Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

Chapter 2: Troubled Birthday (Part )
As soon as Kang Ershou finished speaking, the voices of his second brother Kang Qizon and his second sister-in-law Su Miaochan were heard from outside the gate.

"Dad, we lost a lot of money today." The loud voice of the second brother Kang Qizong reached Kang Qirui's ears, and he hurried to the direction of the door, only to see the second brother and his wife pulling and tugging in. Seeing the two, Kang Qirui went up to give the second brother a hug and said with a smile: "Hi, second brother and his wife, long time no see."

Kang Qizong was inexplicably hugged as soon as he entered the room. He was stunned for a few seconds, and then he shouted in surprise: "Rui Zai, you poor boy are finally back."

Su Miaochan also said, "Uncle Yao, you're back just in time. Tomorrow the whole family will celebrate Master's birthday together."

In his previous life, Kang Qirui liked to watch the drama "Outsiders" very much, and he also read a lot of fan fiction, but those fan fictions all described Ah Zong as a person who only knew how to take advantage. In fact, whether it was watching the drama in his previous life or actually meeting him in this life, his second brother Kang Qizong was very good to his family. Whenever the family needed money, it was the second brother Kang Qizong who paid for it. When he was studying outside, the second brother often secretly sent money to him. Although the second sister-in-law was sometimes a little bit fierce, she was very filial to her parents. After Ah Zong passed away in his previous life, she was also filial to the two old people, so Kang Qirui was naturally close to them.

After greeting the old man, the second brother smiled and pulled Kang Qirui to sit on the sofa, and said jokingly: "Ruizi, you don't know that the old man's mother has been nagging you every day these days about whether you have time to come back and celebrate the old man's birthday."

Kang Qirui was just about to speak when the eldest brother Kang Qiguang, the third brother Kang Qiyao and the fourth brother Kang Qizu walked into the house one after another.

The three brothers were very surprised to see their younger brother. They hadn't seen each other for more than a year, so they kept chatting with Kang Qirui.

"It's time for dinner! Let's talk after we eat." After chatting about college life for a while, mom Wang Yulian invited everyone to come in and eat.

After everyone sat down, Kang Ershou raised the glass filled with wine and said happily: "There are two happy events today. The first is that Xiaorui graduated and came back to Guangzhou to develop his career. Our family is finally reunited. Let's all have a drink."

"Oh!!!"

Everyone picked up their cups and clinked them together.

After everyone finished drinking and sat down, Kang Ershou continued, "The second thing is that tomorrow is my birthday..."

Hearing this, Kang Qirui secretly said, "It looks like the plot is about to begin."

So he asked calmly, "Dad, what gift do you want for your birthday tomorrow?"

Several big brothers also spoke up.

"Yes, dad, whatever you want for your birthday tomorrow, as long as it doesn't require us to sell our house or our wives, that's fine, just tell us." The third brother Kang Qiyao said with a slight exaggeration.

"What nonsense! Do you have a house to sell? Do you have a wife to sell? You are talking nonsense." The second brother Kang Qizong said with a look of disgust.

Kang Qiyao was not angry at Kang Qizong's words, and said with a playful smile: "How about an advance?"

"Second brother, that's just an adjective used by third brother." Fourth brother Kang Qizu explained.

"That's a huge exaggeration..."

"Okay, I'm very happy that you have this intention. It doesn't matter whether you buy things or not." Kang Ershou immediately stopped their quarrel. He was still very happy, after all, his sons were so filial.

"You can't say that, Dad, we still have to celebrate our birthday." The big brother Kang Qiguang said as he put a plate of boiled shrimp on the table. Kang Qizong saw it and immediately exclaimed, "Who is so willing to do that? Big brother?"

"My father bought it." Kang Qiguang answered his brother's question and turned to Kang Ershou and said:
"Dad, let me tell you this. In addition to the banquet, let us brothers work together to give you a big gift. Oh, Xiao Rui doesn't need it. The four of us can just come to honor our family."

When Kang Qirui heard this, he quickly put down the bowl and said, "How can that be? The old man belongs to everyone, so how can it be unreasonable not to include me in the portion? Should I go first, brother?"

Wang Yulian looked at her youngest son with some concern at this time, and said, "Xiao Rui, you just graduated and don't even have a job, where will you get the money? Just let the four of you take care of your father's gift."

The second and the first brother Guang also said, "That's right, kid, you just graduated, so you can leave the birthday present for your father to you brothers."

Kang Qiyao: "Yes, you don't have to worry about the gift from your father." Kang Qizu was not so confident, but still said: "Yes, just leave it to us."

Seeing that the bosses all cared about him, Kang Qirui was quite touched. This was the feeling of home. So he said helplessly: "Mom, bosses, don't worry about me. I have a scholarship to study, and I also work as a tutor. Don't worry that I have no money. In fact, even the second boss may not be as rich as me, hahaha." Kang Qirui was afraid that everyone would worry, and deliberately brought the second boss out for comparison.

Kang Qizong was not convinced when he heard this, and slammed the table and said, "Suckling, do you know how much money your second brother makes a day now?" He turned around and called Su Miaochan, "Achan, tell him how much we make a day now."

Kang Qirui quickly stopped his second sister-in-law from talking and said confidently: "Second brother, I don't know how much you earn a day, but I can basically guess it. But do you know how much my scholarship is?"

"How many?"

"How much money Xiaorui has has nothing to do with you. I tell you, don't set your sights on your brother." Wang Yulian saw that the Kang brothers all looked curious and quickly warned them.

"It's okay, mom. The bosses are just curious. I won't keep you in suspense. I have received some scholarships over the years and spent some of them. Now I probably have about 10 yuan left."

Kang Qirui's words made everyone explode. The second brother Kang Qizong only made a few thousand yuan a month. Kang Qiyao and Kang Qizu only made more than 2000 to 3000 yuan. The eldest brother Kang Qiguang only made a little over 1000 yuan a month.

Kang Ershou, the head of the family, saw everyone quarreling, and slammed the table and said loudly: "Okay, it's Xiaorui's business that he has money, why make a fuss? Who told you not to study hard in the first place? And I'm going to say this in advance, don't think about Xiaorui's money. If I find out who asked Xiaorui for money, don't blame me and my son for being ruthless."

Seeing that everyone nodded in agreement, Kang Ershou continued,
"As for gifts, my idea is not to give anything. We old people have everything we need, we just hope you all get married and start a family. The second child is capable and took the lead and gave birth to a son. You guys are not young anymore. If you really want to give a gift, then everyone should bring a girlfriend back tomorrow to show to the old lady."

Kang Ershou's words drew everyone's attention back to tomorrow's birthday party, but everyone looked helpless after he finished speaking.

"Dad, do you have to be so anxious? Isn't it easy to find a wife?" Kang Qiyao spoke first.

Kang Qizu likes to go out to party the most. He changes girlfriends faster than he changes clothes, so he said, "It's not easy to find a girlfriend to marry. You can easily find ten or eight of them outside."

"Do you think you can just go out and find someone? Let me tell you, to be the daughter-in-law of our Kang family, first you must have a Guangzhou hukou, second you must have a clean family background, and third you must be of the same race and ethnicity."

"Dad, now the world is called the global village. You can't leave Guangzhou to find a wife. Isn't that a bit old-fashioned?" Kang Qizu said before Kang Ershou finished speaking.

Second sister-in-law Su Miaochan disagreed at this time. She said, "The girl from another province we hired in our store a while ago can't do the work but steal your money. It's really annoying."

Kang Ershou agreed, "Second sister-in-law is right. The public security is so bad now. Girls from other provinces don't know their background and can't find a job so they can do anything."

"That's enough! Did this girl from another province offend you? You can't say that about her. Being from another province has its own advantages."

Kang Qi Guang finally couldn't bear it anymore and got angry, which was rare for him.

Kang Qiyao was also dissatisfied in his heart and said, "Boss is right. Not all girls from Guangzhou are good people. Why do you say bad things about girls from other provinces?"

Kang Qirui saw that everyone was about to start a debate about the issue of girls from other provinces. He knew that A Guang and A Yao were both dating girls from other provinces. He didn't want everyone to argue, so he quickly asked, "Dad, I don't need to bring her, right?"

"Tomorrow, Guangyaozu, all three of you must bring me a girlfriend."

Kang Ershou first set the tone, and then said to Kang Zuoqirui:
"As for Xiao Rui, if you have one, you can bring him here. If not, try to bring one back next time."

Regarding scholarships, HKU has a very complete scholarship system, including scholarships for admission, semester, and graduation. If you are one of the best students, it is not a big problem to get a scholarship of 150 million from admission to graduation. I don't know much about the system 20 years ago, so I calculated it as 10%.

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