For a while afterward, the rain would occasionally lessen or stop briefly, no longer pouring down for more than ten days straight like before. But the floodwaters still rose as usual, and a bunch of houses at the west end of the village collapsed.
This scared those who were originally planning to make do at home so much that they dared not live at home anymore and all moved to caves dug in the mountains.
Yue Jiuyue's family hasn't moved to the cave yet. After all, it's a cave, and it's not as comfortable as living at home. Anyway, the flood hasn't reached them yet, so there's no rush to move.
This is something that others envy.
Of course, Yue Jiuyue's family also had various troubles. For example, at this moment, Lin Chaobei was gritting his teeth as he looked at the chicken coops in the house.
"You poop right after eating! You're all so quick to poop! Can't you let the food stay in your stomach a little longer? All you do all day is feed you and clean up your chicken droppings. If you piss me off, I'll slaughter them all and stew them! Boil them! Roast them! Stir-fry them! Deep-fry them! Steam them! Pan-fry them! I'll eat them all up!"
Lin Chaobei harbored deep resentment towards these chickens. He could tolerate the persistent smell of chicken droppings in the house, but it wasn't like he couldn't stand it.
Making him feed the chickens and clean up their droppings every day is going too far!
Oh, and the rabbit in the next room is also under his care. Although he has a little helper, Xiaoman will only come over to check on it when she feels like it, and usually she's too busy playing.
Sigh! No wonder he's getting annoyed! He's been taking care of the chickens and rabbits all day long; he's practically become a professional poop scooper!
The two adults and one child in the main room remained unmoved by Lin Chaobei's incessant ramblings, while Yue Jiuyue and Liu Shi in the east room had long been accustomed to Lin Chaobei's erratic behavior and ignored it completely.
Liu was still lying on the kang, her head turned to the door, listening to the chattering and playing of the little girl in the main room.
"Mother, tell me, is this baby a boy or a girl? I'm actually hoping it's a boy, so that our Lin family will have a male heir, you'll have a grandson, Man'er's father will finally have an heir, I won't have to be gossiped about behind my back, and little Man'er will have a younger brother to rely on."
This pregnancy carries too many of her hopes; she can't even imagine what it would be like if it were another girl.
"Oh dear! Are you planning to burden my eldest grandson with all this? So he'll have an heir, no more backstabbing, someone to rely on. The child isn't even born yet, and you've already arranged so much for him. Don't let him grow up too tall because of this, or he'll have a hard time finding a wife!"
"Man'er's mother! Haven't I told you several times already? I don't care if it's a boy or a girl, it's all part of the Lin family! You two are still young, how many children can you have? We used to worry about not being able to afford to raise children, but now we don't need to worry about that anymore. If you want to have children, have as many as you like, we can afford it!"
Although Yue Jiuyue was not old-fashioned, she could not change Liu Shi's fixed ideas. She could only try to say things that did not discriminate against women so that Liu Shi would not feel so much pressure.
She knew that many families who favored sons over daughters would keep having children until they had a boy.
Such people exist in modern times; in ancient times, the situation must have been even more serious.
So she gave Liu a reassurance pill, but for her, it didn't seem to have much effect. She still hoped that this pregnancy would result in a boy.
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