Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

Chapter 149 Full Moon
"Shh! Shh! Shh! Stop arguing. Are you still playing cards? What time is it?"

After dinner that night, the second brother, A Yao, A Zu, and Diana were hoeing the ground in the living room. They kept doing it until 8:30 in the evening. The old man couldn't stand it anymore, so he came out of the room and said something.

"Dad, what time is it now? This clock is fine." A-Zu, whose face was covered with notes, teased. Eight-thirty is still early. What's wrong with playing hoeing the ground without getting paid? Er Lao, who was also covered with notes, urged: "That's it, play the cards quickly." It was obvious that he had a big hand.

"The clock is fine, it's still early. But Siqi is asleep, you guys will wake her up if you make so much noise." The old man pointed inside and said worriedly. "Forget it, let's not play anymore." A Zu was the first to throw away his cards. From the tone of Er Lao just now, he knew that Er Lao had a big hand, while his own cards were pitifully small, with the biggest one being a Q, and three, four, five, six, but no seven, so he decided not to play. Er Lao wanted to struggle, but was stared at by the old man. A Yao and Diana, the two big winners tonight, also felt very disappointed, but they didn't say anything and went back to their rooms.

Only Tianxiu stayed and sat in the living room. "Tianxiu, go back to sleep." Seeing that Tianxiu still didn't leave, Lao Dou gave the order directly. But Tianxiu didn't agree: "No, I want to watch cartoons." It was a rare time to watch TV, so how could Tianxiu go back to sleep?

"Then keep your voice down." said the old man helplessly.

"Why do you have to turn the volume down? If you turn it down, I won't be able to hear you." Tianxiu also looked helpless. He had already turned the volume down very low, and if he turned it down any lower it would really be like watching a silent movie.

The old man moved the armchair in front of the TV and said to Tianxiu, "Come sit here and watch, so you can hear it." The old man took the remote control and turned it to the lowest volume, and then went back to the room after giving another instruction. Tianxiu didn't care, as long as he had something to watch.

After a while, Kang Qirui came out of the room and came to the living room. When he saw Tianxiu's look, he asked, "Xiuzi, why are you sitting so forward watching TV? Come back to your uncle's place. You and I will watch it together." As Kang Qirui spoke, he picked up the remote control on the tea table and turned up the volume. At this time, the Jade Channel was broadcasting the cartoon "Extreme Formula", which Kang Qirui quite liked watching.

After hearing what Kang Qirui said, Tianxiu sat down next to Kang Qirui and watched the show together. After he stood up, he did not forget to move the armchair back to its original position. He was quite well behaved. "Xiuzi, I've already told you." The old man heard the sound of the TV in the room and thought that Tianxiu was disobedient and turned up the volume again, so he walked out to scold him, but he saw Kang Qirui. He changed direction and scolded Kang Qirui: "Arui, how do you want me to say good things about you? Tianxiu is still young, so forget it. As a father, don't you think about the child? What if you wake her up? You are a university professor, and you are still watching cartoons."

Kang Qirui looked helpless. He stretched out his hand to signal his father to stop scolding him, and then said, "My father, my room is so far from the living room, how could it be possible to make a noise? Not to mention the living room, I can't even hear the noise from the dining room in my room. You don't have to be so nervous, it won't make a noise." Kang Qirui chose to ignore his father about watching cartoons, because his father wouldn't understand even if he told him. Cartoons are not exclusive to children. How many men in their thirties watch Conan and One Piece in the future.
"You, you, you, I don't want to bother with you." The old man couldn't argue and went back angrily. Tianxiu saw his grandfather went in and happily watched TV, but as he watched, he worriedly said, "Uncle, you really won't disturb my sister?"

Kang Qirui rubbed Tianxiu's head and said with a smile: "It's okay, I really can't hear it. Don't worry." In fact, whether it was Tianyou, Paul or Zhizi, Tianxiu was very concerned and loved his younger siblings. The reason why he was jealous of his younger siblings was that the adults really ignored his feelings in many ways. For example, Kang Qirui did not approve of what his father did tonight.

Two days later, Kang Qirui finally registered his and Kang Siqi's household registration at the school. Don't underestimate the fact that the household registration was only moved from Xiguan to Shuangyashan. The household registration is tied to the school district. Even if you have money, you can't get into a good school district or a good school. Now that Kang Siqi has settled in Shuangyashan, she can go to any of the affiliated primary and secondary schools. The quality of educational resources is the second starting line of life.

"Don't eat yet." When we were having dinner the night we got our household registration done, my granddad took advantage of everyone's presence to say, "My darling granddaughter will soon be one month old. A Rui asked about the date today, and we decided to hold the one-month banquet on April 4th. You uncles and aunts, remember to buy gifts."

The full moon banquet refers to a banquet held one month after the birth of a baby. In ancient times, the Chinese believed that if a baby survived one month after birth, it had passed a difficult time (some places use a hundred days as the standard, so there are also hundred-day banquets.) At this time, parents and elders usually hold a full moon ceremony to celebrate the child's passing the difficult time and wish the newborn a healthy growth. Since it is a ceremony, of course an auspicious day must be chosen. Therefore, it is not necessary to report on the full moon day, but to choose the most meaningful and most suitable day among the days before and after. "Your old man seems to be as nervous as if he is the first time to be a grandfather." The second sister-in-law teased. The second brother immediately patted the second sister-in-law, and then smiled to everyone and said, "Of course, it's the granddaughter that old Dou's mother has been thinking about. Our Kang family finally gave birth to a girl after giving birth to six water chestnuts. Of course, old Dou's mother is a little nervous."

"That's right. Dad is so worried about his granddaughter that he has started to rigidly assign targets." Grandpa said with a smile.

"What rigid allocation targets? I'm just afraid that you're all too busy and confused. It would be bad if you forget about them when the time comes." The old man spoke in a serious tone, saying it was for everyone's good.

“Tsk.” Er Lao said nonchalantly: “Thanks for the reminder. Just take care of yourself, old man. You are the most likely ignorant person here, hahahaha.”

The old man was so angry that he raised his hand to hit the second brother. What did he mean? Wasn't he scolding him for being ignorant? "You poor boy, do I need to report to you whether I bought a gift or not?"

A-Zu laughed and chimed in: "Dou, if that's the case, we don't have to report to you. We can just report to Master Rui, hahaha." Kang Qirui lowered his head to eat, indicating that he didn't hear it and didn't want to get involved in their argument. After being bored, A-Zu continued to say to Dou: "It's just that we want to see what you buy so we can refer to it."

The eldest brother Guang, the second brother, and A Yao also nodded: "Yeah, yeah."

"Why would you consider it? Just buy whatever you want. It all depends on your own preference." The old man glared at A-Zu, then continued, "But the more the better."

"Dad, actually buying gifts is cheap." A Yao patted his chest and asked Kang Qirui frankly, "A Rui, what do you want?" He looked like he would buy whatever Kang Qirui asked. Er Lao deliberately laughed and said, "You are so confident, are you going to buy a house or a car if A Rui asked you to?"

"I don't have the energy to buy a house, but I don't mind buying a car. You can choose whatever you want, Rui." Yao's words surprised everyone. Even Sachiko wanted to pinch him secretly. This generosity is not that generous. Yao continued, "Electric, remote-controlled, and power-assisted." Everyone was speechless.

Kang Qirui just shook his head. He had guessed that Ayao would say this. He remembered that when Tianxiu and Ayao went out to play, Tianxiu asked Ayao to buy a remote control car. Ayao felt distressed for a whole month. He hadn't treated Tianxiu to McDonald's yet, so he didn't believe Ayao's words. He cupped his hands and said to everyone, "It's not that important. It's enough if the thought is there."

(End of this chapter)