Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

Chapter 112 Pufferfish
"Brother Niu, are you going to eat tomorrow?"

After Niu complained for a long time about his father taking him out to eat, A Yao asked. "Of course we have to eat, but I don't want this guide anymore." Niu pointed inside, implying that he didn't want to go out with his father.

"How can that be? If you don't have a guide, you'll be like a blind fly, bumping around here and there, and you won't be able to find anything good to eat." A-Zu obviously had something else in his words, and he was just short of saying that he would be the guide. He knew Dou's temper very well and knew that Brother Niu would definitely be tortured by Dou, so he had already asked for leave, which meant that Brother Niu had a grudge against Dou.

"Then tell me, what should I do?" Brother Niu is also a smart man. He heard A Zu's hint and also hinted to A Zu to give him an idea on how to reject the old man so that everyone can step down.

Of course, this was not a problem for A Zu. He gave Brother Niu an idea to go to Sanshui to eat rice worms. Old Dou was most afraid of these things. When Brother Niu went to talk to Old Dou about it, Old Dou immediately said that he would not go.

The next day, A Zu took Niu out and ate all day and all night, and didn't come back until the morning of the third day. I heard Niu say that he ate salty snacks in the morning, sweet snacks in the afternoon, hot pot at noon and cold dishes at night, and then spicy food after eating light food. He also went to Panyu to eat pork offal in the middle of the night. Niu was very happy with his food, while A Zu was very tired. Seeing A Zu like this, A Yao didn't dare to go out with Niu, and finally had to let Er Lao take Niu out every day.

Er Lao is a good eater. He took Niu Ge to eat all kinds of rare delicacies such as water lice, rice worms and crocodiles, which made Niu Ge very satisfied. The happy Niu Ge took the initiative to take Er Lao to an abalone feast. After the meal, Er Lao boasted to the whole family about how delicious the abalone was, which completely fascinated Yumei.

"Brother Niu, come and enjoy the cool air here." Yumei found Brother Niu who was enjoying the cool air in the patio garden and said, "I'm quite free these days, how about I take you to try something new?" Yumei looked at Er Lao who was eating and drinking well every day, and she also wanted to go for a meal.

But Brother Niu didn't buy it, "You? What do you know as a girl?" Brother Niu just felt that Yumei was young and not a native of Cantonese, so how could she know any delicious Cantonese food.

Yumi was secretly angry after being rejected. After thinking for a while, she persuaded Niu Ge to eat puffer fish, saying that the food that Er Lao took him to eat was not good at all, and the most delicious thing in the world was puffer fish. Niu Ge couldn't help but turn around and find Er Lao to ask him to take him to eat puffer fish tomorrow.

"Eating pufferfish? It's highly poisonous. Are you going to die?" Er Lao looked at Niu Ge and said anxiously. There is a kind of pufferfish toxin in pufferfish, which is 1000 times more toxic than sodium cyanide. 0.5 mg is enough to kill a person. Therefore, my country has always implemented a strict policy of banning the consumption of pufferfish. It was not until 2016 that the ban on artificially cultivated "red fin pufferfish" and "dark-striped pufferfish" was conditionally lifted.

"Brother, you are such a coward. People say that you Cantonese people love money more than life. I think you love life more than money." Seeing that Er Lao was unwilling to take him to eat, Niu Ge laughed at Er Lao and tried to provoke him. But Er Lao was not fooled. He still advised earnestly: "People should cherish their lives. That thing is really poisonous and can really kill people. Don't eat it."

Brother Niu waved his hand and said indifferently: "If you don't take me, I will go by myself tomorrow." Then he went back to his room. The second brother was very anxious, so he called a few brothers to his room for a meeting. He told everyone about the matter, and A Yao immediately said: "He lives in our house, we are responsible for his personal safety, if something really happens to him, we can't get away from it."

"Then what do you think we should do?" Big Brother Guang asked anxiously. This Brother Niu is Xianglan's relative, that is, his relative.

"I have an idea." As soon as Kang Qirui opened his mouth, several brothers looked at him. He said, "Brother Niu has never heard of pufferfish. Then we can just send him a fish and tell him that this is pufferfish. He won't know it either."

The second brother clapped his hands excitedly, "Right, right, this is a good idea. We can not only trick him into thinking it's a puffer fish, but also trick him into thinking it's poisonous, so he knows how serious the consequences are."

The brothers discussed the details for a while, and after finalizing everything, they dispersed. The next day, the eldest brother bought a fish as planned, and asked the eldest and second sisters-in-law to cut it into pieces and steam it. The second brother left Brother Niu at home. "What are we going to eat at home? Can't we just eat at a restaurant?" Brother Niu still complained when he heard that there was puffer fish to eat.

"Brother Niu, do you know that there are no puffer fish in restaurants now? They are afraid that people will die from eating puffer fish and they will have to pay for it." Er Lao found an excuse to evade Brother Niu. "What life do you want to pay for? It's not a big deal." Brother Niu still looked nonchalant, "I ate it today, and I won't ask anyone to pay for it. What life do you want to pay for?"

"If you don't look for it, your son will." The second sister-in-law laughed and said, "You will die if you eat it, so you definitely won't look for it."

At this time, A Yao took out a pen and paper as planned and handed it to Brother Niu, saying, "Brother Niu, in order for our Kang family to avoid criminal responsibility in the future, please sign this letter of self-destruction. You don't need to write it yourself. We have already written it. You just need to sign it."

Brother Niu took the paper and pen handed over by A Yao and took a look at it. "You've even written this? Let me see, are you really going to sign it?" "Sign it, what's wrong? Are you afraid of death?" This time it was Er Lao's turn to provoke Brother Niu. "If you're afraid of death, don't sign it."

"Are you afraid of death?" Brother Niu started to be stubborn. "As the ancients said, birds die for food. Even small birds can die for food. Could it be that a five-foot-tall man is worse than a small bird? Really, just sign it. What are you afraid of?" Brother Niu took the pen and signed his name.

After Niu signed, Xianglan brought out a plate of "puffer fish". Niu was immediately excited, "Is this puffer fish? I smell it, it's more delicious than abalone. Xianglan, did you secretly taste a piece while you were cooking?"

Xianglan quickly waved her hands and said, "I dare not."

"Look at how brave you are." Brother Niu smiled at Xianglan and began to greet everyone, "Pick up your chopsticks and eat quickly." Everyone leaned back and waved their hands to indicate that they didn't need any more.

"What do people say about you Cantonese people?" Brother Niu thought for a moment and said, "You eat everything except airplanes flying in the sky and tanks running on the ground. How come you don't even eat fish? You are just bragging."

Brother Niu sat down and was about to pick up his chopsticks, "Hey." Everyone stopped him, "Brother Niu, why don't you call your son first?" Big Brother Guang had already taught Xianglan what to say. "Why call him? Why are you scaring him?" Brother Niu was about to pick up his chopsticks again, but was stopped by everyone again.

"Brother Niu, how will your property be distributed after you are gone?" The second brother continued to scare Brother Niu. "How my property is distributed is none of other people's business." Brother Niu was also very direct. He quickly picked up a piece of fish with his chopsticks and ate it regardless of everyone's objection.

Everyone started to act out the scene as planned, and one by one they started pretending to cry, "Brother Niu, Brother Niu." Brother Niu was a little confused when he saw everyone's looks, and his original fearless mentality changed a little.

"Brother Niu, how is it?" Kang Qirui asked tentatively, wanting to see if Brother Niu could tell that it was not pufferfish. "I ate it too fast, I don't know what it tastes like." Brother Niu answered blankly.

"Brother Niu, you are such a fool. You risked your life to eat this poisonous fish, but you can't even taste anything. Didn't you die unjustly?" The second brother continued to play the role of scaring Brother Niu, "Brother Niu, come here. Eat one piece and you will die. Eat two pieces and you will die. Eat!" The second brother picked up another piece of fish for Brother Niu.

"Tell me the truth, is this fish really poisonous?" Brother Niu started to panic, and everyone looked at Kang Qirui, the most educated person in the family, to answer Brother Niu, "There is a kind of tetrodotoxin in pufferfish, which is a strong neurotoxin that can quickly paralyze the human nervous system. The disease can be caused in as short as 10 minutes or as long as 6 hours. There is currently no specific antidote for tetrodotoxin."

Brother Niu was so shocked that his body was shaking. He said in a panic, "Why didn't you stop me earlier? Brother Wu, how poisonous is this poison you just mentioned?"

"Scientifically speaking, 0.5 milligrams can cause death. The piece of fish you just ate probably weighed about 10 grams." Faced with Kang Qirui's answer, Brother Niu was really panicked. He began to breathe heavily, his body visibly began to stiffen, and his right hand frantically touched his left arm. "Where's my pulse? I have no pulse. My tongue, my tongue is not working either. Please call an ambulance for me."

He was about to cry as he spoke, "Call my son again and ask him to come see me for the last time." Then he lay down on the table. Seeing him like this, Xianglan couldn't help laughing, "Brother Niu, don't be so panic, we were just teasing you."

Brother Niu didn't believe it at all, "What time is it now? Are you still teasing me? You are too cruel, aren't you? Call an ambulance for me quickly, I beg you." Brother Niu broke down and started crying, "I won't beg you anymore, I will go to the hospital by myself." After saying that, he stood up, but the psychological reaction was too strong and he couldn't move his legs, "I can't move my legs, I'm going to die, I can't do it anymore."

Everyone started laughing wildly. This Niu brother was full of pride when he was eating. But he became scared after he finished eating. This is too much psychological effect. "Now I finally know what it means to scare people to death."

(End of this chapter)