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The little girl showed a doting smile, and the grandfather who came down to help him with the luggage couldn't laugh or cry: "You just spoil her!"

Gu Hengsheng laughed.

Behind, Chen also opened the car door and got out.A group of people then walked inside, but then, there was another knock on the door outside the yard.

Chapter 426 Chapter 422 The Mouse King's Trouble

Several people turned their heads to look back, and then the grandfather clapped his hands and said, "Oh, I remembered, Ge Rui said that he would come to play chess with me today!"

"At first, I thought it was snowing today, so he wouldn't come, but I didn't expect this old man... he is so addicted to chess!"

Grandfather sighed, and then walked over to open the door for the visitor.Gu Hengsheng's eyes narrowed for a moment, Ge Rui, I'm afraid it's Lin Gerui, the gray Lin is His Excellency Shu King.

Tsk, he specially picked this time when he came home to play chess with his grandfather. The purpose of the Mouse King... I'm afraid it's not that simple.

After the grandfather opened the door, a huge mouse head emerged from the door.As soon as they met, the grandfather immediately smiled and said, "Ge Rui, you come to play chess in such a snowy day, aren't you afraid of freezing?"

"Hehehe, there's nothing to do if you're idle at home, so it's good to play chess to relieve boredom." The Shu King smiled and walked into the yard with his walking stick.He then raised his eyes, saw Gu Hengsheng standing at the entrance of the hall, and immediately clicked his tongue in amazement: "Yo, Hang Seng is back too?"

Then, his eyes fell on Chen again, his eyes seemed a little surprised: "And Xiao Chen... Xiao Chen, you haven't come back for three years, Yuxia is thinking about you two... Oh, I won't disturb your reunion, will I?"

"Well, hello Lin Bo." Gu Hengsheng smiled and greeted the Shu King.Chen showed no expression, but walked over slowly and took Gu Hengsheng's arm: "The school is busy, so I have never had a chance."

In fact, I don't want to come back.

Gu Hengsheng was well aware of this point, and so was Shu Wang.It's just that if you see through it and don't tell it, otherwise everyone will be embarrassed and it will be bad for everyone.

Gu Hengsheng then put the little girl down and let her go into the house by herself, then stood at the door to see what the Mouse King would do next.The grandfather walked towards the room with the Shu King, and said with a smile: "Don't bother, don't bother, it's better to say, you're here at the right time! You'd better come to our place a few more times in the future, of course, if you can It’s better to cook!”

"You bastard!" The two old men joked with each other very acquaintedly, and the Shu King was not very polite to his grandfather, "No, no, I can't make more delicious things with just a few tricks in my hand." I heard that there is a good cook from Lao Li, I can come over in two days and try his cooking."

"That's okay." The grandfather said, and the two walked into the room together.Gu Hengsheng looked at the two old men and fell into deep thought.Then, he turned his head slightly, leaned into Chen's ear in a low voice, and said, "If Shu Wang and Grandfather call each other brothers, then won't he call Lin Yuxia Auntie when he meets Lin Yuxia in the future?"

Chen turned his head in surprise and looked at his side face: "Why do you always have so many...wonderful ideas in your mind?"

"I just suddenly thought of such a question." Gu Hengsheng muttered, "Oh my god, this generation is so messed up..."

Chen shrugged weakly, ignored his thoughts, and walked into the room with him on his arm.

Shu Wang also came in, and he and his grandfather hung shoulder to shoulder, looking like good brothers.Even the old lady who was cooking at home was not unfamiliar with the arrival of the Mouse King.A group of people of different races sat at the same table, and at first glance, there was no sense of alienation, which was quite surprising.

But the more this happened, the more worried Gu Hengsheng was about this mouse.He must have something to ask of himself, but he couldn't ask for it right away, so he used this roundabout way to play the emotional card with his grandfather...

Ha ha.

He had almost seen through the Mouse King's plan, so what he had to do now was to find an opportunity to pry his mouth open and figure out what he wanted to say.

Everyone ate lunch together. After eating, Pauline found an excuse to go home first, while Elaine stayed behind, pulling Chen to talk.Gu Hengsheng went to help the younger sister with her homework, while the old lady cleaned up the dishes.After tidying up, she grabbed a handful of melon seeds and went over to chat with Chen.

Halfway through the afternoon, Shu Wang was about to leave.When he got up, his grandfather suddenly shouted to the inside: "Hang Seng, please drive your Lin Bo back home!"

"Oh, alright."

Although he was surprised by his grandfather's arrangement, he suppressed his surprise when he thought that this old man who traveled all over the world in his youth could not be an ordinary old man who knew nothing about the current situation.No matter Shu Wang smiled and said "no need", he went straight to get the car and asked Shu King to get on the car.

So the Shu King sat in the passenger seat, and then, Gu Hengsheng started the car and headed for the Shu King's home.The little snow in the morning of Longmen has stopped now, but it has also covered the whole city with a layer of white.Because the time is short, the snow has not been damaged by the passing pedestrians or cleaners, so the whole city appears to be covered in silver, which is extraordinarily enchanting.

"What's the matter, let's talk." Gu Hengsheng said suddenly, the kindness and politeness just now had disappeared from his face.He instinctively rejects Shu King's approach of approaching his family with a certain purpose, and then wanting to play the emotional card in the future.

"Slums." The Mouse King also put away his amiable look just now, and spoke crisply.Gu Hengsheng frowned, and then said: "Isn't it already gone... Infected people gathered together, and new slums appeared?"

He immediately understood what the Mouse King meant: "So fast?"

"Yes." Shu Wang nodded lightly. He had talked with Gu Hengsheng about this matter many years ago.At that time, he had a premonition of the current situation, but he didn't expect it to happen so soon.

Most of the slum residents who got demolished houses sold their houses and went to other places in Longmen to buy new houses.Among them, most of the healthy non-infected residents moved their residences closer to the place where they worked, while most of the infected people did not have stable jobs-no one wanted them-they had no future income expectations. Try to choose areas with lower housing prices.

So after going back and forth, in the No. 13 urban area, which was once the second shabby city in Longmen, the infected began to gather in large numbers.

Most of the civilians who originally lived in the 13th city did not meet the poverty standard, and they might even have some assets.They were afraid of contacting infected people, so they also chose to move to other urban areas.Even the nearby merchants had to move out of debt.

So now, District 13 has become the new slums it is today.Although there is no desolate and dilapidated place because of no one's management, there are already ten households and nine empty houses, and the sense of dilapidation is very obvious.

Chapter 427 Chapter 423 Helpless

For this result, Gu Hengsheng and Shu Wang had expected it, but what they didn't expect was that it would come so soon.It's not even ten years, or even five years, and new slums have formed, which...

Gu Hengsheng can only say that the efficiency of market regulation is really terrifying.

"I want to ask you if there is any way." Shu Wang said, "If we leave it alone, there may be new gangsters appearing there soon. Everything we have done will be in vain, and everything will be in vain. It’s the same as it was years ago.”

Gu Hengsheng thought for a while, then shook his head.

"I have nothing to do." He said, "The birth of new slums has exceeded my expectations. My ability is limited. I can't solve this problem."

The Shu King couldn't hide the disappointment on his face.

"But to be honest, I don't think the new slums will become what they used to be, where black and evil forces run rampant." Gu Hengsheng recalled it, and said suddenly.Shu Wang raised his eyelids, not sure if he really thought so, or just trying to comfort himself: "How do you say that?"

"The residents of the new slums are not really poor. Most of the infected people who moved there sold their previous properties in the northern business district, and now they have some savings in their hands." He said, then tried to recall, trying to think of one or two things A key data, "I remember my financial report shows that in the new district you mentioned, ah, the thirteenth district, right? Regardless of the actual situation, sales have not changed much anyway. The consumption power of the people there It’s still quite enough, and it shows that residents have money in their pockets and want to live in peace.”

"If you are willing to live your life, you will not be too noisy. There is absolutely no problem with stability."

The Mouse King was thoughtful, but Gu Hengsheng continued to say: "More importantly, the new slums should already have the Guards Bureau settled in, right? With them assisting in law enforcement and maintaining law and order, it should be..."

"You think too highly of them." Shu Wang laughed, and then interrupted him, "Forms can't be controlled by others, and I am very familiar with this aspect. If gangsters and bandits are really rampant there, a few officers from the Guards Bureau Party members will never be successful."

"They can't fight against the gangsters there at all. In the end, they can only turn a blind eye and close one eye, acquiescing to the existence there."

Gu Hengsheng choked for a moment, and then he was a little unconvinced: "Then send more police?"

"Suppression will only lead to backlash. It will only cause more destruction and bloody conflicts in the new slums, destroy residents' property, exacerbate poverty, and make the collapse come faster." Mouse King said, "This is my experience. If the environment is like this, The guards stationed in it can only compromise, and use compromise in exchange for the stability of the gang-ridden area."

Gu Hengsheng thought for a while, smiled, and shook his head.The Shu King was a little puzzled, but then he heard him say: "Then this is your problem, Your Excellency the Shu King. Oh, I'm not talking about you. To be precise, this should be Wei Yanwu's problem."

"Now Longmen's economy is booming, and there is no shortage of jobs everywhere. However, there will still be unemployment in the society, and there will still be people who go bankrupt, have no food, no place to live, and have to live in slums and form gangs, otherwise they will not survive. Go on..." As he said this, his eyes fixed on the Shu King, his eyes became sharper and sharper, "This is not an economic issue, but a governance issue."

"If I remember correctly, the per capita annual income of Longmen was already [-] Longmen coins last year, right? Fried chicken shops in the city center can buy crispy fried chicken for just one Longmen coin. The average food accounted for a total household income of only [-] yuan. Twenty-fifths? I think that's the number, I hope I'm not mistaken."

"Almost." Shu Wang said, "I have also read Wei Yanwu's report, it is indeed these figures..."

"Then here comes the problem." Gu Hengsheng spread his hands, "But this level can be said to be rich, right? Then why are there still slums, homeless people and gangsters? You don't doubt Wei Yanwu's governance ability, why come to me? "

"If you really say that five years ago, the per capita income was less than [-] yuan, it was poor at that time, and these problems are understandable. But now it has nearly doubled, and this problem occurs again, I can only say..."

He stopped suddenly in the middle of speaking, and then looked at the Mouse King meaningfully: "If he does this, there will definitely be big troubles in the future. Maybe one day, the unbearable slum dwellers will take the risk and give the people outside the city The enemy acts as a spy..."

Speaking of the latter, he was rather gloating: "At that time, it will be too late for regret."

The Shu King was silent for a long time, and finally heaved a long sigh, saying: "I will talk to Wei about this, I hope he... can listen to it."

Gu Hengsheng was noncommittal.

The car was already approaching Shu Wang's house, which was a small courtyard near the so-called new slums.Looking at his house and the nearby low-rise buildings, Gu Hengsheng said with a smile: "You are really poor. Look, the people in the 'slums' next to you live better than you."

"These small courtyards have the characteristics of Longmen, and they cannot be demolished easily." Shu Wang said, and then looked worriedly at the new slums not far away, "It's only temporary, and it will get old soon..."

Gu Hengsheng suddenly said: "Tell me, if I take down your land and build high-rise buildings, will it solve the employment problem of a large number of people?"

Shu Wang's ears moved, and he turned to look at him in surprise: "Huh?"

"It's cheaper to hire the labor force from the nearby slums as workers." He said with a smile, "The only problem is that there are many infected people among them, tsk..."

"Yeah..." Shu Wang lowered his head and sighed, "Infected people..."

He hopes that Gu Hengsheng can use economic means to help him solve the economic problems of the infected, but he himself knows very well that if the social discrimination against the infected is not resolved for a day, no matter how rich Gu Hengsheng is or how clever Wei Yanwu is, he will never The problem of slums cannot be solved.

After Gu Hengsheng stopped the car, the two got out of the car together.As soon as she came down, she saw that Lin Yuxia had opened the door and looked over here: "Dad, I... Oh, Hang Seng, are you back?"

She looked a little surprised, and at the same time, Shu Wang laughed and walked home with a cane: "Yes, not only he is back, but Xiao Chen is also back this year, and he is at Hang Seng's house..."

For some reason, Gu Hengsheng felt a little embarrassed.Especially seeing the way Lin Yuxia looked at him, he felt a little ashamed.It's just that his embarrassment is his own, and the Shu King is still chattering there: "Yuxia, you are not too old, and when you find someone..."

PS: I also want to eat fried chicken for one dollar, but unfortunately...

Chapter 428 Chapter 424 Lin Yuxia's Method

"Dad~!" Lin Yuxia withdrew her gaze from Gu Hengsheng, and called out coquettishly.The Shu King stopped his act of urging marriage, and said to Gu Hengsheng with a smile: "Come in and have a seat?"

Gu Hengsheng shook his head: "No, no, I'll go back first."

"Come in and sit for a while, just for a while, you're not in a hurry, are you?" Shu Wang continued to persuade without giving up.

Gu Hengsheng's words of refusal came to an abrupt end. He looked at Shu King's seemingly kind face, and then thought about it.

Is there anything else this mouse wants to tell me?

Or... want to play Lin Yuxia's card and persuade me to be charitable?

He glanced at Lin Yuxia, who had a strange expression on her face, as if she had something to hide.

"Okay." He nodded, "Then sit for a while."

"Okay." Shu Wang smiled, "You two sit down first, and I'll get you something to eat."

Gu Hengsheng nodded, and then he followed Shu Wang into the room, while Lin Yuxia closed the door behind him.The Mouse King went straight into the kitchen, leaving the space in the living room for the two of them.

Gu Hengsheng looked at Lin Yuxia, waiting for her to speak first. After all, he didn't know exactly what the Shu King wanted to say.

Lin Yuxia, on the other hand, seemed a little absent-minded, as if she was just looking for something to say, and said: "You and Chen... are you really married?"

"Yeah." Gu Hengsheng nodded, "I've already met her parents, oh, her parents... If Wen Yue is considered her parents, then that's fine."

Hearing this, her expression suddenly became a little complicated.Gu Hengsheng didn't know what she was thinking, so he just asked with a smile, "What about you? From what the Mouse King said, he seems to be very anxious about your life's event?"

"He just said it casually, so he won't spend too much time on such trivial matters." Lin Yuxia said, and then changed the subject back, "By the way...you and Chen, when do you plan to get married?"