Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

Chapter 20 Opportunities to Study Abroad
The training session at Metersbonwe headquarters was scheduled after National Day. Kang Qirui originally wanted to arrange for the second brother to go, but his second sister-in-law disagreed, so in the end it was his second sister-in-law and Zhang Yongfang who went.

Although the second brother could not be transferred away, Kang Qirui felt that it was not a big problem. According to his estimation, 20 should be most of the cash that the second brother could take out, and he should have no money to go to southern Yunnan again.

The store has already started to be renovated. The Metersbonwe headquarters sent people to design and supervise the renovation. Chen Wei's construction team is in charge. This matter is handed over to the second brother. He and Chen Wei are old friends, so they can talk about anything.

After finishing all these, the decoration and training are completed and the business is open. Kang Qirui has some free time again. Zhu Wanling has been working the night shift recently and sleeps during the day, so she has no time to accompany him and can only watch TV at home.

At this time, the phone rang. Kang Qirui picked up the receiver and said, "Hello, who are you looking for?"

After chatting for a while and just hanging up the phone, Kang Ershou and Wang Yulian came back from their walk. Kang Qirui said to his father, "Father, Uncle He called just now and said he wanted to invite you for tea."

"What about fermented bean curd?" Kang Ershou asked in confusion. Kang Qirui nodded. Kang Ershou continued to ask, "Why did he invite me to tea?"

"Uncle He said that he went to the United States to visit his son some time ago. Now that he is back, he wants to make an appointment with you to chat." Kang Qirui told his father Kang Ershou what was said on the phone.

Kang Ershou knew what was going on after hearing this. What kind of chat is this? It's just showing off. He waved his hand and said unhappily, "If you don't go, Furu He will be unlucky all his life. Now he has gone to the United States and dares to come back to scare me. He used to work for me. What's so great about that?"

At this time, the second sister-in-law came out of the room, heard the gossip, and joined in: "Now his son is in the United States, he must be very impressive. Do you have a son in the United States, Master?"

Kang Ershou said with disdain, "I have good family education. I don't travel far away when my parents are still alive. I can enjoy the family happiness with them every day. But it's a pity for him to go to America just to see his son. He got carried away after coming back from America. Humph."

Seeing that his father was determined, Kang Qirui said, "If you don't want to go, you should call Uncle He and tell him. Otherwise, people will think we are impolite."

Because of this incident, Kang Ershou couldn't sleep all night. He wrote a letter to his distant cousin A Xiu late at night, hoping that she would apply for him to go to the United States. Kang Ershou was a person who cared a lot about face. He wanted to have what others had. If others went to the United States, he would also go to the United States.

Two days later, the second sister-in-law came back to Kang Ershou with a letter. When Kang Ershou saw that it was a letter from his distant cousin A Xiu, he opened it and read it immediately. After reading it, he called a family meeting with the whole family.

But no one paid attention to what Lao Dou Kang Ershou said.

Dad Kang Ershou often called for meetings to discuss trivial matters like who was responsible for mopping the floor, who was responsible for cooking, etc. Everyone thought that dad was calling for a meeting to ask them to wash the dishes or something like that, so no one paid any attention to him.

Old Dou Kang Ershou thought they didn't hear him, so he frowned and said loudly again, "Meeting," but everyone just did their own thing.

"Don't you want to go to America?" Lao Dou Kang Ershou asked loudly and unhappily.

"What? America?" Everyone was surprised. What do you mean by going to America? Did they hear it right?
"Master, are you going to America?" The second sister-in-law, who was originally tutoring Tianxiu with his homework, ran out in a hurry, leaving her son's homework aside.

"I told you twice about the meeting, but you didn't hear me? I thought you had no interest in going to the United States." Old Dou Kang Ershou said in a bad tone.

"Dad, every time you mentioned a meeting, we thought it was just like before, talking about taking turns mopping the floor or something trivial." Sachiko asked everyone to sit down, "Let's go to America and have a meeting."

"Xianglan, stop washing dishes and come out quickly." Da Lao Guang immediately shouted to his sister-in-law inside.

After everyone was seated, Kang Ershou spoke up, "Today your cousin aunt sent a letter from the United States, inviting me and your mother to visit relatives in the United States."

"Oh, uncle, you want to get sponsorship, right? I have no money." After hearing this, A Zu thought that uncle wanted everyone to contribute money, so he immediately said that he had no money. When other people heard that they had to contribute money, their first reaction was to flee the living room. They didn't want to lose a large sum of money in vain.

"She will cover all expenses!" Kang Ershou threw out the ultimate winner, and everyone immediately came back and sat down.

Kang Ershou continued, "Considering our poor health and advanced age, we can bring one of our children with us."

Everyone was shocked when they heard what the old man said, and they also started to think about it. It doesn't cost money, so why not go? That's America. "Wait a minute, pause first." The second sister-in-law stood up and stopped everyone when everyone was about to exclaim.

"Achan, I told you to listen to me, stop arguing." Big Brother Guang said dissatisfiedly. It was almost the thrilling moment, announcing who would be taken, why did they suddenly stop?
"No, my husband hasn't come back." The second sister-in-law explained the reason.

Because she was the only one at home now, if something happened and she had to pay the price, she would be at a disadvantage. Moreover, she didn't dare to make a decision on such a big matter.

"Why don't you just tell him about it later?" Sachiko was also dissatisfied.

"How can I explain it clearly? I'll call him right away." The second sister-in-law firmly disagreed.

When Sachiko heard that her second sister-in-law wanted to call her second brother, she thought it made sense. She also wanted to call A Yao. The two of them bumped into each other in a scramble to grab the phone. In the end, the second sister-in-law grabbed the phone first and dialed the number, gaining the initiative.

When Erlao received the call and heard that there was a chance to go abroad to the United States for free, he immediately dropped his work and ran back. Sachiko called Ayao, but Ayao was on a business trip and had no chance to come back.

After a while, the second brother A Zong rushed back home. Everyone looked at each other without saying anything. Seeing this, Kang Qirui stood up and wanted to speak. Everyone saw him stand up and looked at him.

In everyone's eyes, Kang Qirui is the most likely to accompany the two elders to the United States. The fifth child of the Kang family has a high level of education and is fluent in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin. He is not afraid of not being able to communicate in the United States. Moreover, they know that when Kang Qirui was studying at the University of Hong Kong, he went to the United States to participate in a competition.

"I think you don't have to consider me this time." Kang Qirui said something unexpected.

Everyone looked at Kang Qirui in surprise. Although they knew that he was well-informed, going abroad was still a new thing in this era. Kang Qirui explained his reasons: "After the holiday, the students will finish their military training and start formal classes. It is not easy to ask for leave for the first class. And although I teach Chinese, I am also a university teacher. It is not convenient to go abroad. I need to report it."

Nowadays, university teachers’ going abroad is still strictly controlled. In addition to applying to the school and obtaining the school’s approval or signature, they also need to report their itinerary to the relevant departments. This is because university teachers are scarce talents. Going abroad not only involves personal interests, but also the interests and reputation of the school. Therefore, their behavior abroad needs to be managed and controlled. After Kang Qirui joined the company, his passport was handed over to the foreign affairs department for safekeeping. He didn’t want to go through the trouble of going abroad.

"The second brother and his wife are not suitable either." Kang Qirui continued, but these words made the second brother and his wife change their expressions.

"Don't be angry, second brother and second sister-in-law. We still need to open a store. We have invested hundreds of thousands of dollars. Now that you are going to the United States, who will oversee the decoration of the store? Who will go to the headquarters for training? When we make money, we can go out and have fun anytime. We have invested that money in real money."

Kang Qirui's words made the second brother and his wife accept it. They paid 20 yuan. It's good to travel abroad, but money is the most important thing. The other people in the Kang family had heard about the second and fifth brothers working together to open a store with Zhang Yongfang, so they were not surprised to hear Kang Qirui talk about it.

Kang Qirui then looked at his eldest brother and his wife and said, "Brother and sister-in-law, the factory environment is not good right now, and there are laid-off workers everywhere. You have to take at least a month's leave to go to the United States. Is it easy to take this leave? Can you think about it? If you still want to go, we will let Dad make the final decision."

After listening to this, Da Lao Guang and Xiang Lan looked at each other. They both thought that if they took this month off, they would not be able to bear the loss of income for a month, not to mention that they would not have a job when they came back. So they said, "Xiao Rui is right. It is not suitable for us to go here. We will not go, Dad."

Kang Qirui then looked at A-Zu, who spoke first, "Needless to say, it's not easy for me to ask for leave. The old aunt has long disliked me. If I dare to ask for a month's leave, she will probably fire me immediately."

That left only Sachiko. Sachiko was already thinking about quitting her job, so she had no pressure about taking a month off. She said directly, "I can take a leave, and it's more suitable for us women to take care of the elderly."

Kang Qirui said to Kang Ershou and Wang Yulian at this time: "Then, Auntie Dou, let your third sister-in-law accompany you?"

Kang Ershou and Wang Yulian both said that it would be fine as long as everyone had no objection.

"Then it's decided. I'll ask Third Sister-in-law to take care of Old Dou's mother. Also, Third Sister-in-law, remember to buy gifts for everyone, hahaha." Kang Qirui helped Old Dou decide.

Sachiko is also very good at dealing with people. She continued, "It's our duty to take care of our parents. You're welcome. Don't worry, everyone will get a gift."

Everyone got a benefit, and since they really couldn't go, they all accepted the result and started discussing what gifts they wanted. Sachiko also agreed to all of them.

(End of this chapter)