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Now, Zhang Xiaohua carried a hoe, while Zhang Cai and Zhang Xiaolong brought hoes, shovels, and other tools as they headed into the bamboo grove behind the house.
After finding the patch of open ground Zhang Xiaohua had picked out earlier, he pointed at it and said, "Big Brother, come on. Let's dig a big pit here."
Zhang Xiaolong looked at the open ground, then at Zhang Xiaohua's grave and solemn manner. He spat twice into his palms, picked up his hoe, and was about to break ground when Zhang Xiaohua, whose divine sense had been spread out all along, spotted a villager passing beside their house. He hurriedly grabbed his elder brother's hand. "Wait, Big Brother. Someone's passing by."
Zhang Cai frowned and asked softly, "Xiaohua, what are you up to?"
Zhang Xiaohua frowned as well, then suddenly slapped his forehead and gave a bitter smile. "Oh! Father, Big Brother, I took the wrong fork in my thinking. Come on, let's go back inside."
With that, he turned and headed straight back to the courtyard without looking back.
Zhang Cai and Zhang Xiaolong watched him, exchanged a glance, and said nothing. Carrying their tools, they followed him back into the little courtyard.
When they entered, Zhang Xiaohua was standing in the courtyard in a daze, seemingly deep in thought. Zhang Xiaolong took the shovel from Zhang Cai and was about to set it by the wall.
But Zhang Xiaohua said, "Big Brother, wait. We still need it."
Then he turned back. "Father, Big Brother,