Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

Chapter 185 Suit
"Mom, where did Dad go to have fun tonight?"

On the last day of 2002, Er Lao came back from get off work at the tea restaurant and didn't see Lao Dou at home, so he asked. Today was New Year's Eve, and he brought back some midnight snacks and fruits to celebrate the festival with everyone.

"A Yao's unit is holding a New Year's Eve party tonight, and they said one family member can come. Sachiko didn't have time to go, and when your dad heard there was dinner, he said it would be a shame not to go, so he followed along." The mother took the midnight snack that the second brother brought back and responded.

"I heard there will be a lucky draw." Kang Qirui said with a smile.

"Tsk." The second brother said with disdain, "If old man could win the prize, I, Kang Qi Zong, would have a stroke."

The second brother's words were already poisonous, but the second sister-in-law's words were even more poisonous: "That's not necessarily true. You may be more prone to stroke. Maybe Dad won a consolation prize in the horse race today! Now that he's back, I know he won the prize."

As the second sister-in-law was talking, she heard the laughter of A Yao and Lao Dou coming from outside, and she became more certain that her guess was correct.

I saw Lao Dou holding a big bag and A Yao holding a suit handbag, laughing and walking in. "Did Lao Dou really win the prize?" Er Lao was surprised.

"What a big bag." My second sister-in-law was so happy as if she had won the lottery.

"At most, he won some toilet paper or something." Er Lao firmly believed that his father didn't have the luck to win the lottery. "The fifth prize consolation prize is just these things. It's a big box, but it's not worth much."

"Do you need me to help you win the fifth prize?" Lao Dou pointed at the bag in his hand with a proud look on his face. A Yao quickly replied, "Do you know that Lao Dou won the only first prize?"

"Haha, first prize." The old man said proudly, "I told you long ago that food will come naturally, no need to climb up to the stove."

"At the beginning, there was the fourth prize, the third prize, the second prize, and the first prize was Kangershou, a set of high-end brand-name suits." The old man's words became more and more excited.

"Do you know? Dad's number is 1458. I laughed at him for never getting rich, but he won the first prize." A Yao lifted the suit bag in his hand, "Look, how classy it is."

The second and first brothers didn't even have their midnight snacks, and stood up to open their bags to see what brand of suits they had. The old man quickly stopped them, "Oh, your hands, they are so greasy from eating, don't touch them."

"Then open it and let me see it." The second brother had to compromise. The old man also wanted to show off. He stopped the second brother just now just because he didn't want him to dirty his clothes. So he nodded and opened the handbag to reveal a complete suit inside.

"Hey, it's really a famous brand. Weishui?" The suit looked very high-end, and the second brother was sure this time, but he pronounced the name wrong. The old man corrected him immediately: "If you can't pronounce it, don't pronounce it. What's Weishui? It's Wei Keduo!"

"It's a famous foreign brand." Big Brother Guang also praised it. But he was wrong. Weicodo is indeed a mid-to-high-end suit brand, but it is a brand in Beijing and a pure domestic product.

"Do you know? Just the shirt of this brand costs more than 300 yuan, and the whole set costs at least more than 3,000 yuan." A Yao continued to brag.

"More than three thousand?" Big Brother Guang suddenly got excited and snatched the suit from his father's hand. Just when he wanted to take a closer look at it, his father snatched it back.

Kang Qirui couldn't hold back when he saw them fighting over it, and laughed until his stomach hurt. Kang Siqi laughed when he saw him laughing, and stretched out his hand to move towards him. Zhu Wanling was speechless, and patted Siqi's butt: "You are really your father's little cotton-padded jacket. You want to stick to your father when you see him laughing, right?"

Kang Qirui took Siqi and said to Lao Dou, "Dou, you are right? It's so precious. You can't even touch it, hahaha."

The old man who was exposed slapped Kang Qirui in a rage, and Kang Siqi was anxious, "Ah, hit." She made a vague sound of hitting. Kang Qirui and Zhu Wanling were immediately surprised. Normally, it takes about 14 or 15 months to be able to say simple two-tone sounds, such as dad and mom. It takes at least two years old to really speak. Now Kang Siqi, who is nine months old, can actually make vague sounds, which is already a genius.

"Uncle San, the master won the first prize. What prize did you win?" The second sister-in-law didn't notice Kang Siqi and was still focused on winning the prize. She asked A Yao curiously.

"I was almost there. I got hit by this thing." A Yao took out a big bag. "It's a pressure cooker."

"If you ask me, I'd rather have a pressure cooker." The mother was happier than when she found out that her father had won the first prize. After she finished laughing, she said to her father, "Suits don't suit you at all. You don't look like a prince even if you wear a dragon robe. It's more suitable for young people."

The second sister-in-law took the opportunity to add fuel to the fire and said, "Master, I think grandma is right. A suit is not suitable for you. I think my husband is the most suitable. After he wears it, he can leave it for Tianxiu to wear."

Hearing what the second sister-in-law said, Sachiko quickly gave Ayao a look. Tonight, she went to the dinner of the Clothing Association and returned home half an hour earlier than Ayao and his family. She gave this opportunity to her father. She felt that if her father didn't wear it, it should be Ayao's. So when she saw the second sister-in-law paying attention to the suit, she immediately responded.

A Yao quickly said, "Dad, come to think of it, I've been eyeing this suit for a while now. You know I often attend some big events, so why not give it to me?"

The old man waved his hand, and the second brother pushed A Yao away, stood in front of the old man, and began to play the emotional card: "Old man, A Zu and A San often wear suits, when have you ever seen me, your second brother, wear a suit? I have wanted to wear a suit for more than ten years, thank you, old man."

He took it directly, but Dad refused, holding the suit bag tightly with both hands, and separated the second brother with his shoulder. Ah Yao was also unwilling, and started arguing with the second brother on the spot.

"Everyone is saying to compete, so just put your knees together and it's a competition. You young people can dress up, but why shouldn't I?" The old man shouted to stop them, "Seeing the eyes, the mind is plotting, so don't expect it." He ran back to the room with his suit, advocating the strategy of out of sight, out of mind.

After that day, my father had to wear that suit every day to admire himself in front of the mirror, and even slicked his hair. Unfortunately, there were no good days in the past few days, so no one had a banquet, and the weather was cold these days, and the warmest clothes were only about 7 or 8 degrees, so he never had the chance to wear it out.

On the evening of January 1, everyone was watching "The Foolish Husband Becomes a Dragon" in the living room, laughing so hard. The depressed father couldn't help himself and suddenly picked up the remote control to change the channel. "Master, what are you doing? Why are you changing the channel for no reason?" The second sister-in-law is a TV fan and immediately complained.

"That's right, you change the channel when you see the funniest part, it's so boring." Big Brother Guang also complained.

The second brother was not like them who just talked but did nothing. He directly snatched back the remote control and switched back to the Jade Channel, saying, "He's in his forties and still making trouble." Everyone was amused by the plot again.

The old man was even more depressed, and with a gloomy face, he picked up the remote control and changed the channel again. "What are you doing, old man? Do you want to watch a breast augmentation commercial?" The second brother pointed at the TV screen and mocked.

"What's so good about these disgusting ads? People in their forties don't know what ugliness is." The mother cursed angrily.

"Don't talk nonsense. Why am I looking at these?" The old man's face turned from black to red, and he explained, "I just want to check the weather forecast, okay? Can I see when the weather will warm up?"

Kang Qirui was speechless. He pointed at the calendar and said, "Dad, it's the Lesser Cold today. How can it get warmer so soon? It will take at least until after the Spring Festival, right? And you don't go out. Why do you care whether it's cold or hot?"

The air conditioners in the living room and the rooms of the Kang family all have warm air. They are basically turned on all the time since winter. I don’t feel whether it’s cold or not at home. Why should I check the weather forecast? Kang Qirui doesn’t understand it at all.

"That's right. What if it warms up? What does it matter if it doesn't?" The second sister-in-law, who stays at home every day like her father, also doesn't understand the point of her father checking the weather forecast. If it's cold, turn on the heating, and if it's warm, turn on the air conditioning.

(End of this chapter)