Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

Chapter 128 Mother-in-law is here

"Your father and mother are really biased. Why didn't they make such a big fuss when I was pregnant with my son?"

It was not only Zhu Wanling who felt the difference in treatment, but also the second sister-in-law. She complained to the second brother in a low voice. "How can it be the same? She is pregnant and you are pregnant, but your pregnancy is not glorious. It's good enough for you to enter the Kang family." The second brother ignored the second sister-in-law's complaints and directly pointed out the problem.

To Lao Dou, an old man like him, the second sister-in-law was pregnant before marriage. Not to mention that Xianglan was pregnant with the eldest son, she couldn't compare with him in terms of being married in a formal way. "What did you say?" The second sister-in-law was immediately unhappy.

"Really? Go to the canteen before the bell rings." The second brother said bluntly, as if it had nothing to do with him. "You" made the second sister-in-law so angry that she couldn't speak. "What canteen? Which canteen are we going to eat in?" They talked louder and louder, and the big brother on the opposite side just heard some of it and asked in confusion.

"It's okay, let's eat." The second brother and the others didn't dare to continue talking. After dinner, Zhu Wanling went back to her room angrily. Kang Qirui had to bite the bullet and go in to coax his wife. As soon as Zhu Wanling returned to the room, she complained: "What do you mean, Dad? My sister-in-law just got pregnant, and you don't care about me when I'm about to give birth? No one will love me?"

Her temperament really changed drastically during pregnancy. Zhu Wanling would never say such words at ordinary times. Kang Qirui sat beside her with a smile, hugged her and whispered, "Who said that no one loves you? You have me here. It's enough to have me love you. The rest is up to you. It's not next to us anyway."

"Humph, you just know how to smooth things over." Zhu Wanling was still dissatisfied. "My dear wife, what do you want me to do? You have seen Lao Dou grow up, and you know him very well. We can't change him. We just need to know our own affairs. There is no need to force others to do anything."

While Kang Qirui was coaxing his wife, his father came to the living room with a pile of books and said to Da Lao Guang who was watching TV, "A Guang, come here, come and see what books I bought?" His father handed the book in his hand to Da Lao Guang.

"What is this?" Da Lao Guang took it with great confusion. "Three hundred Tang poems? Three hundred Song poems? Two thousand proverbs?" He just read them out loud, and then asked in confusion: "Dad, these books are for Tianxiu, right?"

"For me? Are they illustrated books?" Tianxiu said excitedly when he heard it. He hadn't read illustrated books for a long time. "No, these books were bought by grandpa for my aunt." Unfortunately, Tianxiu's dream was shattered soon.

"Bought it for me?" Xianglan was confused when she heard that it was bought for herself.

The old man explained, "Yes, isn't prenatal education advocated now? If the mother reads more books when she is pregnant, the child will be smarter at reading in the future." When he said this, Kang Qirui had already coaxed Zhu Wanling, and the two of them came out to watch TV with everyone. Zhu Wanling happened to hear this, and her face changed again.

"Sister-in-law, how many months have you been pregnant? Is the baby budding? Can it read?" Zhu Wanling asked in a subtle way and turned back to her room. Dad was a little embarrassed when he heard it, but it was only a flash. Then he handed the book to Xianglan as if nothing had happened, "Thank you, Dad." Xianglan thought about it and happily accepted it.

She thought that her children might not be able to graduate from elementary school like she did, so she still hoped that her children could go to college and make a lot of money like the third, fourth and fifth children. She knew that her and the eldest brother's IQ and knowledge were not high, so now it was time to make up for the loss and start early. "Look at how happy your uncle is, as if he is pregnant. It's so exaggerated." The second sister-in-law couldn't stand it anymore and complained to the second brother in a low voice. It was like this at dinner just now, and it's like this again now. This time even the second brother felt a little jealous, "Enough, stop talking, and go back to your room to sleep."

That night, because of Xianglan's pregnancy, the father's actions made the two daughters-in-law feel unfair, but the father was fine, but Kang Qirui and the second brother suffered. In order to appease Zhu Wanling, Kang Qirui didn't sleep much all night. When he got up the next day, he was very sleepy. Just when he was thinking about going out to buy a cup of coffee to refresh himself, he saw an old lady walking towards the Kang family with a lot of things.

"Xianglan, Xianglan, does Xianglan live here?" The old lady asked Kang Qirui when she saw him. When Kang Qirui heard her southern Henan accent and her age and appearance, he guessed, "Xianglan is my sister-in-law, and I am her husband's youngest brother. You are Xianglan, my sister-in-law's mother, right?"

"Yes, yes, I am Xianglan's mother." Xianglan's mother laughed.

Kang Qirui quickly opened the door and called Xianglan inside. Xianglan came to the door when she heard the voice and said, "Mom, why are you here?" Then she welcomed her in. Kang Qirui took a chicken and a duck from Xianglan's mother.

"I heard that you were pregnant, so I came to take care of you. I also brought you the chickens and ducks that I raised at home." Xianglan's mother pointed at the ducks and chickens that Kang Qirui took over, "Xianglan, wait a minute, I'll kill these chickens and ducks for you. The ones we raise at home are very nutritious and can replenish your body." Xianglan's mother said as she walked into Kang's house.

"What's going on?" The nanny came out from the living room when she heard the noise. "Mom, my mother is here." Xianglan explained and introduced her to everyone. The nanny got excited when she saw Xianglan's mother. This was their first meeting. "Mother-in-law, you came all the way here. You must be very tired. Sit down first." The nanny quickly asked her to sit down.

"Mom, you came here without even saying hello." After introducing her family to her mother, Xianglan smiled and said, "We are not prepared. Guang, go out and buy some snacks from southern Henan. My mother is not used to the breakfast here." Guang agreed and was about to go out. But Xianglan's mother stopped him, "Don't bother. I've already had breakfast at the train station. I was in a hurry when I received your call yesterday. I bought a ticket and came here without having dinner. When I arrived at the station this morning, I went to find something to eat as soon as possible."

"Xianglan, I also brought this for you." Xianglan's mother took the thing off her back and handed it to Xianglan, "This is a doll." Tianxiu wanted to play with it after seeing it.

Xianglan's mother carried a doll on her back, and it looked like she was carrying a baby. "Yes, it's a boy." Xianglan's mother said. It seems that they also hope that Xianglan will give birth to a son.

"It's really like carrying a fake baby on the back, ah ah ah." The second sister-in-law saw it and started singing without knowing why. She felt that the world was really unfair. It was fine that her father cared about her, but why did her family also care about her so much and came from so far away to take care of her? She didn't have such treatment back then. Her parents were all focused on her brother.

"Come, mother-in-law, have some hot tea first." The old maid brought a cup of hot tea to Xianglan's mother. "It's not hard, it's not hard. As soon as I heard that Xianglan was pregnant, I went to buy the tickets. I was just worried. This is the first pregnancy for this girl, and I have no experience, so I came here." Xianglan's mother held Xianglan's hand and said worriedly.

(End of this chapter)