Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

"Are you sure? You bought this place, didn't you?"

After supervising Tianxiu's homework, the second brother and his wife came to the living room to watch TV with everyone. The second brother gestured to Da Lao Guang and Xianglan to give up the middle seat on the sofa to them and let Da Lao Guang and Xianglan sit at the back, so Da Lao Guang complained.

"Do you two have to be in that position?" The old man said speechlessly, and then asked: "Don't you need to watch the boy do his homework? What about the girl?"

The second sister-in-law stared at the TV and replied to the old man's question: "Xiaozi said that we were under pressure to monitor them, so he kicked us out. Siyu, Siqi and Zhizi are playing house in the garden. Xingzi and Wanling are watching them."

"You are the same. He must be stressed out from watching him all the time." The mother couldn't help but say earnestly, "Nowadays, admission to junior high school is assigned by computer. Why are you so nervous? Every day after dinner, I force my son to go back to his room to do his homework."

Xiguan has implemented computer allocation for primary school students to junior high school since 2003. Every primary school graduate is assigned a 9-digit random number. The generation of the random number has nothing to do with the input data of the student information and graduation results.

When allocating places, the computer arranges the students' random numbers in order, and each school enrolls students according to their enrollment tasks and the students' preferences and random numbers. If a student's first choice is not accepted, he or she will automatically transfer to the next preferred school.

However, the second sister-in-law had a different understanding. She said, "Grandma, you don't know so much. There is no choice in computer allocation, but did you know that every school has key classes? If a student has good grades, he or she can be assigned to a key class. There is a big difference between a key class and an ordinary class."

"What are you talking about! How big of a difference can there be? They are just classes next to each other. Could it be that one is from Dongshan and the other is from Xiguan?" The eldest brother who was squeezed out of his position expressed his disagreement with the second sister-in-law's point of view. The second brother and his sister-in-law glanced at him and didn't even want to refute him.

They didn't refute, but there were people who refuted. A Yao said, "That's not what I meant, big brother. I think what my second sister-in-law said is right. Every school will allocate the last teachers to the key classes. All the students are selected, and the learning atmosphere is so good. So many parents would rather their children go to the key classes of ordinary middle schools than to the ordinary classes of key middle schools."

There are only a few special teachers and senior teachers in a school. If they all teach one class, the difference between them and the classes taught by a few ordinary teachers will be huge.

Hearing this, Xianglan said to Da Lao Guang with a nervous look on her face: "Husband, then our Tianyou will also have to go to the key class in the future."

The second sister-in-law couldn't hold it anymore. She laughed and said, "You must be joking. How old is your son now? He won't know what the world is like when he goes to middle school. Now the main goal is to improve Tianxiu's grades. I hope he can get into the key class. So I'm urging him on since the exam is coming soon."

The old man was also very concerned about Tianxiu's academic problems. He thought for a moment and said, "It's not a good idea to supervise Tianxiu like this. We need to come up with some rules to restrain him."

"That's right. Xiuzai's biggest shortcoming is that he is lazy and can't sit still. He must be properly disciplined." A Yao also agreed with his father's suggestion.

"The first point is not to let them watch TV." Dad was the first to say.

"And you can't play computer." Second sister-in-law said immediately.

"The most important thing is to never let him play with Tianyou again." The eldest brother stood up and complained, "I often see him holding Tianyou and throwing him around whenever he has time." The second sister-in-law immediately defended her son and said, "So you, he only plays with you because he likes you. He doesn't throw Paul or branches? It means that Xiuzi likes to play with you, Tianyou the most."

The second brother continued what the second sister-in-law said: "That's right, and it's smart to leave it behind, so that your son won't be like you in the future."

"What are you talking about?" Xianglan's face suddenly turned bad. She didn't like her family members making fun of Big Brother Guang all the time. The second brother shrugged, then turned around and continued to discuss with his father how to restrict Tianxiu's study.

As a result, the discussion was so heated that Tian Xiu came out to watch TV the next night. Kang Qirui was stunned and asked, "Xiuzi, do your parents know that you came out to watch TV?"

Tianxiu waved his hands, his eyes still on the TV, and replied, "Of course I know. They asked me to come out and watch TV."

Not only was Kang Qirui dumbfounded, his father was also confused. He asked, "That's not right. Yesterday your father said he wouldn't let you watch TV. How could he change his attitude today and let you watch TV?"

"I got tired of doing my homework and stopped doing it, so my dad told me to watch TV for 20 minutes," Tianxiu explained.

So that's how it is! Kang Qirui and his father looked at each other. This made sense. The second brother seemed very strict with Tianxiu, but in fact, he was very doting on him. Just look at the game consoles that Tianxiu had. He said he couldn't play, but he still bought them for him every time.

Twenty minutes later, Tianxiu's favorite show, Super Big Mac, had just finished airing an episode, so his father urged him, "Xiaozi, you've finished watching Super Big Mac, hurry up and review your lessons."

"No, no, no, there are still programs to watch on Pearl River Channel." Tianxiu picked up the remote control and was about to change the channel. The second sister-in-law walked out of the living room at the right time and shouted, "Student Kang Tianxiu, it seems that twenty minutes have passed. Go to the next room to study."

"I haven't seen enough." Tianxiu said coquettishly, "My father said that if I don't watch enough TV, I will be listless when reading, but if I watch enough, I will be amazing when writing essays. I have to watch enough."

"Oh, then do you want to see enough of her?" the second sister-in-law asked deliberately.

Tianxiu nodded naively, "Yes. There is also a comedy show on the public channel, which will make people laugh a lot."

"So do you want to laugh or twist?" The second sister-in-law moved her hands and counted down harshly: "One, two." Tianxiu had no choice but to go back to his room to study.

It is already late May. Kang Qirui successfully passed many tests and entered the college entrance examination Chinese question setting group. On this day, he came to the question setting group’s base. From today until the end of the college entrance examination, all question setters including him will be isolated from the world here. Without the Internet and mobile phones, life will be stressful and boring.

This closed environment is called "ruwei", which is designed to ensure the security and confidentiality of the test questions. (End of this chapter)