Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

"Happy New Year, everyone, drink!"

Another Spring Festival is coming. The New Year's Eve of 2006 was the most lonely New Year's Eve for Kang Qirui. The eldest brother Guang and Xianglan took Tianyou back to their hometown in southern Henan to celebrate the New Year. The second brother and his wife also took Tianxiu Siyu to Tianhe to have a reunion dinner with Su's father and mother. A Yao Xingzi took Zhizi to Shanghai. Diana took Paul back to the United States to visit his parents during the holiday break because A Zu was busy with movie promotions and had no time to celebrate the New Year.

That is to say, this year, only Kang Qirui and his family were with Old Dou and his mother to celebrate the New Year's Eve. Kang Qirui got up early and started to work. He pasted the Spring Festival couplets for the Kang and Zhu families, and went to the market to buy vegetables to prepare dinner.

Kang Qirui and Zhu Wanling worked until after 7pm before calling everyone to have dinner. After dinner, everyone came to the living room to watch TV. Kang Qirui said with emotion: "I remember that during the Chinese New Year a few years ago, Tianxiu and a group of children went to play lazy games. Now they are all gone."

"How can things be compared now with before? Who would be willing to let their children go out at night now?" Mrs. Zhu spent the New Year with the Kang family as usual. When she heard Kang Qirui's words, she responded with a smile.

"That's right. In the past, we celebrated the New Year, but now it's a holiday." Zhu Wanling said so. Kang Qirui glanced at his wife. Anyone could say this. Zhu Wanling said it was a bit of a thing. She hadn't worked for many years.

After a pause, Kang Qirui said, "By the way, Auntie Dou, mother-in-law, let's go to the movies together tomorrow. Let's support the box office and see the directing skills of the fourth brother, haha." A Zu's name was written in the director column of the movie "Lost on Journey". Of course, he was only one of the three directors, and he was more responsible for logistical work.

Both Dou's mother and her husband nodded, and Mrs. Zhu had no objection either.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, everyone went out to stroll around the Flower Street after breakfast. When they were almost tired, they went into a nearby movie theater and bought the nearest showtime ticket. "Arui, there don't seem to be many people here. Can this movie make money?" Mrs. Zhu asked worriedly when she saw that there were only a few people when the movie was about to start. She had heard from Zhu Wanling that Xiyangyang invested more than 7 million in this movie.

"Don't worry, Mom. Once you finish watching it, you'll know how good this movie is. There will be no problem making money." Kang Qirui was not worried at all.

"But look here, there's not even half the people." Old Dou's mother said a little worriedly. Kang Qirui explained patiently, "This is normal. Even if it's a super popular movie, its attendance rate won't be very high. And it's only a little after 10 o'clock now. There's no one in the early show. Everyone is shopping and eating breakfast. Okay, don't worry. The movie has started."

Lao Dou's mother and Mrs. Zhu looked at each other, and although they stopped talking, they still looked worried. They had never seen so much money in their lives, and they were afraid that their son (son-in-law) would lose a lot.

On the screen, the movie officially premiered. The opening scene was Li Chenggong, played by Xu Zheng, having a meeting with three employees in a hotel room. As the New Year was approaching, Li Chenggong was going to go home for the New Year after the meeting. Under the pressure of his lover Manni, he was going to divorce his wife after the New Year.

The scene changes and Niu Geng, played by Wang Baoqiang, appears. He is a milker at a ranch. Because his boss cannot receive payment for goods and cannot pay wages, he has no choice but to take the IOU for the goods and prepare to collect the debt.

Two people with completely opposite identities, status and personalities met by chance at the airport.

Liquids were not allowed on the plane, but Niu Geng brought a large bucket of milk. In order not to waste it, he drank all the milk. Li Chenggong and the airport security were stunned, and the audience in front of the screen were also stunned.

"What a talent." Li Chenggong on the screen exclaimed, and the audience in front of the screen had the same opinion.

Coincidentally, the two were seated in the same row. Niu Gengnai drank too much and wanted to vomit, so he asked to open the window for ventilation and asked the plane to stop. As soon as he finished speaking, the plane announced that there was heavy snow at the destination, so the flight was forced to be cancelled and returned by the original route.

Then, the two met again on the train. Compared with the orderly plane, the train was as lively as a vegetable market. Li Chenggong bought a scalper ticket, and the seat number was the same as Niu Geng's ticket. The two argued endlessly, each saying that the other's ticket was fake.

"Aunt Yumei!" In the movie, there were three female college students sitting opposite Li Chenggong and Niu Geng, one of whom was played by Yumei. Kang Siqi shouted after seeing this, and Zhu Wanling quickly covered her mouth and asked her to speak softly.

"Daddy, why is Aunt Yumei in here?" Kang Siqi liked Yumei very much because every time she came back, she would bring small gifts for her and Kang Siyu.

"Aunt Yumei likes acting." Kang Qirui whispered to his daughter.

On the train, Niu Geng's bad luck came into play again. A landslide occurred in front of the railway, and all passengers were forced to get off the train and take a bus instead. Li Chenggong and Niu Geng got on the same bus again, and they ran into a traffic jam during the Spring Festival. Li Chenggong was anxious and asked the driver to take a side road. When the side road passed the village, he failed to brake in time and hit the village chief's grandmother.

Li Chenggong had allowed people to walk on this path, so he was naturally responsible for it. "It's just money, tell me, how much do you want?" He took out the money from his wallet, and his contemptuous attitude completely annoyed the village chief.

The old village chief shouted, and the whole village rushed over with hammers and hoes, surrounding the car. At the critical moment, Niu Geng rescued the village chief's wife, which resolved the crisis. The village chief was grateful to Niu Geng and asked the village tractor to take them to the nearby county town. When the two bought tickets in the county town and went to buy food, they met a woman kneeling on the roadside begging. She said that her daughter was seriously ill and was lying in the hospital. She wanted to borrow money for treatment and would pay it back on the same day.

Niu Geng was kind-hearted and gave all his money to the woman, but Li Chenggong disagreed and even asserted that the woman was a liar.

The two quarreled and went their separate ways. Li Chenggong left by car, but the bridge in front of him collapsed, so he went around and returned to the same place. It was late at night, and Niu Geng was left alone at the station.

Li Chenggong looked at him and asked, "How much did you give?"

“All the money was given.”

"Did they send it back to you?"

Niu Geng lowered his head.

Seeing this, Li Chenggong said sarcastically: "You can read people's eyes. I told you she was a liar, but you didn't believe me and even quarreled with me. A fool like you deserves to be deceived!"

Niu Geng turned his head away and ignored him, but Li Chenggong became more and more angry as he spoke.

Niu Geng couldn't help but retort: ​​"I do! It's better if it's a lie! It means no one gets sick, and it's better if no one gets sick."

The plot gradually came to an end, and at the last moment the two met the "female swindler" again. They followed her to her home and found that she was adopting orphans.

What she said that day about a child being seriously ill in the hospital was true. The only lie was that she had no ability to pay back the money. Before leaving, Li Chenggong stuffed all the cash in his hand into the child's schoolbag.

The two spent New Year's Eve in the wilderness, looking back on the hardships along the way, and the people and things they met along the way had a great impact on their lives. In the end, as the two experienced the transition from strangers to friends, Niu Geng's sincerity also changed Li Chenggong's cold character, awakening Li Chenggong's return to true love, and finally he broke up with his mistress and returned to his family.

Comedy movie, happy ending!

After leaving the cinema, everyone went to a restaurant to have lunch. While eating, Kang Qirui said, "How is it? Is this movie okay? Don't worry, it will definitely not be a loss."

Mrs. Zhu felt relieved after watching the movie. She not only watched the movie carefully but also observed the audience's reactions. She found that many audiences laughed at least 10 times throughout the whole movie. With such enthusiastic reactions, she naturally understood that this movie would not be a loss.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the first person to come to the Kang family to pay New Year's greetings was Brother Niu. "Brother Niu, Happy New Year. Come sit down, what have you been busy with recently?" Kang Qirui greeted him, while Zhu Wanling was making tea nearby.

"I've been busy looking for houses recently. I can't live in my previous place anymore. I thought that instead of looking for another house to rent, I might as well buy one myself." Brother Niu said after sitting down.

"It's good to buy a house." Kang Qirui always advises everyone to buy a house when they have money. He asked again: "You rented that house before? Then why don't you live in your villa?" After the Kang family bought Kou Shuiwei's villa, Brother Niu also bought one next to it.

Brother Niu waved his hand and smiled, "That place is so far away, it's so inconvenient to live there. I'm a lazy person and I like the Xiguan area, so I bought a house near you before the New Year, with three bedrooms and two living rooms, for 450,000. When I saw it was so cheap, I signed the contract on the spot, and I paid the 450,000 in one lump sum."

"A three-bedroom, two-living room house in Xiguan only costs over 400,000 yuan?" Kang Qirui often buys houses. There are only four years left before the purchase restriction order is issued. He is seizing the opportunity to buy a house with Zhu Wanling as soon as he has money. Therefore, he is familiar with the market price. He frowned and said, "Is there any problem with this house? Brother Niu, do you understand it clearly?"

"I've been to the site to see the house and the contract has been signed. What's the problem? Maybe they are in urgent need of money?" Brother Niu said confidently without any worries. (End of this chapter)