Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

Chapter 132 It’s hard to get a vote

"Ayao, you too, you didn't even ask what the call was about."

During dinner, the mother saw Zhang Yongfang and Da Laogong looking listless and felt a little distressed, so she complained about A Yao. Although the mother had never traveled far in her life, she was old enough to understand their feelings.

Since ancient times, the Chinese people have expressed their desire to return to their roots, and the answer can be summed up in just two words: go home!

More than a thousand years later, these two words united the Chinese people and created a miracle that had not been seen in a thousand years: Spring Festival travel! More than 10 billion people made more than 40 billion trips in 30 days. This number is equivalent to the total population of Africa, Europe, America, and Oceania moving together. In 2002, when the high-speed rail era had not yet arrived, the Spring Festival travel was a difficult hurdle that could not be overcome even with great effort.

"What else can I say? It's obvious that they didn't explain it clearly." A Yao was also helpless. He habitually understood that they were traveling by plane. How could they know if they didn't tell him? "You should know even if I don't tell you. Do I need to ask you for help to take a plane? Don't I have money myself?" Zhang Yongfang said angrily.

"Sister Yongfang, you said you have money, so why don't you take a plane back? Are you afraid you can't get home if you have money?" A Yao said bluntly. He felt that Zhang Yongfang was just too idle. She had a lot of money but couldn't even afford a plane ticket. Although Kang Qirui felt that Zhang Yongfang was a bit too frugal, he didn't quite agree with A Yao's words. Having money doesn't necessarily mean you can get home. The movie "Lost on Journey" released a few years later confirmed this point. Li Chenggong was so rich, but he still got lost in the Spring Festival travel rush.

"To be honest, you don't have to ask us to book tickets. Now many schools, factories, and companies can book tickets. But our company doesn't have it. We are not that big yet." Sachiko pressed Ayao to stop talking, then turned to Zhang Yongfang and said that they had been colleagues for so long in this life and had a good relationship. The main thing was that both of them could do their jobs well.

"Then A-Zu, please buy it for me." Zhang Yongfang looked at A-Zu, who said helplessly, "All of our company's employees are from Guangdong Province, and we don't have this business."

Zhang Yongfang turned his target to Kang Qirui, who waved his hand and said, "Well, our school can indeed help buy tickets, but it requires school employees and their families, and it's been a long time since the holiday." Universities can help buy tickets because they usually go on vacation early, before the Spring Festival travel rush, so tickets are easy to buy, and the administrative department takes on the job of collective ticket buying.

"I think you can go find some factories. Wherever there are migrant workers, there will be collective registration and ticket booking." Xingzi suggested again. Kang Qirui also thought it was reliable, but unexpectedly, Da Laogong disagreed, "I'm not a migrant worker." After he said this, Zhang Yongfang also got excited, "Then I am even less of a migrant worker."

Da Laogong didn't understand. He asked speechlessly, "You are not, you are not, then what are you?" In his concept, one of these two people worked for a taxi company, and the other worked for his son's company. If they were not workers, what were they? Da Laogong answered proudly, "I am a talent introduced by Guangdong Province."

In 1989, Guangdong Province proposed the slogan "East, South, North, West, and Central, come to Guangdong Province to make a fortune" to the whole country. Overnight, people from all over the country flocked to Guangdong Province. From the initial influx of migrant workers to the current influx of talents, the number of people entering and leaving Guangdong Province has increased by leaps and bounds every year. Is Da Laogong a migrant worker or a talent? This is a question.

"Introducing talents? What kind of talents?" Second sister-in-law asked cheerfully. "Second sister-in-law, I am a taxi driver here, a talent for the construction of Guangdong Province's transportation." Da Laogong answered seriously, it seems that their taxi company understands PUA.

"So what if you are a migrant worker? Don't you want to go home by train? Isn't it enough to buy the ticket?" Kang Qirui advised. No matter what it is, just buy the ticket first. "They have hard seats. I can't bear this." Zhang Yongfang told the truth. It's not that she disliked the word migrant worker, but she went to the factory to register for collective ticket purchase, but could only buy hard seats. It would take her several hours to go home, and she couldn't bear it. "You still want to buy a sleeper berth?" After asking, Kang Qirui saw Zhang Yongfang nodded as a matter of course, and he looked helpless. Zhang Yongfang earned a lot of money, but she was reluctant to spend money on plane tickets, and she was unwilling to sit on a hard berth. It would be strange if she could go home.

"Ayao, you have to help us. I am your sister-in-law's cousin, you can't just stand by and watch us die. You officials can do anything. Just give a word and they will deliver the ticket to the door." Da Laogong begged Ayao. Among so many people in the Kang family, he felt that only Ayao, the section chief, could help him buy the ticket.

"Don't think I'm corrupt, okay?" A Yao knocked the table with chopsticks, signaling Dalaogong not to talk nonsense. Zhang Yongfang saw that A Yao was angry, so she immediately flattered him: "A Yao, you are the most honest, and they will also make it convenient for honest officials to ask for a ticket. Xingzi, please help me, you don't want me to be unable to return home, right?"

It was difficult for Sachiko to refuse, so she looked at A Yao. A Yao sighed, knowing that he could not get rid of this matter, so he said, "Okay, I'll help. Let's eat." Zhang Yongfang and Da Laogong immediately stood up to thank A Yao, and then sat down to eat.

After dinner, A Yao started to make phone calls in the living room. He called many friends and asked for help, but he still couldn't get a train ticket. As the saying goes, the current official is not as good as the current manager. As a section chief in the trade department, he may not be as good as the staff at the railway crossing in buying tickets. After making more than a dozen calls, he said helplessly: "I will go back to the unit tomorrow to check and ask my colleagues, but don't hold too much hope."

Hearing what Ayao said, Zhang Yongfang and Da Laogong looked at each other and said nothing. They also knew that Ayao had tried his best, so they nodded and went back to their room to sleep. The maid prepared a guest room for them. Now that the Kang family is so big, more people can stay. The next morning, Niu Ge came to the Kang family early to say goodbye to Xianglan.

"Brother Niu, you're leaving with all these bags, are you?" Kang Qirui was reading the morning paper in the living room when Brother Niu came, so he asked. "Of course I have a flight at 2 o'clock, and I just bought a roast goose. It's delicious, would you like a bite?" Brother Niu took out a roast goose leg from the takeaway box in his hand and handed it to Kang Qirui.

Kang Qirui shook his head and said, "No, no, it's too greasy this early in the morning." Seeing that Kang Qirui didn't want to eat, Brother Niu started to eat it himself and said to Xianglan, "Then I'm leaving. Xianglan, take care of yourself. Remember, you are pregnant. I, Old Niu, will come back next spring when the flowers bloom. Goodbye!"

After saying goodbye to everyone, Brother Niu waved his sleeves and left. Da Laogong was very envious and said, "It's good to be rich. You can come and go as you please. Hey, Zhang Yongfang, you have made a lot of money, right? Why don't you take a plane and leave?" He sighed and asked Zhang Yongfang in confusion.

"I want to go home, but it's worth it. The round-trip air ticket is 4,200 yuan, so I won't go back. I can work hard in Guangzhou from New Year's Eve to the eighth day of the first lunar month, and I can't spend that much money." Zhang Yongfang is not without money. Her annual dividend from the clothing company is more than 100,000 yuan, not including her salary and bonus. But her personality is very similar to that of her father. They are both calculating people. Everything has a value, and if it exceeds the value, it won't work.

In her eyes, going home is not worth 4,200 yuan, so she would rather not go back than take a plane. But Brother Niu is the kind of person who does whatever he wants. He doesn't care about money, as long as he is happy. That night, when the Kang family finished dinner and watched TV together, Brother Niu walked into the Kang family happily and shouted, "I'm back again."

(End of this chapter)