Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

Chapter 232 Beef Balls

"There's no reason for you to come here empty-handed. You've made me feel so embarrassed now."

After helping her second sister-in-law take Su's father's luggage to the guest room, Zhu Wanling went back to her room, leaving her second sister-in-law alone to make the bed in the guest room. As soon as she finished, she saw Su's father walk in, so she complained with a bitter face.

"It's like this. First, I received a call asking me to come over to discuss business. Second, I had some arguments with your mother these days." Father Su sat down on the bed and said with a wry smile.

"You guys are so kind. You are old, and you came to Guangzhou to have a quarrel right after the New Year." The second sister-in-law complained, and then continued to complain: "Fada, I originally wanted you to help me save face. Now, not only is it a waste of effort, but I am also full of anger. I don't know how to end it."

Father Su didn't understand what was going on. He asked in confusion, "Is it that serious if I didn't bring a gift?"

"Of course it's serious. It's related to my status in the Kang family, and also to the status of Chaozhou people in the eyes of the people across the country." The second sister-in-law said so. Father Su was more and more confused. How could it be considered a serious matter for not bringing any gifts?
"Is it so serious?" Father Su was skeptical.

"Of course." The second sister-in-law nodded decisively. Father Su thought about it and decided: "How about this, before dawn tomorrow, I will try to make something with my own hands and give it to everyone. This should make up for it a little, right?"

The second sister-in-law thought about it, thought this was okay, and nodded.

The next day, before dawn, Kang Qirui was woken up by the noise. Zhu Wanling woke up too. She asked, "What's that noise? Why does it sound like firecrackers?" Kang Qirui looked at Kang Siqi and found that she was sleeping soundly and was not disturbed at all. He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I don't know either. I'll go out and take a look."

As soon as Kang Qirui walked out of the room, he saw that everyone had gotten up. Unlike the others who looked puzzled, the second sister-in-law ran to the dining room as if she knew something, and the others followed. The second sister-in-law said, "What are you doing here? Making beef balls here so early in the morning." It turned out that the sound just now was from Father Su making beef balls.

"I got up early in the morning and wanted to make some Chaozhou specialty beef balls for breakfast and give them to everyone as gifts. Didn't you say that I didn't bring any gifts and it bothered you, so I thought of this idea." Father Su said while his hands were busy.

"Then there's no need to do it here before six o'clock, right, father-in-law? And you got it all over your face." The second brother looked helpless. Everyone who was woken up was looking at him, and he had to express his opinion.

Father Su waved his hands and said with a smile, "It's getting late, A Zong. Do you know that it takes a certain amount of time to make beef balls? The longer you beat them, the softer they are, and the more delicious they are. If you beat them for a while and then put them down and beat them again, the taste will be completely different." What he meant was that he couldn't stop now and had to keep on beating them, otherwise all his efforts would be wasted.

At this time, the old man and the maid also got up and walked into the dining room, "My dear father-in-law, what are you doing?"

"I'm sorry, grandpa and grandma, I woke you up." The second sister-in-law immediately apologized on behalf of her father and explained, "I heard that you like Teochew food, so I got up early in the morning to make beef balls for everyone to try."

"Oh, oh, oh." The old lady nodded. "People of our age can't sleep that long. I got up at five o'clock to do morning exercises, and then at half past five I bought these fresh beef in the market. You must try these hand-made beef balls later." Father Su laughed. The lady hurried forward and asked him to stop beating. There were guests at the door, so how could she let the guests make breakfast for herself? She said, "My dear, our breakfast is very simple. There is no need to make it so complicated."

"Mine is also very simple, not complicated." Father Su avoided the mother's hand and continued to make beef balls. "After I cook them, put them away. You can make soup or porridge. It's very convenient."

The old man was watching and became interested. He said eagerly: "My dear father-in-law, is this how beef balls are made?" Father Su understood the meaning of the song and handed two sticks to the old man, asking him to try. The old man immediately took them and started to beat them in a very professional manner, but he beat them like a gong or a drum, and the beef flew everywhere.

The old man was having fun beating the ball when Mrs. Zhu came in. Just now, she knocked on the door and Xianglan went to open it. "Are you kidding me? You're making so much noise so early in the morning. Can't you let me sleep?" She yelled as she came in. Kang Qirui quickly stepped forward and persuaded her, "Mom, mom, it's like this. Second sister-in-law's father is here. Doesn't he want to show us how to make beef balls by hand?"

"Hand-made beef balls?" Mrs. Zhu was very angry after being woken up. "You don't have to do it so early? You're making a lot of noise at dawn. I don't know if you are being beaten or beating others. Everyone in the whole street was woken up by you." When she was about to continue scolding, Zhu Wanling came out of the room and pulled her away.

After Mrs. Zhu left, Kang Qirui said to everyone with a little embarrassment: "I'm sorry, Uncle Su, my mother-in-law has a hot temper, but she is actually very easy to talk to."

Father Su nodded in understanding, waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's okay, I should be the one who is embarrassed. I didn't think it through and woke everyone up. I apologize to everyone." Father Su saw that the Kang family members were all in pajamas and obviously they were upset about being woken up, but when he saw that it was him, he didn't show it because of his second sister-in-law's face. So after Mrs. Zhu came over and made a fuss, he just went along with it and apologized to everyone.

"Achan, after you're done, remember to send it to Mrs. Zhu to try. It can be used as a way to taste the beef or as an apology." Father Su saw Zhu Wanling and Mrs. Zhu walking out of Zhu Wanling's room. It was obvious that Zhu Wanling had coaxed Mrs. Zhu. He then gave another instruction to his second sister-in-law, and then continued to work hard. As he said, if they stopped now, it would be a real waste of such good beef.

Mrs. Zhu was originally planning to go home, but when she heard what Father Su said, she stopped, turned around and asked in confusion, "Are you from Chaozhou?"

"Yes, Aunt Zhu. I am from Chaozhou and my father is of course from Chaozhou too, absolutely." The second sister-in-law had some opinions about Aunt Zhu scolding her father just now. Even if her father was indeed unreasonable, helping relatives instead of helping others was the second sister-in-law's principle in dealing with things.

"Guaranteed authenticity? How can you change it after you've eaten it?" Mrs. Zhu muttered, and flatly refused: "It's better to leave it to you guys to change it." Then she whispered in Zhu Wanling's ear: "You and A Rui don't eat it either, and don't let Si Qi eat it."

"Oh, mom, what are you talking about? Let's go, come back and sleep." Zhu Wanling was also embarrassed because Mrs. Zhu's words became louder and louder and everyone else could hear it.

"That's right." Mrs. Zhu deliberately let everyone hear, "Don't you remember the news about the Chaozhou people making fake things a while ago? You dare to eat it, but I don't. Who knows what the ingredients are? That's it, bye!"

"You" The second sister-in-law was so angry that she pointed at Mrs. Zhu's back and couldn't speak. Father Su's face also turned bad. Kang Qirui could only smile awkwardly with everyone.

(End of this chapter)