Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

"Oh my God, husband, our house has been raided?"

On the evening of New Year's Day in 2005, Xianglan returned to her room after taking a shower and found that many things in the room were sealed. She asked Guang, the boss who was sealing the things, with surprise and a bit of confusion.

"What? Spit said it." The boss kept moving his hands and said that Xianglan's words were unlucky. "If it's not a house search, why are there so many seals?" Xianglan still didn't understand what he was doing.

"What seal?" Da Lao Guang stopped what he was doing, turned around and said to Xianglan, "This is a label. I plan to replace all my furniture."

Xianglan was shocked again. After a while, she said, "Ah? We don't need to change the whole house, right? We don't have that much money."

"Hahaha, you don't know this, do you? You don't have to pay for it yourself." The big boss just talked about his plan, "The supermarket at the corner of the street has an event called 'New Year's Day Joy Gathering, Points Every Day'. If you say you're the 1000th customer of the day, your bill will be free. There are so many things there, just take home whatever you like, and you don't have to pay a penny, how great is that?"

"As long as you're the thousandth, you can buy anything for free?" Xianglan was shocked for the third time tonight. She saw Da Laoguang nodded seriously and was about to leave. Da Laoguang quickly grabbed her and asked, "Wife, where are you going?"

"Tell my family, there is strength in numbers." Xianglan was thinking that everyone was a little unhappy about the purchase of the Xiguan house, so she wanted to share the news with everyone. It could be regarded as taking the initiative to make peace and give both parties a way out.

But Da Lao Guang shook his head and closed the door to Xianglan. Xianglan frowned and asked, "What's wrong?" Da Lao Guang pressed her down on the bed and said, "I finally got this chance. There is only one thousandth place. I have to act alone this time."

Xianglan hesitated for a moment, but still said, "We are all family, it would be bad if I didn't tell you, right?"

"What's wrong with that? Do you think they'll think of us if they get benefits? Let's do it this way." Big Brother Guang insisted, waving his hands impatiently and said, "Go to bed early tonight. The store won't be open tomorrow, so I'll go shopping."

Seeing that Xianglan was refusing to sleep and sulking, he compromised after a while and said, "Okay, okay, try to take as many things as possible when you go shopping tomorrow, and then give some to each of you when you come back, okay? Go to sleep." Xianglan then reluctantly agreed.

On the morning of the 2nd, the second brother and his wife drove Tianxiu, Siyu and their family of four to Taotaoju for morning tea. While waiting for the traffic light at the intersection, Siyu suddenly pointed out of the car window and said, "Uncle and aunt, what are they doing?"

The second brother and his wife looked out in the direction of Siyu's finger and saw Da Lao Guang and Xiang Lan standing at the entrance of the supermarket with a pen and paper in their hands, writing something down. "What are you doing?" The second brother muttered, and then he saw the green light and drove away without paying any attention to them.

It was already past noon when they came back from tea. When the second brother drove past the intersection, he found that the eldest brother Guang and Xianglan were still standing at the entrance of the supermarket with a pen and paper, writing something down. He frowned and parked the car on the side of the road, saying to Tianxiu, "Take your sister home on foot. Daddy and Mommy have something to do."

Tianxiu agreed, and took Siyu out of the car and walked towards home. The second sister-in-law waited until they were far away before asking doubtfully, "What are you busy with?"

The second boss pointed at Guang Xianglan, the boss at the supermarket entrance, and said, "They were standing there this morning and they are still standing there now, with pen and paper in their hands. Don't you think it's strange? Look, they are going to go inside the supermarket."

When Da Lao Guang and Xiang Lan arrived at the supermarket entrance, the supermarket was not open yet. They kept counting how many people walked in at the door, "997, 998, 999, it's our turn to go in." They turned around and walked into the supermarket, but after just two steps, they saw the man who had just entered turned around and walked out of the supermarket.

"Sir, why are you leaving?" The boss stopped him and asked. The man smiled and said, "Oh, I just remembered that I forgot to bring money when I walked in, so I walked out."

"If you don't buy anything at the supermarket, people will be unhappy. Just buy something, just some chewing gum." The boss took out 2 yuan and handed it to the man, saying in a panic, "At most I'll pay for you. Come on, take it."

"You idiot, if you are sick, go see a doctor." The man pushed away the money handed over by Da Lao Guang and cursed angrily. When Da Lao Guang was about to hold him back, another person walked into the supermarket, so he let go of the man and walked into the supermarket with Xiang Lan.

The two of them, each pushing a shopping cart, walked around the supermarket for more than an hour. After they had filled both carts, they walked to the checkout counter with satisfaction. When the cashier was checking them out, the boss just smiled and said, "Miss, we are the thousandth one. Do we have to pay for the shopping?"

The cashier was stunned for a moment, then asked in a strange tone: "How do you know you are the thousandth?"

"We were counting one by one just now. We came in at the 999th one. So we are the thousandth one." Xianglan laughed. The cashier covered her mouth and chuckled, "Count? How do you count? Are we the only ones who know it is the thousandth one? How do you count?"

"How could it be possible that only you know? We counted clearly." The big boss took out the paper they used to count, "There is only one stroke difference in 1000 correct characters. How come we are not the th one?"

"You can't count it this way." The cashier shook his head and said, "The total is 1895 yuan. Do you want to pay by card or cash?" Big Brother Guang was immediately angry. He didn't pay the bill or take the goods. He dragged Xianglan out and cursed after he walked out of the supermarket: "Now they can decide everything."

"Hey"

As the eldest brother Guang was cursing, the second brother and his wife suddenly jumped out from the side, giving the eldest brother Guang a fright: "What are you doing?"

"I should be the one asking you this question. I saw you standing here when I went out this morning, and I saw you standing here again when I came back at noon." The second brother looked at them suspiciously and said, "I finally saw you go in, but you didn't buy anything in two hours?"

Da Lao Guang and Xiang Lan looked at each other and sighed. Da Lao Guang waved his hand and said, "Anyway, it's a long story. Let's not talk about it anymore. Let's talk about it when we get back."

After returning to the Kang family, Kang Qirui, Ayao and Azu were all there, so the second brother pulled them together to listen to what the eldest brother Guang had to say. The eldest brother Guang and Xianglan had no choice but to tell their plan in front of everyone, and everyone was stunned after hearing it.

"I don't even want to talk about you, big boss." The second boss shook his head and said speechlessly: "How do you become a big boss? It's fine if you didn't tell us about this good thing, but you didn't even tell your mother-in-law?"

"It's better to give birth to a piece of barbecued pork than to give birth to you." A Zu criticized Da Lao Guang and handed him a fruit knife. Da Lao Guang took a step back in fear and said in fear: "No way? It's just a small mistake, it shouldn't be a death sentence, right?"

"Give everyone an apple to eat." A-Zu snorted helplessly. He was trying to give the big boss a way out with good intentions, and letting him give everyone an apple would be considered an apology.

The big boss took the fruit knife and explained while cutting the apple: "To be honest, we just wanted to do some work for everyone and buy some things."

Xianglan also spoke up: "That's what we thought at the time. We bought them and shared them with everyone."

"You have gained nothing now. You really bring shame to our Kang family." A Zu said unhappily. He just helped Da Lao Guang with good intentions but Da Lao Guang thought he was going to harm him. He is still angry now.

"You can't say that to the boss and his wife. They've been queuing for a whole day. Just forget it." A Yao said a good word on behalf of the boss Guang Xianglan.

“I really don’t understand. Xianglan and I were standing at the door, and we counted to the 999th person before we went in. But when we were paying the bill, the cashier said we were not the thousandth, and that we counted incorrectly. Only they knew who was the thousandth.” The boss was still very angry just thinking about it. He totally couldn’t understand what the supermarket said.

Kang Qirui glanced at him and said helplessly: "You are the 1000th person to enter the supermarket, but how can you be sure that you are the 1000th person to pay the bill when you count at the door?"

"That's right, how can you calculate accurately at the door?" Er Lao also looked helpless. He shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Are you a customer when you walk in? Can I go to the bathroom in the supermarket? The 1000th person who pays at the cashier must be considered the 1000th customer."

"A'er and A'yao are really smart." A'zu looked at Big Brother Guang and said, "Big Brother, since you know that your IQ is low, you shouldn't act alone. How about this? Let's go together tomorrow."

Seeing that everyone nodded in agreement, the second brother said, "Then I will arrange the work. The men will be responsible for moving things and rushing to buy, and the women will be responsible for counting the heads at the cashier. When they count to the thousandth person, they will immediately join in. Do you understand?"

"But there are so many of us, what should we buy?" Xianglan asked doubtfully, and A-Zu smiled and answered her: "It's simple, just buy whatever you like."

Just when everyone was filled with joy, Kang Qirui stood up and said, "Second Brother, this plan is very good, but it has overlooked a problem."

"What's the problem?" Er Lao asked curiously.

"If I'm not mistaken, everyone must want to buy a lot of things, right?" Kang Qirui looked around and said, "With so many things, it will take the cashier a long time to count them, right? The people at the other checkouts next to them have already paid, so the thousandth place will be someone else's, right?"

Everyone then realized, yes, how can we ensure that we are the thousandth customer to pay? Everyone thought for a long time but couldn't come up with an answer, so they all looked at Kang Qirui in amazement. (End of this chapter)