Yi Wu took out ten taels of silver and gave it to him.

Just consider it playing house with him.

We'll definitely have to ask where this child lives later and send him home.

After receiving the silver, Yi Shuihan immediately gave it to the child.

The child said, "Please wait here for a moment," and then ran away in a flash.

Yi Wu: "..."

Could this kid be a con artist?

Yi Shuihan was also stunned.

Once he realized what was happening, he took off after them.

Yi Wu naturally followed behind.

The child was small and had short legs, so they caught up with him in no time. He ignored the two of them and, after twisting and turning in the alley, climbed over the threshold of a courtyard house.

Several families lived in the courtyard, and each family hung their clothes out to dry separately, each occupying a corner of the courtyard.

The child walked up to a woman in the yard who was picking vegetables and handed her the ten taels of silver he had received from Yi Shuihan.

"Aunt Li, could you please take some money and help my mother find a doctor?"

Li looked up, astonished, and asked, "Where did you get the money?"

The child turned to look at Yi Shuihan and Yi Wu, who had just entered the courtyard, and replied, "I just sold myself to them, and this is my payment."

"Oh dear!" Li exclaimed, "How could you sell yourself like this? Does your mother know about it?"

The child shook his head.

Li glared at him: "This is ridiculous! Hurry up and return the money. If your mother finds out you've been fooling around, she'll definitely spank you."

The child's shoulders slumped.

"My mother is too sick to get up and can't hit me anymore."

He put the silver into the vegetable basket.

"Aunt Li, please remember to call a doctor for my mother. I have to go now."

Having said that, he turned around and ran towards Yi Shuihan with his small legs.

Li hurriedly called out, "Come back quickly!"

The child rushed up to Yi Shuihan, looked up and said, "Alright, I've finished explaining. You can go with me now."

Yi Shuihan reached out and pulled him away, then turned and left.

Yi Wu: "..."

Although I only overheard a few words, it's clear that this child took it upon himself to sell himself, and his mother didn't even know.

"Wait, Master, we can't go like this."

People will think you're a child predator.

He stepped forward and stopped Yi Shuihan.

Yi Shuihan and the child both stared at him wide-eyed.

"I paid for it."

The cold road of Yi River.

"I will not return the money."

"That's what the child said."

Yi Wu said irritably, "You're not an adult yet, so your actions don't count. You need your mother's permission."

The child's eyes reddened, and tears began to fall.

"My mother has no money for medical treatment and is dying. Can't I even sell myself to save her?"

Yi Wu sighed: "We can't take you away without your mother's consent."

The child pursed his lips.

"Alright, I'll ask Mother then."

He reluctantly led the two to the front of the west wing.

"You stand here, you are not allowed to come in."

Yi Shuihan asked, puzzled, "Why?"

Yi Wu explained, "His mother should be the only one at home, so they need to avoid suspicion."

"oh."

After the child opened the door and went inside, he immediately bolted it shut. Yi Wu and Yi Shuihan heard the child asking the woman for her opinion through the wall. The woman coughed and couldn't say a word.

A moment later, the child opened the door and said, "My mother agreed."

Yi Wu: "..."

Are you sure your mother really agreed?

He said with a stern face, "I didn't hear her say she agreed."

The child blushed instantly.

"Why are you so long-winded? I already told you my mother agreed, why are you still bothering me? Do you also want to go in and see my mother?"

After saying that, he looked at Yi Wu with a wary expression, as if he were looking at a lecherous man.

Yi Wu: "..."

This is the worst time he's ever been smeared.

Some little kid actually questioned whether he was after a married woman!

Just as he was about to clear his name, Yi Shuihan, who had been waiting impatiently, grabbed the child, tucked him under his arm, and strode away.

Yi Wu: "!!!"

"Master, please don't do anything rash!"

After witnessing the guards' lightness skills, Yi Shuihan regained his memories of that skill and flew onto the roof as soon as he left the courtyard.

Yi Wu's lightness skill was inferior to his; he couldn't catch up at all.

She had no choice but to follow him all the way back to the Marquis of Zhongyong's residence.

When Yi Shuihan landed, Xiao Qingyin was playing with a camera and was startled by him.

"How did you get down from the eaves? Did you learn to fly?"

Yi Shuihan hummed in agreement, pulled the child out from under her arm, grabbed the child's arms with both hands, and handed it to her: "Baby, this is for you."

Xiao Qingyin: "???"

She was completely bewildered: "Where did this child come from? Why are you giving him to me?"

Can children be given away casually?

“I bought it,” Yi Shuihan replied. “That old man told me to repay him by giving his granddaughter a doll. My wife is so good to me, I also want to give the doll a wife.”

Xiao Qingyin: "..."

Well, so that's how I got the doll when I asked her before.

What an idiot.

This doll is not that doll.

He actually gave her someone else's doll.

Could this child have been kidnapped? We need to return him right away, or his parents will be worried sick.

She took the child, put him on the ground, and asked, "Where do you live?"

The child fluttered his long eyelashes and said, "I was bought by this older brother. Wherever he is, I will be there."

Xiao Qingyin: "..."

Is this child also mentally challenged?

Just as he was thinking this, Yi Wu came down from the eaves and reported, "This child is from Baihua Hutong. His mother is bedridden and has no money for medical treatment, so he sold himself to raise money for his mother's treatment."

So that's how it is.

Xiao Qingyin looked at the child with more tenderness; he was a filial child.

However, she couldn't let these two do whatever they wanted.

“We have to send him back,” she said to Yi Shuihan. “Come with me.”

"Why? Honey, don't you like this doll?"

"I like it, but it belongs to someone else, so I have to return it."

Yi Shuihan looked puzzled: "Do you want our doll? But we don't have any dolls."

Xiao Qingyin coaxed, "There will be more in the future."

Yi Shuihan wanted to get to the bottom of things, but she pulled the child away.

After getting into the carriage, the little guy tensed up and said nervously, "Sister, please don't abandon me, okay? Don't underestimate me just because I'm young. I'm very capable. My mother says I'm her good helper."

Xiao Qingyin smiled and asked, "What kind of work can you do?"

The little guy counted on his fingers one by one: "I can do all the chores at home: sewing, starting a fire, washing dishes, wiping the table... I can do them all."

"That's amazing."

Xiao Qingyin praised.

"Here, have a pear."

The little one looked at the big, golden pear with a longing in his eyes, but shook his head and said, "I don't eat fruit, sister, please let me keep it."

Xiao Qingyin knew that he was worried that if she didn't want him, his mother wouldn't have money for medical treatment.

She patted his little head and comforted him, "I'm a doctor, I can treat your mother for free."