Chapter 375, Scrooge's Children
"Sister Dena.=====" Donald shouted at Dena, who was quietly reading on the bench in the small garden, and walked towards her.
Dena closed the book gently, turned her head, and stretched out her hand to stroke her long light golden hair that was scattered by the cool evening breeze, and frowned slightly at Donald's slender eyebrows.
"Donald, it was my mother who asked you to come to me, right? Why, you stood aside with your mother?" Dena stared at Donald with dissatisfaction.
"Sister..." Donald dragged his voice long and squatted down in front of his sister. Donald was already much taller than Dena at this time, but when he squatted down, he was a little shorter than Dena who was sitting. In addition, his long tone reminded Dena of the things he did when they were children. She knew that this was just a trick that Donald wanted to soften her. But she still felt her heart softening suddenly.
"Okay, Donald, you are no longer a child. Stand up and sit here. What did mom ask you to say to me again?" Dena's tone became more relaxed.
"Dena, what mom wants me to say, don't you know?" Donald stood up, took the formal clothes that were ironed without any wrinkles on his body, and sat down next to Deena.
"But sister, my mother's worries are not without reason. Do you think, when did she see a girl who traveled thousands of miles, crossed the ocean, and went to the other side of the earth to study? She probably never heard of this kind of thing?" Donald carefully explained the reasons for their mother Catherine. Because he knew that his sister had always been not very compatible with her mother. Mother always wanted to train Dena to become a "real lady". Since she was very young, she has been training Dena to various "ladies"
Necessary talents and skills". But on the other hand, as the lady of the MacDonald family, Dena is unlikely to learn nothing and understand nothing like other "ladies" except "skills and skills that real ladies should have". For those "ladies", it is enough to have "natural intelligence, gentle temperament, and outstanding appearance". But this is not the case in the MacDonald family. The rules of the MacDonald family are: "Take women as men, and men as animals."
Specifically for Dena, she was even more tragic than the McDonald men. Because she had to learn everything that the McDonald men needed to learn. The McDonald men did not need to learn, she also had to learn what the McDonald men did not need to learn. Donald and Grestone only needed to learn Chinese, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, geography, and sports, and they were all so tired that they were so tired that they were so tired. But what about Dena? In addition to these, she also had to learn instrumental music, vocal music, ballet, and learning... In short, Dena felt that since she was seven years old, her family had already trained her as a livestock.
Of course, a person should develop in all aspects. Uncle Scourge is the best example. He is the best businessman, the best chemist, one of the best physicists, the best... But even Uncle Scourge, he can't play the piano, can't stand on tiptoe and do 360 degrees of rotation, and even can't make sounds when eating crisp bones. However, Dena must know all of these.
Finally one day, Dena could no longer stand it. One night when she was twelve, Dena climbed over the wall with a homemade rope ladder and prepared to keep her home. Of course, she was caught by the guards as soon as she got out of the wall. And some dangers occurred during this period. If the guards hadn't responded quickly, Dena would have been almost bitten by the pit bull led by the guards. However, the facts proved that this operation was particularly successful. Because of this incident, Dad, who had always listened to his mother's words on "little things", clearly stood up to support Dena, thinking that Catherine gave Dena too many tasks, and this situation must be changed. Dena's learning content must be reduced.
Catherine also agreed to reduce the burden on Dena, but the couple had a dispute over what to reduce the burden. Carroll believed that lady education could be reduced, but Catherine insisted that lady education should not only not be reduced, but also needs to be strengthened. However, some physical and chemical knowledge should be roughly known.
"What's the use of learning these things so well? Will our Dena have to go to the laboratory to do research in the future? It's enough to understand a little bit," said Catherine.
However, the final decision of such a thing is not in the hands of the couple. Scourge had to ask this matter. Scourge's statement was:
"Let's just cancel all the ladies' education. Anyway, it's not important for our daughter, whether it's a lady or not. In our current situation, we don't have to consider the possibility of letting Dena go out to marry. So, why do you want Dena to learn so much lady education? Dena has a good talent in mathematics and physics, and when her learning tasks are so heavy, her math and physics scores are still better than Donald and Grestone. Although Donald works hard, his mind is in the face of melon.
The son is not too smart, and sometimes he can't control his temper. Greston's talent in mathematics is even worse than her mother. Fortunately, his expression ability is good, and the media will probably be handed over to him in the future. As for Little John and Little Mary, they are still too young, and they can't see their talent in this area. Now, it is very likely that Dena will bear the responsibility of hosting the big laboratory in the future. So, don't worry about whether a lady is a lady or not."
Of course, the idea that "it's nothing great about a lady or a lady" would not be supported by Catherine. But after hearing that Dena might take over the lab in the future, Catherine decided not to object too much. This department can be regarded as the core of the MacDonald consortium to a large extent. Scrooge is willing to make a decision to hand this department over Dena's hands in the future. Such an arrangement is even beyond Carol and Catherine's expectations. If Scrooge is willing to hand over such an important department to Dena, he will definitely be able to treat the next generation of children fairly. However, Catherine said:
"But Dena always wants to get married."
"If we want Dena to take such responsibility, she will naturally not be able to marry into other families that are of equal status with us in the future. We cannot marry such an important family member to someone else's family. So Dena cannot marry a man." Scozhi smiled, "She can only marry a husband in the future."
From then on, Dena's life has improved much better. However, after canceling most of the "lady education" and seeing Dena become more and more like a tomboy, Catherine still felt upset.
Nowadays, Dena and Donald have completed their secondary school education. (In the eyes of Dena and Donald, Uncle Scrooge is usually very amiable, but as long as it involves educational issues, it will become extremely harsh and harsh. In fact, the education of cultivating successors is never particularly easy, even in later generations. Many people now think that basic education in Europe and the United States is very easy, but in fact, whether it is the UK or the United States, it is aimed at the private education of those elites.
The school and the learning burden are very heavy, and it is actually no different from those of the key high schools in the Rabbit Kingdom. Last year, a middle school in the Lighthouse Kingdom with a high proportion of students attending Ivy League, several cases of suicides occurred in a row due to the stress of learning.) Due to Scrooge's intervention, Dena and Donald received the best education, of course, the education with the greatest pressure. So much so that Dena and Donald had completed their pre-university education at the age of sixteen.
"Education must be a combination of classroom and social life." This is Scrooge's view, and because Scrooge's overwhelming position in the family, his view naturally rises to the will of the family. So every year, Scrooge arranges children to have so-called social experiences, such as going to factories, laboratories, and enterprises under the control of the MacDonald Consortium for a while. In this way, they can have more perceptual understanding of the society and the operation of the enterprise. This will be of great help to take over the enterprise in the future.
Of course, necessary safety guarantees are also essential for McDonald's children. But if a group of bodyguards follow all day long, this social experience will have no meaning. Because everyone will know that there is a problem with the origin of this temporary worker.
Therefore, hiding identity is the best protection. In fact, the MacDonald family has been exposed much less in the media over the years. Scrooge, who had been exposed the most in the past, appeared much less when he appeared. Except for publishing some articles in some scientific magazines from time to time, his name almost never appears too much. Carol and Dorothea are also much lower-key than before. As for his children, they will not appear in any media. Even outsiders, even the second generation of the MacDonald family, even men and women, are ignorant of how many people, men and women are in the second generation of the MacDonald family. There are many companies under the MacDonald Consortium, so it is particularly convenient to arrange their "social practice".
After the middle school courses, Scrooge planned to let them experience it for a year in MacDonald's businesses before studying at the University of Cleveland. But Dena suggested that she hoped to leave the United States, go for a walk in Europe, or even go to Europe to go to college.
"Uncle Scrooge, I think the University of Göttingen is very good now. It is not worse than the University of Cleveland at all. Especially in mathematics and physics, I have always been at the forefront of the world. So I wanted to go to Europe by myself and finally study at the University of Göttingen." That was what Scrooge said at that time.
Chapter completed!