Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

Chapter 114 Little Reporter

"A Zong, here's the notice, the demolition notice."

During dinner that day, the eldest brother came back with a piece of paper and handed it to the second brother. The second brother took it and said without even looking at it, "Big brother, I know you are good to me and you care about the younger brother. But let me tell you, this kind of notice is like 'the wolf is coming'. It has been more than ten years and there is no sign of anything. Let's eat."

"Zong, don't be so sure. Look carefully." The eldest brother Guang took the demolition notice back and pointed at the words on it and said to the second brother: "It clearly says 'demolition will be completed before November 11'. Look."

"Ah?" The second brother then looked at the demolition notice carefully, and then said: "It doesn't matter. Anyway, the road outside the door has been repaired for a long time and we haven't received any goods for a long time. If there are not many goods in the store, we can use them all to decorate the tea restaurant. It should not be enough."

Seeing that Er Lao was not in a hurry, the second sister-in-law became anxious, "What are you going to do in the future? Find a new place to open a hardware store?" The clothing company and the tea restaurant don't need Er Lao. If the hardware store is gone, the second sister-in-law is worried that Er Lao will have nothing to do, and she is afraid that he will wander around.

"Why are you in such a hurry? Last time, A Rui said he had a big business for me to do. Why do I need to run a small business like a hardware store? I can't even make a few thousand yuan a month." The second brother signaled his second sister-in-law not to worry, but he was actually quite panicked, so he asked Kang Qirui: "A Rui, when will the big business you mentioned last time start? I can start working anytime now."

Kang Qirui smiled and said while eating, "Don't worry about that. Second Brother, just focus on the decoration of the tea restaurant. It should be very busy when the tea restaurant just opens. Let's wait until we are done with this period before we start the big business."

"Okay, whatever you say is what I will do." Er Lao agreed. Now he would listen to Kang Qirui in making money. Kang Qirui was actually worried that the tea restaurant would not do well in the beginning, so he asked Er Lao to take charge for a while.

In the following period of time, everyone was busy with their own things. Brother Niu also left the Kang family and went to Qiongnan Island to pursue his dream of eating all over the country. The decoration of Ruhao Tea Restaurant was also nearing completion. Brother Guang and A Xin taught several apprentices how to make noodles and milk tea every day. After Xianglan found a new nanny named Sister Hong, Sister Jiao also moved to the tea restaurant and started to try the dishes according to the menu.

On November 11, the elder brother woke up the whole family early in the morning and held a meeting in the living room. He said, "For decades, our Kang family has had some unpleasant things happen, and some things have become the laughing stock of the neighbors. But today, after the efforts of our whole family, our Kang family has been rated as one of the top ten civilized families. Our Kang family has finally become famous in Xiguan, so we must be more strict with ourselves in the future, and be more civilized and polite. We must eat, sit and stand properly."

Lao Dou was still talking non-stop in his speech, and everyone was almost sleepy. "Lao Dou is talking like the leader of our company, he keeps talking." A Yao complained to A Zu in a low voice.

As Lao Dou was still talking and everyone was getting impatient, the phone rang. Lao Dou finally stopped his speech and answered the phone, "Hello, I'm the head of the Kang family. What's going on? What? A reporter is coming to my house for an interview? Come right away? Okay, okay, let's get ready."

Everyone heard what the old man said, and the Kang family began to clean up. The whole scene was chaotic. Just when they finished cleaning up the living room, there was a knock on the door. It must be the reporters. Everyone lined up to welcome the reporters. Kang Qirui opened the door, and saw a group of children walked into the Kang family with the Kang family's "welcome".

"Kids, what are you doing here?" the old man asked in confusion. "You guys, this is not a church, and it's not a children's playground. Go out and play." The second brother ordered them to leave without any hesitation.

"We are here to interview, we are young reporters." The leading boy took out his little reporter card calmly, and the other children followed suit and showed their own cards. Kang Qirui took the card and looked at it. He was indeed a reporter, a young reporter from a newspaper called Lingnan Youth Newspaper.

Young reporters refer to minors who use their spare time after school to engage in news interviews and writing professional experiences, and the subjects are mostly primary and secondary school students aged 8 to 18. They are not qualified journalists, but are used to train students' comprehensive abilities through professional experience, in contrast to the certified journalists in news media who are adults.

"Uncle Kang, we are reporters from the newspaper, and we are here to interview you, the newly-minted top ten civilized households." An older-looking girl said after seeing the Kang family confirm their IDs. The old man asked the reporters to sit down in the living room, while the nanny and Xianglan's second sister-in-law went to get drinks and snacks to entertain the reporters.

"Mr. Kang Qizu, have you ever saved an old man's life without hesitation?" The reporter first interviewed Azu, asking about Azu's rescue of He Tiandan's mother. Azu nodded, "Yes, I should. As the saying goes, saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda."

"Speaking of saving people, it seems that Mr. Kang Qiguang has saved a lady before. Can you tell us about it?" The young reporter immediately interviewed Da Laoguang on the topic of saving people. When Da Laoguang saw that he was being interviewed, he said excitedly: "I can't stand people bullying women, so I have to help when I see it."

"Then this must be Mr. Kang Qizong. I heard that your hardware store was offering big discounts during the Olympic bid and the 9th National Games?" The young reporter asked another person. The second brother smiled and waved his hands, "Oh, it's all in the past. My hardware store is gone."

"Ah? If it's gone, does that mean you can't continue operating?" the young reporter asked in surprise.

Er Lao quickly denied that this was questioning his business ability. "No, no, our street was demolished." The closure of the hardware store was definitely not due to Kang Qizong's personal ability, but to meet the needs of urban development.

"Dear young journalists, we have lived in Xiguan for decades, and we have actively supported the country at every historical stage." Seeing that he had not been interviewed yet, Lao Dou couldn't wait and started to cue himself. However, how could the children understand what he said, so he asked him: "How do you say this?"

"My eldest son used to work in a state-owned enterprise. Later, in order to support relevant policies, he took the initiative to resign and start his own business. Now he is preparing to open a tea restaurant. We strongly support the development of private enterprises." The father explained and boasted.

"We also support foreign-funded enterprises. My fourth son works for a foreign-funded enterprise." Da Dou continued. Kang Qirui almost couldn't hold it in. Working for a foreign-funded enterprise means supporting foreign-funded enterprises? This is too exaggerated.

After the reporters finished carefully recording what the old man said, the female reporter asked, "Kang Bo, I heard that you have five sons, but you only mentioned three. What about the other two?"

"Haha, I almost forgot. My third son is a great guy. He is a state cadre who serves the people wholeheartedly. He is a section chief. And my youngest son is a university professor at Shuangyashan University. I hope you can be admitted to my son's school in the future, hahaha." Speaking of A Yao and Kang Qirui, the old man was extremely proud.

The old man chatted with the young reporters for more than half an hour before they said goodbye and left. After seeing them off, the old man conveyed a message to the whole family: buy every newspaper tomorrow morning, and he wants to keep the content of today's interview.

As a result, the next day he bought more than a dozen newspapers and looked through a magnifying glass but couldn't find any content reporting on the Kang family. Then, Lao Dou went to the newspaper hall at the corner of the street and bought a copy of all the newspapers. Finally, he found it in a tabloid whose name he had never heard of. "The Xiguan Kang family and ten other families were rated as the top ten civilized households." Lao Dou read it out.

"That's all? Just these few words? None of yesterday's interviews were reported?" Kang Qirui asked. This matter was indeed quite outrageous. After all, everyone had carefully served that group of young reporters for two hours yesterday, and this was the result?
But the old man was not annoyed at all. Instead, he was very excited. "Don't underestimate these words. They are the result of the efforts of our whole family. We should cut them out and keep them forever. We should frame them."

The old man did what he said, and took a large photo frame, pasted the newspaper paper cutouts on the frame, and invited everyone to take a group photo. Kang Qirui looked at the photo frame that was dozens of times larger than the paper cutouts and didn't know whether to laugh or cry. In this group photo, can you see clearly what is written on the paper cutouts?
(End of this chapter)