“Qinger, that little girl named Er Ya today, you sent her to her parents yourself, right?” Sun shi asked suddenly.

Yang Ruqing nodded. "Yes, children are playful and run around everywhere. She scared her mother half to death. When we arrived, her mother was on the street asking everyone for help. Some people thought she was crazy and chased her away!"

"Sun sighed deeply, 'Oh dear, if I hadn't met you today, this child would really have been lost. Her mother would have gone mad with grief! It truly breaks my heart to think of how much parents love their children.'"

Yang Ruqing nodded, "Isn't that right? When Chen'er disappeared back then, she was almost crazy."

It was the thought of Luo Baobei that kept her going, but life was truly unbearable.

“Qing'er, were all of Er Ya’s family also refugees who fled from the East Sea?” Sun shi asked again, pulling Yang Ruqing back to reality. Let me know if you have any other text you'd like me to translate!

Yang Ruqing nodded. "Yes, the whole family came. I met them earlier when they were living under a bridge – it was pitiful. Afterward, I gave them some silver coins so they could at least rent two rooms to live in."

Mrs. Sun nodded in approval: “Qing’er, you did well. Doing good deeds may not always bring rewards, but doing bad things will definitely bring retribution.”

"Our life now is much better than it used to be, many times better. Whatever I can do to help, I'll do my best. What pains me the most is seeing parents fleeing their homes, wandering with their children, enduring hunger and hardship, being bullied..."

Just like back in the days when Old Yang's family hadn't split up, even though my father and Qing'er's father didn't need to beg for food, we had a place to live and food to eat.

But, seeing the old Yang family divide the food into three, six, and nine classes, Qinger's siblings, especially Qinger, ate the lowest class of food, Sun shi felt her heart was being cut like a knife!

He secretly kept some of his own rations for Qing'er to eat. When his mother-in-law found out, she scolded him severely. In her words, he was the laborer of the Yang family, and Qing'er was a freeloader who didn't need to work. Therefore, the food should be given to the laborers first because they worked hard…

But in a mother's heart, she would rather eat dirt than let her children go hungry!

“Mother, you don’t have to worry. I not only safely delivered Er Ya to her parents, but I also bought some buns and steamed bread on the way for her to bring along. She won't go hungry.”

Mrs. Sun nodded, "You're right. It's a pity that our capabilities are limited. Today, seeing so many beggars queuing up for steamed buns, with the elderly and children making up 60%, my heart is really heavy."

“They had always lived in the village, where they never worried about food or clothing. Even those who were less fortunate could somehow manage to get enough grain to survive by borrowing from others. By tending their few acres of land, at least they wouldn't starve.”

"Come out for a bit and see those beggars who have no houses or fields. I can't believe that people in this world can suffer to such an extent, oh..."

"Mother, no matter how these beggars behave, at least they are independent." Yang Ruqing said.

“If mother were to go and take a look at the inner courtyards of those truly wealthy households, and see how they punish their servants, she would be truly shocked. They simply don't treat people as human beings. The children of the servants aren't even considered children; they are merely accessories to the master's children, treated like livestock.”

“The master can dispose of the servant’s child as they please, selling them is just a matter of words. It's like when our homestead people’s old dog has a litter of puppies, the owner takes a few out and gives them away.”

After hearing Yang Ruohua's words, Sun Shi clicked her tongue, her eyes full of astonishment.

"It's still better to be a farmer in our village, hiding inside. We're all neighbors and relatives, so we can look out for each other and not suffer too much," said Mrs. Sun.

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Yang Ruqing smiled and, to Mrs. Sun's statement, did not agree.

When Yang Huazhong broke his leg, the Third House lost a major laborer. Both Tan and Old Yang had the idea of selling Panya!

This world, no matter where you are, if you have money, power and ability, you can live a good life.

Without money, power, or ability, you'll be miserable wherever you go. That's why if you want to avoid being trampled and exploited, you have to keep climbing upwards. Even if your circumstances change with each level you ascend.

“Qinger, could we possibly do more for those beggars? Looking at them, it’s truly heartbreaking!” Mrs. Sun once again consulted Yang Ruqing about this matter.

Yang Ruqing glanced at her own mother and couldn't help but smile.

"What's wrong? Do I have something on my face?" Mrs. Sun was taken aback and instinctively reached up to touch her face.

Yang Ruqing shook her head. "Mother, your face is very clean and there's nothing dirty on it. I laugh because I think my mother is sometimes too kind and naive, a little unrealistic!"

Sun shi was taken aback, then awkwardly smiled.

“I was just saying it casually, I actually know we have our limits…” Mrs. Sun murmured.

Yang Ruqing said, "Mother, there's a saying that goes: 'Under heaven, all is the emperor's land.' It means that this entire world belongs to the emperor."

"There are so many beggars outside the city walls of Wazhang County, Huiguang County, and nearby counties, as well as Qianyuan Prefecture, Changhuai Prefecture, and other places. Every place has a bunch of beggars."

"Even if our family were as wealthy as a nation, we couldn't support that many beggars."

>Perhaps you'd say, "Well, we don't support so many beggars, just the ones from our county, Wang Hai County." But have you ever thought that many lazy people would take advantage of this loophole?"

"Among those beggars, there are also some who are determined but have fallen on hard times and have to beg for a living. Therefore, we can only provide alms during special occasions like festivals. It's impossible to support them all year round. We don't have the ability or the need to do so."

“But to truly solve these problems, that’s the emperor’s business, because this entire world belongs to the emperor.”

“The Emperor issued policies for the benefit of the common people, the Emperor distributed relief grain, the Emperor punished corrupt and dishonest officials…”

"Only when the world is peaceful and prosperous can the common people live and work in peace. As long as they can live and work in peace, families can stay together, farm and have food to eat. Who would be willing to wander around begging for scraps and suffer the scorn of others?" Yang Ruqing patiently explained to Sun Shi, believing she could understand.

This is like a patriotic writer from later generations. At first, he chose to study medicine intending to heal the people's bodies and make them healthy so they wouldn't be as helpless as patients, let alone able to resist foreign invasions.

But later he discovered that what ailed the people was not their physical bodies, but their spirits.

Well, to get back on track, at this moment, Sun Shi listened to Yang Ruohuang’s lengthy explanation. She sat there in a daze, as if trying hard to digest and absorb the meaning of her words.

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