Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

Chapter 187 The Stubborn Old Man
"Old man, what are you pacing about for?"

The old man who never had the opportunity to wear a suit to go out could only admire himself in the mirror in his room. However, he was not happy with this behavior, and his mother was also very annoyed. "I walked so much that my eyes were blurry and I couldn't even thread a needle."

"What does it have to do with me if the needle can't be threaded?" The old man was also very upset. "I don't know what's wrong with me recently. I can't sit or stand, and I don't feel like eating."

The mother suddenly panicked, put down her needle and thread, stood up and touched her father's forehead, "Are you sick? Do you want to see a doctor? Or should we ask Wanling to come and see you?" As she spoke, she was about to go out to call Zhu Wanling.

The old man quickly grabbed her and said, "Why call me Wanling? I'm not sick, but you are."

"Hey? Do you have to be so mean? I just care about you." The mother felt that her kindness had gone in vain and lost her temper. The two of them started arguing. Kang Qirui heard the noise and knocked on the door to stop the fight. The old man opened the door and walked out of the living room with a gloomy face.

Kang Qirui shook his head helplessly, walked into the room and said to the nanny: "My father's irritable state will probably improve only when the weather warms up or someone gets married and has children." The nanny also shook her head. She asked Kang Qirui to help her thread the needle and stopped talking about my father.

When my father came to the living room and was about to turn on the TV to see if there was any weather forecast, someone walked in and asked, "Comber, have you had lunch?"

The angry father ignored the visitor, who stood awkwardly at the door. Fortunately, the nanny and Kang Qirui quickly rushed out of the room, "Eighth Aunt is here, come and sit down." The nanny asked the visitor to sit down.

"Eighth Aunt, what's the matter?" Kang Qirui poured her a cup of tea and asked.

"I'm getting my daughter married tonight, and I'd like to invite your family to the wedding." The eighth aunt eased her embarrassment and handed over the wedding invitation with a smile. The mother and Kang Qirui looked at each other and were both shocked. It was already past one in the afternoon, and they were sending invitations now for their daughter's wedding tonight?
Sending wedding invitations may seem like a simple matter, but there is a lot of knowledge involved. Chinese people are very particular about etiquette and respect. Generally speaking, invitations should be sent at least one week in advance. This is polite and convenient for guests to arrange their time. It is also convenient for you to confirm the exact number of people present so that you can accurately book the banquet.

For example, the behavior of Eighth Aunt, who was marrying her daughter tonight but only sent the invitation at noon, could basically be considered a provocation and extremely disrespectful to the Kang family. Kang Qirui's face turned black on the spot, and his eyes were serious. Even his father, who wanted to attend the wedding the most, looked at Eighth Aunt with a bad face.

"Don't get me wrong, that's not what I meant." Auntie quickly explained, "I wanted to give it to you a long time ago, but my husband thought I gave it to you, and I thought he gave it to you. I didn't see anyone from your Kang family today, and then I realized that we didn't give it to you. I'm really sorry, it's really a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding."

Marrying a daughter is not a small matter, it is not just a matter of a meal at night, at least the bride has another meal at home before leaving. Marrying a daughter-in-law and marrying a daughter are the two most important things. If the host family does not invite you for these two things, then you must be at odds with the host family.

"Eighth aunt, you don't have to be embarrassed." After hearing Eighth aunt's explanation, dad suddenly became happy: "Our whole family will definitely go tonight, we will definitely go, thank you so much." He happily took the invitation handed over by Eighth aunt.

"Then I'll leave first. There are many things to do at home today." The misunderstanding was resolved, and the Eighth Aunt said goodbye. The old man walked the Eighth Aunt all the way to the street corner before returning.

After he came back, he called everyone one by one, asking them to hurry home. After the call, he told Ma and Kang Qirui, "You guys hurry up and get ready, I'm going to get a haircut first."

"Do you have to be so excited?" The mother rolled her eyes.

"Of course Dad is excited. He has a chance to wear a suit." Kang Qirui smiled and suddenly said with a sense of humor, "I just wonder if the hotel where Aunt Ba is having the wedding banquet has heating? If there is no heating, it will be interesting, haha."

"Oh, you poor boy, can't you make your dad happy?" The nanny took the invitation and patted Kang Qirui, "Go change your clothes."

It was not until 4:30 in the afternoon, when everyone else had gone home to wait, that my father hurried back. He styled his hair in a fashionable slicked-back style, went back to his room and put on a suit. Hey, he really looked like a leader.

"You are in your seventies and still trying to be beautiful like others." The old maid couldn't stand my father and said sarcastically.

"Why are you greedy for beauty? This is called improving the quality of life." The old man refused to admit it and asked, "By the way, which big hotel did Auntie invite us to? Is everyone ready? Let's go. Can A Zong and A Rui fit in two cars? If not, A Guang can go out and call two taxis."

"It seems like neither of them is the case." The nanny took out the invitation sent by Auntie, "You don't need to take a taxi, you can just walk there."

When the old man opened the invitation, he found that the eighth aunt was holding the wedding banquet at a food stall at the street corner instead of going to a hotel. "Holding the wedding banquet at a food stall? How can it match my brand-name suit and my beautiful hair?"

"Eighth aunt, too. Marrying a daughter is such a big deal. You have to have a wedding banquet at a food stall. If you don't have money, don't follow others to have a wedding banquet." The old man went back to his room angrily to change back into his cotton jacket. If he had known this would happen, he wouldn't have gone out to get a haircut. Hair treatment costs hundreds of yuan. The old man's face was not good until dinner time. Eighth aunt thought that the old man was still angry about sending the invitation at noon today, so she and her husband came over to toast several glasses of wine.

"Although we're at a food stall tonight, the dishes are really good, and the scene is lively." The mother exclaimed after everyone from the Kang family returned home.

"It's a lively scene, but why does old dad have such a stern face all the time? Eighth aunt and the others came over several times to toast us." A Yao asked in confusion when he saw old dad going back to his room as soon as he got home.

The second brother didn't take it seriously. "I've been alive for so long, and his face has always been like this. What's so surprising about that? Besides, I would say that he's even more handsome when he's angry than when he's smiling."

"No, I find it strange too." The second sister-in-law disagreed with the second brother this time, "Your dad usually talks a lot after drinking two glasses of silly water, but I don't know what happened today. He didn't talk during dinner. Now he disappears into his room as soon as he gets home."

Kang Qirui glanced at his father's room and made sure that he had closed the door before he said to everyone, "So none of you know him, especially you, Ah San. You always say that you know him best, but in fact you know nothing."

"Hey, hey, hey, just talk about dad, why are you talking about me? Tell me what's going on." A Yao had an innocent look on his face, and the others also looked at Kang Qirui with gossipy expressions.

"After Auntie came to deliver the invitation at noon today, my father thought he was going to a big hotel, and he could finally wear his brand-name suit to show off. He even went out to get his hair done, but when he came back he realized he was going to a food stall." Kang Qirui analyzed the situation with everyone quietly, "Not only did he not get to wear the suit, but he also wasted more than a hundred yuan. What kind of person is my father? He's such a stingy guy, how can he not be angry?"

Everyone felt that Kang Qirui's analysis made a lot of sense. The mother sighed and said, "It's not a good idea for your father to keep doing this all the time. What do you think we should do?"

Everyone looked at each other, shook their heads, and said they were helpless. Kang Qirui still had an idea, "During dinner, I heard Secretary Wang from the neighborhood committee say that the neighborhood committee's home service center was looking for someone to teach the young nannies about bookkeeping. I think this old man is good at it, after all, he has been an accountant for decades."

"This is indeed suitable for you, old man. When you go to give lectures, of course you have to wear a suit. Besides, the neighborhood committee office has heating, so you don't have to worry about being cold." A Yao was the first to agree.

"Then this glorious mission is handed over to you, Third Brother." Kang Qirui patted A Yao's shoulder. A Yao looked confused, "Leave it to me? What do you mean?"

"Even if Dad wants to go, he needs the consent of others. You can go just because you say so?" Kang Qirui spread his hands and said, "So the glorious task of getting the neighborhood committee to agree that Dad can be the teacher of the nanny accounting class is now handed over to you, Third Brother. You are most familiar with the neighborhood committee."

In the end, the five brothers of the Kang family, except A Yao, unanimously voted to let A Yao take charge of this matter. A Yao did have a way, and he got it done the next day. It turned out that it was the work of the government, and it had to be done by the people of the government. The old man was also very happy to hear that, and he finally had the opportunity to wear his brand-name suits on appropriate occasions. He was secretly happy in his heart, but his excuse to the outside world was that he was doing it reluctantly and making use of his remaining energy.

"We have explained fixed assets and current assets very clearly, and also talked about cost accounting and the calculation methods of current ratio. I believe you all understand it, right?" That day, the old man was giving a class to a group of young nannies. Kang Qirui happened to come to the neighborhood committee to get a family planning certificate. When he was leaving, he passed by the small classroom and looked outside the door.

One of the nannies raised her hand and asked, "Teacher Kang, what's the difference between the current ratio and the butter salad?" Kang Qirui almost fainted from laughing outside the door. After a while, he heard someone else ask, "Teacher Kang, if I buy a piece of pork, is it a fixed asset or a current asset?"

"Didn't you listen carefully just now? If you still don't understand, come and ask me after class. I won't continue to talk about these two knowledge points here." The old man turned a page of the prepared lesson plan and said, "Next, I will teach you how to calculate the gross national product."

"Let me tell you how gross national product is divided into several categories."

Kang Qirui didn't want to listen to the rest of the story. He shook his head and walked out of the neighborhood committee quickly. Dad would probably have to go home soon. Either the neighborhood committee would fire him or he would resign out of anger.

The reason is very simple. These people are live-in nannies and their educational level is generally not high. Moreover, based on the content of their work, it is enough for them to learn simple financial knowledge. It is already very impressive if they can keep accounts, calculate accounts, and settle accounts, and balance the accounts and make the accounts consistent.

It was already beyond the scope of the program for my father to explain the current ratio to others, and he even had to explain the calculation method of the gross national product. Even if others learned it, what could they do? After finishing their work as a nanny, would they calculate this year's gross national product in their room?

Therefore, the final result of this matter must be that no one is satisfied with each other.

(End of this chapter)