Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

Chapter 147 Ginger Vinegar
"Mom, old bitch."

On the morning of March 3, Er Lao hurried into the house with a large basket of chickens, which looked like there were seven or eight chickens. A Zu, who had just woken up, saw Er Lao's hurried look and asked, "Er Lao, don't tell me, these chickens are all Sister Wanling's, right?" Tian Jing Garden had already stockpiled nearly twenty chickens in the past two days, so why did he buy so many today?

"That's right. Wanling can't live without chickens during her confinement. One chicken a day means more than 30 chickens a month. How can we not buy some and keep them?" Er Lao explained to Grandpa, and then walked inside. As soon as Er Lao walked in, the mother came out and said, "Grandpa, hurry up and clean up the things in the living room. Wanling will be back soon."

"So fast?" A-Zu looked confused.

"We didn't want to come back so early. The hospital didn't let us stay because they said there was a shortage of beds." When A-Zu was talking, Kang Qirui and Zhu Wanling had just returned to the Kang family, so Kang Qirui explained. Zhu Wanling, holding the baby, patted Kang Qirui gently and said with a smile, "You've been staying for three days, what else do you want? Others were discharged on the same day of normal delivery, but you were so nervous that you wanted to stay forever."

Diana, who went to the hospital to pick someone up today, smiled and said, "Arui is nervous too." Then she raised the things in her hand and said, "Well, shall I put the things back to your room directly?" Kang Qirui nodded and thanked him.

"Wanling, come on, drink this soup." The mother immediately went to the kitchen to get a bowl of soup. Kang Qirui quickly took the child from Zhu Wanling's arms, leaving Zhu Wanling with her hands free to drink the soup. When Mrs. Zhu saw her granddaughter being taken away from her daughter's arms, she stared at her, but Kang Qirui ignored her. Just kidding, as a father, he didn't hold his child enough, so how could he bear to let Mrs. Zhu hold him?

But Kang Qirui was inexperienced, and the child started to cry after he held the child for a while. Mrs. Zhu finally got the chance and immediately ran over to take the child away. No one knew what magic she had cast, but the child quickly calmed down in her hands, leaving Kang Qirui confused. Mrs. Zhu also laughed at her and said, "Look how well-behaved our Siqi is. Is it comfortable for grandma to hold her? Grandpa wouldn't hold our Siqi so hard that she would cry, right?"

Kang Qirui secretly vowed to learn how to register a child. There were no prenatal education classes like in later generations to teach parents how to hold a child. Now he had to figure it out on his own and rely on experience, so Kang Qirui decided to ask the second brother for advice. Before he could find the second brother, the old man found Kang Qirui first: "A Rui, what are you going to do with Siqi's household registration? If it ends up with us, I will bring the household registration booklet with you to the street office."

Kang Qirui had thought about the household registration issue a long time ago. He said, "We have thought about it and plan to transfer the household registration to the school, so that after the child is registered, we don't have to worry about his future studies." He had long wanted to transfer the household registration to the school. At the end of last year, he discussed with Zhu Wanling and bought two welfare houses that the school had previously allocated to teachers at a higher price. With a household registration and a house, the child will be able to enjoy the top school resources in Guangzhou from elementary school.

It was just that the child was not born yet, and he was afraid that his mother-in-law would think too much when he suddenly proposed to move his household registration, so he didn't propose it until now. The two elders also loved their granddaughter, and when they heard that it was for the good of their granddaughter, they agreed without thinking about anything else. If there was no child and Kang Qirui wanted to move out, I'm afraid that his mother-in-law would start: It's better to give birth to a piece of barbecued pork than you.

While they were discussing the household registration, Mrs. Zhu and Zhu Wanling took the children back to their room. Mrs. Zhu went to the kitchen to get a large bowl of ginger vinegar and brought it to Zhu Wanling in the room, "Wanling, hurry up and have a bowl of ginger vinegar."

"Oh my god, you just put down the soup bowl, why are you eating again? I've gained several pounds in the past two days." Zhu Wanling, who had just drunk the soup, was now full of chicken soup, and she couldn't eat another night of ginger and vinegar. "Oh, what do you know? If you don't take care of yourself during the confinement period, you will know your mistake later." Mrs. Zhu began to teach her a lesson based on her experience.

Zhu Wanling was overwhelmed by what she heard, so she had to take the bowl and drink it. But she spit it out after taking a sip, "What is this? How can it be ginger vinegar? Why is it so salty and bitter? It's so hard to drink." Mrs. Zhu frowned, "What? I saw my in-laws endure this for a month. Let me try it."

Mrs. Zhu took it and drank a mouthful, then spit it out. This time she couldn't stand it anymore, she pushed open the door with a bang and shouted, "Ah Kang, what did you do to my Wanling? Oh? Do you suspect that my Wanling gave birth to a daughter for your Kang family? I don't know who it is. The couple always said they hope to have a granddaughter? Didn't you say you were very happy? You do this to make yourself happy, right?"

When Mrs. Zhu started to quarrel, the whole family gathered around. Dad was confused by the scolding, "Dear relative, what are you talking about? When have we ever treated Wanling badly?" The nanny also said, "That's right, we never said anything about Wanling giving birth to a daughter. Even if we did, we just said we were happy. What happened, dear relative?"

Seeing that Aunt Zhu was so angry that her hair was about to explode, Kang Qirui could only smile and say, "Mom, what's wrong? There must be some misunderstanding. Our whole family is very happy that Siqi was born. We really don't have any other thoughts." The woman who was in the confinement room came to the door to persuade Aunt Zhu, "Oh, Mom, if you have something to say, just talk slowly. There may be some misunderstanding." Aunt Zhu was eager to protect her daughter. She didn't care about any misunderstandings. She just wanted to get to the bottom of it today, "These ginger vinegar, in Teochew dialect, are saltier than medicinal brine. You gave these things to Wanling to drink, are you kidding me? Aren't you dissatisfied with me, Wanling, giving birth to a girl instead of a boy?"

"Impossible, I've tried the taste, it tastes just right." The second sister-in-law said, she has been in charge of the ginger vinegar these days, and it really took a month. "It tastes just right? Come on, you eat it all and I'll pretend nothing happened." Mrs. Zhu responded firmly, she just flattered a truth: whether a daughter lives well or not depends on whether her parents are strong.

The second sister-in-law frowned and took a spoonful of it. As soon as she put it in her mouth, she spat it out immediately, "Wow, it's really salty. There's no reason, I clearly..."

"What is it? Now the evidence is irrefutable. What else do you have to say?" Mrs. Zhu was unreasonable. Kang Qirui couldn't speak out at this time. After all, Mrs. Zhu was doing this for his wife, Zhu Wanling. Er Lao thought it was a prank by Tian Xiu, so he picked up a feather duster and went to find Tian Xiu.

Yumei quickly stopped Er Lao and whispered, "It has nothing to do with Tianxiu. I think it's my fault. But I clearly put vinegar in it that day, and I don't know how it turned into soy sauce."

It turned out that Wanling had given birth and she had specially asked for leave to come and help. On that day, after the old man had distributed red eggs in the hospital, he asked Youmei to go back to Kang's house to get two more bags. When Youmei returned to Kang's house, all the sauces and vinegars in the kitchen were eaten up by Brother Niu. When she asked, she found out that Brother Niu heard that the Kang family had a grandson and came to congratulate them. When he came, he didn't see the Kang family and it was the nanny Xiugu who opened the door for him.

After Xiu Gu let Niu Ge in, she went to buy food. Niu Ge was left alone at home. Niu Ge was a glutton. He smelled the ginger vinegar that had been simmering for a month in the kitchen, and he couldn't resist. He ate it all up in a hurry. Yu Mei, who came back to get the red eggs, saw it. Yu Mei scolded Niu Ge, and Niu Ge took out money and asked Yu Mei to buy some ginger and vinegar to put in the pot to make do.

"I was in a hurry to buy vinegar that day, and I happened to meet an old man who was also in a hurry to buy soy sauce. Maybe he was in a hurry and made a mistake." Yumei told the whole story. The second sister-in-law who was scolded just now was very angry. She pointed at Yumei with a feather duster and said, "If you saw Brother Niu eating it, you should have told us immediately, and we would have cooked it again. Not to mention that you added the wrong soy sauce, even if you added vinegar, it would not have the original taste."

"Sister-in-law, I'm sorry." Yumi apologized pitifully.

Kang Qirui waved his hands and said to his second sister-in-law, "Forget it, forget it. Second sister-in-law, Yumei meant well but did something bad. Don't scold her." Then he turned to look at Mrs. Zhu, "Mom, you see, this is just a misunderstanding. Don't blame Yumei, she really has good intentions. She took a special leave to help that day, and she went to the hospital early today to pick up Wanling."

Mrs. Zhu nodded but didn't say anything. She was just supporting her daughter. She knew it was a misunderstanding so she didn't make a fuss. The mother breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the misunderstanding was resolved, it was fine. She ordered: "Ah Guang, go to the market right now to buy pig's feet, ginger and vinegar. Ah Chan, go pour out the soy sauce pig's feet and clean the pot. When Ah Guang comes back from shopping, start cooking again."

After listening to the nanny's instructions, Mrs. Zhu said, "Then there will be no ginger vinegar to eat today?" Zhu Wanling pulled Mrs. Zhu's clothes and said, "It doesn't matter. I'm full now anyway. It doesn't matter if I skip a meal." She was telling the truth. She really couldn't eat continuously all day.

Then she turned to Mrs. Zhu and Zhu Wanling and said, "Wanling, my dear relatives, I'm so sorry. As things are like this today, I'll ask A Zong to go to the restaurant and buy a bowl of ginger vinegar. Let's eat that first, okay?"

Mrs. Zhu nodded and said, "We need to go to a five-star restaurant to buy it." She didn't really want to quarrel, so she stopped while she was ahead. This way, Zhu Wanling would have confidence in the Kang family in the future. She was afraid that Zhu Wanling would be disliked by the Kang family if she gave birth to a daughter. Everyone understood her thoughts. No matter how much she explained, it would not be as good as taking actual action. So the second brother was ready to go out without the mother's instructions. "Grandma Siqi, don't worry, I will take a taxi to White Swan to buy ginger vinegar for Wanling. Don't worry, I guarantee that Wanling will be able to eat it within an hour."

(End of this chapter)