Gu Qing and Mrs. Gu hurried back to their home village.

As soon as she arrived in the village, she put down all kinds of things, and she went straight to Lizheng's house.

Li Zheng's house is lively, Li is sitting at the door of the stove room smoking dry smoke, the weather is getting colder and colder, when not working, there will be cold air from the soles of the feet straight up, the whole person is a little shivering, sitting at the door of the stove room, can bake the fire, the body is more comfortable.

Seeing Gu Qing coming, she hurriedly got up: "Gu Niangzi, what's wrong?" ”

In the past, when Gu Niangzi came to him, she was all smiling, but now she has a serious face, it should be that something big has happened.

Lizheng's wife brought a low stool and put it down on the edge of the stove to sit on.

After Gu Qing sat down, he told everything he saw and heard when he entered the city.

Li Zheng's face suddenly became serious: "When my mother was still alive, there were homeless people in Gujia Village who visited, and more than a hundred homeless people entered the village like bandits and swept away everyone's grain, and sixty or seventy people died in the village that night...... If it weren't for that incident, there would be more people in our Gujia Village...... I won't mention the past, in short, for me, the homeless and the bandits are the same, they both come to grab food, more than 100 homeless people used to die, this time there are hundreds of people, we must take precautions. ”

Gu Qing nodded: "No matter what Aunt Li Zheng decides, I will fully cooperate." ”

Li Zheng stood up: "First gather some old guys in the village to gather for a meeting, and everyone will discuss a charter, and then implement it." ”

The old guys in the village, that is, some old ladies over sixty or seventy years old, plus the patriarchs of various surnames, add up to more than twenty people.

Because they are both from the village and have a limited level of knowledge, Li Zheng sent Gu Jinhua to invite several of Gu Qing's husbands at home, Dong Rong and Mo Li are both typical scholars, Mo Li is well-informed, and the two have their own strengths, and they can think of many things they can't think of.

Gu Qing's status in the village is now rising, and of course she has to participate in the core meeting of the village.

A large group of people sat down in the hall of the Li Zheng family, and Li Zheng's wife came in with two braziers, and then quietly withdrew.

Li Zheng was the first to speak: "As long as you are a person who enters the city today, you should have heard about the displaced people, and the displaced people have become a disaster, and one day they will come to our Gujia Village." Now every household in the village has surplus grain, everyone's life is getting better and better, and you can buy some lard residue at Gu Niangzi's house every other day to go back to the tooth sacrifice, such a good day, if it is snatched away by the homeless, are you willing? ”

"Calling everyone over today is to discuss a charter to deal with the displaced people." Li Zheng paused and continued, "No matter what the method, as long as it can prevent the displaced people from entering the village, it can be proposed."

Old woman Gu said in a trembling voice: "Actually, it's okay for each family to get together a little food and give it to the homeless......

"Granny Gu, you can't do this idea." An old man said sharply, "The people in the village help your family, because everyone is in the same village, and it is a handful to be able to help." And it's the majority helping the minority, and each family can just give a little bit. Didn't you just say that there are thousands of displaced people, and I am afraid that it will not be enough to take out all the food in our village. ”

Old woman Gu sighed.

She had been hungry, had been raining, and wanted to hold an umbrella for someone else.

But she knew that she didn't have this ability, so she could only think about it.

Gu Qing patted Gu's old woman's arm, looked at everyone and said: "There are two main roads at the entrance and exit of Gujia Village, as well as countless mountain roads and paths. ”

Gu Er's mother-in-law spoke: "The river in our village has risen, maybe there will be homeless people making bamboo rafts to swim over, and people will have to be arranged on the river." ”

Patriarch Wu said: "We must call on every household to dig a few more cellars and hide the grain separately, in case ...... I mean, in case of an invasion by the first-class people, there is still a way out. ”

Gu Qing added: "We must organize manpower and arrange people to patrol the village, twelve hours a day. ”

Mo Li said slowly: "Leave the barricade to me, and it will be completed in about three days." ”

As long as the head of the family wants to do it, he will unconditionally support and cooperate.

Dong Rong paused and said: "Actually, what Grandma Gu said is not unreasonable, those homeless people who are extremely hungry, in addition to stopping them in the village, should they also be given a way to live?" ”

Gu Qing looked at him: "What does Rong'er mean...... Cash-for-work? ”

Dong Rong was a little surprised, he didn't expect that the head of the family would know about cash-for-work, but it was normal to think about it immediately, after all, the head of the family could build a big house in such a short period of time, and buy a shop and open a restaurant, and his knowledge must be much better than others.

"Most of the cash-for-work is on paper, which is very easy to say on paper, but it is difficult to operate in fact, and the most important difficulty is that there is no surplus food."

Gu Qing said in an orderly manner, "There is something to do for these displaced people, but there is no corresponding remuneration to give out, so what's the point of cashing out work?" Again, these displaced people appeared in the summer, wandered in the south for three or four months, and struggled on the edge of life and death for such a long time, perhaps, there have been incidents of changing children and eating them...... No one knows whether these are weak people or evil people, and if the evil people are given work for relief, the consequences are unpredictable. ”

These words made Dong Rong silent.

Most of the newly displaced people still retain their basic conscience and moral bottom line.

But this group of displaced people has been wandering for too long, and they can live without food for months, and they will definitely not be able to do it without some ability.

Wicked people are comparable to bandits, and letting bandits come into the village to work is tantamount to luring wolves into the house.

Thinking of this, Dong Rong smiled bitterly.

Gu Qing didn't know that he had thought so much, and turned his head to look at everyone: "At present, I don't know if the homeless people will come to Gujia Village, and I don't know if the homeless people are good or evil, I just want to tell you that kindness is very valuable, but releasing kindness to the wicked will kill the whole village." What I mean by this is that until you get to know these displaced people in depth, the whole village must refrain from being kind, remain indifferent, and not have private contact with any of them. ”

Although she needs people to dig ponds, she also needs people to refine crude glycerin...... But she didn't dare to let her guard down, and she had to make sure that these homeless people were harmless before she dared to selectively let some homeless people be used by her.

Moreover, it is also necessary to make the whole village vigilant, so that the disaster of the displaced people cannot be repeated.

"Gu Niangzi, I understand what you mean." Mrs. Gu sighed with emotion, "I can't hurt everyone just because I am soft-hearted." ”

Li Zheng said: "Mo Li, the matter of setting up the barricade will be handed over to you, please write another notice to inform the whole village of the matter of the displaced people." Patriarch Wu, you need to arrange the manpower for daily patrols. ”

Li Zheng was busy here, and the people in the village quickly got the news.

Except for being vigilant and not coming into contact with strangers, the routine in the village is no different from usual, after all, you can't affect your current life just because something hasn't happened yet.

In the past few days, the barricades on the outskirts of the village have also been quietly completed, and only the patrols know where the barricades are, and the villagers are still busy with their lives in an orderly manner as before......

The weather is getting colder and colder, it is now the middle of winter, and it will be the wax moon in half a month, and in another month, it will be the New Year.

Gu Qing has already started to burn the kang, she is originally afraid of the cold, as soon as the wind blows outside, she feels cold all over her body when she hears the wind.

Gu Qing bought a few quilts from the mall and gave a bed to several people in the family: "This is a new quilt that I bought from other places, you can take it out and cover it when you feel cold." ”

Countless merchants come to the house every day, and they all come in big carriages, and it is normal to buy something strange for the family.

"The new quilt feels so warm to the touch!" Gu Nuo's eyes narrowed happily, "It must be soft and comfortable to lie on it." ”

Mo Li said slowly: "May cotton show, August cotton dry." The flowers bloom and the world is warm, and the flowers fall and the world is cold. ”

Gu Nuo didn't understand: "Brother Li, what does this mean?" ”

This means that the cotton blooms in May and is ready to be stored in August when it is dried in the sun. After the cotton opens, the weather warms up, and the warmth of the people in the world is also guaranteed. If the cotton falls and cannot be harvested, people will be frozen. Mo left his mouth and said, "If cotton can be grown and produced in large quantities, how many people will be saved from freezing to death......

Gu Qing couldn't help but sigh, Ah Li will definitely become a good official who loves the people like a son in the future.

She bowed her head slightly and said, "I asked someone to buy some cotton seeds, and we will try to see them next spring." ”

Yang Pei is worried that he doesn't have a chance to perform well in front of the head of the family, isn't this ready-made opportunity coming! He can't compare to Dong Rong in study, and he can't compare to Mo Li, and his cooking skills can't compare to Zhu Han, but when it comes to farming, he dares to say that he is the second in this family, and no one dares to call him the first!

"Master of the family, leave the matter of planting cotton to me, and I will definitely be able to grow it alive."

(End of chapter)