153 Women are Tigers
Seeing that it was already noon, Luo Da looked at Li Hai and the others, thought for a moment, and said, "How about we go get some food together?"
Before anyone else could say anything, Li Lin jumped up and said, "Great! Let's go eat hot pot!"
Li Wei had just put on her boots and came out of the practice room. When she heard that they were going to have hot pot, she immediately perked up. With the north wind howling, hot pot was perfect. She immediately said, "I'll go call Xiao Hui and we'll go together." Aunt Gao had made lunch, so she had to remember to ask her to take care of it.
However, Li Wei suddenly remembered a crucial question and turned back to ask, "Who's treating?"
Li Lin pointed and said, "Brother Hua, (*^^*) hehe..."
Li Wei nodded: "Then let's invite Sixth Senior Brother and Coach Meng too, the more the merrier." This good thing will be arranged by the sociable Li Lin, Li Wei only needs to call her own little brother.
But thinking about it, having a father like Uncle Luo is a blessing. Their family has a limit on pocket money. If she didn't have her own savings, she probably wouldn't be living such a comfortable life.
Uncle Luo is very generous to his sons. Their allowances definitely include meals, cigarettes, alcohol, and even gifts. As long as you can spend the money and have a plausible reason to him, getting funding is never a problem.
Of course, this only applies to the older Luo Da and Luo Er. As for Luo Xiao San, it's not so easy to talk to him. So Luo Xiao San often complained about this to Li Wei and the others, hoping that someone could put in a good word for him and get his dad to give him more pocket money.
Luo Da was not a big spender, and his third uncle had high hopes for him. As a student at No. 1 High School, he was both literate and skilled in martial arts, which earned him a lot of face in front of his friends and clients. Therefore, Luo Da's spending was basically unrestricted.
Uncle Luo was willing to spend a fortune to set up a martial arts school. The biggest reason was for his son; once he set his mind on something, Uncle Luo always had a gambler's mentality—daring to take the risk.
Luo Da embodied the boundless hopes of Luo Sanjiu's family. Luo Da himself was a sensible child who required no worry. How could Luo Sanjiu not invest heavily? Even when his business was facing financial difficulties, he never compromised on Luo Da's livelihood.
So spending money has never been a problem for Luo Da. The problem is that he doesn't have many places where he needs to spend money.
Sometimes the father and son would talk. Uncle Luo would take the initiative to ask, "Son, if you need money, just tell your dad. We men can't be short of money when we're out there. Spend money wherever you need it. Money gives heroes courage. Even a penny saved makes a hero. If you need money, just tell your dad."
Any normal child would be overjoyed to hear this, especially someone like Li Lin.
But who is Luo Da? Back when he was just a few years old, he went to the city with Li Wei and did a lot of small business. Besides eating at every restaurant in the city, he was already numb to seeing Li Wei carrying small bags of money home.
Those were poor years. Li Wei carried a small bag of money. Its value to most people back then was far greater than it is now. Luo Da, though quiet, was sharp-minded. He naturally knew money was a good thing. However, having been exposed to such pleasures too early, he wasn't as enthusiastic about it as most boys.
It's like rich people eating meat. Poor people think it must smell delicious, but when they get closer, they find that the rich people have stopped eating meat and are eating vegetables instead.
Luo Da is currently in the stage of eating vegetables. Although his father has created a good living environment for him in part, his indifferent attitude towards money is something he has cultivated since childhood, and Li Wei deserves a lot of credit for that.
A group of people left the building, and not far away was a bright red hot pot restaurant, where Li Lianhui was already waiting.
The group of eight or nine people found a private room. Li Lin's two classmates also came along because of Li Lin. These two guys now looked at Sixth Senior Brother Liu Jianguo with fanaticism, having completely forgotten about the pretty female classmates Li Lin and Wang Lin.
After seeing this, Li Wei found the two boys much more agreeable.
The waiter busied himself, handing out several menus to a few people so they could start ordering.
Luo Da didn't even look at it. He was never picky about food and was easy to feed. He simply gave the menu to Li Wei.
So Li Wei, Sixth Senior Brother, and Li Lin each got a menu and started ordering. They each ordered one or two dishes and then passed them on to the people next to them.
Since it's hot pot with mutton, there's not much need for stir-frying. At this time, it's not like a few years ago when all sorts of ingredients were cooked in the hot pot. It's relatively traditional and simple.
The hot pot was the kind with charcoal and brass, and it quickly became steaming hot all over the table. Everyone took off their coats and hung them up, then started putting ingredients into the hot broth, chatting and laughing, creating a lively atmosphere.
Li Wei and Li Lin drank hot tea, while the boys and the sixth senior brother ordered beer and started drinking.
Despite his ruthlessness and cruelty, Sixth Brother is actually quite handsome when he relaxes. He's not fussy and has a good sense of humor. A group of teenagers don't feel constrained or uncomfortable around him.
Not to mention Li Hai and Meng Shaodong, who are just young men in their early twenties, there is no generation gap or anything like that between them and Luo Da and the others.
Li Hai usually has two classes for gifted children. Li Wei and her classmates are in a class for older girls, and the other is a class for younger children under ten years old. This is because, among the three, Li Hai has the kindest face.
As for the stern-faced Meng Shaodong, he led two classes of boys through thick and thin, earning him the nickname "Little Black Hand" from the students.
No other reason than that Sixth Senior Brother Liu Jianguo is a master thief—
As for the purely hobby classes like health-preserving Tai Chi in the martial arts school, the sixth senior brother leads some, Li Hai leads a small group, and Meng Shaodong has nothing to do with them, mainly because his cold face is not very likable.
However, Li Wei felt that Meng Shaodong was a very honest and down-to-earth person, someone who kept his word and was quite reliable.
Actually, the sixth senior brother isn't that old, just over thirty, yet he's still single.
Li Wei suspected that he had been married before, and secretly inquired about it with Luo Da. Luo Da said he didn't know and hadn't asked. Li Wei said, "Don't you care about your sixth senior brother's marriage?"
Luo Da, that unfilial junior brother, looked at Li Wei and said, "Is this something I can care about? My mother even wants to introduce him to someone. Sixth Senior Brother didn't even pay attention, so I have no time to upset him. I'd be the one who suffers in the end."
Li Wei suddenly realized that Aunt Luo's contribution to social harmony and stability was actually quite significant. Without someone like Aunt Luo, what kind of happy family life could Luo Da and his sixth senior brother, who were considered barbarians, possibly have?
Just spend all your time in the training room; there's no place to create a violent atmosphere.
So she set her sights on the honest Meng Shaodong, who happened to be sitting on the other side of Li Wei. Li Wei casually coaxed Meng Shaodong into revealing all his family's wealth.
Meng Shaodong, male, 22 years old, unmarried, with parents who work as factory workers and a younger sister who is currently in junior high school...
Li Wei took a moment to whisper to Luo Da, who was sitting on the other side, "Hasn't your mother thought about finding a girlfriend for your junior apprentice Meng? Look at him all alone here, how lonely he is."
Luo Da looked at Li Wei with some surprise. He really didn't expect that Li Xiaoming would have the same hobby as his mother. Weren't they enemies? They actually had a lot in common.
He glanced at Meng Shaodong, who was focused on eating, and said, "Don't worry about me. Meng is already scared out of his wits by my mom. My mom can't do anything about my sixth senior brother, but she has plenty of ways to deal with Meng and the others. As soon as my mom comes to the martial arts school, Meng and Li Hai are so scared that they run away through the back door. You should just give up."
Li Wei —
Thinking to myself, these three are so ungrateful. We're arranging your marriages because we care about you, but they're treating you like you're avoiding a plague.
Li Wei found this somewhat unbelievable; these were all thick-skinned, grown men. Why were they so shy?
Li Wei found it increasingly unbelievable. She then struck up a casual conversation with Meng Shaodong, who had just finished a couple of beers and was flushed.
After much effort, when Luo Da finally finished eating and came out of the restaurant, he saw Li Wei standing at the entrance with a gloomy face, looking like she was carrying a deep grudge, pulling her hood up over her head.
Li Lianhui then told Luo Da that the three siblings would take a car home later, and that Hua Ge could stay at the house by himself if he wasn't going home that night; the house key was still in the usual place.
Li Lianhui said goodbye to his sixth senior brother and the others. The three of them prepared to take a taxi to the station to go home. Luo Da wanted to see them off, but then remembered that he had drunk some beer, so he decided against it. It wasn't far anyway. Li Wei, on the other hand, seemed a little strange. Usually, she was the one who greeted others on behalf of the three siblings. What was wrong with her today?
In the evening, Li Wei squeezed onto the heated kang (a traditional heated brick bed) with her grandparents at her maternal grandparents' house. While watching TV, she held a dark, frozen pear and sucked on its juice.
The master specially selected the finest white pears and froze them at the beginning of winter. When you want to eat them, soak them in cold water, and a thick layer of ice will form on the outside of the pear. Once you break it open, you'll find the soft, dark brown pear inside, but the flesh is still white. If you bite a small hole in the pear skin, you can suck out the sweet, sour, and icy pear juice. The taste is quite good.
Depending on individual taste, some people choose frozen pears or apples, each with its own unique flavor.
Li Wei was enjoying her pear juice when the phone rang. She jumped up from the kang (a heated brick bed) to answer it, thinking it was her aunt calling, but it turned out to be Luo Da.
This guy didn't go home that night. He went to Li Wei's house at the martial arts school and asked Li Wei where she kept shampoo and other miscellaneous things.
Li Wei grew impatient. It was so comfortable and warm in the bed, and the frozen pear felt chilly standing on the floor. So she said, "With your almost negligible buzz cut, why do you need shampoo? Just wash it off. You've got so much to do. They're all in the bathroom, it's such a small place, find it yourself! I'm hanging up now!"
When did Luo Da become so particular?
Li Wei didn't hang up, and Luo Da finally asked, seemingly casually, the question that had been on his mind: "What exactly did you and Xiao Meng talk about? You seem a bit strange."
Li Wei's temper flared up again upon hearing this. This Luo Da was just deliberately trying to make her uncomfortable. She said, word by word, "This is what your good nephew said: My mother said that women in Northeast China are really fierce, they are all tigresses who will eat people. Son, you should stay away from them!"
After saying that, Li Wei hung up the phone. She really wanted to shout to the heavens, "Who spread this rumor?! Tiger, no way!"
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