Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

Chapter 97: Mooncake Love (Part )

In the end, Yumi was forced by Sachiko to move back to Kang's house. Yumi was very unhappy at first, but after Sachiko promised to pay for the installation of an air conditioner in Yumi's room, Yumi agreed. With her own room and air conditioning, she didn't have to live outside with Azu.

Kang Qirui saw that Sachiko had installed an air conditioner for Yumi, and Da Laoguang's room was the only one without an air conditioner. After discussing with Zhu Wanling, he paid for Da Laoguang's room to be installed with an air conditioner. Fearing that Da Laoguang would not agree, he asked the master to install it after Da Laoguang and Xianglan went to work. When they came back from get off work, the air conditioner had been installed.

"A'Rui, why waste that money? It's October in a few days." The boss didn't even need to think about it, he knew it must be Kang Qirui who did it. Kang Qirui was the only one in the family who could treat him like this.

"But it's still 30 degrees every day." This year is particularly hot, Kang Qirui advised: "Besides, it's not disposable, you can use it next year and the year after next."

"Okay, okay, I'll give you the price." The boss just thought that the whole family had an air conditioner, and it would seem a bit unfair to Xianglan if he didn't install one, but he didn't want to spend Kang Qirui's money.

Kang Qirui waved his hand and said, "Are we brothers? Talking about money hurts our feelings, boss." You must be kidding. How could Kang Qirui take all the boss's money?

"Brothers are brothers, but the numbers must be clear." The big brother Guangye insisted.

"Then can you just think of it as a reward from the boss to the employees?" Kang Qirui said helplessly. The second brother's hardware store business was average. Now the eldest brother Guang had transferred to a clothing company to work as a warehouse manager, and Xianglan became the manager of a store.

Seeing that the boss was about to refuse, Kang Qirui said, "Whether you are a younger brother who is filial to the boss, or a boss who is rewarding employees, I will definitely not take this money anyway, so let it be." After saying that, he ran back to the room. If you can't afford to provoke, you can afford to hide.

It was almost time for dinner when Kang Qirui came out of the room. He saw Da Lao Guang, A Yao and You Mei chatting in the living room. He was about to go back quietly when Da Lao Guang said, "Okay, I'll take the things. Let's chat together." Seeing that Kang Qirui insisted, Da Lao Guang did not force him. He thought to himself that he would work hard in the future and give a big red envelope when his little baby was born.

As soon as Kang Qirui sat down, the second brother came back from outside with a stack of mooncake tickets, "Dear relatives, as the saying goes, every festive occasion makes us miss our relatives even more, the Zong family is going to send something again."

"That's perfect. I'll take two and send them to southern Henan for Xianglan's parents." The boss wanted to take two mooncake tickets as soon as he saw them. Kang Qirui and A Yao also reached out to take them.

"Wait a minute, big boss, do you want to reap the benefits without doing anything?" The second boss dodged the hands that were extended by everyone, preventing anyone from getting the mooncake tickets.

"Second brother, what do you want to do?" Kang Qirui asked with raised eyebrows.

"At least we should play a quiz game with prizes," suggested the second brother.

A Yao nodded, "Okay, no problem. Let me see what questions you can come up with?" A Yao was full of confidence.

"Let's ask the questions." Everyone was eager to try.
"Handsome boy, don't think you are so great." Er Lao glared at A Yao and said, "Listen to the question, what does October 1st represent?"

"National Day." Yumi said directly, and the boss Guang also nodded in agreement.

"Wrong." The second brother shook his head.

A Yao changed his answer, "Mid-Autumn Festival." Er Lao shook his head even harder, "They are all wrong, wrong on top of wrong."

"It seems that this mooncake ticket belongs to me. It's hard for you to get it, but it's hard for them to get it. It's the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day together." A-Zu, who seldom came back to eat, walked out and whispered the answer in the second brother's ear.

The second brother laughed out loud, "Handsome boy, I really didn't expect that you are so stupid all your life but so smart now. You have thought of something so hard to think of." The second brother first praised A Zu, who thought he had answered correctly and reached out to take the mooncake ticket. The second brother slapped A Zu's hand away and said, "But I tell you, you are wrong, wrong, wrong."

"Are you kidding me? Do you know the answer yourself?" Big Brother Guang questioned.

"Big Brother, did you hear the question clearly? I'm asking what it means." The second brother talked freely, "You are all talking about what day October 1 is. But I'm asking about its meaning. Do you understand the meaning?"

Tianxiu came out, holding a mooncake mold in his hand and playing with it. "No need to imply it, it's a hint. You can tell it by smelling it. It's the Mid-Autumn Festival and the National Day, double happiness."

"Hahaha, they are all bookworms. Government officials, white-collar workers in foreign companies, associate professors, ugh." After hearing what Tianxiu said, Er Lao said smugly, "No wonder they say the world belongs to them, it's absolutely true. Son, you got it all, it's all yours."

The eldest brother Guang, A Yao and A Zu were immediately anxious. Isn't this a pure conspiracy? They all rushed to the second brother to grab the mooncake tickets. Kang Qirui thought it was interesting and joined the battle. After the five brothers had been playing for a while, they heard the voice of the old lady "Aiya, aiya". "What's wrong?" The brothers ran to the old lady's room and asked anxiously. "Your old lady climbed under the bed to find the mooncake mold and hit his head." The nanny rubbed the old lady's head and said distressedly.

"Mooncake mold?" Kang Qirui thought about it and wondered if it was the one Tianxiu had just taken. "Have you seen it?" the nanny asked.

"I seemed to see Tianxiu taking it to play with it just now." Kang Qirui said.

The old man immediately ran out of the room to look for Tianxiu, only to see Tianxiu in the dining room using a mooncake mold to knock on the crab's claws. "Stop it," the old man shouted.

Tianxiu paused for a moment after hearing what his father said, "How can I eat it if I don't smash it?" Then he wanted to continue to smash it. His father quickly ran over to grab the mooncake mold back, and looked at it with a distressed look.

"Grandpa told you not to smash things, so don't smash them." The second sister-in-law scolded Tianxiu.

"How can you eat it if you don't smash it? This is what my fourth uncle taught me." Tianxiu betrayed A Zu in an instant. "You poor boy, I taught you such a good method, but you actually betrayed me." A Zu scolded.

The mother touched Tianxiu's head and said, "It's none of your fault. It's all the fault of that bad guy A-Zu." Hahaha, Kang Qirui thought to himself: Hehehe, your A-Zu has come to this day. The mother is partial to A-Zu among the brothers, but he is nothing in front of Tianxiu, the eldest grandson.

"Auntie, don't worry about the rotten wood. It's time to eat." A-Zu ignored what the maid said. He saw that Old Dou was still looking at the mooncake mold with great interest, so he advised.

"Dad, does this have any history? Why is it so precious?" Kang Qirui asked curiously.

"It's not a treasure, but it's very important to your father." The mother also looked at the mold and smiled, her eyes full of memories.

The second brother picked up a piece of chicken and guessed while eating: "I think it must be the token of love between Lao Dou and Madam."

"Not only that, the action of my uncle just now when he flew over to grab Tianxiu's mooncake mold was so heroic. Also, the mother looked at the mooncake mold with such affection. This mooncake mold must be extraordinary." A Yao analyzed.

“Of course, this mooncake mold is just a piece of rotten wood, but it is precious and valuable.” The old man sighed as he touched the mooncake mold.

Hearing that it was valuable, the second brother became interested. He took the mooncake mold from his father's hand and observed it carefully. "Father, why didn't you tell me earlier that it was valuable? I'll take it to the securities firm to exchange for some shares of Shenzhen Development."

The second sister-in-law next to him also took it and looked at it. "It's very heavy. Is there gold inside?" The second sister-in-law felt it was very heavy and guessed. "I have said that this thing is a masterpiece. Look at how well it is made." A Zu also took it and played with it for a while.

Yumi also went over to take a look, "Could he really be an antique?"

"No, it looks like just a piece of wood." A Yao took it and observed it for a while, then said regretfully. "You don't know what it is, maybe there is something good hidden inside." Sachiko also took it and looked at it, "Why don't we break it open and take a look?"

The old man was so scared that he stood up immediately, walked quickly behind Sachiko, took back the mooncake mold, and said angrily: "What are you thinking? You all have money in your eyes, right?"

"This thing is neither an antique nor gold, but it is related to a story of our Kang family and witnesses the rise of our Kang family." The mother said with a smile full of memories.

"Mom, we have been married into the Kang family for so long, and we have never heard about the Kang family's past. Please tell us about it." Xianglan was very supportive. It was obvious that the mother wanted to recount her memories by saying this.

Sachiko also nodded and said, "Yes, Mom, we two outsiders have never heard about the Kang family's past. It's a good time to tell everyone about it." Sachiko did not mention Zhu Wanling, but only mentioned herself and Xianglan, mainly because Zhu Wanling was the Kang family's neighbor and the two families were very familiar with each other.

"Okay, since everyone wants to know, then you can tell everyone, uncle." The old woman said with a smile.

"Since everyone wants to listen, I might as well tell you about this history." Lao Dou began to talk about the past.

(End of this chapter)