As Jiang Jiang spoke, she pulled Xiao Shitou to her feet and gestured with her hands to measure the height difference between the two of them. She then exclaimed in surprise, her mouth agape.
"Brother Little Stone, you're more than a head taller than me, so aren't you taller than Gu Yanjun was back then?"
Jiangjiang's eyes were bright.
"Then you'll definitely grow taller and bigger than Gu Yanjun, and be even more amazing than him!"
Jiang Jiang looked on with envy, but couldn't help looking down at her own small frame.
Although Jiangjiang wasn't much smaller than Xiaoshitou, for some reason, he was a skinny little kid, like a bean sprout, and didn't look strong at all. His height was just average for his age.
Jiang Jiang pouted.
He still wanted to grow taller so he could catch up with Gu Yanjun as soon as possible, be even more capable than him, and make Gu Yanjun call him "Uncle" without any remorse.
But looking at my current short stature, I feel a little lacking in confidence.
I don't know when I'll be able to catch up with him.
Jiang Jiang sighed with an air of maturity beyond his years and plopped back down.
"I wish I could wake up one day and become just like Brother Stone."
At that time, just the fact that he is taller and stronger than Gu Yanjun back then will be enough for him to rightfully overpower Gu Yanjun.
Little Stone scratched the back of his head and chuckled.
The children in the military region see their parents' muscular physiques all day long, as if nothing can stop them, and have long since developed a unified aesthetic standard.
This isn't the first child to envy him for being tall and strong.
Stone really acted like an older brother, patting each of his three younger siblings on the head.
"My dad said that children should eat more meat and eggs, drink more milk, and exercise more to grow taller and stronger. Don't be discouraged. Eat like this when you get home today, and you'll definitely grow taller!"
As she spoke, she made a point of glancing at Jiang Jiang.
"Especially you, Jiangjiang, you can't not like drinking milk, how will you grow tall if you don't drink milk?"
Jiang Jiang hesitated and scratched his head.
"Is milk really that effective?"
Little Stone nodded with certainty.
Jiang Jiang and Xiao Shitou had been playing together for a while, and after thinking about it, she decided to trust him and nodded seriously.
"Okay, then I'll drink lots of milk when I get home tonight!"
Children's worries come and go quickly, and the four of them were all calm children to begin with. Before long, they put this little thing behind them and went to dig mud to "build a fortress" hand in hand.
The children got so engrossed in playing that each of them took up a "fortress," and started making tanks and cannons out of mud, arranging them in a very realistic manner, and even starting a war.
So engrossed was I that I didn't even notice when it got dark.
Xie Mingzhu noticed it was getting late and went out to look for Yangyang and Yueyue. She found the two little ones squatting by the flower bed with their bottoms sticking out, grabbing mud with their hands.
If you use too much force, your little bottom will wiggle and twist.
Before Yangyang knew it, the old roots of the grass and trees that were wrapped around the soil suddenly came out of the mud, and he lost his balance and sat down on the ground with a thud.
With a cry of "Ouch!", Yangyang subconsciously reached out to touch his bottom, finding a finger mark on each touch.
Xie Mingzhu, watching from behind, didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"My little darling, why are you covered in mud like a puppy that's been rolling around in a mud puddle?"
Xie Mingzhu found it amusing and came over to ask while laughing.
Yangyang looked up at his aunt with a shy grin.
Jiang Jiang, who was standing to the side, subconsciously looked up and glanced at Xie Mingzhu. His little eyes, which had been immersed in the "battle," suddenly lit up. He didn't care about playing in the mud anymore and just squatted there, turning his head to keep looking at Xie Mingzhu.
Xie Mingzhu was far more attractive to him than the mud in his hands. The little guy became fascinated as he looked at her, and leaned forward in the direction Xie Mingzhu turned her head.
As a result, he lost his footing and fell, and the "fortress" and "city" he had just painstakingly built were destroyed in an instant, turning into a flat, muddy block.
Yueyue exclaimed in surprise upon seeing this.
"Jiangjiang, your castle has collapsed!"
Jiang Jiang turned around and gasped in shock. Then she saw that Shi Tou, Yang Yang, and Yue Yue were all unharmed, and sighed in frustration.
Xie Mingzhu was so focused on her nephew that she only noticed the other children around her now.
As soon as I turned my head, I saw the little guy looking mature beyond his years, sighing like a little old man.
Xie Mingzhu couldn't help but smile. Just as she was about to say a few words of comfort, she looked down and saw the little guy's face clearly, and was somewhat surprised.
"It's you! Your name is Jiang Jiang, isn't it?"
Upon hearing the gentle voice, Jiang Jiang's frustration instantly diminished, and she immediately raised her little head and nodded obediently.
"Hello, Auntie! Yes, yes, I'm Jiang Jiang!"
Auntie actually remembered his name!
Auntie definitely likes him!!
Jiang Jiang immediately jumped up, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Xie Mingzhu.
Seeing the little guy who had just been sighing suddenly become fully recovered and overjoyed, Xie Mingzhu's smile deepened.
Are all kids this age like this? They can cry and laugh in an instant.
I must say, this child has a clean-cut appearance, with delicate yet beautiful features. And when he looks at her with those bright little eyes, he's quite endearing.
After comforting Yangyang, Xie Mingzhu reached out and wiped Jiangjiang's face, a gentle smile on her face.
"Look at you all, you're all covered in mud, like little kittens. You look just like dogs who love to roll around in the mud!"
Xie Mingzhu made a joking remark, but her tone and expression showed no disdain whatsoever, only extreme tenderness and doting.
Jiang Jiang completely forgot about castles and tanks, her eyes following Xie Mingzhu intently as she gave her a charming smile.
"Auntie, we're not playing in the mud anymore! We'll do whatever you tell us to do!"
Yueyue and Xiaoshitou, who were still playing with mud, and Yangyang, who had just dug the mud out of the flower bed: ?
Xie Mingzhu was about to persuade the children to stop playing in the mud, but she was afraid of disturbing their fun and didn't know what to say. When she heard this, her eyebrows and eyes relaxed even more.
"That's perfect! Quickly put down the mud in your hands and go with your aunt to wash it in the yard. It'll clump together if it gets all dry on your clothes."
Yangyang, Yueyue, and Xiaoshitou looked at each other strangely as they saw Jiangjiang turn around and head into the yard as if he were possessed.
But since Xie Mingzhu has already said that, and Jiang Jiang's fortress has collapsed, there's no point in continuing the "battle".
The three children simply put down the mud in their hands and followed them into the yard.
Xie Mingzhu sat at the stone table and asked Yangyang and Yueyue to take the other two children to the tap to wash their hands.
But Yangyang and Yueyue didn't get it clean either. After washing for a long time, their fingers and the creases of their knuckles were still black.
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