The men were having a deep conversation, mostly Chu Weinian and Chu Xiaonian talking to Qin Yushen, occasionally giving their son a lecture.
The five brothers, who had no generational names, sat in a row, being called out one by one like quails.
Even Chu Wuxuan, who had worked for many years and achieved great success in the field, was no exception. The point of attack for him was Xiao Bao.
Chu Wuyi was the most miserable.
His four older brothers at least had their own careers, but he couldn't find anything else to do besides eating, drinking, and having fun every day; he was a complete freeloader.
As his biological father, Chu Weinian felt a headache every time he saw his son's innocent face.
How could a man as the Minister of Commerce, a favorite of the top leader, have such a good-for-nothing son?
"If you don't improve yourself, I'll send you to the countryside."
Aside from threats, he couldn't think of any other way to motivate his youngest son to work harder.
"I'm not going." Chu Wuyi jumped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, looking at his father with a wary expression.
He doesn't want to suffer in the countryside.
In the first few years after the idea of sending educated youth to the countryside was first proposed, the slogans were shouted so loudly.
"Going to the countryside and working in the fields—there's a vast world where we can make a difference."
Go to the countryside, go to the frontier, go to wherever the motherland needs you.
"One red star, two preparations, going to the countryside to work."
Large numbers of passionate young people flocked to the countryside, only to find they could never return.
In the countryside, people often go hungry and cold, and there is always endless work to do. In some remote mountain villages, the villagers are old-fashioned, narrow-minded, and collectively xenophobic.
Unable to integrate into the countryside and unable to return to the city, the educated youth drifted on the rural land, seeing no future.
Having learned from these past mistakes, no one is willing to go to the countryside anymore.
This led to the mandatory rural relocation policy.
Chu Wuyi had reached a certain age and was unemployed, so he should have been a member of the rural outreach team.
He was lucky because he had a good family background.
“If you don’t want to go to the countryside, then do something serious for me,” Chu Weinian said. “If I see you wandering around the streets and alleys with a bunch of thugs again, you just wait and see.”
Chu Weinian refused to believe that he couldn't handle a child.
"Grandpa, look at my dad." Seeing that he seemed to be serious, Chu Wuyi quickly moved next to Grandpa Chu and earnestly massaged his arm.
They were trying to use this method to bring Old Master Chu into their camp and get him to stand up for them.
Grandpa Chu was indeed a doting father to his grandson, and immediately glared at his eldest son, saying, "Xiao Yi doesn't want to, why are you forcing him to do it?"
"Dad, look how outrageous he is! His older brothers are all..." Chu Weinian glared at Chu Wuyi first, then tried to explain helplessly.
He was interrupted halfway through his sentence by the old man, who said, "Everyone has their own destiny. Maybe our Xiao Yi is just born to enjoy a life of happiness."
"Besides, you're all so busy, you might not even come back once a week. This old man only has this one grandson and Xiaobao to keep me company."
"If you take him away, I'll die all alone."
"Dad," Chu Weinian and Chu Xiaonian called out in unison.
Chu Weinian was even more helpless, "Don't talk about whether you live or die, with your health, living another forty years is not a problem."
Old Master Chu hummed like a child.
Chu Wuyi looked at his father with a smug expression.
With his grandfather backing him up, he wasn't afraid of his father's stern face at all.
Chu Xiaonian patted his older brother on the shoulder, "Xiao Yi is still young and his personality hasn't settled yet, so don't have too high expectations for him."
Chu Weinian sighed, "I'm just afraid that our family will raise a spoiled brat."
His concerns were not unfounded. Chu Wuyi was leading a group of people around like they were parading through the streets every day; who knew what kind of trouble they might cause?
The higher one's position, the more emphasis one places on the upbringing of their offspring.
Ruining one's reputation is a small matter; destroying one's family business is a big one.
"Dad, you have too little faith in me. I just like to have fun, that's all." Chu Wuyi said somewhat unconvinced.
Chu Weinian glanced at him indifferently, as if he were talking nonsense.
Chu Wuyi immediately looked at his older brothers, "Big brother... big brother, never mind. Second brother, do you think I'm very well-behaved?"
Chu Wuyou smiled and said, "Yes, behave yourself."
Chu Wuyi was somewhat dissatisfied with this answer and looked at his two older brothers.
Chu Wuyan and Chu Wujin exchanged a glance, then tacitly shifted their positions to avoid his gaze, pretending not to have seen anything.
Silence is the best answer.
Chu Wuyi was finished.
He's just a little playful, so why is he considered utterly wicked in everyone's eyes?
Lin Xiaoxiao was probably the only one present who understood his philosophy of life.
Chu Wuyi is what later generations called a typical "give up" personality.
They speak and act as they please, never making things difficult for themselves; they play when they want to play, and they don't strive when they don't want to strive.
In simpler terms, it means enjoying the present moment.
This mentality is very common in later generations.
But in this era that values hard work and perseverance, that's considered unusual.
Lin Xiaoxiao does not blindly admire slacking off. Long-term slacking off will only make one's attitude towards life more and more negative, lose goals and a sense of responsibility, and thus fall into a state of genuine passive resistance and a sense of meaninglessness in life.
Of course, what she said only applies to ordinary people.
For someone like Chu Wuyi, who was born into the top echelons of society, as long as he doesn't do bad things, he's already 99% successful in life.
Lin Xiaoxiao understood this, so she didn't say anything, nor did she presume to express her own opinion.
Finally, under the intimidation of Old Master Chu, Chu Wuyi escaped his father's arrangements and continued to be a person who only knew how to eat, drink, and have fun.
Chu Weinian was so angry that his gums hurt. He picked up Xiaobao and repeatedly warned him, "Xiaobao, when you grow up, you must never be like your fifth uncle, who is idle and irresponsible."
"Why, Grandpa?" Little Bao asked, bewildered.
"Because people are members of society, they must bear certain social responsibilities."
"Oh." Xiao Bao didn't understand, but he was good at reading people. "Then Xiao Bao won't learn from Fifth Uncle."
Chu Weinian was satisfied.
Chu Wuyi leaned lazily against the sofa, occasionally popping a grape into his mouth, and sneered, "You little thing, you're really good at flattering."
"You'll know how great it is to be idle when you grow up."
"Your fifth uncle doesn't want to be busy like an old ox."
Chu Weinian glared at him, "If you keep talking nonsense, believe me, I'll slap you."
Xiao Bao is the first child of the Chu family's great-grandchildren. If he is led astray by Chu Wuyi, Chu Weinian will definitely beat him to death.
Chu Wuyi remained silent.
But deep down, he was resentful.
That's true, if you can avoid doing your job, who would want to work?
Seeing that it was getting late, Lin Xiaoxiao and Qin Yushen said their goodbyes.
They only brought some groceries when they arrived, but left with a bunch of fresh seafood and a tin box.
The Chu family specifically instructed that the box should not be opened until it arrived home.
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