Chapter 94 Azu is moving out
The next day, Ayao took Kang Qirui's calligraphy and paintings to attend the director's wedding banquet. He drank until he came back drunk at night, and kept singing a ditty after entering. The old woman complained: "Oh, why are you so drunk?"
"As soon as I smelled this smell, I knew it must be Wuliangye." The second man smiled and said, "Your director is having a wedding banquet. A lot of people? Drinking so much."
"Of course, more than thirty," A Yao replied.
Lao Dou is most concerned about his calligraphy and painting, "Ayao, I gave you the director's painting, does he like it?"
"I like it, I like it very much." Ah Yao thought it was funny when he thought of this, "His daughter and son-in-law wanted to take it away, but he refused to let it go. They said it was given to him, so the lotus mandarin duck must be given to the newlyweds. "Ayao drank so loudly that he spilled the beans.
Lao Dou heard this and frowned and said: "Lotus mandarin duck? What I gave you is a flat melon?"
Kang Qirui hurriedly looked to the side to make up for it: "The third brother is drunk. How can you be serious when you say something like this? If you tell him that the gift is a statue of Guanyin, he will nod. "Ayao also reacted at this time, pretending to be drunk and said: "Yes, I gave you the statue of Guanyin. The elder liked it the most. He kept dragging me to drink and said I had a bright future. "
"He helped me drink until I couldn't recognize my mother's last name. ." Lao Dou said, this matter has finally come to an end. Kang Qirui and his second brother helped Ayao back to his room.
The second brother saw that A Yao didn’t look like he was unconscious, so he asked curiously: “A Yao, are you really drunk or are you pretending to be drunk? Did you really give Lao Dou’s painting to you? Director?”
A Yao returned to the room and lay down on the bed, and said angrily: "How can I get away if I don't pretend to be drunk? How can I get rid of Lao Dou's paintings? Yesterday A Rui gave me one of his paintings."
"So that's it, then you can go to sleep." The second brother pulled Kang Qirui out and whispered, "Mr. Rui, when are you going to give your second brother a painting?" Kang Qirui rolled his eyes, Refuse to communicate.
On September 1st, Kang Qirui returned to school to attend the defense meeting for promotion to associate professor. He hasn't reached his age yet, but he meets all the conditions for an exceptional promotion. In terms of teaching, he won the Outstanding Teacher of the Academic Year in the 2000-01 academic year; in terms of papers, five of his papers were included in the full text of "Xinhua Digest" and "College Liberal Arts Journal Digest"; in terms of writing, his published "Essays in the World" was selected into the Huaxia Literary research classics series; in terms of projects, he is independently presiding over the "Academic Origins of Traditional Chinese Literary Theory" project, and therefore received an exceptional promotion qualification.
He was lucky enough to draw No. 1 and was the first to answer the question. One month of preparation and ten minutes on stage. He felt that the whole defense process went very smoothly. After it was over, he went back to the office and chatted with his colleagues for a while, and then went home around noon.
As soon as Kang Qirui arrived home, Zhu Wanling couldn't wait to ask: "How is it? Did you pass?" After becoming pregnant, Zhu Wanling was still working, but the hospital no longer arranged for her to work night shift, but day shift It’s basically a three-day, one-day break.
"It's not that fast. The results will not be announced until everyone has defended, at least next week." Kang Qirui replied. This time there were assistant professors promoted to lecturers, lecturers promoted to associate professors, and associate professors promoted to professors. A large group of people were defending, and the results were announced uniformly, so they had to wait for a while.
"Oh." Zhu Wanling nodded, moved closer to Kang Qirui, and whispered: "The master is very unhappy now. He is angry with grandma."
"Huh? What's going on?" Kang Qirui was stunned. The two elders have always been very affectionate.
“During the painting class today, the teacher grabbed my grandma’s hand and taught me step by step. The master was already a little jealous, but then my mother said some sarcastic words next to me, and the master became even more angry. "The more Zhu Wanling talked about it, the more embarrassed she became. Master Zhu also had a lot of responsibility for this matter.
Kang Qirui shook his head and smiled bitterly. His mother-in-law and his old man seemed to be enemies, and there was nothing he could do. As for what made Lao Dou angry, he didn't really care. Being jealous was normal. The more jealous you were, the more affection you had. She could manipulate Lao Dou as she pleased.
Sure enough, when it was dinner time in the evening, Lao Dou was no different from usual, talking and laughing as usual. Kang Qirui knew that his mother had coaxed Lao Dou, the jealous king of Xiguan. After dinner, Lao Dou informed everyone to go to the living room to hold the third plenary meeting of the Kang family.
"Today, your mother and I went to the power supply bureau to pay the electricity bill. This is the electricity bill. Take a look at it." After seeing everyone gathered, Lao Dou got straight to the point and directly stated the theme of the meeting.
Azu took the electricity bill and looked at it, and was shocked, "Isn't it? One thousand four hundred and fifty yuan?"
"Old Dou, have you checked that? Is there something wrong with the electric meter?”
“There’s nothing wrong with the electric meter.” Lao Dou shook his head, “You don’t even think about it. You all turn on the air conditioners as soon as you come back, day and night. You know how distressed you are. ? Let’s see how the money is divided.”
"Old Dou, what do you mean, do we, the air-conditioning family, share the electricity bill?" The second guy asked, "In addition to the electricity bill for the air conditioner, who will pay for the rest?"
Old Dou nodded and said, "Aguang's room doesn't have an air conditioner. Although my room is equipped with an air conditioner, your mother and I are both afraid of the cold and not the heat, so we have never turned it on. The previous monthly average of 200 degrees is We'll cover it, and you'll share the rest equally."
"Old Dou, let me tell you about my situation. My room also doesn't have air conditioning. It should be between you and the other three. Each package contains 200 kilowatt-hours of electricity, and they should share the rest equally. "Azu wanted to cheat.
The second guy was so angry that he slapped Azu, "You bad boy, you sleep with me every night. I didn't ask you to charge half of the air conditioner. Now you don't even have to pay for the electricity." Don’t you want to pay?”
Azu also knew that he was in the wrong, so he just talked about it. In the final calculation, Lao Dou each paid 60 yuan for the electricity bill, Kang Qirui, Ayao and Yumei each paid 266 yuan, the second brother paid 399 yuan, and Azu paid 133 yuan. Except for Kang Qirui, who didn't care, everyone was in great pain. Fortunately, it was already September. "That's it for this month. Starting from tomorrow, each room will be equipped with an electric meter. I will pay for the installation of the electric meter. From now on, I will pay as much as I use for each room. The rest is for the use of common areas. Electricity is divided equally between everyone. Do you have any opinions?" Considering that some people like to turn on the air conditioner all night, and some people only turn on the air conditioner for two or three hours, Lao Dou proposed installing an electricity meter.
Everyone nodded and said they had no objection. Only the second sister-in-law raised her hand and said, "I have an opinion." Lao Dou raised the big sunflower fan in his hand to signal the second sister-in-law to speak directly. The second sister-in-law ignored the second brother's obstruction and said: "Well, if Yumi sleeps in the living room, how should this be counted? There are so many electrical appliances in the living room, so it is not fair to give her all the electricity in the living room, but it is not fair to exclude her air-conditioning electricity bill. That's fair. "
The second sister-in-law's words are not nonsense, they do make sense. Yumi sleeps with the air conditioner on in the living room, so how to calculate her electricity bill is indeed a problem. Lao Dou couldn't think of any solution at once, so he asked: "What suggestions do you have?"
Yu Mei looked at Ayao with pleading eyes, and Ayao also scratched his head, so he had to look at Kang Qirui , Kang Qirui thought for a while and said: "Yumi, just take an average number? How much electricity does the four air-conditioned rooms use? How about dividing one by one?"
It seems to be trying to get Yumi's consent, but in fact There was no room for Yumi to refuse. If she didn't want to do this, she would have no choice but to go back to the room and sleep. Compared with the electricity bill, she couldn't bear the high temperature in the room. So Yumei nodded and said: "Okay, let's follow what Brother Ari said, I will give the average."
The matter was resolved perfectly, and the third plenary meeting of the Kang family was declared over. Everyone watching TV took the remote control to turn on the TV. They wanted to go back to the room and stood up to go back. However, Azu stopped everyone, grabbed the remote control and turned off the TV. He said: "Wait a minute, wait a minute, we've finished talking about the electricity bill." "I haven't said anything yet."
"What can you do?" said the second guy angrily.
Azu insisted not to turn on the TV, "Excuse me for a moment, and then watch TV after I finish talking. This matter of mine is very important."
"You also have something important? What a strange story in the world. ." The second brother looked at Azu with shocked eyes.
"Yes, I want to tell you one thing, that is, I want to say goodbye to you. I hope that in the days without me, everyone can be happy and think of me." Azu It was as if he was giving his last words.
"Sai Zai, are you planning to die for your love?" The second brother asked after hearing Azu's words.
"Bah! You are not committing suicide for love." Azu quickly corrected, "I just want to move out."
Ayao was shocked: "Move out? Who will you live with? ?”
“Of course it’s Diana,” Yumi guessed.
The second brother frowned and said, "You don't want to imitate other people's new trial marriage trend, do you?" Kang Qirui also nodded in agreement, "It seems like something the fourth brother would do."
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"It's not Diana, I live alone. Don't think Diana is a foreigner, but she is very conservative. How could she have a trial marriage with me." Azu explained.
"A Zu, have you made any new friends? "Lao Dou asked.
"Azu, is it that grandma didn't take good care of you well? "The old lady asked with a sad look on her face.
Seeing that her mother was in a bad mood, Azu hurriedly walked to her side and comforted her: "Of course not, mother, you take good care of me. "The conscience of heaven and earth, the old lady is simply not too kind to him. He doesn't have to worry about anything. It's almost like the emperor's life.
"Then why do you want to move out? "Lao Dou asked.
Azu walked to Lao Dou and knelt down and said, "Old Dou, it's like this. I have a friend who wants to go abroad, so he left an apartment for me to live in and asked me to look after the house for him."
"Oh, so that's what it is. Were you born as a dog in your previous life? Did you guard the door for others all day long?" The second brother laughed at Azu directly, "Hahaha." Everyone was amused by the second brother's words. .
After hearing this, Azu was so angry that he ran over and pinched the second brother's neck, and said angrily: "It's so hot now, do you think it's comfortable to sleep with you? You kick me in the stomach every night. I feel so bad. There is another place with air conditioning for me to sleep. Can I not leave?" After playing for a while, Azu looked at Lao Dou with expectation. , as long as Lao Dou nods and agrees, he can move out.
"You can live wherever you want, but you must remember the Kang family's rules." Lao Dou didn't say anything, he just emphasized and agreed directly.
"I understand, Old Dou. Men and women are not allowed to live together before they are married. They are established at thirty, and there is no confusion at forty. It's clear." Azu immediately beamed when he heard Old Dou agree. As for the sect rules, that's a trivial matter.
Kang Qirui thought for a while and asked, "When do you plan to move out?" He thought that if he had time, he would help Azu move things. "I'll move tomorrow." Azu thought for a while and said. There's nothing we can do about it. He has to go to school for a meeting tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)