Hong Kong Comprehensive: Who said that those who practice martial arts have no money?

Chapter 177 Drunk in the arms of a smart woman

Initially, restaurants and teahouses were two separate businesses.

The restaurant does not sell refreshments, the teahouse does not operate the evening market, and the water in the well does not interfere with the water in the river.

It was not until the 18th century that this rule was broken, night tea appeared, and teahouses began to open at night, providing tea and snacks.

The brown glass round coffee table is almost full of several snacks.

Quick-sand buns, partridge egg shaomai, Qiansi rolls, Sibaozha, and egg powder.

Rich color and fragrant aroma.

Huaman's eyes lit up and she turned to look at Li An:

"Looking at it makes me appetite, but I can't finish eating so much."

Li An handed over a pair of chopsticks and said with a smile:

"It doesn't matter, I'll keep my belly. Let's go together?"

"Okay!"

Huaman smiled when he heard this, and his eyes curved into crescent shapes.

He put down the account book in his hand, took the chopsticks, picked up a piece of Shaomai and put it into his mouth.

After spending the past few days together, she was a little surprised that the little man in front of her was unexpectedly considerate and gentle.

It seems completely inconsistent with the youthfulness of a twenty-year-old man.

Let her, a woman who is five years older than the other party, experience the fantasy of being a little woman.

"Why, I have flowers on my face?"

Seeing Hua Man's eyes staring at him, Li An smiled and joked.

I casually picked up a quicksand bun and took a bite. The golden quicksand filling was wrapped in the aroma of wheat and I bit into my mouth, which was full of sweetness.

"Oh Nope."

Huaman came back to her senses, a blush flashing across her face.

After chewing the Shaomai in her mouth and swallowing it, she spoke again:

"I saw you guys hadn't finished talking before, and the store was about to close, so I went to your store to help you do some accounting."

"How's the turnover today?"

After asking vaguely, Li An stuffed the remaining quicksand buns into his mouth.

Huaman pursed her lips and said with great interest:

"Six thousand two hundred and eighteen six, which is an increase of nearly fifteen hundred yuan from yesterday's turnover."

"Now only residents in a few streets near Lung Tsun Road know that a new store has opened. It is very good that the turnover can maintain this growth rate."

Li An nodded, quite satisfied.

Of course, compared to the city's population of nearly 30,000, this turnover is far from meeting the requirements.

But considering the opening of the new store, many neighbors in Chengzhai don't know about it, but they can accept it.

With the price level of this era, as long as the turnover can increase steadily and maintain a daily income of more than 15,600 yuan, it means that the store is on the right track.

Calculated based on 20% of the overall retail gross profit, a daily income of 15,600 yuan is almost a gross profit of just over 3,000 yuan.

The profits are relatively considerable.

Huaman thought for a while:

“It’s a bit slow to rely on word of mouth among the neighbors. You can post flyers or something.”

"I have already thought about it. During the day, I have asked shop assistants to post flyers all over the city. I think there will be an increase in customer traffic starting tomorrow."

The two chatted while eating.

From Huaman's inquiries from time to time, Li An could feel that she seemed to be very interested in it.

After finishing the snacks, Huaman cleared the coffee table and sat next to Li An.

"By the way, are you ready to leave the walled city?"

Li An nodded and said truthfully:

"I have finished all the things I need to do when I come to the Walled City this time. There will be welfare meetings for Quan Lao and Ya Lao, as well as the people I left behind, so there won't be any problems.

After staying for nearly half a month, it was time for me to check out the business on the dock. "

It can be said that Li An gained a lot from this trip to the walled city.

Not only did he successfully obtain the grappling, wrestling and iron cloth shirts he longed for.

He even got a windfall unexpectedly.

The two money-giving boys, Fat Zai Chao and Luo Tuo Ding, raised their hands to give 600,000 Hong Kong dollars to Ang Lee.

And Ke Wanlong’s six hundred thousand. (One hundred thousand from the gambling house, five hundred thousand from the pink brick.)

430,000 Hong Kong dollars from the Fung brothers, and 400,000 Hong Kong dollars from the longevity gold.

The total amount is nearly two million.

Excluding the HK$330,000 spent on upgrading skills and the HK$120,000 spent at the supermarket, Ang Lee had more than HK$1.5 million in cash remaining.

No one is rich without windfall.

This money allowed Li An to save at least nearly two years of capital accumulation.

Not to mention, the Welfare Association's security team can also help him maintain a lot of manpower in the walled city.

Huaman tilted her head and leaned on Li An's arm, and asked softly:

"when are we leaving?"

"Just these two days."

Hearing this, Huaman's beautiful eyes darkened, and she seemed a little reluctant to give up.

Li An saw Hua Man's expression in his eyes and said in a teasing tone:

"You don't think I won't come back after leaving the walled city, do you?"

"Where is it?"

Huaman avoided Li An's eyes and whispered softly.

Li An smiled knowingly and stepped forward.

Her face was very close to Huaman, her eyes wavering.

“My previous rental house was occupied by someone else, and now I have no place to stay.

Besides, I haven't found anyone to take care of the shops in the Walled City yet, so I will come back to Kowloon City in the evening. "

"Really?"

Huaman blinked and kissed Li An on the face like a dragonfly, with a sweet smile on his face.

"certainly."

Li An murmured and lowered his head.

A young man of twenty years old, full of energy.

Naturally, I am drunk with the warm fragrance of nephrite, and the flowers in the world are colorful when spring comes!

It actually echoed the memes on the Internet in later generations.

Drinking and sex make people haggard.

However, whether he was haggard or not, Li An didn't feel much, but slackness was indeed a thing.

In the past, Li An would get up at around five o'clock every day to practice boxing.

But he was tired of being in the dance hall these days, and Li An didn't get up until seven or eight o'clock. It was obvious that he was slacking off.

Glancing at the sleeping woman next to him, Li An lifted the thin quilt and tiptoed out of bed.

"Should I quit drinking too?"

Li An murmured quietly.

Gathering my scattered thoughts, I walked into the bathroom with a pair of slippers.

After briefly washing up, Li An glanced at the still sleeping woman, with a rare warmth between his eyebrows.

Close the door and go to the next room.

The room was not big, it looked like it was only about 16 or 7 square feet. It was empty except for a weapons rack.

It used to be the training room of the Feng brothers. Because Huaman also practiced boxing every day, it was kept without any changes.

After moving his shoulders, Li An stood up straight.

Take a deep breath, make fists with both hands, bend your arms into elbows, move your feet forward and back, and step forward.

Along with the clearly audible strong wind of fists and kicks, Li An's strength was combined, and a set of King Kong's eight moves was powerful and fierce.

Immediately after the posture of the feet changes, the feet are buckled and clasped, the palm of the left hand is facing inward, the palm of the right hand is facing outward, the knees are closed, the waist is twisted, and the Baguazhang moves like clouds and flowing water.

After a set of boxing techniques, there is no stiffness in the movements.

Li An also carefully understood the changes in strength in various boxing techniques.

Today's Li An, with the walking and walking movements of Baguazhang as the core, has initially integrated the six major openings of Bajiquan, some palm techniques of Piguaquan, and the throwing techniques of wrestling.

However, if you want to truly integrate the several boxing techniques in your body, you still need to hone your skills.

Maybe it would be helpful to find some good martial artists to compete with.

However, with Ang Lee's current fighting experience and boxing skills, there may only be a handful of people in Hong Kong who can fight with him without using the Iron Shirt.

The strong wind of fists and feet gradually subsided.

Li An exhaled gently and wiped the sweat from his forehead with a towel.

Turned around and walked out of the room and went downstairs.

Arriving on the first floor, Li An saw Long Chenghu with his hands in his pockets and a straight body.

"When did you come?" "Eight o'clock."

Long Chenghu habitually had a cold face, expressionless.

Li An said as he walked out:

"When you recover from your injury, let's spar."

"I'm no match for you."

Long Chenghu answered simply.

He saw the fierce fight between Li An and Yang Zhuluan that night. The result of fighting Li An might be the same as that of Yang Zhuluan. He still couldn't break Li An's defense.

Li An smiled:

"I don't use the Iron Cloth Shirt. We are just comparing martial arts skills."

There is no doubt about Long Chenghu's skill.

Even against well-known martial artists like Ip Man, he might not give in too much.

Comparing with each other can also provide a certain reference for the integration and penetration of one's own boxing techniques.

This time, Long Chenghu did not refuse, but thought for a moment and nodded in agreement:

"That's all right."

Li An smiled when he heard this.

When the two walked out of the ballroom, he paused and said to Long Chenghu:

"I'm not Ke Wanchang, you don't have to be so serious and act like a bodyguard.

There's no need to follow me specially. Just go ahead and do your work. If anything happens, I'll tell you in advance. "

"it is good."

After watching Long Chenghu leave, Li An walked to Longjin Road alone.

Come to Baihui Supermarket on Lungjin Road.

As soon as I walked in, a salesperson shouted:

"boss."

Li An hummed and smiled in return.

At this time, the supermarket is busy, with an endless stream of customers entering the store to buy seasonal vegetables and meat.

Near noon, Huaman came to the store wearing beige nine-point pants and a pair of white women's leather shoes.

Li An walked over.

"Don't you have to worry about the dance hall?"

"There is no need for me, the boss, to stay in the ballroom all day long if someone is watching."

After saying that, Huaman took Li An's arm.

She pulled Li An out of the store and said with interest:

"Are you free this afternoon?"

"how?"

The woman tilted her head and replied:

"When you leave the Walled City, who knows if you will come back often. Let's go eat first, and then go to Tsim Sha Tsui after dinner."

Li An smiled:

"Want to find someone to carry your luggage?"

Huaman raised her chin: "Of course."

"Row."

"There happens to be a food stall at the gate of the city with good food. Let's go."

Huaman took Li An's arm and the two walked along Longjin Road to the east of the city.

The east gate of the walled city.

As meal time approaches, the smoke-filled food stalls are bustling with people.

Seeing Huaman and Li An walking in, a young man in a vest greeted him enthusiastically:

"What to eat?"

Huaman reported the name of the dish with ease:

"A pan-fried oyster, plain-cut chicken, steamed fish with rice flour, and a pot of tea."

The young man nodded and greeted warmly:

"Wait a moment. You two should find a seat first. There is some tea on the tea table. I will bring you a pot of hot tea later."

The two found an empty table, and before they could pull up the stools and sit down, a crisp voice came from the table next to them.

"Lee An."

Li An looked up following the voice, and saw a woman wearing a red and white plaid coarse cloth singlet looking at him.

Li An looked at the woman carefully:

"Audrey?"

The two have only met twice. At this time, Audrey was dressed in a simple dress of coarse cloth. When they met for the first time, she was completely different from the exquisite rich girl who was wearing a gorgeous long skirt and expensive jewelry. No wonder he didn't. Recognized at first sight.

At this time, the man with his back turned around.

It is the dragon that becomes the tiger.

Li An smiled and said hello:

"What a coincidence, you are here to eat too."

Seeing an acquaintance, Long Chenghu glanced at Audrey, seeming a little embarrassed.

Before he could speak, Audrey stood up first and said gratefully:

"You saved me and the kitten last time and avenged my father. I haven't even said thank you yet."

In his words, he didn't seem to mind at all about Li An killing Yang Zhuluan.

But yes, regardless of whether Yang Zhuluan is her biological father or not, a man who can even kill his own daughter will have no regrets if he dies.

Li An waved his hand:

"You don't have to thank me."

Audrey did not say anything more about this matter, but invited:

"We haven't eaten yet, and the dishes Xiaomao ordered are a bit too much. How about we come together?"

Li An took a quick look and saw that there were more than a few.

Five or six dishes have already filled most of the Eight Immortals table, and the waiter is still serving the dishes.

Long Chenghu was so rich, it was obvious that the two of them had something to talk about.

Li An didn't even have this bit of vision, so he waved his hand and refused:

"No, we have already ordered the food, you can eat it yourself."

Long Chenghu breathed a sigh of relief and cast a grateful look at him.

Li An smiled knowingly, pulled out the stool, and sat down with Hua Man.

The waiter also came over, refilled the hot tea and put it on the table.

Li An stood up and made two cups of tea.

Huaman took the teacup, looked at Li An, and asked with interest:

"You said last night that you haven't found anyone to help manage the supermarket?"

"Yes."

Li An took a slow sip of tea and raised his head:

"Do you have any good candidates?"

Huaman's eyes lit up, and she pursed her lips without leaving any trace: "As for the candidate, don't you have a suitable one in front of you?"

Li An said with a half-smile:

"You don't have to worry about the dance hall anymore?"

"My dance hall is managed by someone. Look at my Boundary Street dance hall. Apart from occasionally checking the accounts, I almost don't have to worry about it.

Anyway, I have a lot of time, so I might as well help you take care of the supermarket. "

After a pause, Huaman continued:

"Besides, I'm also very interested in supermarket retail."

She could see that Li An had high expectations for the supermarket below.

Huaman has a clear understanding of human nature since she was a child.

From a psychological level, it is almost instinctive to like the new and dislike the old.

It doesn't matter if it's a man or a woman, but there's no doubt that men are probably stronger in this regard.

The two parties have been together for a long time. Instead of worrying about Li An losing his freshness and getting tired, it is better for him to take the initiative.

Help An Li with business matters and become Li An's right-hand man.

Li An glanced at Hua Man meaningfully and nodded.

"Okay."

A sweet smile appeared on Huaman's face.

"Then it's settled."

As for whether Li An saw through her thoughts, she didn't care too much.

(End of this chapter)