Once Lin Chaobei calmed down and there was no further disturbance for a long time, Yue Jiuyue finally had some time to think.
As the saying goes, "After a three-year drought, a major earthquake is sure to follow," and it turned out to be true.
Moreover, small animals usually give warning signs before an earthquake, but Yue Jiuyue had been suffering from insomnia due to nightmares these past few days, and was also exhausted from working all day, so she really didn't have the energy to notice anything unusual about the chickens and rabbits she kept at home.
"Have you noticed anything unusual about our chickens and rabbits these past few days?"
Yue Jiuyue didn't know, but Lin Chaonan or Lin Chaobei certainly did. These past few days, Liu Shi hadn't had time to manage the household, and the rabbits and chickens were being taken care of by the two brothers.
"Something's wrong? Those chickens have been running all over the hillsides and haven't come back to sleep at night. Who knows what's wrong with them? But those rabbits, they're not eating much, and they're jumping around with their ears perked up. They're quite endearing!"
When Lin Chaobei mentioned rabbits, he even smiled, which made Yue Jiuyue's forehead turn black with annoyance.
"The rabbit isn't eating, it's just hopping and jumping around, why didn't you tell me?"
Yue Jiuyue was just asking casually. After all, the incident had already happened and there hadn't been any major problems. She wasn't the type of person to get angry easily.
"Huh? Mother, you can even treat rabbits?"
Lin Chaobei stared wide-eyed in surprise, his mouth agape, making Yue Jiuyue wish she could shove a raw egg into his mouth.
The other three also looked at Yue Jiuyue in surprise, but their expressions weren't as exaggerated as Lin Chaobei's.
"No, I don't know how to treat rabbits. I just heard from the elders that these animals give off warning signs before an earthquake. Chickens, ducks, and geese won't go into their burrows, won't eat, and will flutter around wildly; some will even fly high and fall to their deaths. Rabbits, pigs, sheep, cows, horses, donkeys, and mules won't go into their stables, won't eat, will make a ruckus, fight, break their reins and run away, and will kick and paw at the ground..."
Yue Jiuyue's explanation elicited the same expression from the other three as Lin Chaobei.
"Mom, you know so much!"
Liu couldn't help but sigh, and the three brothers nodded in agreement.
If what their mother said is true, and they knew these things earlier, wouldn't they have been able to know in advance that earthquakes were coming and wouldn't have had to be afraid of them?
Although an earthquake will still destroy your home, since it's still there and you can't move it.
But other things, like money and food, can be taken away!
If they could predict an earthquake in advance, even if it happened, they wouldn't have to worry about when the disaster relief officials would arrive, whether they would starve to death, or even die in their sleep.
"These things are probably because earthquakes rarely happen here, so the elderly in the village rarely talk about them."
Yue Jiuyue didn't know if people in this era had noticed what she said, but she didn't think there was anything wrong with her saying so much. It is said that "saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda". Although she would not waste money to build any pagoda, if a few words could save a life, or even many lives, without revealing her identity, then why couldn't she say it?
This is not the behavior of a saint, nor is she a saint. She is simply a human being with the most basic conscience, nothing more than a conscience.
"Mother, please tell me more, I've never heard of any of these things before!"
Lin Chaobei moved closer to Yue Jiuyue, urging her to say more.
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