Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

Chapter 131 Spring Festival Travel
"Xianglan, Xianglan, I'm sorry, Xianglan."

The school was on vacation, so Kang Qirui came to the tea restaurant to help out whenever he had time. He had just arrived and hadn't started working when he heard a few loud shouts coming from outside. He turned around and saw that it was Xianglan's fellow villager Da Laogong, who had bumped into a passerby because he was walking in such a hurry. He apologized to the person and continued shouting.

"Dalaogong, what's wrong with you?" Dalaogong had been to the Kang family several times before, so Kang Qirui recognized him and asked him hurriedly when he saw how anxious he was. "Are you being hunted?" The second brother, who was also helping out in the tea restaurant, teased. Kang Qirui originally wanted the second brother to do other business, but plans can't keep up with changes. Now that the eldest and second sisters-in-law are both pregnant, it's not possible for the eldest brother to manage the tea restaurant alone, so the second brother will help here for the time being.

"Water, pour me a glass of water." Da Laogong ran out of breath, put down the things in his hands and shouted for water. After Kang Qirui poured him a glass of water, he asked, "What's the matter? My sister-in-law is not in the tea restaurant now, she is at home."

"I came to find Xianglan and ask her to buy a ticket for me." Da Laogong said after drinking two large glasses of water. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and he hasn't bought a ticket to go home yet, so he thought of coming to find Xianglan. He is a taxi driver in Guangzhou, and he doesn't know many people. Xianglan is the most capable one among the people he knows.

The second brother was confused after hearing this. He thought about it over and over but still couldn't understand, so he asked directly: "Train tickets? Can't you buy them yourself? Why do you want my sister-in-law to buy them?" Da Laogong was very angry with the second brother's words. He pointed at the second brother and said angrily: "Second uncle, you are from Guangzhou, of course you don't understand. Let me tell you this, there are so many people in the train station that I can't even find a toilet. Oh, I won't talk to you anymore. I have to go to the toilet. I've been holding it in for a long time."

Er Lao and Kang Qirui looked at each other, neither of them could empathize. Er Lao had never experienced the Spring Festival travel rush in his life, while Kang Qirui had never experienced the Spring Festival travel rush in his two lifetimes. Da Laogong got up to go to the toilet, and when Kang Qirui was about to find something to do, Zhang Yongfang came over, "Second brother, A Rui." She greeted him as soon as she came.

Kang Qirui was curious. Didn't Zhang Yongfang say she would go home for the New Year this year? She didn't go home last year. She put all her attention on the clothing store. This year, she didn't manage the clothing store anymore. She went to the clothing company to manage the logistics supply chain. So she said she would go home for the New Year early this year. Kang Qirui asked, "Yongfang, didn't you say you would go home for the New Year? The holiday was the day before yesterday. Why haven't you gone back yet? Wish us a happy New Year before you leave?"

"Where's Xianglan? Isn't she in the store?" Zhang Yongfang looked around and didn't see the person she was looking for, so she said, "Why are you going back? I can't buy a ticket. I've been waiting at the train station for two days and still can't buy a ticket. There's not even anyone to refund the ticket. No, I have to go to the bathroom first. We'll talk later." After that, she got up and went to find the bathroom.

Kang Qirui and Er Lao both shook their heads. Why did they come to Xianglan when they couldn't buy tickets? When they were facing each other in silence, they heard the quarrel between Zhang Yongfang and Da Laogong in the toilet outside. Er Lao and Kang Qirui hurried over. When they arrived at the toilet, they saw Da Laogong kicking the toilet door and shouting, "You are outrageous, you are too outrageous."

"What's the matter?" Er Lao hugged Daluogong to control him and told him not to get so excited. "I hadn't even fastened my belt yet, and she pulled me out and went in by herself. How can this be considered decent? This is clearly a hooligan." Daluogong was furious. He felt that he had either been bullied or on the way to being bullied in the past two days.

"Why are you talking nonsense in broad daylight? Who is being a hooligan?" Zhang Yongfang had also finished using the toilet at this time. After coming out, she was not polite and directly questioned Da Laogong, "How did I act like a hooligan? I am a woman in trouble, and you, a grown man, have no sympathy at all? Besides, haven't you finished pooping?"

"Alright, alright, stop talking. Let's go, let's go home." Kang Qirui couldn't stand it anymore, so he stopped the two from arguing, and dragged them home. Er Lao followed to help with the luggage. Er Lao felt tired after carrying the luggage, and as soon as he walked into the Kang family and put down his things, he complained: "I say you two have found the wrong person, right? What's the point of buying train tickets from our eldest sister-in-law?" "Yongfang, Da Laogong, you are here, what did second uncle say just now? You are looking for me to buy train tickets?" The three women who were pregnant at home were watching TV together in the living room. When Xianglan heard what Er Lao said, she turned around and greeted him, and then asked in confusion.

"Yes, I came to ask you for help to buy a train ticket." Da Laogong said honestly, while Zhang Yongfang took Xianglan's hand and said coquettishly: "Xianglan, it's New Year's Day and tickets are hard to buy. You have to do me a favor." Xianglan became more and more confused as she listened, "Are you looking for me to buy a train ticket? You've got the wrong person, right? There are several big Buddha statues at home. What's the point of looking for me?"

Xianglan looked at Kang Qirui, then at Erlao, and thought of Ayao, who was a regular section chief in the unit. What's the point of looking for me, who works for my family, instead of these people? Zhang Yongfang and Da Laogong had their reasons, and they said, "Xianglan was able to buy a ticket every time she went back to her hometown in southern Henan. You must know someone and you must have a way. You have to help."

"You misunderstood. I don't know anyone there. It was Ah Guang who queued up all night to buy the ticket for me." Xianglan shook her head. It wasn't that she didn't want to help, but she really couldn't. She looked at Yongfang and asked, "Why don't you buy a plane ticket?" Da Laogong could understand. Not only was the money earned by driving a taxi hard, but it wasn't much. But Zhang Yongfang was rich. Why was she worried about not having a ticket to go home?

After Xianglan said this, even Kang Qirui looked at Zhang Yongfang. He asked in confusion: "Yongfang, I remember that our company's bonuses and dividends have been paid. Why don't you take a plane to go home? That's so convenient." After establishing a clothing company this year, obtaining the agency rights and hiring Sachiko to manage it, the company has developed rapidly. The fifth direct-operated store has been opened, and 12 franchise stores have been opened. As an original shareholder and management, Zhang Yongfang not only has stock dividends but also management bonuses. This plane ticket is completely affordable for her.

"I've asked, and plane tickets are just as tight. Now there's only first class available, and it costs 2,110 yuan." Zhang Yongfang felt pain in her heart when she thought of the ticket price. "I am rich, but my money didn't come from the wind. These 2,000 yuan can hire two people in our clothing store, so there are four people going back and forth. I spend four employees' salaries just for one trip home? That's crazy."

"What? Two thousand one hundred and eleven? Oh my god. Not to mention that I don't have money, even if I had money I wouldn't buy this ticket. I can send fifteen hundred back home and spend my own six hundred to celebrate the New Year in Guangzhou. Isn't that good?" Dalaogong was also very surprised. He thought that it would be happier to send the money home than to spend it back home.

"Why don't we wait for A Yao to come back and ask him?" After all, these two were old family members Xianglan was very familiar with in Guangzhou. As fellow villagers, she really couldn't bear to see them in such pain, so she took the initiative to say something. They looked at each other and nodded. This was the only way.

When Ayao came back at night, he thought he was going to buy plane tickets for them, so he agreed. Zhang Yongfang and Da Laogong thought Ayao really had a way to buy train tickets, until Ayao asked Zhang Yongfang and Da Laogong for his ID information, they realized they had misunderstood and hung up the phone. "Yongfang, what can I say if you hang up?" Ayao said helplessly, not understanding what was going on.

"Oh, we want to buy train tickets. Why do we need to ask you for plane tickets? They have already delivered them to our door." Zhang Yongfang was also helpless. How come even the section chief couldn't solve the problem of train tickets?

(End of this chapter)