Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

Chapter 136 Lift Your Veil (Part )

"The bride and groom come in."

On February 2th, early in the morning, A-Zu and Da Lao Guang picked up Diana and Xianglan and brought them back to Kang's house. The second brother, the witness, shouted loudly, implying that the wedding had officially begun. Last night, Xianglan went to Diana's place symbolically as her mother's home, and today she followed A-Zu, Diana and the others into the house. Of course, A-Zu and Diana were officially married, and they were doing a make-up wedding, so A-Zu and the others were still the protagonists, and Xianglan and the others could only follow behind.

After passing the brazier at the door, everyone entered the living room of the Kang family. Grandpa shouted at this time: "Old Madam Dou, I brought my wife back." Old Madam Dou nodded. After the second brother stood in his position, he said: "Bow to heaven and earth." Grandpa Diana and the eldest brother Guang Xianglan bowed to the ancestral tablets.

In Guangdong Province, especially in Guangdong, the so-called worship of gods and heaven and earth is actually worshipping one's own ancestors. In order to worship their ancestors, Guangdong people will specially build ancestral halls and temples to enshrine the tablets of their ancestors. For the clan members, ancestors are a kind of gods. These ancestral halls and temples are not only places to worship ancestors, but also symbols of clan unity.

After worshipping heaven and earth, the second sister-in-law, the bridesmaid, led everyone to the old lady, especially Diana, because in a Chinese wedding, Diana wore a red veil on her head, which would be removed by the groom when entering the bridal chamber, so now she was blindfolded and could not see. "The second one bows to the parents." The second brother shouted loudly, and A Zu and Diana knelt down to pay their respects. The eldest brother also knelt down, and Xianglan quickly pulled him up, "Hey, husband, we don't have to kneel in this Western wedding."

"Husband and wife bow to each other." A-Zu and Diana knelt down to each other, and Da Lao Guang and Xiang Lan bowed to each other.

Then came the last step of the wedding, "sending the bride to the bridal chamber." Kang Qirui had gone through this whole process once before when he got married. They had rehearsed it every night in the past few days, so everyone was naturally very familiar with it. There were no problems at all during the entire wedding. After the wedding, everyone went to the hotel that had been booked for dinner. Originally, A-Zu wanted to have dinner at a tea restaurant, but Lao Dou thought that it was a completely Hong Kong-style tea restaurant and it was not decent to have a banquet there. In the end, he sponsored part of it, and A-Zu, the big boss, paid for some of it alone, and still chose a three-star hotel.

After dinner, everyone else took the car and left, but Kang Qirui and Zhu Wanling walked back. It is good for pregnant women to take more walks, which has a positive impact on physical and mental health. It can promote blood circulation, enhance cardiopulmonary function, and relieve discomfort during pregnancy. In addition, walking can also help reduce anxiety and stress in pregnant women and improve sleep quality.

So basically every day Kang Qirui would take Zhu Wanling out for a walk, but today Kang Qirui had been busy all day and had no time to take a walk. Fortunately, the hotel was not far from Kang's house, so walking back was just like taking a walk. While walking on the road, Zhu Wanling suddenly sighed: "Azu's wedding was so simple, and many things were just simple."

Kang Qirui thought she thought A-Zu was too casual about getting married, so he said, "We can just talk about this among ourselves, but don't tell anyone else." Zhu Wanling looked at her husband and knew that Kang Qirui was wrong. She explained, "What I mean is that this is how it should be done. It was so troublesome for us back then. We spent a month preparing the three books and six ceremonies. On the wedding day, we had to get up in the middle of the night to prepare. It was so troublesome. I mean, if we had done it so simply back then, we wouldn't know how much easier it would have been."

So that's what she meant, but Kang Qirui knew that Zhu Wanling was just talking. She said she disliked the hassle of the wedding, but she was still very happy in her heart. Her wedding was extremely grand even outside the Kang family, for the entire Changsheng Street and Xiguan. All kinds of procedures and ceremonies were done, and it can be said that it was very glorious. Because of that wedding, Mrs. Zhu now looks very impressive when she goes out, and has become a role model in the housewife world.

The next day was already the 28th day of the lunar year, and the atmosphere of the New Year was already strong. Everyone in the Kang family got up early to eat breakfast, as they all had to go and send things back to their parents' home today. "Azu and his wife haven't come out for breakfast yet?" The maid took a tray with sandwiches and milk tea on it, and asked when she saw that Azu and Diana hadn't come out yet.

"Mom, he's a foreigner, he likes to sleep in, maybe he hasn't gotten up yet." The second brother was really close to A Zu, so he immediately found an excuse for A Zu. "Maybe he's already gotten up, waiting for us to bring him breakfast." Xiang Lan teased, but the eldest brother didn't understand, and asked why in confusion.

"Uncle, isn't it on TV? Foreigners like to eat breakfast sitting at the bedside." The second sister-in-law also agreed with Xianglan's opinion and took the initiative to explain it to the eldest brother. "Is that so? Then you should send it to their room immediately." The old man thought about it and had the same opinion, so he asked the maid to send the breakfast in.

Kang Qirui waved his hand, quickly stopped the nanny, pushed her back to her seat, and said, "Oh, nanny, Azu and Diana are all adults, are you still worried that they are hungry? They spent their wedding night yesterday, what time is it now? How can they get up? I couldn't get up the day after my wedding." Kang Qirui's words made Zhu Wanling blush, and her head almost lowered under the table. However, everyone thought about what Kang Qirui said and nodded secretly, and they really couldn't get up the day after their wedding.

"Besides, Diana is a foreigner, she values ​​privacy. I think we should respect her personality and not enter other people's rooms casually. We are all adults, and the couple could do anything in the room. If we just open the door and go in, we might see something we shouldn't see. How embarrassing would that be?" Kang Qirui continued to persuade. In his memory, when Diana and A Zu moved out, everyone habitually went in and out of their room, which led to many subsequent events. Everyone nodded after listening, and the old man said, "Arui is right. Everyone should change their habits in the future. Everyone has a family and a room. There is indeed a lot of privacy in their own room. When everyone lives together, they should respect each other and have their own private space."

At this time, A-Zu and Diana also stood up. As soon as A-Zu sat down, he said, "We have discussed it. In order to thank everyone for supporting our wedding yesterday, Diana and I stayed at home for the first day. In addition, Xiu Gu went back, so there was no one to cook lunch. So we decided to prepare lunch today." Diana nodded and added, "Then we are preparing for the Chinese New Year. I decided that I will be the one to decorate the house for the Chinese New Year this year, but I also need your help, because I don’t know a lot about the Chinese New Year."

In this life, because of Kang Qirui's obstruction and persuasion, Diana did not have any conflicts with everyone. Therefore, her good mood after marriage had not yet passed, and she began to take on all the housework. Everyone was very happy to see that someone was doing the work and they didn't have to do it themselves.

At noon, Diana drove the mother and second sister-in-law who wanted to help out of the kitchen, closed the kitchen door, put on headphones and started to cook. A-Zu was responsible for setting the bowls and chopsticks. Seeing this scene, A-Yao was puzzled and asked: "A-Zu, you should use a knife and fork to eat Western food, why are you using chopsticks?"

"Even if I give you a knife and fork, you won't be able to use it. Isn't it enough to be able to eat? Why are you asking for so many things?" A-Zu complained. There are so many people in the family, where can he prepare so many knives and forks? It's not like they eat Western food every day.

After a while, Diana came out with a pot of soup, "Here it is, the soup is ready." Kang Qirui looked at the white soup in the pot that looked like milk and asked, "What kind of soup is this? It's so white."

"It's made with mushrooms and cream." Diana explained, "Oh? Cream can also be used to make soup?" Lao Dou, Diana's former Cantonese cuisine teacher, frowned, feeling something was wrong. "Yes, it's delicious." Diana strongly recommended it, and A Zu began to share the soup with everyone, "Everyone try it first."

Everyone took a sip and frowned. The taste was so strange. Even Kang Qirui, who had lived in Hong Kong for two years, found it hard to accept the taste of this cream soup. "This is mixed salad." At this time, Diana brought another big pot of something.

"What is mixed salad?" Dad couldn't tell what it was. "Dad, salad is potatoes and tomatoes mixed with salad dressing. The salad dressing has cream in it and tastes great. Try it." A-Zu explained.

"Cream again?" The old woman frowned when she heard that there was cream again. "Boy, if you drink milk again, I will become a wet nurse." Er Lao also said jokingly. "Haha." Everyone was also amused by Er Lao. Then Diana continued to serve the dishes, winter melon mixed with sugar, tomatoes mixed with pepper powder. Kang Qirui could accept these dishes. He had eaten them several times when he was studying in Gangcheng. .

But the others couldn't accept it. They were all traditional Cantonese people, and they were all carnivores. This was all butter and vegetables, it was pure torture. "Ah Zu, these should be the side dishes, right? There will be main dishes later, right?" Da Lao Guang asked tentatively. Ah Zu nodded, and went into the kitchen with Diana to get two baskets of baguettes, "Yes, yes, yes, the main dishes are here."

The old man said to the nanny with a bitter face: "Auntie, keep an eye on her from now on and don't let her into the kitchen." The nanny quickly pulled the old man. Although she didn't know about this lunch, Diana's heart was still good and she was still quite happy. Whether it tastes good or not is one thing, and whether there is a heart to cook for the family is another thing. The nanny can still tell the difference.

"Eat quickly. It's okay to eat occasionally." The nanny advised Dad, and at the same time advised everyone. If everyone didn't eat, Diana would be embarrassed.

(End of this chapter)