Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

Chapter 246 Travel to Hong Kong City

"Don't think too much. This is called treating the store as home."

Da Lao Guang didn't take Xianglan's doubts seriously, and he even thought that this was a reflection of A Rong's hard work. Kang Qirui thought about it carefully, and he remembered that there were two reasons why Da Lao Guang and Xianglan's noodle shop failed in his previous life: one was that the landlord raised the rent when the shop lease expired, and finally rented it to A Rong who offered a higher price; the other was that A Rong analyzed the ingredients and proportions of the soup base from the kitchen garbage.

As for the first point, in this life, due to Kang Qirui and Er Lao's strong persuasion, Xianglan and Da Lao Guang had already renewed the contract with the landlord before opening. At that time, Xianglan's hometown noodle shop was unable to continue, and the renewal was very smooth. As for the second point, Kang Qirui felt that there was no solution but there was no need for a solution.

The soup base is not a high-tech thing, and there is no substantial moat. It is nothing more than boiling bones with some soup ingredients, so both Xianglan and Arong easily studied the soup base formula from the kitchen waste of the noodle shop.

Kang Qirui thought that even if there was no Arong, there would be Aqiang, Aling, and AXX who got Xianglan's secret recipe, so it was unsolvable. And why didn't it need to be solved? Because Kang Qirui believed that the core competitiveness of the noodle shop was not the recipe, but the geographical location of the shop.

Even if Arong gets the formula, what can he do without a store? Go on a ghost mission? Even if Arong opens a store somewhere else, he can't threaten Xianglan and Da Lao Guang's store. As for what responsibility Arong should bear for stealing the formula? If he really steals the formula, just call the police and hand him over to the police.

The early renewal of Xianglan and the boss's contract was like the flapping of the wings of a butterfly in the Amazon rainforest, which changed a lot of things. In this life, Ah Rong did not steal the soup base recipe, and under the long-term stability of the noodle shop's lease, Ah Rong did not grow enough ambition in this life.

Another month passed, and Xianglan and the eldest brother Guang's noodle shop, Xingzi's confinement center, the second brother's tea restaurant, and the second sister-in-law Zhang Yongfang's clothing store all developed very steadily and prospered. With the booming economy, their wallets were getting bigger and bigger, and with the May Day holiday approaching, everyone in the Kang family had the idea of ​​traveling.

Finally, after two consecutive days of collective meetings after dinner, the itinerary for this May Day holiday was determined: a free trip to Hong Kong and Macau. After determining the travel destination, everyone went to the relevant department to handle visa procedures.

"Just pay the fee and you can go." The procedure was handled very quickly. Soon the staff handed Lao Dou a receipt and said. Lao Dou was not used to such a fast process. He asked in confusion: "Miss, we are applying for a tour to Hong Kong and Macau. Is it that simple?"

"Uncle, I understand what you mean." The pass processing officer smiled and explained to my father, "Since the country opened up free travel to Hong Kong and Macau in July last year, it has become much more convenient to apply for a pass to Hong Kong. The simpler the procedures, the better. No one likes complicated procedures, right?"

"Hahaha, no." The old man also laughed after hearing this. "Twenty years ago, I applied for a visa to travel to Hong Kong. Eight years ago, I also applied for a visa to send my youngest son to study. Both times were very complicated and troublesome. I waited for several months. So now it's done all at once. I'm really not used to it."

The certificate processing officer just smiled and told Lao Dou that he had nothing to do and stood up to let the person behind him handle the process. Lao Dou then stood up and gave his seat to Da Lao Guang who was in the back. Da Lao Guang also finished the formalities quickly. Before leaving, Da Lao Guang asked, "When can I get the certificate?"

"It will only take about ten days, and we will call you to pick it up then." The certificate processing officer said so, and Da Lao Guang left with satisfaction.

In fact, it didn't take ten days. After just one week, I received a call that I could go and get the pass. After getting the pass, everyone waited for May Day to go to Hong Kong City to play. "Hello, everyone, just leave your luggage here." On May Day, everyone in the Kang family came to the station early in the morning and took the bus to Kowloon. Of course, not all the family members went to play. Diana, A Yao and Er Lao all had their own things to do and couldn't play with everyone. And the children were not taken with them, and were left to Diana to help take care of.

At 2:30 pm, the bus arrived in Kowloon. As soon as the second sister-in-law got off the bus, she couldn't wait to take Xianglan Xingzi and Zhu Wanling to go shopping, but she was criticized by the boss: "Hey, hey, hey, this group member, you have no organization or discipline at all. We are going to be here for five days, why can't we go shopping at any time? Let's find a place to stay first."

"Hey, why is your husband acting like a tour guide?" The second sister-in-law patted Xianglan, then said to the eldest brother Guang: "What is Hong Kong City? It's a shopping paradise. What's the point of coming here if you don't buy anything?"

"That's right, let's go shopping and we'll find a place to sit down first. After you finish shopping, go to the Da Rong Hua Restaurant to gather, and after dinner, we'll go find Uncle Mai." The mother thought about it and made arrangements. Everyone looked at each other and had no objection. The Uncle Mai that the mother mentioned was an old friend of my father for decades. Before coming to Hong Kong, my father told everyone that they would stay at Uncle Mai's house this time to save the cost of staying in a hotel.

When everyone was about to go their separate ways, Kang Qirui stopped them, "I still want to emphasize to everyone that this is a port city. Once you are here, you must abide by the rules of the port city. Be careful when crossing the road and pay attention to hygiene. Also, crossing the road in the port city is the opposite of Cantonese, because here you drive on the left."

Kang Qirui, who had lived in Hong Kong for four years, shared with everyone some of his experiences of living here. He spoke for almost ten minutes before letting them go shopping amid the impatient look on his second sister-in-law's face.

Da Lao Guang, Kang Qirui and A Zu were strolling with their mother, Lao Dou, on the streets of Hong Kong. As they were walking, Da Lao Guang was about to throw the empty bottle of mineral water on the ground, and Kang Qirui quickly caught it. "What are you doing, Da Lao? You will be fined for this." A Zu pointed to a slogan in the distance and said. Da Lao Guang looked over and saw that it said "A fine of HK$1500 for throwing things on the ground!" Da Lao Guang was so scared that he never dared to do it again.

At six o'clock in the evening, Kang Qirui and his grandfather met up with the shopping team at the Da Ronghua Restaurant. "Where are the old man and the old lady?" After the meeting, Zhu Wanling asked Kang Qirui when she didn't see the old lady.

"Aren't we going to Uncle Mai's house later? Aunt Dou said that we can't go empty-handed, so the boss will accompany them to buy gifts. Let's set the table and order food first." Kang Qirui said as he led everyone inside, and everyone nodded with understanding.

"Welcome, how many people are there?" As soon as I entered the restaurant, a waiter came forward and asked.

"Eight." Kang Qirui said.

The waiter nodded, led everyone to a table and said, "Please sit here." The second sister-in-law frowned, pointed at the two women, one old and one young, sitting at the table and said, "This table is occupied, why did you bring us here? Are you kidding me?"

"Sorry, it's busy time now. All guests need to set up tables." The waiter said. This is a feature of the restaurants in Hong Kong City. As long as the tables are not full, the remaining seats can be used to accommodate guests.

(End of this chapter)