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"Brother Hai, it's going to rain soon." Yan Jinsu's voice was crisp and cold but made it sound gravely serious to the father and son beside her.
"Going to rain…?" Zhou Guoqing repeated in a daze, scratching the back of his head in contemplation.
The autumn harvest in their village had long been completed, even the grains meant for tribute had all been submitted!
Were they worried about the rain making the ground wet?! It's not fire after all...
Zhou Guoqing was still young, and didn't immediately grasp the crux of the matter, but the older Zhou Weihai caught on immediately as he thought of the checkpoints around the village, especially those with open fires!
"Damn, the bonfires are the loopholes!" Zhou Guoqing took a few minutes before he figured out the key point.
Yan Jinsu glanced at him unexpectedly and nodded.
"You rascal, when it comes to studying you're like a block of wood, but your reactions to these things are really quick!"
