Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

Chapter 222 Child-rearing Laws

"Mom, I saw a lot of clothes in the courtyard. I need to wash them."

After Zu and Diana came back from the United States, Diana immediately went back to work, leaving all the care of the children to Zu. But Zu himself was no different from a child, so how could he take good care of the children? So he left everything to his mother.

"Do you think grandma is a machine? With three heads and six arms?" The mother said with a wry smile while holding Grandma's son. She was really exhausted these days. Grandma had to take care of the children when someone came to visit, and she had to do everything else. Several daughters-in-law had their own children to take care of, and there was no one to help her share the burden.

"Mom, who told me I'm your son?" A-Zu said coquettishly.

"Paul is your son too, why don't you go wash those diapers?" The nanny pointed to the direction of the patio and asked A-Zu. Paul was the name Diana gave to the child, Paul Kang. A-Zu felt embarrassed to keep denying it, so he spread his hands and said, "He is my son, and I am your son. Daddy, give birth to a son, give birth to a son, I will go wash the diapers."

A-Zu spent two hours washing the clothes, while Paul had been crying outside for half an hour. Xiu Gu, who was cooking in the kitchen, couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Fourth Master, do you need to spend so much time washing these clothes? Leave them to me. You are crying outside, go help Aunt Kang!"

Xiu Gu is the Kang family's live-in nanny, not a confinement nanny. She can't help with the child's affairs, but she feels sorry for Aunt Kang and the child, so she can only ask A Zu to go out and help. She usually doesn't have to wash clothes by hand, she just washes them in the washing machine.

Ah Zu was naturally very happy to have someone to help him. He clapped his hands and left. When he came to the living room, he did not take the baby from the mother's arms, but said: "Mom, it's almost 12 o'clock. Diana called me yesterday and told me that if the weather is good today, she should give Paul a bath, and then let him get some sun to absorb some calcium. Now that it's noon and the weather is good, you should quickly take the baby in to take a bath."

The mother held the child in her arms and said speechlessly, "I can feel the wind coming from here in the living room, and you still say the weather is good today? It's winter now, do you want the baby to catch a cold?"

"I don't know either. Diana said that her method of parenting is American. She said that the baby must be bathed no matter what the weather." A-Zu shrugged and said frankly that he was just following his wife's instructions.

Kang Qirui just got off work at noon and returned to the Kang family. He had no classes in the afternoon and it was cold in winter so he came back first. When A Zu saw him, he sighed, "A Rui, why haven't you and San's confinement center been set up yet? If you guys have set it up, I'll move in with Paul and we'll be out in the sun all day."

Kang Qirui glanced at him and said speechlessly, "You said it was a confinement center, how do you qualify? Besides, how would it look like for a man like you to live there?"

The new business and new challenge that Sachiko found for herself - the confinement center - is now in the final stage of renovation and is scheduled to open in March next year. At the suggestion of Kang Qirui, she chose to rent a three-story shop on Tianhe South Second Road in Zhujiang New Town. The location is ordinary now, but in two or three years it will be an absolute prime location.

The total investment amount reached 40 million, most of which was funded by Kang Qirui, and the main focus was on being high-end. And Sachiko invested a small amount + took 40% of the equity with full management. Of course, this was not given to her all at once, but in stages. They signed a very complete gambling agreement, and Sachiko needed to make corresponding achievements to get the full %.

"Besides, you guys are using American parenting methods. We are training Chinese parenting methods now, which doesn't suit you." Kang Qirui sat down on the sofa, teasing Paul in the mother's arms while joking with A Zu. "No, no." Before A Zu could finish, the mother said, "What American style? This is Cantonese. Different climates and soils require different methods. Besides, our baby is half Chinese. It's so cold and windy today, why are you taking a bath?"

A-Zu didn't really want to give the baby a bath, he just wanted to convey Diana's words. Hearing that mommy didn't want him to bathe, he didn't care, "If you don't want to bathe, then don't bathe. Mommy, I don't understand. You have your parenting method, Diana has Diana's parenting method. I really don't know who I should listen to. But now Diana is not here, I can only listen to you, hahaha."

After a pause, he continued, "Diana washed herself from head to toe the day after she gave birth and didn't need to observe confinement. It's different here. After giving birth, we close the doors and windows tightly, covering ourselves up to make ourselves smelly, and then we come out a month later. It's totally unreasonable."

"Diana has never been in confinement after childbirth?" The mother was shocked and sighed, "Be careful of back pain in the future."

Kang Qirui said, "If everyone follows your wife's example, why would we open a confinement center? And let me tell you, who told you that confinement means you have to smell bad? You can take a bath during confinement. Doctors only recommend not taking a bath within a week."

A Zu just said this casually, without any intention of discussing with everyone. He looked at the weather outside and saw that the sun was indeed very strong, so he said, "Mom, I think the sun is very strong now, how about we compromise, baby won't take a bath but I will take him out to bask in the sun, what do you think?"

The mother thought about it and felt that although it was windy at noon, the sun was strong and the temperature was acceptable, so she nodded and agreed. After getting the mother's agreement, A-Zu became very happy. He not only satisfied his wife's American parenting method, but also got the affirmation of the mother's Chinese parenting method. He could get the job done without offending either party.

A-Zu brought Paul to the garden at the corner of the street, found a secluded grassy spot, made a bed and put a pillow on it, then laid the child down on it. "Baby, daddy brings you out to bask in the sun. Are you happy?" He teased Paul for a while and then let him lie down by himself and look at the sky.

He took out a Gameboy from his trouser pocket and started playing. People passing by pointed at him when they saw this scene, but he didn't care at all. He played by himself and occasionally teased Paulzai. Paulzai was a really easy kid to take care of. Even so, he was still happy.

"You poor boy, I didn't believe it when someone came to my house and told me about it, but you really were playing by yourself and didn't care about him." The mother walked over quickly. Just now a familiar neighbor came to the house to report the news, and she came over doubtfully to find out what was going on.

"The weather is so cold now, why do you just leave him there like this? Don't even cover him with a blanket. He will easily catch a cold." The nanny picked up the child and scolded.

"Mom, don't worry, how could you catch a cold? The sun is so nice now, it's warm." A-Zu said nonchalantly, still playing the game console in his hand.

(End of this chapter)