Seeing her like this, Second Aunt Niu and Second Uncle Niu thought that Sheng Qingqing also understood, so they tacitly nodded in agreement.

The rest of the room looked at the smiles on their faces for some unknown reason.

Especially Niu Yu and Kong Gaoming, they were even more dazed, and they didn't know why a few people were still full of solemnity a moment ago, but at this time, they were smiling and laughing.

As for the two children, not to mention, they were very selfless to play with the little civet cat.

Only the old village chief showed a meaningful smile at this time.

"Now that the girl is ready, I think I already have a plan in my heart."

Sheng Qingqing's smile froze, and she suddenly didn't know what to say, and her heart was very empty. As just now, she didn't want to deceive the old village chief, but her real plan was not easy to say at this time.

Fortunately, the old village chief did not intend to pursue it as always.

"Now that the matter has been settled, fortunately, it is not too early, so the old man will leave."

Sheng Qingqing didn't dare to stay, and hurriedly got up to send him off.

In fact, there is nothing to save. Everyone lives in a village, Shengjia Village is not big, and after dinner, after a walk, you can almost see the whole village, basically looking up and not looking down.

The old village chief was not polite, and stood up with Sheng Qingqing's hand.

"You don't have to send it, let the girl and the old man go for a while."

The old village chief was very prestigious in the village, and Second Uncle Niu didn't dare to say much, so he could only watch the two of them leave.

In fact, Sheng Qingqing didn't send it far, and she couldn't send it out of the courtyard of the Niu family, so the old village chief stopped and asked her to go back.

Sheng Qingqing couldn't help but be surprised.

When she helped the old village chief out alone, she was very worried in her heart, although the old village chief looked very calm and had a kind smile on his face, Sheng Qingqing always couldn't help but feel weak in her heart, for fear that the old village chief would ask some things.

When the time comes, is she saying? Or don't say?

However, knowing that at this time, the old village chief had no intention of asking.

Seeing this situation, Sheng Qingqing's heart was relieved, and at the same time, she inexplicably felt a kind of regret.

She regarded the old village chief as her grandfather, and her previous apprehension seemed to be a kind of weakness in the face of her parents who had done bad things. But now that the elders don't ask, she regrets it.

People are always so contradictory.

However, just when Sheng Qingqing sighed in her heart, she heard the old village chief speak.

"Girl, there are some things, the village chief and grandfather don't know what you want to decide."

Sheng Qingqing was taken aback, and she didn't have time to speak.

The old village chief continued: "But Grandpa knows that you have an idea. He suddenly stretched out his hand and touched Sheng Qingqing's head, with a kind smile on his face, "Don't worry about it, if something can't be solved, come to grandpa." ”

"Although grandpa can't do anything big, but today, Ichigo can still do it."

As the sun sets, only the dim light remains on the horizon, and occasionally remnant clouds scatter by, obscuring the only remaining daylight. But no matter how dim her vision was, in Sheng Qingqing's eyes, she couldn't cover the loving gaze of the old village chief looking at her at this time.

Sheng Qingqing's eyes were hot, and she almost burst into tears.

Even in modern times, she has always been alone, and she has never felt so genuinely cared for. After coming to this era, although there are two children to accompany them, there is still very little care from the elders.

Except for Aunt Niu and Uncle Niu, only the old village chief really treats her as his own child.

Sheng Qingqing bit her lip, held back her tears, and nodded seriously: "Don't worry, village chief grandpa, I will take care of myself, don't worry." ”

The old village chief smiled kindly: "I have always been at ease with you. But the way of the world ...... Hey......"

He didn't explain the latter words, but he still touched Sheng Qingqing's head.

"You don't have to send it, it's getting late, let's go back quickly."

However, Sheng Qingqing insisted.

"It's because it's getting late that I'm going to send you. I'm still young, my eyes are better, you can't see the road clearly, it's dangerous. ”

There are no street lights in Shengjia Village, walking on the road, you can only barely rely on the lights of each house to illuminate the way forward, and because of the backwardness of the times, the lights of each house are actually candles, which can illuminate their own houses It is already very good, and when it penetrates into the house, there is only a dim light. Therefore, although there is still sunset on the horizon, for an old man of the old village chief's age, the sky is already very dark, and the environment is already very blurry.

The old village chief is not a person who disagrees with the old man, and he also laughed when he heard this, and did not insist anymore. But it's also because it's in Shengjia Village, the village is small, and there are no bad people, so it's safe. So even if Sheng Qingqing waited for him to go back alone, the old village chief was relieved.

In fact, when Sheng Qingqing sent the village chief home and went back alone, there was really no problem between them. At most, I met a few villagers who had finished dinner early and went out for a walk.

Although it is cold in winter, there is nothing to do at home, and most people still choose to go out for a walk after eating to save fuel for lamps.

It's mostly to join in the fun and say something interesting.

Like today.

When they saw Sheng Qingqing, most of the villagers couldn't help but come over, but what they asked was what Young Master Cheng talked to them about after they left in the afternoon.

Sheng Qingqing couldn't tell them the truth of the matter, otherwise it would definitely arouse jealousy.

After all, it was to go to Cheng's house to do work.

Regardless of the impact this work will have on her reputation in the future, the immediate benefits and benefits are real. With the financial resources of the Cheng family, even if it is just a cook, the income at that time is not something that ordinary people can imagine. Even if there are kind people who don't think too much, it can't avoid the narrow-minded people.

Even in the afternoon, they all came to help.

But human nature is unpredictable. Maybe one moment he really wants to help you, and the next moment because of some inexplicable things, he also sincerely wants to kill you.

So in the face of these false and real inquiries, Sheng Qingqing could only find a few excuses to perfunctory the past.

"I'm a little girl, a noble figure like Young Master Cheng, where can I talk to me. He actually went to talk to Uncle Niu and the old village chief. ”

"Say what? I don't know, I went to work in the back kitchen with Aunt Niu. ”

These are the words over and over again.

Later, the villagers were also annoyed when they heard it, and they couldn't hear any interesting news, so they could only let Sheng Qingqing go back.

Sheng Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief, and walked home with some heavy steps.

She can hide it for a while, but she can't hide it for a lifetime. If the Cheng family sends someone again, she won't know how to hide the past again. Do you want to make up a lie once and for all?

But if you tell a lie, you have to make up for it with another lie......

Sheng Qingqing thought about it, and found that she had arrived at the entrance of the Niu family's yard at some point.

Others couldn't see it, but they saw Sheng Siming, a small person, standing at the entrance of the courtyard, looking at it from a distance.

"Siming? Why are you here alone? Sheng Qingqing was surprised.

Sheng Siming blinked, his eyes as black as grapes seemed to reflect the scattered clouds in the sky under the twilight light, dazzling.

"I'll wait here for my eldest sister." He said softly.