Chapter 392 The Young Man in Mother's Diary

Dinner was cooked by Bai Nuo and Fang Meng together. Well... Fang Meng cooked! Bai Nuo sat! Anyway, it was a couple cooking together.

Zhu Kaixuan ate his meal with such satisfaction and joy that he almost cried from excitement.

Despite being a dignified army commander with a handsome face that makes him look much younger than his actual age, and appearing like a refined and noble young master, the men of the Zhu family are actually rough and tough at heart.

Grandpa Zhu is different from Grandpa Bai. Although both of them are outwardly poor boys from the countryside who rose to high positions step by step, Grandpa Bai is actually a fake poor boy who is a real young master.

Although the Bai family's accumulated wealth and resources cannot compare to those of the Wei family, they still possess a considerable amount of hidden treasures.

However, the old master of the Bai family, who once held the position of a first-rank minister and later resigned to live in seclusion, was traumatized by treacherous officials in the court. As a result, after retiring to his ancestral home, he taught his younger generation how to be low-key, how to hide, and how to make a fortune quietly. This led to the fact that when the old master was young, everyone who did not know his background thought he was just a poor boy from a remote rural area.

Because of this, Old Master Wei almost disagreed with the marriage. If he hadn't recognized the man as the eldest grandson of his family's old friend after meeting him, the marriage might not have even been possible.

It's important to know that in the old days, marriages among children of prominent families were very strict, with the primary rule being that the families should be of equal social standing.

But Old Master Zhu was not like that. He was a genuine poor country boy who joined the army to survive. He had never attended a private school and could not read a single character. He even got a headache just looking at books.

Their approach to educating their children was rough and crude, with the prevailing belief that "spare the rod and spoil the child."

As for Madam Zhu, she was a heroine of the War of Resistance against Japan who was no less capable than any man, but... in fact, she lived a more rugged and tougher life than Grandpa Zhu when she was young.

After all, she was the only daughter of a notorious bandit leader in Northeast China. In order to protect her home and country and to find a way to survive for the brothers in the mountains, Madam Zhu resolutely led the brothers in the mountains to join the anti-Japanese war.

Just how fierce was this old lady when she was young?

Take her father, who was a bandit leader, for example. He absolutely refused to join the resistance against Japan. But the old lady picked up a spiked club and knocked her father unconscious. Then, that very night, she led her brothers to carry her father down the mountain to chase after the Red Army.

After joining the army, his banditry didn't lessen much. After the two got together, one could easily imagine what kind of educational direction and path the Zhu family's children would take.

During dinner, Bai Nuo and Fang Meng ate while listening to the stories of these elders. It was quite interesting, and the two kids ate until they were stuffed.

After finishing their meal, Fang Meng and his orderly, Xiao Li, went to the kitchen to wash the dishes, while Zhu Kaixuan excitedly pulled his daughter into the inner room.

"Here, these are all prepared by your father. However, this is only a small part. Although your grandfather is poor, your grandmother still has a lot of good things. When I went back last time, your grandmother said that she would save the rest for you and personally hand them over to you when you return."

After his mother led the entire bandit group on the mountain to reform and join the Red Army, she voluntarily handed over all the property in the bandit den, which was only part of the story.

His maternal grandfather was notoriously stingy and secretly hid a lot of valuable things. He kept them very well hidden and only told his only daughter about it when he was dying. Little did she know that when she handed over her property, she had also secretly kept some of it, and it was not far from the mountain hollow where his grandfather hid his things.

It wasn't until the end of the War of Resistance that his mother secretly went back to Northeast China to dig up the things, but she didn't bring them back to Beijing. Instead, she hid them in a place completely unrelated to the original mountain.

Of the entire Zhu family, only he and his mother knew about this.

"Come to think of it, my grandma is quite biased!" Bai Nuo looked at her dad's proud and smug little expression with amusement.

At this moment, Zhu Kaixuan was no longer the army commander he was outside. He was more like a... lively young man who hadn't grown up. Bai Nuo suddenly realized that this Zhu Kaixuan was the same young man her mother had written about in her daily life, and suddenly became more real.

The boy from Mom's diary has really come back!

"What favoritism?" Zhu Kaixuan casually spread his legs and sat on a small stool near the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), smiling at his precious daughter. He curled his lips and said, "Your grandma dreamed of having a daughter ever since she gave birth to your eldest uncle. But she had four sons in a row and still didn't have a sweet-smelling daughter. She wasn't planning on having any more. Your uncles have all grown up now, and your dad is just an exception."

Your grandma was so happy back then, thinking she could finally have a daughter late in life, but good heavens... your dad became your grandma's late-life son. If your dad hadn't been the best-looking one in the family, your grandma would have kicked your grandpa and me out of the house.

The fact that your dad is favored at home is actually thanks to your maternal grandparents. Your grandparents love cultured people the most, and coincidentally, they were the most sought-after college students at the time, as well as the most treasured researchers in the army. I was young and good-looking, and I liked to follow your mother around since I was little. Your maternal grandmother adored me, and now... your paternal grandmother has started to like me too. My status at home has suddenly surpassed that of your uncles and your grandfather.

Actually, your grandma didn't tell me these things. She found out after she got excited and blurted it out.

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