Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

Chapter 210 Schrödinger's Age
"You are awesome, old man."

As soon as the old man and the second brother returned home, they couldn't wait to show everyone the certificate issued by the village chief. Seeing the old man and the second brother's smug look, Kang Qirui mocked them, "According to this calculation, the old man gave birth to the eldest brother at the age of fifteen. Second sister-in-law, according to this calculation, you will be able to have children in a few years, and you can become a grandmother."

"Are you looking for death?" the old man said angrily.

The second sister-in-law also turned her head and looked at Kang Qirui and said loudly: "Don't say these things in front of my son, it will teach him bad habits."

"Do you need someone to teach you? We have a genetic tendency to mature early." Kang Qirui said with a smile.

The second brother smiled and said, "It's a little exaggerated, but there's nothing we can do about it. They want him to be under 60 years old, so we can only change it to 1945."

The old man was originally very happy, but was angered by Kang Qirui's words. He took the certificate back and handed it to the second brother without saying a word. The second brother asked in confusion: "What are you giving it to me?"

"What do you think? Take your idea to the police station and have them change my household registration book," said Lao Dou.

The second brother was about to nod, but suddenly realized what was happening and said in surprise: "Dou, I can help you buy a fake household registration, but you asked me to go to the police station to change the household registration. Do you think I am the director of the police station?"

The old man confirmed: "What are you afraid of? We have the village committee's certificate and the official seal, so what are you afraid of? Go and take care of it for me tomorrow." The old man knew without even thinking that the second brother didn't dare to go.

After hesitating for two seconds, Er Lao said, "Okay, I'll take care of it for him. But it's not me, it's him!" Er Lao stood up with the certificate and walked to A Yao and handed it to him.

A Yao waved his hands and said seriously: "Don't give it to me. I will never do such illegal things. And I have to work overtime tomorrow, so don't mess with me!"

"Are you afraid of breaking the law?" The second brother changed his target and stuffed the certificate to the eldest brother. "Are you not afraid of breaking the law?"

"Me?" The boss was stunned. After a long while, he said, "Okay, I can go. But you know I look old. People will say I am at least fifty years old. Aren't you afraid that people will say, 'Your father gave birth to you when he was only eight?' Is that right?"

Kang Qirui and A Yao laughed at the same time when they heard what Big Brother Guang said. The second brother had no choice but to go by himself. He now regretted why he had given this idea to his father in the first place. If he was found out, he would not be able to escape responsibility.

Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened. With the village committee's certificate and official seal, Er Lao successfully changed Lao Dou's age at the police station. After Lao Dou got the fresh household registration book, he immediately went to the company he had applied for before. "Hello, Miss, I'm here to apply for the position of financial director." He said to the female employee at the front desk.

"Applying for the position of Financial Director? Do you have an interview invitation?" asked the receptionist.

Dad coughed and didn't answer the question. Instead, he continued, "When I applied for the position of financial director the day before yesterday, my household registration was wrong. I was born in the year of the rooster, not the year of the pig. So I went to the countryside yesterday to write a certificate to change my household registration."

"So what does that mean?" The receptionist didn't understand.

"It's like this. After I changed my household registration, I am 58 years old this year, not yet 60, so I can still work. So I came to apply for the job again." Dou explained.

The receptionist frowned and said, "Can it be changed like this? But it doesn't matter. Do you have an interview invitation letter?"

"It's true that I don't have an invitation letter, but I have been working in accounting all my life, and I am well-known and everyone calls me God of Wealth Kang." said Lao Dou.

The receptionist shrugged and replied simply, "I can't let you in without an invitation. If you don't have anything else, please go back."

When Lao Dou was still trying to argue for himself, he saw the manager he had met before walking towards the front desk, so he hurried over to greet him, "Manager, do you remember me? I'm here to apply for the position of financial director."

The manager didn't respond to my father right away, but handed the documents to the front desk for her to mail. After explaining everything, he turned to my father and said, "Uncle, I remember you. How could I forget you when you're 68 years old and still apply for a job?" He laughed.

"Manager, look at my new household registration booklet. My age has been changed to 58. I am not yet 60 and can still work." Lao Dou handed the household registration booklet to the manager, who glanced at it and did not take it. "What do you mean?" He looked confused.

"You don't want people over 60, so you can hire me now since I'm not even 60. Don't worry, manager. I've been working in accounting all my life, so there's absolutely no problem with my abilities." The old man tried his best to sell himself.

The manager was stunned for a long time before he said seriously, "I'm sorry, old man. In addition to ability, character is also very important for the position of financial director. Apart from other things, who can guarantee that you will not change our company's account books next time if you change your age and household registration book casually? I can't afford you here, please!"

After being scolded by the manager, my father's face turned black and white, and he left in embarrassment.

When he returned to Changsheng Street, he met Uncle Liang, who greeted him with a smile: "God of Wealth Kang, why do you look so sullen? It looks like you lost a few hundred dollars. What happened?"

"Who has a sullen face? I am always very happy." The old man couldn't say anything embarrassing. Looking at Uncle Liang in a suit, he changed the subject and said, "You are dressed so formally, where are you going?" "Oh, the street hall invited us to dinner. They are all famous people in Xiguan, like the Hua Dan Juan Xiao Wu Zhang and John Feng, an overseas Chinese who returned from the United States. So I have to dress more formally." Uncle Liang said this and asked the old man, "Don't you know? You were not invited?"

The old man felt even more depressed and shouted angrily: "How can the street do things without informing me?"

"Who told you to be like a kite with a broken string all day long? Were you not at home yesterday? How could we notify you if you were not at your family's house?" Uncle Liang thought for a while and said.

The old man nodded. He and his second brother went back to the countryside yesterday and were not at home. Seeing him nod, Uncle Liang pulled him aside and said, "That's it. Even if the street office didn't notify you, it would be the same if I did. Let's go to the famous city of Nanhai together."

"A famous city in the South China Sea? What a great place. Since you informed me, I'll let you take a taxi with me, even if I suffer a little loss." The old man laughed, and Uncle Liang naturally had no objection.

The two took a taxi to the door, and after getting out of the taxi, they walked and talked. "Uncle Liang." After seeing them, Director Ye greeted Uncle Liang first, and then said to Lao Dou: "Uncle Kang, you are here too?"

The old man was stunned when he heard this, and after hesitating for two seconds, he asked, "Why? There's no share for me?"

"It's like this, Uncle Kang. Today our street is mainly inviting elderly people over 70 years old to have a dinner here. I remember that we didn't notify you because you weren't even 70 years old yet, but it doesn't matter. Since you're here, come join us. One more person means one more pair of chopsticks." Director Ye and his father explained why they didn't invite him and then invited him to stay, so that things were handled more decently.

But she was respectable, while the others were not. One of them said, "Akang, the street office invited people who are 70 years old today. Why are you here when you are not even 70? You are greedy for such a good deal?"

When the old man heard this, his defense was broken and he said angrily, "What's so great about being seventy years old? If I had known you would invite me, I wouldn't have come." With that, he ignored Director Ye and Uncle Liang's attempts to persuade him to stay and got a taxi and left in a rage.

After returning home, he became more and more angry, and couldn't help but call Uncle Liang to ask about what happened today. Originally, he just wanted to ask others what they thought of him coming uninvited, but when he found out that today he not only had a meal, but also received a 500 yuan subsidy for the elderly, he was completely unbalanced.

"A Zong, I will go to the tea restaurant to take your job tomorrow morning." The old man suddenly said to the second brother during dinner. The second brother was shocked and interrupted the old man, saying, "Take my job? How can you do that? Do you want me to set up a financial director position specifically for you, old man?"

Although tea restaurants have started to franchise, financial matters have always been managed by the investment company, and there is currently no need to set up a financial director.

"No, I want you to go back to the village tomorrow morning and find your uncle to go to the village chief to get a certificate. It's that simple." The old man waved his hand. He had thought of everything. He was also worried that the second brother would be too busy to handle the tea restaurant in the countryside, so he thought of taking over for half a day.

"Big brother, you were born in 1945, which is young enough. Do you want to change it to 1955? That would be almost the same as the big brother." Kang Qirui thought that big brother wanted to change it to a younger one.

The old man glared at Kang Qirui and sighed, "Actually, I've figured it out. I'm old enough that there's no need for me to compete with young people for jobs. You all make money on your own and don't need me to go out and work to earn money. And if I don't change, I'll lose a lot."

"So what does it mean?" Er Lao didn't understand, and no one else understood what Dou was trying to do.

"It's like this. A-Liang is 70 years old this year, two years older than me. You don't know how much he has taken advantage of. The street office invites him to have tea and dinner from time to time, and he goes to the hospital for free. The street office also gives him red envelopes every month. So..." Before the old man finished speaking, the second brother understood, "So you want me to go back to the countryside to help you change your age to 70 so that you can also enjoy this treatment, right?"

The old man nodded in acknowledgment. Kang Qirui said speechlessly, "No, can't you wait for just two years?"

"You're wrong. Two years? How much have I suffered?" The old man replied. He told the second brother, "When you go back tomorrow, just say that I'm still born in the year of the Rooster, but just subtract the fact that I was born in 1933, which means I'm exactly 70 years old this year."

"Dad, is it okay to keep changing your age?" The boss asked worriedly. He just went to the police station to change his age, and now he wants to change it again?
"Don't be afraid. This time I won't go to the police station to change my household registration. I can just take the certificate to the street office. With the certificate, won't she let me enjoy the welfare benefits?" The old man arranged everything clearly, and the second brother nodded and agreed, as long as they didn't have to go to the police station.

The next day, after breakfast, Er Lao went back to the village to do some work for his father, and did not return to the Kang family until the evening. As soon as he came back, his father hurried to greet him, "How is it? Did you get it done? Why did you come back only now?"

"Dad, do you think it's that easy? You just changed it two days ago and you changed it again. I spent a whole day haggling with the village chief to help you get this done." The second brother took out a piece of paper from his bag, "Certificate, keep it."

Lao Dou took the certificate, poured a cup of tea for Er Lao personally, and praised: "I said A Zong was capable." Then he opened the certificate handed to him by Er Lao and read: "Certification. Comrade Kang Ershou from my village was born between 1922 and 1952. This is hereby certified. What does it mean?" The more Lao Dou read, the more his brows frowned. What was this?

The second elder said with a smug look on his face, "Don't you understand? Uncle Taigong and the village chief said that it would be too troublesome for you to change it to smaller and larger sizes, so why not just use a piece of paper to do it. In other words, you, Mr. Kang Ershou, can be born whenever you like during these thirty years."

"Ah?" Kang Qirui and Zhu Wanling couldn't hold back any longer and burst into laughter.

"You are such a bad guy that you can't do anything good but always make things difficult for me." The old man almost fainted from anger. If he took this proof to the street, he would be laughed at by everyone. How would he be able to gain a foothold in Changsheng Street in the future?
"It's not that the money won't go into your pocket, old man. It's only two years, just wait a moment." Kang Qirui said comfortingly.

(End of this chapter)