renhe Clinic in front is the descendant of the imperial physician of the previous dynasty, so his medical skills are trustworthy.
It’s a pity that we couldn’t come in some time ago. It is said that a miracle doctor has lived here for many days. When we have a chance in the future, we will ask the miracle doctor to check us out.”
The family has to undergo routine physical examinations every year. Gu Wenheng is used to it and only goes to the doctor to give himself peace of mind.
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"Old woman, why did the seventh brother and the others take so long to get in? I wonder if they will ask about the youngest brother?" Gu Dashi drank the rice porridge he had just received, but his eyes were fixed on the city gate.
Li Cuicui, "Don't be looking for trouble all day long. If the youngest one is still in the city, it has been open for a few days, doesn't he know how to find it?
Just give up, that boy has been hooked up with that Lan guy and gone somewhere else, and you should stop talking about him all the time, you have been nice to him for nothing all these years."
Gu Dashi remained silent. Although he felt uncomfortable, he knew that what the old woman said was true.
Li Cuicui, "I see your arm is almost healed. Don't just sit here all day. Go help collect some firewood. It's so cold at night. How can you stand it?"
"But if the wound breaks open, it will be even more troublesome." Gu Dashi covered his shoulder and felt a dull pain in the injured area.
"Hmph, look at that old man Lan. Others have already run away, but you are still pretending. You should know that others have injured their legs. Even if you can't move this hand, the other one can always help, right?"
Li Cuicui pointed at the two people's bags and said, "I have been carrying all these things all the way. If I didn't have a few good sons to help me, I would have been exhausted. If you continue like this, then we will separate. You go find your youngest son. I can find any son I can rely on."
"What nonsense are you talking about, old woman?" Gu Dashi said, "By the way, have you told the other children? We are going back to our hometown. What do they think?"
Li Cuicui, "What can you think? This place is more prosperous than our place, and not as dry as our place. Who wants to go back?
As soon as I opened my mouth to the eldest brother, his wife burst into tears and said that she would not leave until she found the child.
Don’t talk about your second child. No one knows where the whole family is now?
The third and fourth brothers told me directly that it was impossible, saying that if people wanted to move up, they had to leave the mountain village for the sake of their descendants.
"What about the fifth and seventh brothers?"
"The fifth brother is in a dilemma. He wants to go back, but he also wants to fight for his child.
"Seventh Brother? If he can change his household registration here, wouldn't he have a better future here? So I didn't even ask him."
"So, none of us sons want to go back?" Gu Dashi's face turned ugly. "Are we two old bones going back alone? What's the point of raising so many sons then?"
Li Cuicui, "So! I have been thinking about this problem these days. In the past, it was the children who looked for their parents, but when we get old, we can only look for the children.
If they are far away, they won't be able to help us if we have a headache or fever in the future.
Why don’t we stop making things difficult for our children and ourselves and just follow them to find a place to live nearby, so that when we get really old, we won’t end up in a bad situation.”
"..." Gu Dashi, "This man is old, and he really can't help himself. The fourth brother's family is in the same situation. The children don't want to go back. Datian has already compromised and let the children make the decision."
"Isn't this the end?" Li Cuicui was no longer as insistent as before, "At least the Gu family is still together."
"You are an old woman who knows nothing. Where is there a place big enough to accommodate so many people? I am afraid that they will be dispersed and divided into different villages."
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Niu Haian looked at the number of people counted and fell silent.
"Sir, these are just temporary statistics. There are still more refugees coming in these days. How do you think we can solve this problem?" Xiao Yunhai had a bitter face. Now he was in a difficult situation.
The emperor had named and sentenced him as a fourth-rank prefect in the court. Now, it would be impossible for him to make further assessments, and he might even be held accountable.
Now we can only hope that we can resolve the problem of these refugees as soon as possible, and maybe we can make up for our mistakes.
"Also, this is the number and land that can accommodate these refugees collected by various counties and cities." Xiao Yunhai respectfully handed over another account book, "But the number does not seem optimistic."
Niu Haian took it and put it on the table. "The drought in the three northern provinces has not eased yet, and we don't know when the rain will come. If so many refugees are not properly resettled, will they be able to survive if they return?"
Before Xiao Yunhai could speak, Niu Haian continued, "Now it doesn't matter which village is remote, as long as there is suitable wasteland and water source, it can be included in the scope.
Send out all your subordinates immediately. I hope to get at least double the amount within two days."
Xiao Yunhai complained directly, "Sir, there is land deep in the mountains, but those places are not suitable for reclamation at all, and we really can't gather such a large amount."
"Asshole," Niu Haian slapped the table with his palm, "I ordered you to do something, not to bargain with me here. You haven't even asked your subordinates, but you just speak nonsense. No wonder this city has so many troubles under your management."
Xiao Yunhai lowered his head. He had to take the blame anyway, so why bother giving others away?
"Tongzhi, where is Tongzheng?" Niu Haian stared directly at the other officials behind him.
"I'm here," Lu Tongzhi and Lu Tongzheng quickly stepped forward.
Lin Haian bypassed the prefect and gave them an order, "I order you to re-count the land, even the uninhabited land near the prefecture, and include it all.
If I find out that you are deceiving your superiors and your subordinates, you will lose your official positions."
(End of this chapter)
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