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"Mom, I'm up too. Why wouldn't you let me sleep a bit longer?" Zhang Jiaojiao said with a hint of complaint.
"You little girl, if you sleep any longer, you'll turn into a pig—always eating and sleeping. Hurry up, you two wash up. Once your dad and the others come back, we'll start eating."
"Oh, I got it, Mom. By the way, where did Dad and my brother go?" Zhang Jiaojiao asked belatedly.
"Your dad, your brother, and Feng Xi, the three of them went to the fields before dawn. They took advantage of the soil still being damp from the rain to plow the land. They should be back soon," Zhang Hui's aunt said, as she took off her apron and shook it out before setting it aside.
"We're back, is the food ready? I'm starving," Zhang Hui said loudly as he entered the courtyard with his hoe in hand, followed closely by Zhang Yijiang and Feng Xi.
