Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

Chapter 236 Tea
"Daughter, I want to borrow some money from you."

When Father Su came back from the travel agency to inquire about the price, he immediately went to his second sister-in-law and asked her shyly. He was afraid that his second sister-in-law would refuse, so he deliberately didn't look at her after asking. The second sister-in-law smiled and said, "What are you talking about borrowing? Don't you have any money?"

Father Su smiled awkwardly, waved his hand and said, "You also know that I came here in a hurry this time, and I didn't bring enough money."

"How much do you want to borrow?" The second sister-in-law took out her wallet and said generously.

"Six thousand yuan." said Su's father.

After hearing this, the second sister-in-law stopped moving her hands and pretended to put the wallet back into her pocket. She said with concern: "Six thousand yuan is so much? What do you need so much money for?" She was worried that her old father was cheated by others.

"It's like this. Yesterday I promised Tianxiu." Father Su took out Tianxiu's test paper and handed it to his second sister-in-law, explaining: "I said if he behaved well and could get 95 points in the test, I would take him to Thailand for tea. Now he got 97 points, so I must fulfill my promise."

The second sister-in-law took the test paper and put it aside without even looking at it. She instigated, "Fa Da, you don't have to take children's matters so seriously. Just let it go." In the opinion of the second sister-in-law, there was no need to take such a big matter seriously.

But Su's father disagreed. He insisted, "That's not the way it should be, daughter. You have to be serious when talking to children. We adults teach children to be honest and not to lie every day. How can we ourselves be dishonest and set a negative example?"

"And I told everyone loudly a few days ago that I want to be an honest person and asked everyone to supervise me. If I agree now but don't do it, won't they still say that I don't keep my word?"

The second sister-in-law thought about it and said, "Is that so? Then I have to discuss it with A Zong. I can't make the decision on my own for 6,000 yuan." Father Su nodded in understanding. In this era when the average salary is 2,000 yuan, 6,000 yuan really needs to be discussed by the husband and wife. He just wanted to fulfill his promise, not to destroy the relationship between his daughter and son-in-law.

When Er Lao came home from get off work in the evening, he heard his second sister-in-law tell him about Su's father borrowing money, and he immediately felt that something was wrong. He and his second sister-in-law went to Tian Xiu's room, and he picked up Tian Xiu who was playing computer games and said, "I heard that your father-in-law wants to take you to Thailand for a trip. You are so bold. Your father has never been to Thailand."

"Son, son, your father-in-law might have said something wrong because he was happy at the moment. You always promised me that you would get 100 points in the exams, but I never saw you really get it." The second sister-in-law also said.

Er Lao thought the matter was not that simple. He asked fiercely, "Tell me the truth, why did your father-in-law agree to take you to Thailand for no reason? Did you, a bad boy, set a trap for your father-in-law to step on?"

"Hehehe," Tianxiu said with a wry smile, as if his secret was exposed. "Actually, my father-in-law said that day that he would take me to Guotai for tea. You know what Guotai tea is? Basically, my uncle takes me to Taotaoju once or twice a month. So I told my father-in-law that Guotai tea is not good, so why not go to Thailand."

"Oh, you're kidding, aren't you?" The second sister-in-law, who knew the truth, was so angry that she picked up the nunchaku that Tianxiu had hung on the wall and was about to hit Tianxiu. The second brother quickly stopped her, "You can't blame him entirely. To be honest, your father is the same. He dared to agree to a child's exorbitant demands. This is exactly the same as you."

"Hey? Are you teaching Zai or me?" The second sister-in-law was angry. After she finished speaking, the second brother shouted at Tianxiu: "I'm telling you, don't even mention traveling to Thailand in the future. If you insist on going, it's okay, but all the red envelopes this year will be confiscated."

It was not long after the Chinese New Year, and confiscating the red envelope money was extremely cruel to Tianxiu. Therefore, Tianxiu made a decision quickly, "No, no, no, no. The red envelope money is more than the money to go to Thailand." "You are a poor guy who knows how to adapt to circumstances." Erlao was relieved to see that the matter was resolved. It didn't matter to Tianxiu whether he went to Thailand or not, the main thing was that he didn't have to lend money to his father-in-law, because the money would not be returned after borrowing.

Er Lao came out of Tian Xiu's room and went to the living room to tell Su's father that Tian Xiu would not go to Thailand. The reason he gave was that he had signed up for weekend cram school for Tian Xiu, so Tian Xiu had no time to go. Su's father was a businessman who had been doing business for half his life. He knew Er Lao was lying as soon as he heard it. He sighed, "Since Tian Xiu is not free, I will take him there when he is free." Then he changed the subject, "If it is not possible to go to Thailand, then I will go back tomorrow."

"Ah? Why do you want to go back again?" asked the second sister-in-law.

Father Su patted his second sister-in-law's hand and said, "I've been out for several days. It's time for me to go back. Otherwise, your mother will be worried about me when she's alone at home, and I'm also worried about her being alone at home." Father Su had said so much, so naturally there was no reason for everyone to keep him any longer.

The next day, the second brother and his wife sent Su's father to the train station to catch a bus. On the way back to Kang's house, they saw their cousin Bing walking alone in the direction of Kang's house. The second brother stopped the car, opened the window and shouted, "Cousin, cousin, here you are, get in the car."

Cousin Bing got into Er Lao's car, but he didn't smile at all, he looked sad. Er Lao asked, "Cousin, when did you come out? What happened? You look unhappy."

"He must have done something wrong and was scolded by his wife and kicked him out." The second sister-in-law teased.

When cousin Bing heard what his second sister-in-law said, he was not angry. Instead, he asked in surprise, "Achan, when did you learn to read faces? Is my appearance obvious? You got it all right."

"Ah?" This time it was the second sister-in-law's turn to be surprised. She just said it casually, "Did your wife really scold you?"

"You're only half right." Cousin Bing waved his hand and said, "It's not my wife who scolded me, it's the villain." At this time, they returned to Kang's house. Cousin Bing got out of the car and said, "Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore."

The second brother and his wife looked at each other, and seeing that he didn't want to talk about it, they tactfully stopped asking. The three of them walked into the Kang family together. Kang Qirui saw his cousin Bing coming back with him, and said, "Cousin is here? Hey, you're not here. You didn't come during the Chinese New Year, and now it's not even the end of the first month of the year. Why are you here with nothing?"

Kang Qirui didn't really blame his cousin Bing for being rude, he was just joking with him. But his cousin Bing seemed to take it seriously. He took out a bag of tea from his bag and said, "What do you mean empty-handed? I went to the whole tea market to buy this. The shop owner said I was picky."

Kang Qirui took the tea brought by his cousin Bing. The packaging was obviously cheap, and it was completely different from the tea that his second sister-in-law bought two days ago. "I think you are not picky, but stingy, hahaha. How about 10 yuan for this bag of tea?"

"Don't talk nonsense. This tea costs more than 500 yuan per pound." said my cousin Bing.

"What? This bag of tea costs more than 500 yuan?" Kang Qirui and Er Lao were shocked and couldn't believe it. "Let's make a pot of tea and see if it's worth that much money." Er Lao suggested.

(End of this chapter)