Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

"Please don't blame Xianglan for losing a thousand dollars."

During dinner, the nanny took advantage of Xianglan's washing her hands to quietly pull the boss aside and persuade her, "She hasn't looked right these past two days, but luckily she's calm now. If she had been depressed and stupid, you would have been able to help her."

"I understand." When the boss saw Xianglan coming back after washing her hands, he quickly agreed and signaled to the mother to stop talking.

Xianglan sat down and started eating. However, she was only eating and not picking up food. Zhu Wanling coughed and called to Da Laoguang, "Uncle." While she was speaking, she used her eyes to signal Da Laoguang to look at Xianglan. Seeing that Da Laoguang didn't understand, she had to make it clear: "Pick up food for sister-in-law."

Da Lao Guang finally reacted and put a few pieces of chicken into Xianglan's bowl, saying, "Wife, this is delicious, come and eat more."

"Sister-in-law, you really need to eat more. I think you've lost weight in the past few days." Zhu Wanling picked up a piece of Xianglan's favorite shredded potatoes with chopsticks.

"Don't be so polite. I don't have much appetite anyway." Xianglan still looked listless.

A Yao then advised: "Sister-in-law, why do you think so much? Money and material possessions are not worth it if you ruin your health."

"That's right, Uncle San is right. Money and material possessions are not brought with you when you are born and cannot be taken with you when you die. No matter how much money you have, you can't take it into the coffin." The second sister-in-law also wanted to comfort Xianglan, but her words always felt strange. The second brother interrupted her and said, "Can you say something more upscale?"

"This is called treating money as dirt. Kindness and righteousness are worth a thousand gold. Family affection cannot be bought with any amount of money. That's how it should be said."

Xianglan seemed to have not heard what everyone said, and remained in a daze. The big boss said, "Why are you so worried? It's nothing more than this. I will work harder and earn more money in the future. After the shop closes, I will help people carry manure and slaughter pigs. Anyway, it doesn't matter what I do as long as I can make money."

"Boss, can you also kill pigs?" A Yao asked. Boss Guang was speechless and laughed awkwardly: "I think it's similar to killing chickens and ducks."

"Don't do anything rash. It is illegal to kill pigs privately." A Yao, an official in the government, was familiar with these laws and regulations and stopped Big Brother Guang from having any wild ideas.

According to the Regulations on the Management of Pig Slaughter, the state implements a designated slaughtering and centralized quarantine system for pigs. Without a designated location, no unit or individual may engage in pig slaughtering activities, except for individuals in rural areas who slaughter pigs for their own consumption.

"Don't say so much, sister-in-law, it's like this." Lao Dou waved his hand to stop everyone from talking. He concluded: "In fact, everyone has different ways, and they are all for your own good."

"Dad, I know what everyone means. But I feel..." Xianglan actually understood everything, but she just felt uncomfortable. She put down her bowl and chopsticks, stood up and said, "I have a headache. I'll go back to my room first."

No one knew what to do for a moment, but Kang Qirui felt that this kind of thing could not be rushed. It was normal to be in a bad mood after losing money. Even if you are rich, you will still be depressed. It is not possible for someone to persuade you to laugh out loud.

He said: "Actually, I think you don't need to be so nervous. Who hasn't lost something? It's normal to feel bad after losing something. Think about how you felt when you lost something. Didn't you slowly get over it and it was fine?"

Everyone looked at each other and agreed that this was indeed the truth, so they stopped talking about it. But two days later, Big Boss Guang nervously told everyone that he saw a piece of paper in Xianglan's wallet, which said "To be or not to be, that is the question", and he asked everyone what this meant.

"What do you mean?" The second brother seemed to understand very well. He said speechlessly: "I am really impressed by you. What do you mean by asking us such a simple question?"

"Zong, if I understood, I wouldn't have to ask you." The eldest brother Guang looked anxious. The second sister-in-law spread her hands and said, "Everyone knows what this means, it's a matter of life or death. If you want to have a baby, then don't ask about the thousand yuan anymore. If you keep nagging like this every day, she will kill you. Don't you understand this?"

"Second sister-in-law, don't scare the boss." Kang Qirui looked at the second sister-in-law, then turned to the boss and said, "Actually, this is a famous saying from Shakespeare's Hamlet. The original text is: To be, or not to be, that is the question."

"The next sentence is: Should we silently endure the ruthless blows of harsh fate, or should we bravely fight against the endless suffering as deep as the sea and overcome it? I think my sister-in-law just used this famous saying to help herself get out of the predicament of losing money."

The second sister-in-law shook her head, disagreeing with Kang Qirui's words. She said, "Famous quotes, Shakespeare or something, does the eldest sister-in-law understand this? Do you think she has read the book that the youngest uncle mentioned? I think she saw this quote somewhere, and she is really thinking about whether to live or die."

Everyone looked at each other and felt that what the second sister-in-law said made more sense. With Xianglan's education level of a junior high school graduate, how could she possibly think about such profound things as the ruthless blows of harsh fate and the endless suffering as deep as the sea?

Zhu Wanling of course supported her husband. She said, "How could my sister-in-law be that kind of person? She is so timid that she doesn't even dare to kill a chicken, how could she dare to kill anyone?"

"That's right." Kang Qirui smiled. The second brother thought for a moment, slapped his thigh and said, "Boss, if a person can't figure out a problem, he will usually get stuck in a dead end. Getting stuck in a dead end means going to extremes. If she goes to extremes, what will she choose?"

"What?" Big Brother Guang asked anxiously.

"According to my analysis, given the eldest sister-in-law's personality, she will most likely choose to commit suicide." The second brother looked very serious, which frightened the eldest brother. He jumped up and stammered, "A Zong, how did you know that she wanted to commit suicide?"

"I'm not making this analysis casually. There are so many women here. I want to ask you a question." The second brother looked at his second sister-in-law, Xingzi, Zhu Wanling, and the mother, and asked, "What do you women usually put in your wallets?"

The second sister-in-law said, "Husband's photos, children's photos, bank passwords and other important things like that, so what?" Sachiko Zhu Wanling also nodded in agreement.

"So, the paper is placed in your wife's wallet, which means this issue is very important to her." The second brother said to the first brother: "Then think about it, considering your wife's recent mood, will she choose life or death?"

The eldest brother couldn't sit still when he heard it, "No, I'll go find her now." The second brother immediately grabbed him and said, "Why are you so impulsive? How are you going to ask her now? Tell her 'don't commit suicide'? Isn't that telling her that everyone knows her secret? Then she will have to die even if she doesn't want to."

"That's right. Now everyone is just making an estimate. You must not remind her." The mother also agreed.

"Then how do I know now whether she is real or fake?" asked Big Brother Guang.

"I heard someone say there is a way to test whether this person has suicidal tendencies." The second sister-in-law told everyone the method she heard from somewhere, and then said to the eldest brother Guang: "Go call her out and I will ask her."

Xianglan was taking a nap in her room when she was suddenly woken up. She thought something had happened, but her second sister-in-law said she just wanted to play an IQ test with her. She said listlessly and sleepily, "Okay, ask."

The second sister-in-law cleared her throat and said, "There are four cats that are thrown next to the trash can and no one wants them. There are white, black, yellow and calico. If you saw them, which one would you choose?"

"I think they're all cute." Xianglan said perfunctorily.

"You can't have both at the same time. You can only choose one. It's an IQ question." said the second sister-in-law.

Xianglan thought about it seriously and said, "Then I'll choose the black one."

The boss got anxious when he heard this. Just now, the second sister-in-law was the one who chose black and had the most serious problem. He said anxiously: "You are not right? You have to choose the black one instead of anything else. This time doesn't count. Choose again, choose again."

Xianglan frowned and whispered tentatively: "But I still want to choose the black one."

The others were all disappointed and worried. Xianglan was immediately at a loss, "What's wrong? Is what I said wrong?"

"They said that if you voted for black, you want to commit suicide." Kang Qirui said it directly, and they couldn't stop him. Xianglan asked in surprise: "I want to commit suicide? Who told you that I want to commit suicide? Why did I commit suicide?"

Kang Qirui continued, "The boss said he found this piece of paper in your wallet, which said that life or death is a question. They analyzed this sentence for a long time and concluded that you wanted to commit suicide."

Hahahaha
Xianglan laughed for the first time in so many days. She said with a smile: "What do you think? No matter how upset I am, I will not commit suicide. I can't bear to let Youyou go. I still want to see him get married and have children, and I will take care of his children."

As she spoke, she took out her wallet and took out the paper that the boss mentioned, "Is this the paper? You are such a fool, you don't even look at the back, it's my photo." She turned it over to show everyone.

It turned out that Xianglan went to chat with a fellow villager yesterday. Her fellow villager ran a printing, copying and photography shop. Her fellow villager insisted on taking a photo of her. Thinking of not wasting money, she just took a piece of paper and asked her fellow villager to make a color print.

Unexpectedly, such a misunderstanding occurred. Kang Qirui joked: "It doesn't matter whether it is a misunderstanding or not. The most important thing is how happy the sister-in-law is. The boss might be pretending to be ignorant and playing a clown to make the sister-in-law happy, hahahaha" (End of this chapter)