Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

"My dear, it's almost two o'clock in the blink of an eye. So, I must take a nap at noon. I'll play with you after I wake up, okay?"

That day, Su's father and mother came to visit Kang's family. After lunch, Su's mother chatted with the mother, the second brother and the second sister-in-law in the living room, while Su's father played chess with his father. After more than 30 moves, Su's father made a move to checkmate the wildebeest. His father wanted to move forward five steps, but when he saw that the chariot on the opposite side was already ready, he said that he wanted to take a nap.

"Hey, hey, hey, it doesn't matter this one move. There's only one more move. If you move your king five to one and I move my rook two to eight, it will be the winning move. No matter how sleepy you are, finish this move and then go to sleep." Of course, Father Su was unwilling to let his father go, as it was just one move left.

"Why is it the last step? There are still many steps to go." The old man naturally did not admit that he was going to lose. "It will be very quick. I slept until 3:30 and got up. Wait for me, wait for me." After saying that, he ignored Su's father and went back to his room.

Father Su sighed and muttered helplessly, "Gan Wuyin, I have to wait for him even if he is just one step away."

The nanny quickly tried to smooth things over, "I'm so sorry, my uncle is like that. He is very strict about his schedule and always takes a nap at noon."

"Oh, husband, you have taken a lot of steps just now. You won't die if you take one less step. The in-laws need to sleep." Su's mother also said, but for a moment you can't tell whether she is being sarcastic or really trying to persuade Su's father.

"No, this move is different, this move will kill him." Su's father waved his hands and emphasized: "It's rare for me to beat him, he always beats me, it's rare for me to show my power but he wants to go to sleep, what do you think of him... Really." Su's mother promptly stopped Su's father from saying anything unpleasant.

At this time, the second sister-in-law also quietly touched the second brother and whispered, "Is your father playing tricks on you?" The second brother didn't say anything but smiled meaningfully, and the second sister-in-law continued, "Why don't you go and finish it."

"Me?" The second brother was surprised.

"What else can I do? There's no reason for me to wait for him for two hours. Go ahead." The second sister-in-law begged the second brother, and even the mother asked the second brother to finish the game on behalf of the old man. The second brother had no choice but to walk to the chessboard and said, "Father-in-law, are you bored? Let me continue to play with you. The son pays the father's debt. If you win, it will be Kang Qizong's, and if you lose, it will be my old man's."

This sentence made Father Su laugh. Father Su, who was depressed and unhappy just now, now said with a smile on his face: "Why is the father's debt so serious? It's just a game of chess."

The second brother observed the chess piece and laughed, "My father doesn't know how to play the chess. He can checkmate you in one move." He picked up the chess piece and made a checkmate from behind. Father Su was shocked and shouted, "Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing? My horse is checking you. You have to checkmate."

"Is this horse green?" The second brother thought it was a red horse, so he had to withdraw the horse and the cannon and made a move, with the general moving five steps forward and one step forward. Su's father's chariot moved two steps forward and eight steps forward to kill the general.

(This is the chessboard that Er Lao saw. It is the red chess piece's turn to move.)

"Are you relieved now? You won!" Mother Su said to Father Su, who looked very excited: "Let's go, let's go home." When the nanny sent them out, she kept apologizing to them, "I'm sorry, in-laws."

During dinner, the second brother and his wife talked about what happened at noon. After listening, Kang Qirui said helplessly: "Dou, you were just one step away from losing. Just finish the game. It's normal for you to win me and I to win you in chess. Just let Dou and his wife play happily."

"That's right. We've already made so many moves, what's the one left?" Second Sister-in-law said sarcastically, "If you were just one step away from winning the game, I don't think you would go to sleep even if sulfuric acid was poured on you, right?"

"You just got to know my father today? Can you please not expose him?" The second brother was also very straightforward. The father became more and more annoyed as he listened. He said angrily: "What do you want to expose? It's just a game of chess. Can't I afford to lose now?"

"Dad, how long has it been since you played chess with Tianxiu?" Kang Qirui's words left Dou speechless. Ever since Tianxiu won three games in a row against Dou the year before last, Dou no longer wanted to play chess with Tianxiu. You know, Tianxiu was only 9 years old the year before last.

The old man lowered his head and took two mouthfuls of rice. Suddenly, an idea came to him. He looked up and said, "So what do you think is more important, life or playing chess?"

Everyone was confused. What kind of train of thought was this? How could this be related to the topic?
I just heard my father continue to say: "You guys know the chicken Gongde at the end of the street. He usually has a loud and full voice, but today he said he was gone."

"What? Gone?" In Cantonese, gone means dead. Kang Qirui asked in surprise, "Is it Uncle De, who is usually so loud and in good health?"

"That's him. So when you get older, you must cherish your life." The old man always finds a reason that sounds reasonable. He looked at his second sister-in-law and said, "Tell your father that if you want to live a long life, you must pay attention to yourself, especially take a nap at noon."

Zhu Wanling, a former nurse at a top-level hospital, also nodded in agreement with her father. She said, "It is indeed a good habit for the elderly to take a proper nap. Relevant data show that most healthy and long-lived elderly people have the good habit of taking a nap. It is more scientific to start taking a nap half an hour after lunch."

The old man was even happier after hearing this, because he had completely cleared himself of the suspicion of cheating and deliberately not wanting to lose the game. He thought for a moment and said, "By the way, the street office is organizing free physical examinations for the elderly. As everyone knows, our whole family has physical examinations every six months at the expense of Arui. So your mother and I will not go for this free physical examination, and let you, the second sister-in-law, go and send it to your mother."

"Is this possible?" asked the second sister-in-law uncertainly.

The old man nodded, "I asked Director Ye, and she said it's okay."

The second sister-in-law was of course very happy to be able to go to the hospital for a physical examination without spending any money. After dinner, she asked the second brother to drive her to the Su family, but in the end, Su's father was unwilling to have a free physical examination.

"There's nothing wrong with you, why do you need to go for a physical examination?" said Su's father.

"Why don't you go if it's free? You smoke so much every day, it would be good to go and get your black lungs scanned." Su's mother was in favor. The second brother also persuaded her, "Father-in-law, mother-in-law is right. And I heard there is a special car to pick you up."

"Go, go, go, what are you going to?" Father Su got furious when he heard this. He slammed the table and shouted, "We are going to the hospital now, not the park. My dear sister, just go to the hospital. You can get sick even if you are not sick."

"Don't I know my own body? If I were sick, I would go see a doctor, but I'm not sick now, why are you forcing me to go to the hospital? As long as we eat meat and fish three times a day, eat well, absorb well, and digest well, isn't that enough?"

Father Su was so thirsty that he drank a big mouthful of water and continued to talk to his second sister-in-law, "Look at your great-grandfather, he is 86 years old. Your grandfather is 92 years old. Have you heard that they went for physical examinations or took naps? Being able to eat is a blessing. As long as you can eat, your body is fine. I am only 60 today and have a lot of life to live. Don't make me go to the hospital every day. I get a headache just by hearing about that kind of place." (End of this chapter)