Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

Chapter 192 The Money is Spent
"Delicious! If dinners are always of this quality in the future, I fully support Tianxiu becoming the official head of our Kang family!"

In addition to the main dishes decided at the meeting yesterday, the next day's dinner also included some after-meal fruits. They were very delicious and obviously expensive. A-Zu sighed while eating cherries.

"Hey, hey, hey, did I treat you badly in the past?" The old man was not happy about this. What A-Zu said made it seem as if he was a bad boss before.

A-Zu smiled and didn't respond, but everyone understood what he meant. He just felt that his father was too poor in the past, and the meals were not rich enough.

"How much money did you spend today? Come over here and report your expenses." After eating, Er Lao asked everyone to report their expenses to him. Tian Xiu was still young and didn't know how to make or receive payments, so Er Lao became his assistant, responsible for cashiering and statistics.

"I spent one hundred and twenty-seven yuan and seventy-two cents on groceries today." said Xiu Gu, who was in charge of buying groceries and cooking. Er Lao nodded and wrote it down in the account book.

The boss came over with a receipt and said, "I bought sixty-five pieces of fruit today. Please write it down for me."

The second elder was surprised. "Sixty-five dollars to buy fruit? To eat it as a meal? Have you asked our leader if he has done so?"

"What did you mean by not asking? Your son asked me to buy these. He said he wouldn't buy anything that wasn't expensive, so I only bought the most expensive ones. Didn't you just say they were delicious?" Big Brother Guang retorted.

"Sixty-five dollars for a meal with fruit. Of course it's delicious." The second brother wrote down the bill angrily.

Next, the second sister-in-law and grandpa reimbursed more than 200 yuan for daily necessities and 150 yuan for CDs respectively. Kang Qirui and Zhu Wanling shook their heads and sighed. They spent almost 600 yuan that day.

How can a household allowance of 3,000 yuan last for a month?
But neither of them spoke. They had agreed to let Tianxiu be the boss, so no matter good or bad, the results would be tested before anything else.

During the following period of time, the Kang family had sumptuous meals with fish and meat almost every night. Everyone was very happy and had no idea that they did not have enough money.

"Grandpa, I don't want to cook tomorrow night. I plan to go digging with my whole family. What do you think?" On the evening of March 3, Tianxiu and his father discussed tomorrow's plan.

"Buy it? I have no objection, but it's very expensive. Do you have so much money?" Dad frowned. He thought it was too extravagant for the whole family to go to a western restaurant.

Tianxiu was also confused. He had never really thought about the issue of money. It was the second brother who had always been in charge of the accounting, so he didn't know how much money was left.

He went back to the room and found the second brother. They both were stunned when they counted. There was only fifty-three yuan left out of the three thousand yuan, and today was only the 18th.

The second brother had no choice but to call the whole family together for a meeting.

"What kind of meeting is this so late at night?" Everyone was very curious.

"Brother, are you kidding me? Having a meeting so late at night? I'm almost going to sleep." A-Zu complained. It was almost twelve o'clock now, and as an office worker, he really wouldn't be able to get up tomorrow if he didn't go to sleep.

"The good days are over." Kang Qirui said with a smile. When they suddenly talked about having a meeting so late at night, he could easily guess that there was only one possibility, that is, the household supplies had been used up.

"Ah? The good days are over? What does that mean?" A-Zu was very confused.

"Arui is right. Our family has encountered a financial crisis this month and the situation is very serious." The old man said with a bitter face. The second brother had already discussed this with him when he first arrived.

"Ah?" Grandpa didn't quite understand. What economic crisis? "Due to Kang Tianxiu's improper management, the monthly food expenses were 3,000 yuan, and now there are only 53 yuan left." The old man informed everyone of the truth. The second brother and his wife were too embarrassed to say it themselves.

"What? Fifty-three? It's only the eighteenth, and there are still thirteen days until the end of the month. How are we going to spend the rest of the days?" A-Zu asked in shock.

"That's right. There is still half a month left. How are we going to get through it? How are you going to manage it, Tianxiu?" A Yao also blamed.

"I'm just doing this to make your lives better." Tianxiu explained aggrievedly.

"This month, Tianxiu really responded to everyone's requests. No matter what everyone wanted to eat, watch, or play, Tianxiu satisfied everyone. This cannot be blamed solely on Tianxiu." Kang Qirui said something fair.

"I think this is the responsibility of adults, and children don't know how to manage the account books." A Zu thought for a while and said. His words were very clear, referring to the second brother and his wife who did not help Tianxiu manage the account books properly and did not find the problem in time.

"Uncle, what do you mean?" The second sister-in-law suddenly became excited. "You also have a share of food. And, how many CDs have you bought in the past half month? Do you watch those CDs besides you?"

"I did buy a lot of CDs, but Tianxiu agreed to it," A-Zu argued.

"You just said it, what does a child know? He will buy it for you if you ask for it." The second sister-in-law said sarcastically. A-Zu did not expect the boomerang to come so quickly. He could only smile awkwardly and did not say anything else.

"Okay, now the problem is how to use these fifty-three dollars to get through the end of the month." Seeing that no one was talking, Lao Dou raised the main issue of this meeting.

"Dad, you said before that if we can't make it to the end of the month, the guardian will subsidize us." The eldest brother Guang also said with a hint of meaning. He meant to let the second brother and his wife subsidize the family expenses so that they can get through this month normally.

Of course, the second brother and his wife were unwilling to do so. "How can we do this? The money is spent by everyone. Why should only the two of us make up the difference?"

When the boss was about to say something, the old man made the final decision, "Okay, stop arguing, this is how it was decided at the time. And don't feel wronged, A Zong, what A Zu said just now is right, the account book is in your hands, you didn't control the expenditure in time, who can you blame?"

"What's wrong now? Is there a deficit? There is still fifty-three, which means there is no deficit." The second brother became tough and naturally refused to admit that he was wrong.

"Second brother, don't tell me you plan to use these fifty-three dollars to make it to the end of the month, right?" Kang Qirui heard the second brother's voice-over.

"No? What's so difficult about this? In the past, many people only had a few dollars to live on for a month." Er Lao said stubbornly, and then asked Tian Xiu: "Son, do you have the confidence to get through the rest of your life with fifty-three dollars?"

"I..." Tianxiu shook his head helplessly. He really didn't know what to do.

"It's okay. I've always got my dad. Wait for me to teach you what it means to be thrifty. In the past, I, your dad, spent less than five dollars a month." The second brother boasted, patting his chest.

Everyone looked at the second brother in amazement. What were the prices like now?

Fifty-three dollars to get through thirteen days, this is just a dream.

(End of this chapter)