Liu Dazhuang's expression froze, and he touched his head curtly: "Yes...... I shouted, how did Gu Gongzi know? ”

Gu Yunji chuckled: "I thought that shout was a little familiar before, and when I saw your red panting appearance again, I would know what was going on after a little pondering, and it was not difficult to guess." In order not to be discovered by others, it is very embarrassing to hide, right? ”

Hearing him say this, Liu Dazhuang couldn't help but feel embarrassed and weak in his heart when he was caught, he lowered his head like resignation, and said angrily: "I lied about the situation and deceived you and everyone, Gu Gongzi, you punish me." ”

"You just helped me out of the siege, I thank you too late, what are you punishing you for?" Gu Yunji couldn't cry or laugh, "Besides, you are just a prank, and you haven't caused any losses, it's not a lie, it's not as serious as you say." ”

As he spoke, he patted Liu Dazhuang on the shoulder: "If it weren't for the voice you shouted to divert everyone's attention, I really don't know how to deal with today's situation." At this time, there was a change of shifts between officers and soldiers, and there was no one on the construction site, so if we didn't calm everyone's emotions and make them make trouble, it would be a big trouble. ”

The momentum of the displaced people before was low and depressed, and if they didn't come up with a satisfactory solution, they wouldn't let Gu Yunji go. Liu Dazhuang saw these in his eyes, and wanted to help Gu Yunji, but he didn't know what to do, so in a hurry, he only came up with such a clever way as "the wolf is coming".

Although he is not very clever, but fortunately, it is effective, and he interrupted it like this, and today's things will be confused.

Liu Dazhuang raised his head, his eyes slowly lit up, and he looked a little embarrassed: "Gu Gongzi doesn't punish me, I haven't done anything, I really can't bear your thanks." ”

The two haven't seen each other since the last time they parted, and now they met by chance. Gu Yunji looked Liu Dazhuang up and down, and saw that his face was ruddy, his figure was not as thin as before, and his whole state was much better than when he first arrived in Hangzhou Mansion, so he asked with a smile:

"How's it going? Still used to it? After the last time I took the medicine, there should be nothing wrong with your daughter's illness. ”

Liu Dazhuang showed a bright smile at him: "Lao Gu Gongzi is worried." Yaya's illness has been cured, and now she is alive and kicking, and there is nothing wrong with her at all. Although the days of these months are not very good, I am very content to be able to eat every day and not go hungry. ”

Although Gu Yunji didn't expect them to reciprocate anything, knowing that they were living a good life, he also felt that his efforts were not in vain, and he was very relieved.

Seeing that Liu Dazhuang was alone and didn't take Liu Yaya with him, Gu Yunji couldn't help but wonder: "You should be working here now, right?" And what about your daughter? At the age of three or four, it's not okay to have no adults around to look at it. ”

Liu Dazhuang said: "Yaya, I entrusted it to my fellow villagers to take care of, otherwise I wouldn't be able to get out and work." During the day, when I go to work, she helps me take care of the children, and when I go back in the evening, I pay her a penny, so that she gets the money, my children are taken care of, and we are happy with each other. ”

Gu Yunji raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "Do you want to give money?" It is right for fellow villagers to help each other, and few people care about such a little gain or loss, but now they still have to pay for it? What's more, your salary of ten cents a day is not much, and it is a little difficult to support your daughter, right? ”

Liu Dazhuang didn't think there was anything wrong with this, and said: "This time is different from the past, everyone is having a hard time, and no one has any reason to help others." My fellow countryman was a widow, and the man died on the night of the riot. ”

"She is a woman with two children, and she can't go out to work, so life is very difficult. In addition, now that the government's soup kitchens have also decreased, her family often eats the last meal but does not have the next meal, and she can only help people like me take care of the children and earn a few pennies to make ends meet, which is not easy. ”

Hearing this, Gu Yunji seemed to have a string in his mind snapped, and he was shocked that he suddenly remembered something. His eyes darkened, and his tone deepened: "How many women like your fellow countrymen are there?" ”

"I don't know about this, maybe hundreds?" Liu Dazhuang scratched his head, "The road to the south is full of difficulties, and it will be difficult to survive if there is no man in the family to support you." So there are widows, but there are not many of them, but most of them are poor, and even if they are not dragged down by being alone, they are not as good as me, a bachelor with children. ”

Hearing this, Gu Yunji slowly exhaled a breath, pursed his lips and fell silent.

He finally remembered what he had ignored that day when he discussed the whereabouts of the displaced people with Xu Chengyu and Lu Xianzhi.

That is, these women among the displaced people who cannot go out to work to earn money, and their strength is weak and can be bullied, especially some of them are helpless and have a particularly difficult way to survive. And these people were not taken into account by them in the first place.

There are more than 12,000 displaced people in Hangzhou, most of whom are men in the prime of life, less than 3,000 women, and a few hundred widows. Gu Yunji didn't know if Lu Xianzhi and the others had neglected it like him, or if he felt that they were not many and couldn't make any waves, so even if he thought about it, he didn't care.

Young men can be both agents of unrest and quality labor. For the government, the male displaced people are large in number and strong in physical strength, and occupy a dominant position among the displaced people, and stabilizing them is stabilizing the entire group of displaced people, as long as they are settled, the displaced people will not be a problem.

Under the influence of this kind of thinking, women have naturally become "additional products" that are not cost-effective, their self-reliance is relatively low, it is often difficult for them to live independently without men, and the government needs to spend a lot of financial and material resources to properly resettle, which is obviously a loss-making business in the short term.

However, in the long run, the prosperity and stability of the country cannot be separated from women. In addition to the value of childbirth, women can also promote social harmony and economic prosperity, and are an important vital force in the development of a region.

If there is a serious imbalance between men and women in a certain place, and the number of women is too scarce, then the local security problem will become more and more serious, the situation will tend to be unstable, the economy will come to a standstill, and the whole society will be in turmoil.

For example, in the north, which has just experienced a locust plague, the state capitals are in a state of population emptiness, and there is a shortage of not only men, but also women. The most important thing for them at the moment is to absorb the population from other places, recuperate lightly, and restore to the state before the locust plague as soon as possible.

However, the value of women is only evident in a stable society, and if they are in troubled times, people like them, who are not strong in force and weak in strength, will become the first group to be abandoned by the rulers.

Now, although the northern state capitals are in great need of women, they are welcome to return. But they are penniless, and they can't work along the river like men, so it is a problem to eat, and they are afraid that they will lose most of them on the way, and only a few lucky ones can return to their hometowns smoothly.

If you think about it carefully, it is most appropriate to keep the women in Hangzhou, so that not only can these thousands of lives be saved, but also balance the local gender ratio, so that they can become a positive force in promoting the development of Hangzhou Prefecture.

But what can be done to minimize the obstacles and allow them to integrate smoothly into the local community?