Chapter 470 Zhu Guo: You two... have gone too far!

Why?!

Why should I?!

"Seventh Brother, stop looking. In the eyes of our distinguished ladies, a son-in-law or grandson-in-law is a rare find. They've been waiting for decades for one like him, and he's not only obedient and filial, but also sweet-talking, sensible, and listens to his wife. And you still expect Grandma, Mom, and Auntie to agree to let him help with the chores? Heh, do you think Grandma can still wield her precious whip?"

Shut up!

Zhu Bao kicked his younger brother in the butt.

His father doted on his youngest brother, but he didn't have that habit. In his eyes, his younger brother was just someone to play with and beat up.

Zhu Bao glared at his younger brother, who dared not speak his anger, and said with a smirk, "Don't try to talk nonsense with me. Zhu Xiaoba, let me tell you, if you can't graduate from high school this year, I'll send you to your older brother's place and see if he'll let you off the hook."

Zhu Kai, the eldest son of the Zhu family, is currently the deputy division commander of the Yunnan Border Military Region. He raised his younger brothers single-handedly. When they were young, their elders were busy and had no time to take care of the children, so the precocious young Zhu Kai took on the responsibility of disciplining his younger brothers.

Once, a classmate told me that his second uncle's three-year-old brother was almost led astray and started pulling on the neighbor's child's skirt. He was so scared that he rushed to his second uncle's house, beat up his brother, and then took the child home.

Afterwards, he even asked his father to inform several uncles and aunts that if they had a younger brother in the future, they would send him back to him once he was old enough to be independent. He, as the eldest brother, would personally discipline him, so that his uncles and aunts, who were "too busy to discipline their children," would not have to bother.

From then on, none of the Zhu family's sons dared to go astray.

This also led the Zhu brothers to inherit their father's tradition: they must listen to their eldest brother in everything, as he is their biggest support and their pillar of strength.

Is your younger brother being disobedient? No problem, just send him to his older brother's place, and he'll come back a few months later as the same obedient and well-behaved younger brother.

Zhu Guo shuddered in fright and quickly shook his head: "No, no, no, brother, I was wrong, I was really wrong! I promise I won't hit the dean of academic affairs this year, nor will I smash the window of the PE teacher's mistress's house, and I definitely won't pull the principal's hair anymore. I promise I can graduate!"

Zhu Bao listened to his younger brother's nonsensical words and helplessly rubbed his temples, only to find that he smelled fishy all over his face. He immediately felt even more like hitting his brother.

Schools these days are a mixed bag, especially in Beijing, where the situation is extremely polarized.

Some teachers live in constant fear, afraid of being pulled away one day; others got in through connections, not even having a high school diploma themselves, yet they teach high school knowledge to children, which is simply the opposite of what is expected of them.

He couldn't not study, because if he didn't go to school, he would have to go to the countryside. How could he possibly let his troublesome younger brother go and cause trouble for the honest and hardworking farmers?

Isn't that a terrible thing?

The school was wary of the Zhu family's power, and since those targeted by Zhu Guo were not exactly clean themselves, they naturally dared not cause trouble for the Zhu family. However, they could find various reasons to make Zhu Guo repeat a year, making him a laughing stock for the entire Zhu family.

The Zhu family was too ashamed to plead with the school, after all, the kid's grades were... worse than tofu dregs!

"Zhu Xiaoguo, let me tell you, if you come back with a single-digit score again this time, I'll break your legs!" Zhu Bao gritted his teeth.

Although the men of the Zhu family weren't particularly good at studying, and had an inherent aversion to learning, this could easily be blamed on their grandfather, who had never attended school and got sleepy just looking at a book. But... none of the brothers had ever scored in the single digits on any exam.

Damn it... still a single-digit total score!

This spendthrift younger brother has completely disgraced us!

"What? Your brother got a single-digit score again this year?"

Zhu's fourth daughter-in-law, Yu Hongxin, had been living with her husband at his military post for the past few years. She also worked in the trade union, so it was rare for her to come back to spend the Spring Festival with her parents. In addition, her youngest brother had returned, and she had also reunited with the little girl that the whole family had been longing for. Of course, she also missed her two sons, so she didn't hesitate to leave her husband, who had no leave, and rushed back to Beijing after taking leave.

Yu Hongxin had just seen her two sons arguing near the kitchen when she wanted to join in the fun. But as she walked over with her sister-in-law, she heard these words that made her blood pressure soar.

She looked at her youngest son with exasperation, frowned speechlessly, and said with a hint of schadenfreude, "Look at yourself! Aren't you ashamed? Your father at least graduated from elementary school and later studied at a military academy for two years. Your uncle is even more impressive; he's a proper graduate of the Shanghai Military Academy. Now even your youngest sister is in college, how come you can't even graduate from high school after three years?"

Zhu Guo huddled in the corner, pouting, clutching his chest, looking utterly vulnerable. He gazed at his mother with sorrow: "Ms. Yu Hongxin, Chairwoman Yu, allow me to remind you, I am your own son, whom you carried for ten months and gave birth to! How could you hurt me like this? Although I..."

"Hello, big brother, I'm Bai Nuo."

Just then, the sound of a little girl answering the phone came from the other side of the living room; it was clear, melodious, and filled with laughter.

She glanced at the kind-faced old lady beside her, and then subconsciously added, "Oh, by the way, I'm also Zhu Jiu."

Although she did not take her father's surname, and no one in the Zhu family suggested that she change her surname, it is undeniable that since she was recognized by the Zhu family, she has been the ninth daughter of the Zhu family.

So from the moment she stepped into the Zhu family, she was Bai Nuo, Wei Yan, the heir of the Wei family, and also Zhu Xiao Jiu of the Zhu family.

The sound cut through the noise and reached Zhu Xiaoba, who had just been sitting on the ground clowning around, and he jumped up.

That perfect posture, that unwavering gaze that could earn you a Party membership, that resolute and powerful tone—you could be a recruit right away at the gate of any military region.

"Mother, please rest assured! I promise that I will get good grades in the exams this year and will not let down my family's expectations or my brother's teachings!"