After Shen Qinglan left the village entrance, she kept walking southward down the road.
By this time, it was already the time of Shen, and the sunlight was a bit intense, with hardly anyone moving along the road.
Only in the grove not far away, a few shepherd boys were cooling off under the big trees.
Seeing her walk by, they all cast curious glances.
Shen Qinglan paused and looked towards the children, asking, "Is Zhou Family Village this way?"
The kids nodded unevenly at her.
A seven or eight-year-old child jumped out and asked, "Sister, are you going to Zhou Family Village?"
Shen Qinglan nodded.
The child smiled and said, "Just so happens I need to go home too, I'll take you there."
Shen Qinglan raised an eyebrow, "Are you from Zhou Family Village?"
The child nodded, then turned back to the other kids, "Cousin, tell my grandma that I've gone home."
One of the kids looked at Shen Qinglan, seeing she didn't seem like a bad person, nodded and said, "Okay!"
