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

Chapter 182: Rejoicing, bringing up old things again, emergencies

Barber shop, rooftop.

"Qiang!"

Accompanied by the harsh scream of gold and iron clashing.

Li An pushed away the two knives in front of him, flipped his wrists, and the blades struck Lin Zhaodi's wrists one after another quickly and accurately.

Lin Zhaodi's wrists went numb as if she had been struck by lightning, and her two knives came out immediately.

With a slight frown on her brow, Lin Zhaodi twisted her waist, followed the trajectory of the two swords flying, stepped to the left, and stretched out her hand to grab it.

Li An's figure passed in front of her first, and the two knives fell into Li An's hands one after another.

He put the two swords together, walked to Lin Zhaodi, and offered them with both hands.

"Sister."

"I lost."

Lin Zhaodi took the two swords, but there was no discouraged expression on her face.

She tilted her head and looked at Li An up and down, a little suspiciously.

"My sword skills have become more proficient in the past month and a half, but why do I feel that the time I can hold out during a sparring session with you is shorter?"

"Of course he has improved even more during this time."

His temples were slightly gray and he walked over.

"Master."

"Master."

Xiantiantian nodded and walked to Li An.

"It seems you haven't slacked off during this time."

"Slightly improved."

Li An said modestly.

He still respects Yixiantian as his nominal master.

Although Yixiantian never mentioned letting him become a disciple since he started learning boxing, he treated him impartially and was no different from disciples like Zhou Sheng and others, or even valued him more.

Whether it was teaching boxing or some martial arts rules, he explained them clearly.

He fully fulfilled the responsibilities and obligations of a master, which he admired very much.

"good."

Yixiantian looked at Li An with satisfaction for a while.

He had seen the sparring between the two just now.

When competing with Zhao Di, Li An's attacks were sharper than before, and his control of timing was also sharper.

While he was relieved, he also had thoughts of testing, so he smiled and said:

"You haven't come to practice boxing for half a month, and it just so happened that we, the master and the apprentice, had a try together."

"Okay, Master."

Li An responded.

He had originally planned to find some famous museum owners to discuss with each other as a reference.

As the Baji Grandmaster, there is no doubt about his skill.

Now that Xiantian is interested, he, as an apprentice, will naturally not refuse.

Xianxiantian took off his white coat, revealing his shorts, and looked at Li An.

Putting the lancet in his hand back on the weapon rack, Li An walked three steps to the opposite side of the sky and stood still.

"Be careful."

After Xianxiantian said this, he immediately came closer and thrust his elbow into Li An's chest with strong force. He seemed to have no intention of holding back.

Even though it is just a hand-in-hand between master and apprentice, Yitiantian also abides by the rule of not holding back his strength.

Of course, this also shows that he pays enough attention to Li An as his apprentice.

Li An dodged and retreated, buckled his feet, turned his body to the left, and came behind Yixian Tian in a spiral step. He clasped his fingers on Yixian Tian's neck. At the same time, he raised his knees and kicked his right foot towards Yixian Tian's leg. !

"Oh, Baguazhang."

There was a smile on Yixiantian's face, and his reaction was very quick. The moment he twisted his waist and turned sideways, his knee hit Li An's sole.

Then he bent his arms into an elbow and hit Li An's arm with the tip of his elbow, trying to force away the five fingers that were clasped at his neck.

But what he didn't expect was that his apprentice would not dodge, but changed his moves in the middle and hit him with an elbow on the crook of his arm. He followed up with a buckle and swung closer, and slashed with his left hand horizontally. The single split palm of the hanging fist hit his neck!

Yixiantian stepped forward and stepped back, stretching out his arms to block.

"boom!"

This single split palm hit him firmly on the arm, and Yixiantian couldn't help but take two steps back.

"The buckle step of Baguazhang, the elbow lift of Bajiquan, and the single split palm of Piguaquan."

Yixiantian looked at Li An in surprise.

A mastery of the three boxing techniques?

How long has Li An been learning boxing from him?

How can this be

Seeing Li An slowly retreating, he couldn't help but ask:

"Have you mastered the three boxing techniques?"

Li An shook his head:

"Not yet. I just integrated the walking and turning of Baguazhang, the six major moves of Bajiquan, some throwing techniques, and some of the palm techniques of Piguazhang. There is still some way to go before the integration is complete."

When Lin Zhaodi, who was standing aside and watching the two of them compete, heard this, her eyebrows raised.

She knew how to master it, but with her new Baguazhang attainments, it was hard to imagine that Li An, a junior, had reached this point in his boxing attainments.

"Okay, come again."

Yi Xian Tian moved his sore arms and assumed a posture of carrying a mountain, and his face became serious.

Seeing that his master was waiting for him to attack, Li An was not polite and stepped forward.

Seeing that Li An was getting closer and closer to him, Xianxian Tian took the lead with a double split hand of split fist.

At the same time, Li An's reaction was not unpleasant. He changed his palms with Baguazhang to parry, and then pounced forward.

The master and apprentice took action almost at the same time.

Xian Xiantian no longer had any scruples. As soon as his double slashing hand was blocked, he stamped his right foot on the ground, stepped forward, leaned his shoulder against Li An's chest, and already struck with all his strength.

Li An twisted his waist, twisted his waist and raised his crotch, and hit him with the same body-hugging body.

Shoulders collided, and both of them took a step back.

As soon as Xianxian Tian regained his footing, Li An rushed over again. He raised his elbow and struck down, but unexpectedly, Li An made a mistake in his steps and went around behind him again.

Immediately after tightening his shoulders, his five fingers like iron hooks almost sank into his flesh. Before he could react, his whole body had already risen off the ground, and was left behind by Li An.

Li An didn't make another move, turned around and took two steps back, looking at Xiantiantian sheepishly.

"Master."

"You didn't throw me to the ground, you were already taking care of me as your master."

Xianxiantian waved his hand and made a rare joke.

There was no anger on his face, but he looked at Li An with satisfaction.

If one's disciples are better than others, it can only mean that one has taught well and has good successors.

It's totally a gratifying thing

"Don't be too late to practice boxing with Zhaodi."

After saying that, he left the rooftop with brisk steps.

Arriving at the barber shop on the first floor, he turned on the record player in the corner.

"Friendship is getting stronger, love has spread early, love is filling my chest, and I am holding flowers and pottery in my hands, and my dreams are in full bloom."

Cantonese opera with a distinct sea salt accent came out from the large brass trumpet in the shape of a morning glory.

Xiantiantian lay on the chair, squinting his eyes contentedly, and murmured:

"I came to Hong Kong with different ideas and wanted to prevent my ancestors' things from being lost. I didn't expect that Lin Lao also accepted the master's seedlings."

After Yixiantian left, Li An looked at Lin Zhaodi:

"Sister, do you practice boxing or weapons?"

"It's getting late now. We've been practicing all night. If you're not tired, I'm tired too."

Lin Zhaodi shook her head, pursed her red lips, and took a towel from the clothesline nearby and handed it over.

Li An took it and wiped the sweat from his face.

He walked to the table in the corner, picked up the watch on the table and looked at the time.

9:25 p.m.

It's still early.

Putting the watch on his wrist, Li An asked without looking back:

"Senior sister, are you hungry?" "Hmm?"

"I'll treat you to a midnight snack."

"Okay."

Lin Zhaodi nodded.

"Let's go then."

After turning off the lights, they went to the barber shop on the first floor. After greeting the master, the two of them went out.

Even at night, Nanjing Street is still full of people.

When the two of them arrived at the door of Fuyuan Restaurant, the buzz of people in the restaurant reached their ears.

Walking into the lobby, Li An looked around at the smoke-filled restaurant.

More than a dozen wooden tables were almost full, with only one table in the corner still empty, where several waiters in short shirts were busily shuttling between them.

"Amin!"

After pulling out the bench and sitting down, Li An waved to the young man who was closer to them.

"coming!"

The waiter named A Ming put down the teapot in his hand and quickly came to Li An's table.

Li An looked at Lin Zhaodi:

"What to eat?"

"You just decide."

Lin Zhaodi sat next to him and said softly.

Li An was not polite and said:

"Two bowls of noodles, milk buns, glutinous rice buns, and pork belly rolls

Well, there are also raw porridge and money tripe. The last two will be packed away after we finish eating. "

"Ok."

A Ming wrote everything down in his account with a ballpoint pen, added a pot of hot tea to the table, and turned to leave.

After a while, the snacks were served, and it was Li Jianguo who came over.

"Uncle, I'm coming."

Li An quickly got up and went to pick it up.

Li Jianguo looked at Lin Zhaodi aside:

"This is."

"My senior sister, Lin Zhaodi, is a doctor at the medical clinic not far across the street." Li An introduced.

"Uncle."

Lin Zhaodi stood up and shouted openly.

"Sit down, there's no need to be so polite."

Li Jianguo quickly waved his hand, then pulled out a stool and sat down.

"A'an, I haven't seen you here for a long time. I went to the barber shop to look for you a few days ago, but I didn't see you."

"I've been a little busy lately, so I didn't come over to practice boxing. What's the matter?" Li An asked.

"No, what can I do?"

Li Jianguo smiled and shook his head, then said:

"I haven't seen you for such a long time. May I ask about you? And your military uncle?"

"I'm fine. I'll tell Uncle Jun tomorrow and ask him to come and see you."

Li Jianguo waved his hand quickly: "There is no need to ask him to come here. Everyone has to make a living. Just let him come here when he rests."

He just asked about the situation since he hadn't seen Li An and Li Jianjun in the past month.

In his opinion, everyone comes to Hong Kong to make a living, and they can chat and reminisce at any time, and there is no need to delay work.

"It's okay. Uncle Jun is not busy at work and is always available."

Hearing what Li An said, Li Jianguo nodded in agreement:

"it is good."

"By the way, uncle, how have you considered what I told you last time?"

Meeting Li Jianguo again, Li An mentioned it again.

Li Jianguo pondered for a while and said:

"Uncle knows that you are making money now, but opening a restaurant costs a lot of money. If you lose money, all your money will be wasted."

“Uncle, you are so good at your craftsmanship and you are a down-to-earth person. There is a large flow of customers traveling from north to south, so you don’t have to worry about the restaurant’s business being poor.

I happened to know a few fellow villagers at the Sheung Wan Police Station, and they helped me find the shop, so it was guaranteed to be a prime location. With these errands taking care of me, no one will come to the restaurant to cause trouble. "

Li An received a lot of favors from Li Jianguo.

He knew the character of his uncle very well. If he gave him money directly, he would definitely not accept it.

Li An had no choice but to take a roundabout way.

It is not appropriate to be middle-aged, as it is like shouldering two heavy burdens, one is the burden of family, and the other is the pursuit of career.

He knew that his uncle had always wanted to open a small store, but he had been unable to make a decision due to the family burden.

Li An simply offered to buy shares and use his own money to help his uncle open a restaurant.

Seeing Li Jianguo's hesitation, Li An continued:

"Besides, you work here and earn a monthly salary of more than 100 yuan. Excluding the public housing rent and family expenses, there is absolutely nothing left on hand. You don't want a family of four to be crowded in a public housing all the time."

Li Jianguo was obviously moved. He lowered his head and thought for a while and said:

"Well, let me think about it. Even if I don't do it here, I still have to tell the boss in advance."

"it is good."

"Then you eat first, I have something to do in the kitchen."

Watching Li Jianguo leave, Li An picked up his chopsticks and said hello:

"Eat, senior sister."

"Ah."

Lin Zhaodi responded with a smile and nodded gently.

After finishing their midnight snack, it was already eleven o'clock in the evening when the two of them walked out of the restaurant.

What makes Li An feel strange is that the streets that used to be busy at this time of day are actually empty tonight, with almost no pedestrians.

Li An didn't react until he heard a faint fight coming from the end of the street.

Seems like a gang fight.

He didn't take it to heart and said goodbye to Lin Zhaodi. After Li An sent the packed midnight snacks to Yixiantian, he left Nanjing Street.

The next day, early in the morning.

Pier six.

"You mean, Wang Laoji was hacked to death last night and the place was swept away."

Li An sat on the stool and frowned.

He suddenly remembered the fight at the end of the street when he left the restaurant last night. There is also Wang Laoji's flower stall in the streets and alleys of Nanjing. The club fight last night was because someone was cleaning up Wang Laoji's place.

Wu Shihao sat opposite him and nodded quietly.

Seeing Li An's face looking a little ugly, he asked:

"what happened?"

Li An did not answer, but took a deep breath and asked, "Did anything happen to Ma Shaolin and Ma Shihao?"

Wu Shihao thought for a moment and said:

"It seems not. I saw someone scratching the two brothers in Zhongfang Street last night."

"Tell me, what's going on?"

Li An tapped his fingers on the table. If Big Ma was killed, Yuanfang Daily's shares would have to waste more money.

"Actually, I don't know the specific grudges. I heard about this from my brothers when I came here in the morning.

Last night, Chen Ah Shi led people to Sai Wan to kill Jin Yaju, but he was hacked to death by the opponent. Jin Yaju also suffered revenge, and sent people across the sea overnight to kill Wang Laoji, and also swept the His character is in Yau Ma Tei.

As for Ma Shaolin and Ma Shihao, they probably ran away. Because the Golden Tooth Horse in Sai Wan released news on the road that he would spend 20,000 yuan to find out the whereabouts of the two of them. "

Li An thought for a while and warned:

"You ask your brothers to pay attention to the whereabouts of those two brothers, and don't let these two jump to death.

By the way, let them find out what happened. "

"I understand." Wu Shihao nodded in response.

"I'll leave the matters at the dock to you. I'll go to the Sheung Wan Mission to see Li Zhengtao."

Li An stood up, let Long Chenghu stay at the dock, and left alone.

(End of this chapter)