Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

Chapter 101 Healthy Meals

"Tianxiu, are you buying this? You're quite willing to spend it."

After school, Tianxiu brought a plate of things home. Erlao thought that Tianxiu had stolen it and wanted to scold him, but he said that he bought it for ten yuan and wanted to take it to participate in the National Day activities. Kang Qirui happened to be home from get off work and heard it, so he sighed, saying that ten yuan could buy a lunch at this time.

"I remember this thing bears red fruits. What was it called?" My father forgot for a moment.

"Let's call it Reunion Fruit, it's for the festival." Tianxiu's name is quite appropriate. Dad thought about it and said, "I remember that it doesn't bear fruit in this season."

"Ah?" Tianxiu was startled for a moment, but still said firmly: "I don't care, I just want to plant it." After that, he moved the potted plants to the patio garden.

"What do you think Ayao is doing?" After helping Tianxiu put away the potted plants, the mother came out and said to everyone, "He just called and told me not to cook and to wait for him. After that, he hung up. I don't know what he is doing."

After hearing this, the old man was stunned for a moment and asked in confusion: "What will we eat in the evening if we don't cook?" As he was talking, the second sister-in-law and Mei Azu came back together, and the old man asked: "Why are you all back?"

The second sister-in-law answered in confusion, "I wanted to go shopping after work, but my third uncle called and said he had something to discuss at home, so I came back." Yumi and A-Zu also nodded. "What's the matter?" The old man was even more confused.

"No, she said she would talk to me after the eldest sister-in-law came back, and then she hung up the phone." The second sister-in-law was talking when Xianglan and Sachiko came back together. "The protagonist is back, what happened to Ayao?"

Xianglan said, "I don't know. He just said he needed my help with something, but he didn't say what it was." Sachiko nodded and said, "He didn't tell me the specifics either. He just told me not to work overtime today and to go home after get off work."

"Why don't you call and ask for clarification?" The boss picked up the phone and was about to call A Yao. The old woman waved her hand and said, "No need to call, I called before and no one answered."

Kang Qirui: "What could that be? They want our whole family to come back."

Old father: "And he told us not to cook."

Big Brother Guang: "He also said he needed Xianglan's help with something."

Everyone thought about it, and suddenly A Zu and Da Lao Guang said in unison: "Oh, is A Yao going to treat us all to a meal?"

"That's right, that's for sure. Let's go change our clothes and wait for A Yao to treat us to dinner." The second brother also agreed. Kang Qirui thought it was unlikely, "Didn't the third brother say that he needed the eldest sister-in-law's help? Why would he need the eldest sister-in-law's help for dinner? What can the eldest sister-in-law help with?"

"Didn't you say it? A Yao needs sister-in-law's help with something. So before asking sister-in-law for help, shouldn't you treat us to a meal as a bribe first?" The second brother felt that he was right. After hearing this, Kang Qirui also felt that this was possible. It was indeed normal to treat someone to a meal when asking for help.

"But if we got it wrong, then we won't even have anything to eat?" Da Lao Guang looked worried. Kang Qirui patted Da Lao Guang on the shoulder and comforted him, "We have to eat, didn't Third Brother say that we don't have to cook? We have to eat, but it's hard to say what we have to eat." Since A Yao called back and said that we don't have to cook, then no matter what happened, no one would be hungry.

Knock knock knock knock "A Yao is back." When everyone heard the knock on the door, they thought it was A Yao who came back. But when they opened the door, they didn't see A Yao but saw another familiar person.

"Cousin?!" Everyone was a little disappointed when they saw Cousin Bing coming in, and their tone was a little lost.

"What? Are you unhappy that I'm here?" Cousin Bing saw that everyone was in low spirits and said, "I came here specially to bring you mooncakes." Everyone was even more disappointed when they heard that it was mooncakes. The 200 mooncakes they made at the weekend were still not finished after they were given out. Mom was tired of eating them for breakfast every day these days.

"Here, one box for each family member." Cousin Bing began to distribute mooncakes. The old lady got one box, the eldest brother got one box, Guang Xianglan got one box, the second brother and his wife got one box, A Yao and Xingzi got one box because A Yao didn't come back, Kang Qirui and Zhu Wanling got one box, and he handed the last box to A Zu and You Mei, "A Zu and You Mei haven't gotten married yet, right? Then you can be considered as one family."

After cousin Bing handed out mooncakes, the nanny took out a red envelope as a return gift, "Ah Bing, auntie gave you a red envelope." Cousin Bing refused firmly, "No, no, I'm just passing by, and I came to your house to give you mooncakes, and then I'll treat you to dinner. And by the way, I have something to talk to A Zong about, it's business."

"Business? What business?" Er Lao was very confused. He really didn't understand what kind of business his cousin Bing could have with him. When his cousin Bing was about to answer Er Lao, A Yao's business call came from outside, "Hey, hey, come over and help me."

Hearing about A Yao's business, the second sister-in-law was the first to rush out to help and took over the two large bags. "What is this? So heavy?" The second sister-in-law asked in confusion. The second brother helped A Yao sit down, "You are sweating all over, have a cup of tea first."

A Yao took a sip of tea and panted, "Don't leave." Then he continued to drink tea. He was exhausted from carrying a bunch of things. "Don't worry, we will definitely not leave. We will wait for you to come back and pay the bill." Er Lao said with a smile.

"Pay the bill?" A Yao, who was drinking tea, almost choked. "What bill?"

"Didn't you call and say that we didn't need to cook? Doesn't that mean you're going to treat us to a meal?" Kang Qirui asked. A Yaoteng stood up and said excitedly, "Oh, you misunderstood."

"What? You're not going to treat us to a meal?" Everyone was more excited than A Yao.

"Please, I'll treat you." A Yao patted the things he had just brought back, "But I need everyone's help. I want to invite that Taiwanese businessman back for dinner tonight."

Hearing this, everyone stared at the bags on the table. The second sister-in-law couldn't wait to open them and look through them, "Ah? Corns? Corn flour, corn noodles, corn grains, all chestnuts?" The second sister-in-law became more speechless as she spoke.

"There are still a lot of things, flour, millet, sorghum." A Yao opened the other bags and said. "Authentic healthy meals." Cousin Bing exclaimed.

"Your Taiwanese businessman eats very strangely. You don't want our whole family to accompany you to have a chestnut meal, do you?" The second brother questioned, and cousin Bing took this opportunity to quietly leave. He stayed away from this dinner.

"Just like my cousin said, it's healthy food, so let's just make do with it." Ah Yao wanted to find his cousin Bing to support him, but when he turned around, he didn't see his cousin Bing. "Uh, why did you leave like that?"

The boss went outside but didn't see his cousin Bing, so he ignored him. He came back and said to A Yao, "A Yao, you want to treat that Taiwanese businessman to a meal, why do you want our whole family to accompany you?" He was forced to eat five bowls of noodles made by Xianglan yesterday, and he was really fed up with it.

"It's like this. Didn't I tell you all about this yesterday? I had a very uncomfortable meal with that Taiwanese businessman. It turned out that he was a veteran of the Anti-Japanese War. He was from southern Henan. He came back this time to do business and find his relatives. Who knew that he didn't find any of his relatives when he went back to the countryside? So he was in a bad mood and didn't even have the mood to eat. Today he told us that he wanted to go back to Taiwan. So I thought of my sister-in-law." As A Yao was talking, he came to my sister-in-law and flattered her, "You are also from southern Henan. I want to invite him home and make him a meal of authentic southern Henan dishes. Maybe he will be happy and stay. Then we will have hope for investment."

"Oh, you want to borrow my 'flower' to offer to your 'Buddha'." Xianglan said with some resentment. She remembered how everyone disliked the hometown dishes she cooked yesterday.

"It's sympathetic that this Taiwanese businessman couldn't find his relatives, but what does it have to do with us?" My father really doesn't like eating noodles.

A Yao explained to his father in a pleading tone: "I've learned that he likes lively occasions the most, and he also likes the strong family atmosphere, so I want everyone to come and accompany him."

"If I can do this business well, not only will I have a bonus for this quarter, but I will also have achievements to support my future promotion." Attracting investment is the main task of local governments at all levels. A Yao has really implemented the project of this Taiwanese businessman in Guangzhou, which will be of great help to his future promotion.

"We are accompanying you like this, what benefits can you give us?" A Zu teased. "Yes, yes, of course. How about I treat everyone to the White Swan Hotel?" When Sachiko heard that this would help A Yao get promoted, she immediately generously promised a luxurious dinner. Everyone was just joking, and they would definitely help with such things. Now that they got a dinner, they were even more excited, and they patted their chests and promised to accompany the Taiwanese businessman to eat and drink well.

"Sister-in-law, it's all up to you." A Yao continued to flatter Xiang Lan. Xiang Lan hadn't said anything just now, and she was very calm when everyone patted their chests to make promises. A Yao was a little unsure whether Xiang Lan would help.

Xianglan didn't even look at Ayao, and said in a flat tone: "You remember me now? You can take care of this meal yourself."

"Sister-in-law, I praised you to the skies in front of that Taiwanese businessman. If you don't do it, I'll be embarrassed." A Yao became anxious all of a sudden. While persuading his sister-in-law, he also touched the boss with his arm, signaling him to help persuade Xianglan.

"Sister-in-law, I'm sorry about what happened yesterday. We didn't mean it. Since A Yao has such a big problem, we should help him if we can." The second brother stood up and spoke for A Yao. He really cares about his younger brothers.

The old man also started to persuade her, "A Zong is right. Let's help A Yao with his problem. Sister-in-law, as the saying goes, when fellow villagers meet, their eyes brimming with tears."

"Yes, sister-in-law, I remember that Taiwanese businessman was also named Chang, the same as you." A Yao focused on sentiment. Kang Qirui also advised: "Sister-in-law, please help the third brother, maybe this old man Chang is your relative."

"Okay." The eldest sister-in-law said proudly. "Thank you, eldest sister-in-law, thank you, big brother." A Yao heard the eldest sister-in-law's words as if they were the sound of nature. Then everyone helped to cook under Xianglan's command. Kang Qirui saw that there was nothing to help himself, so he went to fiddle with his potted plants with Tianxiu.

"Uncle Yao, is it true that this tree cannot bear fruit?" Tian Xiu asked quietly. Although he was young, he knew that Kang Qirui was the most educated person in the family. If Kang Qirui also said that this tree cannot bear fruit, then it really cannot bear fruit.

Kang Qirui thought about it seriously and said, "It's not that there is no other way. How about this, go get a pair of scissors first."

"What are you doing with the scissors?" Tianxiu asked in confusion.

"There are too many branches. We need to cut off the diseased, weak and dense branches so that the nutrients can be concentrated. Then I will buy you some fertilizer tomorrow. After fertilizing, you have to water it every day to replenish the water. Well, if there is no fertilizer today, you can pee on it as fertilizer." Kang Qirui explained to Tianxiu, regardless of whether he understood or not, "Now go get a pair of scissors."

"Okay." Tianxiu didn't really understand, but he remembered what he was supposed to do. He ran to the kitchen to look for scissors, but couldn't find them. He also accidentally dropped a piece of angelica into the pot of porridge.

(End of this chapter)