Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

Chapter 200 Sweet
"Uncle, is the attic ready? The child is coming and needs to sleep."

At 11:30 the next day, while drinking tea, the old man asked the maid who came out. The main purpose of this rural student's visit to Guangzhou was to eat and live together. The bed in Tianxiu's room was too small to accommodate two people, so they planned to arrange them to the attic, which happened to have a bunk bed.

"You're just asking questions all the time, instead of coming to help. Clean it up now." The mother said unhappily.

"Dad, actually kids from the countryside are quite hard-working, so you don't need to worry too much." Xianglan was picking red beans in the living room with Tianyou. It was hot today, so they planned to make some red bean syrup.

As they were talking, the second brother and his wife came back to the Kang family with a little girl. "Tiantian, this is our home. You don't have to be afraid." The second sister-in-law helped Tiantian put down her luggage and said with a smile.

"Little sister, don't be afraid, don't be shy, just treat this place as your own home." Seeing that Tiantian was a little nervous about coming to an unfamiliar environment, the mother comforted her.

The old man frowned and called the second brother to the side and asked in a low voice: "Why don't you want a boy? How can you bring a girl back? They have to eat and live together, and men and women shouldn't touch each other."

"Dad, you thought you were buying roast goose? You want the left leg, then the left leg, or the right leg, then the right leg? This is the last child left. If you go later, even this will be gone." The second brother looked helpless, "How old are they? They are not temperamental. What are you afraid of?"

"Sister, what's your name?" The mother asked Tiantian after asking her to sit down on the sofa and touching her head.

"My name is Jiang Shutian." Tiantian felt everyone's kindness and was no longer nervous. She answered her mother's questions calmly.

"It sounds nice, the river water is sweet." Lao Dou said, "Sweet river water means there is no pollution, hahahaha."

In order to help Tiantian adapt to the family environment, Er Lao also joked with Lao Dou: "Lao Dou, this name is easy to remember. Have you ever seen "Ode to the Dragon River"? "

"Ode to Longjiang" is a very influential modern Peking opera. It tells the story of a severe drought in a certain place on the southeast coast in the spring of 1963. Jiang Shuiying, secretary of the Longjiang Brigade Party Branch, used ideology as a weapon to unite the cadres and the masses, overcame the interference of localism, smashed the sabotage plot of the bad guys, carried forward the collectivist style of self-sacrifice, insisted on sending water to the drought-stricken areas, and saved acres of drought-stricken land. It shows the noble character of the people who are dedicated to the public.

As soon as this play, which focuses on "giving way to water" to fight drought and praises the communist style, was released, it aroused strong response among the audience. The "Longjiang Spirit" of sacrificing one's own family for the sake of the collective, taking the overall situation into consideration, unity and cooperation, and selfless dedication became a model for people across the country to learn from.

"Remembering Jiang Shuiying means remembering Jiang Shutian, hahaha." The second brother pointed at Tiantian and laughed.

"How old are you?" the nanny asked again.

This time, it was the second sister-in-law who answered for Tiantian: "She is one year older than Tianxiu, but she started school a year later, so she happens to be in the same grade as Xiuzi. In the future, they can study together."

"I'm back. It's so hot." Tianxiu also came back from cram school. He did so badly on the final exam that his second brother and his wife not only arranged for him to attend the "Metamorphosis" organized by the Municipal Women's Federation, but also enrolled him in a holiday cram school at the Children's Palace.

"Come here." Er Lao called him over and pushed him to sit next to Tian Tian. "Today, mom and dad brought you a sister. From today on, this sister will be your companion for this summer."

"What do you mean by three coppers and three irons?" The second sister-in-law glared at the second brother, thinking that his words were unpleasant.

"Isn't it? We eat together, live together, and do homework together, so how can we not have three things in common?" Er Lao laughed while counting on his fingers, and poked Tian Xiu with his finger, signaling: "Call someone, be good."

Tianxiu was embarrassed and said nothing. The second sister-in-law patted Tiantian and said, "We, as elder sisters, should be more generous and call him younger brother first."

Tiantian stood up, extended her hand politely and said, "Hello, Tianxiu, my name is Jiang Shuitian." Tianxiu became even more shy, lowered his head and called her sister and ran back to his room. Everyone laughed, "Tianxiu, he is usually so lively, but he becomes so introverted when a sister comes home, it's true." Zhu Wanling also laughed.

After the second brother and his wife helped Tiantian take the luggage to the attic, the mother invited everyone to have lunch. The Kang family specially added dishes for lunch today, and bought roast goose and barbecued pork. Tianxiu saw the delicious food and didn't care about being shy anymore, and started to eat with relish. In sharp contrast to him was Tiantian. Kang Qirui noticed that she didn't pick up any dishes but just kept eating rice. He put a piece of roast goose into Tiantian's bowl and said, "Tiantian, don't be shy. Just think of this as your own home. Pick up whatever you like."

"That's right. If you're afraid of being embarrassed, you'll eat less." The second sister-in-law also picked up a piece of barbecued pork for Tiantian.

Tiantian obviously needs to adapt step by step. She just got used to talking to everyone, and now she is slowly getting used to eating with everyone. Tianxiu misunderstood that Tiantian was picky about food and mocked her.

Tiantian immediately became anxious and explained: "I'm not picky about food, I'm..."

"Don't say anything more. You don't even eat roast goose and barbecued pork. How can you say you're not picky about food?" Tian Xiu interrupted her without giving her a chance to speak.

Kang Qirui shook his head and secretly sighed that people's personalities are really different. Tianxiu is the type who is shy at first when meeting strangers but becomes more and more outgoing, while Tiantian is the type who is confident and confident at the beginning but becomes more and more shy.

"So what kind of food do you like? I'll cook it for you in the evening." The mother thought the food didn't suit the sweet taste.

"Mother-in-law, salted fish and vegetables are enough." Tiantian didn't dare to make any requests and answered cautiously.

After hearing this, Tianxiu felt as if he had caught Tiantian's handle and said excitedly: "You still say you are not picky about food? Good salted fish is more expensive than roast goose, chicken and duck." Tianxiu is not a person who knows nothing. He knows that the salted fish at home is precious. Usually, his second sister-in-law is reluctant to cook it.

"Tianxiu, what Tiantian is talking about is the salted fish from the countryside, not the fancy salted fish your mom bought at Yide Road." Zhu Wanling sat next to Tianxiu today, tapped his head with the chopsticks and said, "The salted fish from the countryside are dried by ourselves, using the small fish in the fish pond that can't be sold."

"Yes, yes, it was a very small one. Mom and Dad said the fishmongers didn't want the fish because they were too small, so we had to dry them ourselves and make salted fish." Tiantian seemed more cheerful when talking about her parents. "Mom and Dad said that when eating at other people's homes, there are rules to follow and we can't always pick up the dishes."

"It's okay, Tiantian. We don't have so many rules in our family. Just take whatever you like to eat and make sure you eat enough." Kang Qirui picked up another piece of roast goose for her. Tiantian nodded and lowered her head to eat.

In order to let Tiantian do homework with Tianxiu, the second brother and his wife took Tiantian and Tianxiu to the cram school at the Children's Palace in the afternoon and signed up for Tiantian. With Tiantian's grades, she didn't need cram school at all. The second brother and his wife just wanted to find a little teacher for Tianxiu to ask for advice at any time.

When it comes to Tianxiu, the second brother and his wife have always been very generous. They paid the more than one thousand yuan tutoring fee without blinking an eye, which made Tiantian feel even more embarrassed. She could only think about repaying the Kang family in the best way she could.

One day, Kang Qirui found Tiantian helping everyone wash clothes. He asked in confusion: "Tiantian, why do you want to wash these clothes? And if you want to wash them, just put them in the washing machine. You don't have to rub them with your hands." There are so many people in the family. How long will it take for a little girl like her to rub the clothes?

"It's okay, Uncle Yao." Tiantian followed Tianxiu's way of addressing the Kang family. "I just tried the washing machine, but it didn't work no matter how I pressed it. It might be broken. So I washed it by hand. It was just the last two pieces of clothes. It was quick."

"Huh? The washing machine is broken? Let me take a look." Kang Qirui was puzzled. He bought this washing machine last year and it has been working well all the time. He walked over and pressed the switch, then randomly selected a program, and finally pressed the start button. The washing machine then started running normally.

He looked back at Tiantian and thought, maybe Tiantian didn't know how to use the washing machine, so she felt it was broken before she turned it on. He shook his head, went over to help Tiantian wash the remaining two pieces of clothes, and then put all the previously washed clothes into the washing machine and selected the "spin" program.

After the washing machine started working, he said to Tiantian: "In our family, we usually wash our own clothes. You don't have to worry about other people's clothes, Tiantian. Now I will teach you how to use this washing machine." He pointed to the buttons on the washing machine and told Tiantian how to turn on the washing machine correctly.

After he explained it twice, Tiantian nodded to show that she had learned it. At this time, the washing machine stopped and the dehydration was completed. The dehydration process was still very fast, only seven or eight minutes. Kang Qirui and Tiantian hung all the clothes on the patio together.

(End of this chapter)