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"My father-in-law wants to sell the child in exchange for travel expenses. Are you going to go to your second son?"

"Yes, this is the only way at the moment."

"Is this ten taels of silver enough for my father-in-law's travel expenses?" Qian Mingduo asked.

"Enough, enough, enough." The old man replied hurriedly: "It only takes two taels of money to get to my second son."

"That's enough." Qian Mingduo sighed.

"Ling'er," the old man handed the pipa to the girl, "go with this kind-hearted young master. You must listen to him. No matter what he asks you to do, you must obey. Remember what grandpa said." The old man trembled as he took out a piece of paper from his arms, "Young master, this is Ling'er's indenture. Please keep it well."

The figure of the old man quickly disappeared in the heavy snow. Qian Mingduo turned his head and looked at the girl beside him, who was shivering while holding the pipa tightly in her arms.

Qian Mingduo took the girl's hand. He knew there was a clothing store not far away. Ling'er's hand was cold, and she instinctively wanted to pull her hand back. But she knew what her grandfather meant by what he said just now. Now she was the private property of this young master.

She looked up at Qian Mingduo timidly. Then she walked up to him and knelt on her knees. "Ling'er thanks you, sir."

"Child, get up!" Qian Mingduo took the pipa from Ling'er, held her armpit with his other hand, and pulled her up.

"Come with me, it's really cold outside."

Qian Ming bought Ling'er an extra cotton gown according to her figure. He wanted to ask Li Shishi to make a few more clothes for Ling'er after he returned.

Xiao Cui opened the door and looked at Ling Er standing at the door in surprise.

"What's wrong?" Li Shishi walked over slowly, "Who's here?"

"What's going on?" Li Shishi looked at Ling'er and asked, "You brought a child back like this?"

Ling'er stood timidly at the door, stole a glance, and quickly lowered her head, not knowing whether it was because of the cold or fear, her body was trembling a little.

Qian Mingduo told this story to Li Shishi, who then made both Li Shishi and Xiao Cui burst into tears.

"Come here." Li Shishi waved to Ling'er who was standing in the corner of the room, "Xiao Cui, put her pipa on the table first." Li Shishi immediately took Ling'er's hand, "What a poor child! But from today on, you are a member of our family."

"Did the young master sell this dress to you?" asked Li Shishi.

"The young master bought it," Ling'er said in a panic, "I can just wear the original clothes. I'll go and return the clothes later."

Li Shishi looked at the petite, timid girl and smiled. "I mean, our young master has very good taste and buys very beautiful clothes."

"Xiao Cui." Li Shishi took out a silver ingot, "Go to the clothing store outside and buy some clothes for this child from head to toe, from inside to outside. Buy them according to the child's body shape. On your way out, ask the store to bring in the big wooden barrel and ask them to boil more hot water and send it in."

After Xiao Cui left, Qian Mingduo sat up from the bed. "I'm going to go outside and see if there's any short-term rental. It's not comfortable to live here all the time. What do you think?"

"Why do I think the same as you?" Li Shishi sat next to Qian Mingduo. I also think that we should stay in the capital for a while. I am not comfortable staying in the inn all the time. You should go quickly. The sooner you go, the sooner you will come back.