Xiao Tao was stunned, and immediately, a little embarrassed, touched his nose and explained to Xiao Zhuang, "I'm so sorry, you're so beautiful. I've lived here for so long, and I've only seen pretty girls, but none of them are as pretty as you!"
The little zombie's face flushed red with anger. Finally, unable to bear it any longer, he turned around and complained to Zhang Meng, "Mom, look at him. He actually said I'm a girl. I'm not a girl."
"Mom!" When Xiao Tao and Xiao Hu heard this name, they shouted in unison.
Monk Jingchen's heart was pounding at this time, and his mind was full of random thoughts. Could it be that this child was provoked by his apprentice outside? If that was the case, the old woman from the Zhang family would have to kill him.
"Sister, he just called you mom. When did you give birth to such a big son?" Xiao Tao pointed at Xiao Zhuang and asked.
Although he is not very old, he should often chat with Grandma Zhang and a group of women here. What women talk about most is gossip between children and some neighbors. Therefore, he knows very well that if a woman wants to give birth to a child, she must be pregnant for ten months.
He clearly remembered that his sister had only been gone for a few months, so how come she brought back a little boy who was about the same age as him?
Zhang Meng stroked Xiao Zhuang's hair and looked at Xiao Tao and Xiao Hu and said, "You two come here, I'll introduce someone to you."
Xiao Tao and Xiao Hu looked at each other, and they quickly stood in front of her, their two pairs of curious round eyes fixed on the little zombie in Zhang Meng's hand.
"Xiao Tao, Xiao Hu, this boy will be your nephew from now on. His name is Xiao Jiang. You must be good uncles in the future. Do you hear me?"
Xiaohu and Xiaotao looked at each other again. After being dumbfounded for a while, Xiaohu raised his hand and said, "Sister Xiaomeng, I have something to ask."
Zhang Meng immediately looked over at him, smiled, and nodded at him, "Please speak if you have anything to say."
Xiaohu took a deep breath and then slowly said, "Sister Xiaomeng, you said he is Xiaotao and my nephew, but he looks the same age as us."
Zhang Meng was stunned for a moment, glancing at Xiao Zhuang's height. Then, she smiled again and coaxed them, "Although he looks the same age as you, he's actually older than you, you know."
The two kids nodded slightly, but there was still a confused expression on their faces.
Zhang Meng didn't care whether they understood or not, and pushed Xiao Zhuang in front of them. "Xiao Zhuang, play with your two uncles. I'm going to find your great-grandmother. Remember, don't hit the uncles. Do you hear me?"
When Xiao Tao and Xiao Hu heard what Zhang Meng said, dissatisfaction flashed across their faces. It seemed that their eldest sister was wrong. They were the uncles, and there were two of them while others only had one. If anyone wanted to bully others, they should be the ones to do it.
However, Zhang Meng has no idea what the two children are thinking.
After explaining everything to Xiao Zhuang, Zhang Meng happily ran back to the kitchen and found Grandma Zhang helping them cook.
"Grandma, if you need any help, I'm here to help you." Zhang Meng rolled up his sleeves and stood in front of Grandma Zhang with a smile.
"I don't need you. Just stand aside and tell me what's going on." Grandma Zhang pushed her away.
Seeing this, Zhang Meng had no choice but to give up the thought of taking action, stood obediently, looked at Grandma Zhang with a smile and asked, "Grandma, if you have anything to ask me, just ask."
Grandma Zhang immediately stopped washing the vegetables and looked up. "Girl, let me ask you, what's going on with that kid outside?"
Zhang Meng smiled and said, "It's my son. Didn't I introduce him to you just now?"
Grandma Zhang stared at her for a while, then suddenly snorted softly, "Don't try to fool me with such lies. I'm not some crazy old woman in my seventies. I know that it takes a woman ten months to give birth to a child. This child is five years old, right? I don't believe you gave birth to a five-year-old child just by going out."
As soon as she finished speaking, Grandma Zhang rolled her eyes, and suddenly, with a look of anger on her face, she pulled Zhang Meng's arm and asked, "Is it Xiao Gu's? Is it his? Tell me quickly, is that child born to him outside with another woman?"
Zhang Meng immediately looked at her grandmother with a face that didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Grandma, it's a shame you don't use your imagination to write novels. No, what are you thinking about? We actually found that child when we were on a mission outside. I felt sorry for him so I took him in. But maybe because I saved him, he kept calling me mom. I tried to get him to change his mind several times, but he just wouldn't change, so I stopped and told him to call me whatever he wants!"
Grandma Zhang looked skeptical as she listened. She narrowed her eyes and stared at Zhang Meng, asking, "You weren't lying to me just now? It's really not Xiao Gu's?"
Zhang Meng wiped her forehead and smiled, "Grandma, do you really think that this child is the child of Gu Mingtai and another woman?"
Grandma Zhang immediately pretended to spit on the ground, "Quickly spit on the ground, good luck, don't say such things casually, of course I don't want that, what I want is for the child you and Xiao Gu have born to call me great-grandma."
Zhang Meng rolled up her sleeves. "Grandma, Xiao Jiang is a very pitiful child. He lost his parents at a very young age, and was later adopted by a pair of cruel parents who abused him every day and made him work from dawn to dusk at such a young age. Don't you think he's pitiful?"
Grandma Zhang was the softest of all. She had just been displeased with Xiao Zhuang, but upon hearing Zhang Meng's account of Xiao Zhuang's tragic past, a look of sadness and anger immediately crossed her face. "This child is truly pitiful. And the couple who adopted him, since they adopted him, why didn't they treat him well? Why mistreat a child like this? They're truly inhumane."
At this moment, Grandma Zhang had completely forgotten about Xiao Zhuang's fair, tender, and chubby face with a hint of red.
Zhang Meng breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that she had tricked her grandmother into coming over.
Outside, Gu Mingtai had just brought the things up and had not yet entered the house when his master stopped him at the door and pulled him a long distance away from the house.
Gu Mingtai, who was already exhausted, looked at his master who had something to say but didn't dare to. He smiled helplessly and asked, "Master, if you have anything to say, just say it directly. There's no need to be so hesitant."
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