After dinner, Shi Chen and Wang Zhouzi followed the second elder to his usual place.

"Sit down, just had dinner and drank some tea, it's good for your health. The second elder put his cane aside, made a pot of hot tea and placed it on the stone table in the courtyard.

"Second Elder, what did you call us over alone?" Looking at the tea, Wang Zhouzi suddenly missed all kinds of drinks in the city.

"There's nothing else to do, I mainly want to ask you, Zhouzi. Taking a sip of hot tea, the second elder looked at Wang Zhouzi and said.

"Me?" Wang Zhouzi pointed to himself.

"Yes, count that you have been out for nearly a year, when you left the village, you just said that you went out with the patriarch to experience the life of the secular world, now how can I have a feeling that you don't want to come back?"

"No...... The village is still very important to me. Wang Zhouzi lowered his head, as if he had done something wrong.

"You are the granddaughter of the Great Elder, and now the new Great Elder, so I shouldn't have asked about your private affairs, but whether you want to stay in the secular world or return to the village, you should always give me a letter, and I can be prepared. The Second Elder continued.

"Second Elder, I am already a high school student now, and I will take the college entrance examination in the second half of this year, and I also recognized a godfather, who said that he wanted me to stay in the secular world. Wang Zhouzi told the truth.

"Godgrandpa, what is his identity?" the second elder's hand holding the teacup trembled, "Zhouzi, you are our great elder of Miao Jiang, your identity is here, how can you recognize the elder indiscriminately, and what if the other party has plans for our Miao Jiang?"

Especially having experienced the matter of Zhang Yuandong and Yin Xiu, the second elder is extremely sensitive to this aspect, and will never allow anyone and any force to harm Miao Jiang again.

"He is ......" Wang Zhouzi was just about to speak, but before she could say anything, she looked at Shi Chen, she didn't know whether she should say these words or not.

"It's the leader of Huaxia now, Mr. Jiang. Seeing that Wang Zhouzi was embarrassed, Shi Chen opened his mouth to speak.

"What?Elder Jiang?" these words made the second elder stunned for a moment.

Don't look at him, he has hardly been out of Miao Village, but Miao Village is no longer the closed village of decades ago, now chemical and electrical appliances are readily available, and he has also learned about the situation in the secular world on TV, "The old Jiang you are talking about, is the old man on TV?"

"That's right, I took her to see Jiang Lao, I didn't expect Jiang Lao and Zhou Zi to be very fateful, so I recognized her as my godgranddaughter, please rest assured that the second elder Jiang knows that our Miao Jiang exists, and he will not embarrass us. Shi Chen nodded and patiently explained.

"So that's the case, then I'll rest assured, Zhou Zi, do you really want to stay in the secular world?" the second elder nodded.

If Grandpa Gan is the leader of Huaxia, he is not worried that Wang Zhouzi will encounter danger in the secular world.

"Hmm. Wang Zhouzi nodded vigorously.

"Okay, our Miao Jiang is no longer the closed village of decades ago, if it weren't for the reason for the witch spirit worm, it would already be bordering the outside world. ”

"Since you want to stay outside, just don't forget the village, after all, the two of you, one is the patriarch and the other is the great elder, come back often to see, so as to give the villagers a sense of security. ”

Seeing that Wang Zhouzi offered to stay in the secular world, the second elder did not persuade him.

He is not old and stubborn, and he also knows that a girl of Wang Zhouzi's age is far better to see outside than to shrink in a small village.

"No problem. Shi Chen and Wang Zhouzi both nodded and agreed.

"Patriarch, you have to take good care of Zhou Zi when you are outside, don't look at her strength, but she has not been in contact with the secular world, so she will inevitably be deceived. The second elder turned his head to look at Shi Chen, and said in a serious tone.

"Don't worry, Second Elder, with his godfather here, who would dare to do anything to her. Shi Chen shook his head and laughed twice.

"Okay, it's not early, you can go back and rest, patriarch, you still live in the previous room, I have sent someone to clean you, and the bedding is new. ”

With Shi Chen's words, the second elder was completely relieved.

Back in his room, Shi Chen lay on the bed with his whole body empty.

Looking at the young female worm crawling out of his cuffs, Shi Chen smiled faintly and reached out to touch his two tentacles.

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Early in the morning, Shi Chen was woken up by a knock on the door.

Shi Chen hurriedly pushed open the door and saw a villager standing at the door.

"Is something wrong with being in such a hurry?" Shi Chen asked with a frown, after all, he is now the patriarch, and anything in Miao Jiang is related to him.

"Well, the second elder asked the patriarch to go to the ancestral hall, he was in a hurry. The villager nodded in response.

"Close the door for me, I'll go see what's going on. After hearing his words, Shi Chen hurriedly ran towards the ancestral hall, and the second elder called to meet in the ancestral hall, it was estimated that there was a problem with the female worm.

trotted all the way, and when I arrived at the ancestral hall, there were already many people at the door.

"Let's go, the patriarch is here!"

Seeing Shi Chen running over panting, the villagers hurriedly made way of a position.

Walking from among them to the ancestral hall, Shi Chen saw that the secret passage leading to the basement had been opened.

After inquiring with the villagers, it was learned that the second elder had entered the interior half an hour earlier and had never come out.

Without thinking too much, Shi Chen went down directly.

"Second Elder. Looking at the candles lit in the bricks on both sides of the passage, Shi Chen shouted.

"Patriarch, I'm here. The voice of the Second Elder came from the end of the passage.

Following the voice, Shi Chen saw the second elder crawling on the ground under the female worm, the two wings of the female worm had been opened, and the tentacles on her head were also sluggish.

"Second Elder, is there anything wrong with the female worm?" Half-squatting on the ground, Shi Chen asked.

"Yes, Zhang Yuandong has been controlling the village for a few years, and he has been negligent and didn't notice the injury when we checked last time, but now I'm afraid it's more serious, the mother worm still has a lifespan of about five years, but now I'm afraid it's ......" The second elder sighed, and at the same time fell into deep guilt and self-blame.

As he spoke, he took a piece of cloth from under the mother's body, only to see that the otherwise clean cloth was stained with blood.

"Isn't the female worm psychic?" Shi Chen asked suspiciously.

"It's psychic, but it's a life connection with the previous Great Elder, that is, Zhou Zi's grandmother, originally after her grandmother's death, the mother worm's body was weak, and now I'm afraid it won't be able to hold on. ”

The second elder was still sighing, once the mother worm could not resist, and the young female worm did not grow to the point where it could replace the female worm, then Miao Jiang would be in danger.