Travel through Shen Meizhuang to open the system and walk sideways in the harem

Hong Shiwu bowed his hands to express his gratitude, and said very politely: "Thank you, madam, you are so kind!"

Then he gave an order, and a group of children immediately sat down and began to eat voraciously.

Shen Meimei looked at these children and couldn't help feeling pity in her heart.

She took out a silver ingot from her bosom and handed it to the waiter, saying softly:

"This ingot of silver is for you. Give the child more food!"

The waiter took the silver gratefully and nodded in thanks.

Shen Meimei looked at these children and felt a little more touched. She turned to look at the waiter and asked:

"Why are there so many beggars here? Don't the government care about it?"

The waiter shook his head helplessly and sighed:

"The government wants to take care of it, but it's just too much! We have too many people and too little land. We can't grow enough food, and we have to pay all kinds of taxes. The people are having a hard time!"

At this moment, the middle-aged man who had been talking the loudest during the meal came over, echoed the waiter's words, and sighed:

"Yes, in the past we went out to sea to fish and could earn some money to support our families.

But the sea is closed, so we are trapped here. Even if our family works hard for a year, it is still not enough to feed the whole family!

I know these little beggars. Their parents were caught by the imperial court when they were fishing at sea a few years ago. They were accused of violating the maritime ban policy and were directly sentenced to more than ten years in prison.

Alas, in fact, it is not easy for everyone. If life is not forced, who would be willing to do something that would cost them their lives? "

The middle-aged man finished speaking and drank the wine in the cup. He put down the cup and bowed:

"Madam is a kind person, but she can only save people temporarily, not forever! As the saying goes, live by the mountain, eat by the mountain; live by the sea, eat by the sea, but once the sea ban policy is implemented, the people will suffer terribly!"

Shen Meimei nodded slightly. She originally wanted to have a good meal, but who knew she would encounter these things.

Since she has encountered it, she can't just ignore it. After all, she is a modern person. In her eyes, all people are equal, without distinction of high or low.

After the beggars had their meal, Hong Shiwu took Shen Meimei and her group to where they lived.

It turned out that these beggars lived in a dilapidated temple outside the city. The temple was drafty on all sides and the roof was in tatters.

The little girl was there too. When she saw Shen Meimei come in, she pulled her brother to her knees and kowtowed:

"Ma'am, this is my brother, my mother is dying!"

Xiaoyu pointed at the dying woman lying on the ground and cried:

"Madam, can you find a doctor to see her? I brought some bread for my mother, but she hasn't eaten a single bite in two days!"

Shen Meimei walked over and asked Jinxi to help the person up. She reached out and touched the woman's neck, then turned to Xiaoyu and said:

"Your mother is already dead, and there is nothing I can do to save her!"

It was obvious that Xiaoyu already knew what death was, but her two or three-year-old brother had no idea what death was at all and was still looking at Shen Meimei with a smile.

Shen Meimei took out her cell phone and took a few photos of the ruined temple. She wanted to take them back to show the emperor in order to reinforce his call to completely relax the maritime ban policy.

That afternoon, Hong Shiwu brought a few people to the back of the ruined temple and began to dig a pit to bury Xiaoyu's mother.

They didn't have a coffin, so they could only wrap Xiaoyu's mother in a tattered straw mat.

Xiaoyu watched all this from the side, her heart filled with sadness and pain.

When the pit was dug, everyone carefully placed Xiaoyu's mother in it and filled it with soil.

The whole process was quiet and solemn, no one spoke, only the sound of digging and filling echoed in the air. Xiaoyu stood silently by, tears flowing non-stop.