Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

Chapter 186 Decoration
"I understand."

It has to be A Yao. The one who understands the old man's thoughts the best has always been the third child. He smiled and said, "The old man wants to see if the temperature rises and he can wear his brand-name suit to show off."

"No way?" Everyone was watching the old man's expression. They saw that he lowered his head in embarrassment and didn't dare to look at everyone. Now everyone knew what was going on.

The second brother deliberately teased Lao Dou and A Yao: "A Yao, you too, why do you want to expose Lao Dou? Lao Dou is already in his 60s, his prestige is getting less every day, and he has no filial piety at all."

"That's right. San, it's the same in your unit. The year-end lottery is for summer suits. If you're going to draw, draw one made of cashmere. Then your dad won't have to look at the weather forecast and hope for the weather to get warmer like he does at the Wife's Waiting Stone." Kang Qirui also joked.

The suit that my father won was made of linen, which is very breathable and can quickly dissipate heat, making it suitable for summer wear. In winter, it is so cold that you will shiver if you wear it outside, so although my father wanted to go out and show off, unfortunately the conditions did not allow it.

"Don't make any noise, the weather forecast is on again, help me check what the temperature will be tomorrow." The boss just asked everyone to be quiet and watch the weather forecast. "Don't even think about it, the highest temperature is 10 degrees, it's freezing cold to wear that suit in this weather." A Yao noticed the scrolling subtitles at the bottom of the TV screen.

"Even wearing down jackets is too cold." Er Lao said with a wry smile.

The old man looked disappointed, "No, you've seen enough." He went back to his room angrily. The second brother stopped him, "Old man, you just want to wear a suit to go out. You don't care whether it's cold or hot. You can just wear a sweater inside and a shirt and jacket. Who can tell? At most, you'll get frostbite. What's the big deal?"

The old man thought it made a lot of sense. It was fine if he had frostbite, but it was worth it to wear a brand name suit and show off. The next day, he put on a sweater and went out. He first went to the stock market, and then went to the street park to play chess with Uncle Liang. At the end of the game, Uncle Liang, who was wearing a big cotton-padded jacket, felt cold and wanted to go home. As he wished, the old man got frostbite all over his body.

Even so, after returning home, my father complained: "This shitty Qi Liang is just jealous. I don't even feel cold but he keeps asking to go home. He just can't stand the fact that I have a brand name suit to wear."

"Oh, how can you be like that? People come out to walk around and bask in the sun because it's so hot in the afternoon. They'll go back when it gets cold." The mother shook her head helplessly and said, "You have frostbite on your body, and you don't feel cold? It's just a suit, why are you showing off?"

"You are so nosy. What other people wear has nothing to do with you. Go away, A Yao..." The old man pushed the nanny away with an impatient look on his face, and waved to A Yao to hand him the phone. He called relatives and friends one by one to ask if there were any happy events recently that they would like to invite to banquets. As a result, there was no one, and the old man had one less occasion to wear a suit.

"Dad, I just want to wear a suit. Do you want to call people everywhere to invite you to their wedding?" Kang Qirui said with a wry smile: "You can take the initiative and invite them to the wedding."

The old man had a dark face and was unwilling to pay attention to Kang Qirui. The second sister-in-law added fuel to the fire and said, "This is called entering the flower garden at the age of old age."

"What did you say?" The second brother was angry. What did this mean? Isn't this trying to sow discord between the two elders?

The second sister-in-law quickly explained: "What I mean is that everyone loves beauty. It's not what you think."

"What's so beautiful about it? How can a person in his forties still be beautiful?" My father insisted, not admitting it. "I just think it's such a waste if such a nice suit is not worn and left in the closet to get moldy."

He continued to sigh, "Before I won this nice suit in the lottery, I would have expensive meal tickets every ten days or half a month, or the temperature would warm up enough to wear short sleeves. Now that I have won the nice suit, no one is getting married or having a baby and I am treated to drinks, and the weather is not warming up and it just keeps getting cold. Don't you think it's weird?"

"Now we are preparing for the Chinese New Year. People who want to get married will wait until after the Chinese New Year. Just wait until then. A lot of invitations will be sent to you." The old woman analyzed. Today is the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month. Naturally, few people will hold wedding banquets as it is close to the end of the year. "That's right. Collect more by then. Your old teeth will ache." The second brother laughed. The main feature of high-priced meal tickets is that they are high-priced. Collecting a few in a month will cost you a month's salary.

"Master, I think what Arui said just now is right. I've thought about it for you. You can pay for us to have a good meal at White Swan. Then you can wear your suit out with a clear conscience. White Swan is well heated, so you don't have to worry about being cold." The second sister-in-law grinned, intending to make the old man bleed profusely.

The second wife followed her husband's lead: "Dad, I think you made the right choice in marrying this daughter-in-law. She cares so much about you. You should treat her to a meal."

"Humph!" The old man also had something to say: "Other people's sons and daughters-in-law always invite the old man to dinner and tea. When have you ever heard of the old man inviting the son and daughter-in-law?"

"Thank you, second brother, hahaha." Kang Qirui echoed his father.

"It's not that I don't want to invite you, but I have to go back to Ruhao Tea Restaurant every day. Our tea restaurant doesn't have heating, and it's not high-end enough. How can I have the nerve to invite you, old man?" The second brother is good at making excuses.

My father was so angry that he went back to his room again.

"How is the tea restaurant going recently?" Since we were talking about the tea restaurant, Kang Qirui wanted to know about the recent business situation.

"It's just so-so. There are more people at noon, but almost no one at night. To be honest, not only does my dad like warmer weather, I also hope it will be warmer."

The second boss shook his head and sighed, "It's so cold now, only the office workers have lunch at noon, and everyone goes home after get off work in the evening. Others don't want to go out. There is no business early in the evening. Haven't you noticed that the eldest boss and I have been coming home early recently?"

The weather is cold, so it is expected that the tea restaurant business is not good. Even if people go out, they go to eat hot pot, which is hot and steaming. Tea restaurants can't compete at all. Kang Qirui thought about it and said, "If the business is average, it's just right to renovate the old store at this time."

If a tea restaurant wants to establish a brand, a unified decoration scheme is very important. Even if they both sell hamburgers and fries, you can tell whether it is Burger King or McDonald's by just looking at the decoration without even looking at the sign.

The three branches that were opened later all had unified decoration designs by designers. Now only the interior decoration of the old store is different from that of other stores. Kang Qirui thought that if the weather was cold now and business was not good, he could take advantage of the cold weather and the time after the Chinese New Year to renovate the old store.

Business is generally average before and after the Chinese New Year, and with the weather factor, decorating at this time can basically minimize losses.

The second brother thought about it and agreed, "Okay, then I'll let the design company come up with a plan, and then contact cousin Bing and his decoration team to do the decoration."

When Kang Qirui opened his first clothing store, his cousin Bing was kicked out of the village for playing mahjong, and Kang Qirui arranged for him to work as a laborer in the store that was being renovated. (Chapter 39)
Later, my cousin Bing participated in the decoration of his clothing store and tea restaurant. He gradually became a contractor from a small worker. Now that the economy is developing rapidly, every household has money to buy a house or rebuild it. Anyway, my cousin Bing's decoration team is doing very well.

(End of this chapter)