Sheng Qingqing gently patted her sister's thin shoulder, slowly soothed her, and coaxed her to sleep.

Half an hour later......

Sheng Zhizhi's breathing had gradually calmed down, and he should have almost fallen into a dream.

Sheng Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief and put her hand down. I was going to get up and pour some water to drink, but I had just told the story for two hours in a row, and my mouth was really dry.

Fortunately, because of what happened the day before yesterday, she also deliberately placed a teapot in the main house today, and the spring water in the pot was full, so she didn't have to go to the small kitchen to boil water to drink - even though the spring water was very magical, Sheng Qingqing was still used to drinking water to boil.

But I don't know if it's a theorem that good things don't come to the door, and bad things keep coming one after another. As soon as she picked up her teacup and wanted to take a sip of tea, she heard a commotion outside.

The bustling sound came from afar, and gradually, it was getting closer and closer.

It's not a sound that one person can make.

Sheng Qingqing slowly put down the teacup, and before she could swallow the tea in her mouth, she came to the door. She didn't open the door, but leaned over the small hole in the door, and carefully checked the situation outside through the small hole, just like Sheng Zhizhi had done before.

But unfortunately, the view of the small cave is not far enough, and you can only barely see the scene in the courtyard, and a little farther away you can see a small piece of the courtyard entrance clearly.

As time passed, the voices outside got closer and closer, and in the blink of an eye, they approached their doorstep. However, Sheng Qingqing's eyes widened, and he could still only see the faint light of the fire shining outside, and occasionally the footsteps of people hurrying by, unable to see whether it was a person from Shengjia Village walking outside.

The scene was a strange one, only the sound of hurried footsteps, and there was not much noise.

On weekdays, so many people get together, even if the big guys all speak in a low voice, all together, it is enough to be noisy.

But now, the movement outside is a little too small.

Sheng Qingqing hesitated for a long time, but still didn't open the door to go out to check, still just leaning on the door, trying to observe the scene and movement outside through the small hole.

And this almost strange movement lasted for about half an hour before it gradually quieted down.

Sheng Qingqing also listened to it for half an hour and watched it for half an hour. After making sure that the movement outside had subsided, she also left the door and lay back on the bed.

Sheng Zhizhi, who was noisy and said that she couldn't sleep before, slept very comfortably at this time, and was not woken up by the movement outside at all.

Sheng Qingqing chuckled, and the things in her heart dissipated a lot.

……

At the end of the second day, Sheng Qingqing fully came to his senses.

She couldn't sleep well last night because she was worried about things, and her head hurt a little this morning.

Sheng Zhizhi is a young person who doesn't remember, and after two days, he has completely forgotten the previous "monster". This day, I got up and was alive, and after having breakfast, I said that I wanted to go out to play.

"If you really want to play, don't run too far, be careful." Sheng Qingqing could only tell me so.

Just those movements last night, Niu Yu is estimated to have been recovered, and now Shengjia Village should be calm again, but there is no need to worry as much as yesterday.

Sheng Zhizhi responded with a smile, "I know, sister, don't worry!" ”

Sheng Qingqing was helpless, watching her leave.

First put food and spring water in the food bowl of the little civet cat, and then went to the backyard to see the buds of plants in the yard, pulled out the weeds that grew more and more luxuriant on the ground and fed them to the rabbits, and then cleaned the dishes and chopsticks left yesterday, and there was nothing else to do at home.

Sheng Qingqing thought about what to do next.

Originally, she planned to go to Niu's house to take a look, at least to see if Niu Yu was really recovered. But after thinking about it, if Niu Yu really went home last night, then Aunt Niu and Uncle Niu must have been tired all night and needed to rest.

In the same way, the same is true for Uncle Sheng's side.

After thinking about it, in the end, there was only one place in the entire Shengjia Village that was convenient to visit.

Sheng Qingqing got up and went out, and arrived at her destination after a while.

A wooden wooden house was erected alone on the side of the road, and a sturdy middle-aged man was turning some straw with tools at the door of the wooden house. He spread the straw on the ground so that the scorching sun in the sky could shine on all the straw.

Seeing this, Sheng Qingqing paused, but soon she resumed her movements and walked forward. As she walked, she didn't forget to say hello.

"Uncle Kong, what are you doing here?"

The middle-aged man looked back, and his honest face was indeed the only two outsiders in Shengjia Village-Kong Gaoming.

"It's a girl!" Kong Gaoming laughed when he heard this, and said, "I'm turning straws." Taking advantage of the good sun, these straws were dried in the sun, just enough to burn into ashes and fertilize the land. ”

This so-called "land" is, of course, the two pieces that Sheng Qingqing hired him to plant before.

Their land has not been planted for nearly ten years, and when they want to plant, the fertility in the field is not enough, and there is no cost this year, so they can only use this soil method to fertilize the land.

It's just that I don't know where Kong Gaoming went to find the straw. After all, they are not the only ones who want to fertilize the land.

"It was sent by Xiucai Gong!"

Sheng Qingqing was stunned for a moment, and only after a moment did she remember where this "Xiucai Gong" was.

In these ten miles and eight towns, although there are not many people who are admitted to Xiucai, there are one or two. But there is really only one person who has a friendship with her.

"Wen Xiucai?"

"Yes!" Kong Gaoming mentioned Wen Xiucai, and there was a sense of respect between his words, "I didn't expect Xiucai Gong to be such a kind person, not only did he send straw for free, but he was also very good at talking, and Xiucai Gong also asked me to say hello to you!" ”

Sheng Qingqing nodded knowingly.

It is estimated that it was the last time she asked Wen Xiu to find her husband, but he didn't do it, so he felt guilty, so now he sent straw again. It's very grateful.

Although Wen Xiucai said that he was admitted to Xiucai, he still has 108,000 miles away from the bright future, and his family still has to rely on farming to make a living.

"Thanks to Wen Xiucai's help, I'll come to thank you another day."

Kong Gaoming said yes again and again. He is a clay leg who can't read a single word, and he really has a kind of reverence for scholars from the bottom of his heart.

The job of turning over the straw was quite easy for Kong Gaoming, and Sheng Qingqing didn't go up to help—although she couldn't do it.

Kong Gaoming didn't let her do anything, and went to the house to find a stool for Sheng Qingqing to sit on.

This stool was made by his own hands, and although the craftsmanship was rougher, he sat very steadily. At least Sheng Qingqing was sitting at this time, without any discomfort.

Seeing this situation, Kong Gaoming continued to turn over the straw with confidence.

The sun was rising higher and higher, Sheng Qingqing hesitated for a long time, but decided to ask.

"Uncle Kong, did you notice the movement in the village yesterday?"

Kong Gaoming was working on his hands, and looked up in surprise and asked, "Miss Qing, did you hear it too?" ”

Sheng Qingqing: "......"

What could she say, the reaction was a bit unexpected for her.

Kong Gaoming scratched his head and said, "But what happened?" I see that they haven't been on the ground much these days. ”

Sheng Qingqing: "...... Uncle Kong, Niu Yu has been missing for the past few days, don't you know? ”

"What?!" Kong Gaoming looked surprised, "When did you disappear, why did you disappear!?" ”

It was obviously broad daylight, the sky was clear, and the sun was scorching in the sky, but at this time, Sheng Qingqing was born with a white sweat.

Sheng Qingqing swallowed her throat and asked with difficulty: "Uncle Kong, the day before yesterday, the Niu family invited us to eat and drink, didn't you go?" ”

"Eat and drink?" Kong Gaoming looked dazed, "No, I went to the town the day before yesterday." After a while, I had to prepare for the drainage canal, but I didn't have the tools at hand, so I went to the town to buy some, and the food at home was short, so I bought more things, so I stayed in the town for an extra day. ”

That's why he only returned to Shengjia Village yesterday......

Sheng Qingqing gasped.

If Kong Gaoming was still in the town the day before yesterday, then what was it that was invited to the house by Second Uncle Niu to drink that day? !

Sheng Qingqing tried hard to recall Kong Gaoming who appeared that day, but she didn't have much memory.

That day was really chaotic, and at the beginning, her attention was shifted to Aunt Niu and Niu Yu, that is, later the Niu family quarreled, and Niu Yu and Niu Second Uncle paid more attention, as for "Kong Gaoming", from beginning to end, Sheng Qingqing's impression of him was just to drink with Second Uncle Niu.

I didn't think it was strange before, but now that I think about it, there are flaws everywhere.

First of all, if it was really Kong Gaoming, he would definitely not be so cold, at least when he saw the two sisters, he wouldn't just say hello casually, let alone take Sheng Zhizhi's candy to eat.

Kong Gaoming is relatively wooden, and he is indeed absolutely unprincipled towards children. No matter how poor he is, he will save money to buy food for the children. If a child gives him something, he will probably accept it, but will definitely return it with a double as soon as possible.

But after "Kong Gaoming" took the candy given to him by Sheng Zhizhi that day, he didn't say anything else at all. At that time, Sheng Zhizhi almost cried angrily, because according to her understanding of Kong Gaoming, Kong Gaoming would not have accepted that candy. But until the banquet was over, her candy was not returned.

Later, the Niu family made a noise, and after the second uncle Niu sent off the guests, Kong Gaoming didn't even greet the two sisters, and Sheng Qingqing's attention was on comforting Aunt Niu at that time, and she didn't notice that something was wrong. Now that I think about it, I think it's quite abnormal.