Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

"Why aren't you opening the shop so late today?"

The boss was drunk yesterday and didn't get up until after 10 o'clock in the morning. After he got up, he found Xianglan still lying on the bed. After looking at the alarm clock on the bedside, he asked.

Xianglan said weakly, "I didn't go today because I was not feeling well. Ah Hua and the others were busy in the store, and there wasn't much business anyway."

The boss thought for a moment and said, "Why don't we close the store?"

Xianglan sat up immediately and asked in surprise, "What will I do in the future?" The elder brother had already made up his mind. He waved his hand and said, "What? Just stay at home and take care of the children like Wanling. Are you afraid that I can't afford to support you?"

"From the tone of your voice, you really think you're the boss, don't you?" Xianglan glared at the boss and said, "What kind of environment does his uncle have? He has several companies outside and a stable job at school. How can we learn from them? We don't know how long you can do this job. Besides, if you ask me not to go to work, I'll be bored at home."

The boss got up and changed his clothes, saying as he changed: "What do you mean by when? I tell you, as long as Mr. Wu doesn't retire, I won't have to worry about not having work. How about this, you go back to work at the clothing company? Like Ah Chan, you can get a salary with a title. You see, she stays at home to take care of the kids every day. Her deputy general manager must not have to do anything. Zhang Yongfang probably does all the work. And Wanling, I heard she also got the title of deputy general manager at the confinement center."

Xianglan was even more speechless after hearing this. She said, "Second sister-in-law has shares in the clothing company, and Wanling also has shares in the confinement center. Of course they can just hang a title and get a salary. Who are we? How can we learn from them?"

"Shares, right? Then you can go and work at Ruhao Tea Restaurant. They can get a salary if they have shares. We have shares in Ruhao, so we can also work at Ruhao and get a salary." The eldest brother would draw inferences from one example. Xianglan thought about it and felt that it made sense, so she agreed with the eldest brother to go and discuss the matter with the second brother. If the second brother agreed, she would of course be happy to do so. If he didn't agree, then she had no objection either.

But the eldest brother Guang did not go to the second brother privately, but told the second brother about this matter in front of the whole family during dinner. The second brother's first reaction was to oppose it. He thought that it was okay to come back to work, but it had to be a real job, not just a white-collar salary.

The eldest brother threw his chopsticks and slammed the table, and said to the second brother fiercely: "Zong, I think you are too outrageous, right? Your wife can have an empty title and a white-collar salary in a clothing company, but my wife can't?"

Before the second brother could say anything, the second sister-in-law spoke first. She also imitated the eldest brother Guang and slammed the chopsticks on the table: "Uncle, you can slam the table but I can't? What do you mean I have an empty title and a white-collar salary? You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want, I tell you."

Da Lao Guang smiled disdainfully and said, "Every time I see you, you are at home taking care of Siyu. What kind of job do you work?"

The second sister-in-law was so angry that she couldn't speak. The second brother said with a dark face: "Achan's main task in the clothing company is to watch the inventory and supervise Zhang Yongfang. In addition, although Achan is the deputy general manager, her salary is only 1 dollar. Arui can also testify to this."

Although Ersao and Wanling are deputy general managers, they are actually supervisors. And because they rarely go to work, they only receive 1 yuan in salary. I didn't tell everyone before because I thought that how much each person gets is a personal privacy and there is no need to tell the whole family.

After this was said, Big Boss Guang was speechless. Lao Dou advised him, "Forget it, forget it. Let's stop arguing and eat."

The eldest brother scratched his head and said, "A Zong, I might have said something too harsh just now, I'm sorry." The second brother turned over and said nothing. Kang Qirui picked up a piece of chicken for him and said, "Forget it, second brother. The eldest brother already said sorry to you." The second brother still didn't say anything, just nodded.

Kang Qirui turned around and said to Big Brother Guang, "If you really don't want to open your own shop, then Sister-in-law shouldn't go to Ru. Just go to the clothing company. I heard from Yongfang that two store managers have resigned. Sister-in-law can be a store manager. Anyway, Sister-in-law was a store manager when she was in a clothing company before. She is familiar with the work. It would be better for you to go there and be a waitress."

Xianglan smiled and agreed after hearing that. Kang Qirui continued, "As for you, boss, if you have no job outside in the future, you can come back to work. There will be no problem between you and the clothing company, right, boss?" The boss didn't say anything, but just nodded.

But Big Boss Guang got angry again. He said, "If I lose my job outside, can I come back to work? Are you kidding? I have so many social events outside now. I can work for another ten or eight years without worrying about getting crippled."

Even Xianglan couldn't stand what he said. She picked up a piece of roast goose and stuffed it into Da Lao Guang's mouth, "Hubby, eat your meal. Why do you have so much to say?"

Da Lao Guang subconsciously spit out the roast goose and said with disgust: "What is this? I don't like to eat these things now." "A Guang, you used to like roast goose the most?" asked the mother.

"Mom, what do you want to order?" The big boss still had that disgusted expression, "Now when I eat out, every meal is chicken, duck, and goose. I'm tired of it after eating so much."

"Then what do you want to eat?" the nanny asked.

"What to eat?" Big Brother Guang answered, "Changbai Mountain Sparrow, Mediterranean Grouper, Caucasian Rice Shovelhead and other things." He stood up and said, "I have no appetite after seeing these things. I won't eat them. You guys can eat slowly."

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. This big man has only been a stand-in for a few days? Does he really think he is the big boss? The second sister-in-law said sarcastically: "It's sad. Society has changed. Master, no wonder people say that sudden poverty is hard to resist and sudden wealth is hard to look at. Look at the miserable look of uncle. His tone is louder than the air. It's unfair to see him."

The teasing expressions of the crowd made Xianglan feel embarrassed to stay in the dining room any longer. She said hello to everyone, said she was full, and stood up to go back to her room. When she returned to her room, she said to Da Lao Guang, "Husband, please be careful with your words at home in the future. If you really close the restaurant, I will have to go to the clothing company to work for my second uncle and youngest uncle. You have to consider the Buddha's face even if you don't consider the monk's face."

"The restaurant will definitely be closed. There is no business all day and the losses are getting higher and higher. As for whether you want to work in a clothing company, let's talk about it later. Anyway, I, your husband, can support you." The boss thought about it and changed the subject: "Wife, how about we hire an English tutor for Tianyou?"

"Our Tianyou is only 3 years old. Should we hire a tutor so early?" Xianglan stopped talking about work. The boss Guang said, "I heard that the younger you start learning English, the better. If he learns well, we can send him abroad to study. What do you think?"

Xianglan was attracted by what Big Boss Guang said. She paused for a moment before saying, "That's good, but it would cost a lot of money, right?"

Da Lao Guang couldn't help but laugh and said, "Isn't it just money? It's nothing, it's settled." As he said that, he took out a pen and paper, wrote a job advertisement for a high-paying English tutor, and posted it on the notice board at the street corner.

The next morning, after receiving a call from Secretary Diao, he immediately went to the Xixili Group. As soon as he sat down, he said, "Secretary Diao, I was not used to having nothing to do yesterday. I couldn't sit or stand at home. I wonder if these are occupational diseases?"

Secretary Diao smiled upon hearing this and said, "Weren't you afraid of socializing with others before? You've made great progress. Now, your work attitude has become more positive."

The boss just waved his hands and responded with a smile: "It's the same as before. When I first debuted, I stuttered. Do you remember that time when I went to cut the ribbon and read a fruit message? Now I think about it and feel embarrassed."

When talking about the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Secretary Diao rolled his eyes and said unhappily, "How dare you say that? Fortunately, I scolded you and woke you up that time."

The boss smiled awkwardly, "People will improve, just like the saying goes, if you leave a broom for a long time, it will become a spirit." Secretary Diao didn't want to listen to his long-winded talk, so he interrupted him and said, "Okay, okay, you don't have to throw your schoolbag at me. Let's get back to the topic. You have to attend a dinner party on behalf of Mr. Wu at noon today. I have to go to the airport to pick up Mr. Wu. You have to go first. I can arrive later. Is that okay?"

"Secretary Diao, if you don't have time, you don't have to come over. I can handle it by myself." The boss was full of confidence, but Secretary Diao didn't trust him. "Don't bother me. These people are the backbone of our Lingyou branch. They came to the company to report their performance. Now the company plans to treat them to a meal as a reward. How about this, you just eat and don't say anything. It will be troublesome if you say something wrong."

"Oh, just let it go. Do you think I would be so stupid as to read messages? Okay, okay, just let it go." Big Brother Guang was still so confident.

The more he acted like this, the more worried Secretary Diao became. After picking up Wu Jiaping at the airport and bringing him home, he rushed to the hotel without stopping. He hurried to the hotel's private room, and just as he was about to push the door open, he heard the boss Guang saying, "One more thing to add. I've read a lot of company information recently and have a good grasp of the company's internal situation. Finally, I want to talk to you about financial issues. Yes, we made a lot of money on paper, but we don't know where the money went."

Secretary Diao was so scared that he quickly took out his cell phone and called Big Boss Guang. As soon as he answered, he angrily said, "Kang Qiguang, you're telling the company's secrets? Don't you want to work anymore?"

"Ah? Did you hear it? If you don't want to tell me, then don't tell me. Why are you so nervous?" The big boss just shrugged and said, "You're here? Come in and have dinner." (End of this chapter)