"Really?" Jiang Tingzhou held his daughter, a smile on his face. "What gift?"
Xu Wan also bent down to get into the car.
Xiao Xiao ran into Xu Wan's arms again, "The gift is at home. Mommy hasn't been home these past few days, so I haven't taken it out. It's a gift that can only be taken out when Daddy and Mommy are both here!"
Xu Wan certainly knew what the gift was.
Xiaoxiao loves to draw. Xu Wan once saw Xiaoxiao secretly drawing in her room when she was at home.
As soon as she entered, Xiaoxiao immediately used her arm to block the drawing paper.
The child's arms were so slender that they couldn't block the view at all, but Xu Wan didn't deliberately look at them.
Xu Wan, cooperating with Xiao Xiao, also said earnestly, "Wow, Mommy is really looking forward to it!"
Xiao Xiao hugged Xu Wan's arm, looked at Jiang Tingzhou, and said, "Daddy and Mommy will definitely like it!"
The car was driven home.
As soon as she entered the house, Xiaoxiao took off her shoes and ran barefoot to her room.
Xu Wan didn't say anything to her. She helped Jiang Tingzhou get his slippers, and after a while, the man pushed the wheelchair towards Xiao Xiao's bedroom.
Soon, Xiaoxiao ran out of the house with both hands behind her back, and it was still possible to see that she had hidden a painting behind her.
"Close your eyes!" Xiaoxiao said.
Xu Wan and Jiang Tingzhou both closed their eyes in agreement.
After about three to five seconds, Xiaoxiao said, "Okay, you can open your eyes now!"
When the couple opened their eyes, what unfolded before them was a painting on 4K paper.
Xiao Xiao is not tall. She holds the drawing paper horizontally with both hands, and the paper almost completely covers her body, only revealing her calves.
"Wow!"
Xu Wanxian offered a supportive exclamation.
The paper shows a drawing made by a child using oil pastels. It depicts a park with a father, a mother, and... two children.
Before she could ask, Xiaoxiao lowered the drawing a little and pointed with her little hand, saying, "This is Daddy, this is Mommy, this is me, and then... this is my sister, or maybe my brother."
"Huh?" Xu Wan was a little confused. "Where did these younger brothers and sisters come from?"
Although she and Jiang Tingzhou have not completely ruled out having a second child, they have been using protection all along, and at least they have no plans to get pregnant this year.
but……
Condoms are not 100% effective.
There is a saying that young children have some special abilities, such as accurately determining the sex of the baby in a pregnant woman's womb.
Could it be...?
While Xu Wan was lost in thought, Xiao Xiao looked at her and said, "All the kids in kindergarten have older or younger brothers or sisters, and I thought Mom would give me one too." The little girl tilted her head and asked, "Doesn't...Mom plan to give me one?"
Xu Wan then realized that this was all Xiao Xiao's imagination!
She squatted down, took the painting, and asked, "Xiaoxiao, would you like a younger brother or sister?"
"I want to!" Xiaoxiao pouted. "My mom and dad are both very busy, and I want a friend to play with me..."
Xu Wan patiently explained, "But newborn babies need adults to take care of them..."
“I’m an adult too, I can take care of her!” Xiaoxiao looked at Xu Wan, then at Jiang Tingzhou. “My friend said that if mom and dad sleep together, they can have a baby. You two should go to sleep!”
Children have no idea how babies come to be.
Xiao Xiao completely believed that after a good night's sleep, the baby would come on its own the next day.
Xu Wan was both amused and exasperated, and looked at Jiang Tingzhou.
The man lifted Xiaoxiao onto his lap and said earnestly, "Xiaoxiao, welcoming a baby requires a lot of preparation. For example, we have just the right number of rooms now, but if there's another baby, he might not have his own room..."
“Then she can sleep with me!” Xiaoxiao said seriously. “I’m the older sister, I can take care of her. I take good care of my dolls.”
Xiaoxiao is too young to know the difference between a real baby and a doll.
Xu Wan squatted down, took Xiao Xiao's hand and said, "Xiao Xiao, every baby is a gift from the gods to mom and dad. You are the same. When the gods feel that our family is ready to receive gifts again, we will naturally have a baby."
"Ah..." Xiaoxiao pouted, somewhat disappointed, "I thought I'd have a younger brother or sister tomorrow..."
Xu Wan stroked her daughter's hair, ending the topic, "Alright, let's eat dinner first."
It's said that children speak without thinking, but by evening, Xiaoxiao's words still made Xu Wan a little flustered.
After putting her daughter to sleep, Xu Wan said to Jiang Tingzhou, "Maybe I should go downstairs to the pharmacy and buy a pregnancy test..."
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