Chapter 8: A Fire in Winter
Li Minhao is a little unaccustomed to eating kimchi, and he had a stomach trouble for a while last night, in order to change Nier's habit of taking kimchi as a meal, Li Minhao made a plate of hot and sour cabbage today, which tasted a little better, and it was very good for rice. For Li Minhao, pickled ingredients are always not fresh enough, and the taste is not as good as fresh vegetables. It's just that in the past winter, there were few fresh vegetables, and the price was high, so it was difficult to preserve, forming pickles, which are easy to preserve food. This custom has been handed down for a long time, and the real benefit may be that Korean civilians rely on kimchi and pickles to survive in winter. After all, even if fresh vegetables are not cheap in winter these days, ordinary people mostly eat kimchi, and their own pickles are very cheap.
"Alice, how about a taste?" Li Minhao made the last dish of the day, the sour and hot cabbage please taster Park Xiyan usually, the sour and hot cabbage is red and white, the white cabbage and the red pepper are distinct, the knife work is delicate and the heat is in place, the sour and hot cabbage is very clear, exuding a pungent sour and spicy, which is extremely stimulating to people's taste buds. Park Hee-yeon didn't say anything polite, and put a slice in his mouth and tasted it carefully.
"In addition to the sweet, sour, spicy and crispy, there is also a little fragrance, the cabbage is delicious, and the pork belly is fat and thin, which is really good." At first, Park Hee-yeon was a little uncomfortable with the special taste of this stir-fry, especially the greasy taste, which was a little choking on the smell of oily smoke. After getting used to it, I feel that it smells good, and the dishes taste really good, especially the cabbage, which seems to be ever-changing, whether it is vegetables or meat, the cabbage tastes very good. Park Hee-yeon has never forgotten what Lee Min-ho said, this fruit-flavored cabbage is unique.
"That's good, I'm still afraid that I won't be able to adapt to being away for a long time." These side dishes made by Li Minhao have undergone some improvements to meet the tastes of himself and Jinnier and others to the greatest extent. But the eating habits are different, it seems a bit inappropriate to sing the mainstream Korean authentic Chinese stir-fry lightly, Li Minhao is not a fool, and it is easy to feel strange if he makes a bunch of authentic Chinese dishes.
The fragments of memory in Li Minhao's mind more or less have some impressions of this nation, which is a nation with deep national feelings and even a little fanatical. Maybe arrogant, maybe inferior, for some of the traditions of this nation, this nation attaches great importance to it. This is something that Li Minhao can't understand, but he has some helplessness to accept.
Now that I have become a Korean, even if I am rejected in my heart, I must adapt, Li Minhao has no boldness to declare that I have a Chinese heart, and my body is just a foreign object. This is irrational behavior, Li Minhao has thought for a long time, no matter where he is, as long as he is rich, he can make some contributions to the welfare home.
Li Minhao wants to understand this, and will not deliberately ask himself to maintain a lofty spirit, but bow his head, no matter how humble he is. Lee Min Ho is trying his best to learn to fit into this country where fashion and tradition coexist, and into a society where there is a huge gap between rich and poor. Eating habits can't be changed for a while, Li Minhao doesn't plan to change them, leave a little thought, and remind himself at all times.
"Well, it's better to live abroad than at home, and the food outside is not very suitable for my appetite." Park Hee-yeon gently wiped the corners of his mouth, chewed slowly, and his movements revealed a hint of elegance. A strange light flashed in Li Minhao's eyes, and a person's upbringing and temperament were more comprehensively reflected at the dining table.
"Yes, American fast food culture is not good for health, but fortunately, there are a few good Chinese dishes next to the school, and I learned most of these skills from there, and several bosses are very good people." Lee Min-ho knows that in the eyes of many South Korean people, China is a backward and ignorant country, and even many people think that they are still at the level of hunger, but I don't know if Park Hee-yeon understands it like this.
"Chinese cuisine is broad and profound, and reasonable Koreans should admit that." Park Hee-yeon's expression didn't change much, just mentioned Chinese food, and the corners of Lee Min-ho's eyes narrowed slightly, sure enough, many South Koreans feel that they are the center of Asia, and it seems that Park Hee-yeon is no exception. It's understandable, Li Minhao won't say anything, and now his identity is not allowed.
Li Minhao nodded, thinking that Jinnier was about to get out of school. I don't know if I've arrived, Li Minhao looked outside, there were still snowflakes floating, which was beautiful.
"Tick bell." Park Hee-yeon's phone rang, Park Hee-yeon answered the phone, and an urgent cry for help came from there. "Brother."
"Nier, what's wrong?" Li Minhao heard the eagerness contained in Nier's brother, and faintly cried a little, and Li Minhao felt a little bad in his heart.
"Alice, something may have happened to Nier, I'll take a look." Lee Min Ho put on his coat and shoes and ran outside, Park Hee Yan paused, turned off the gas, and ran out after wearing a coat.
"Li Minhao, you wait, I'll drive you." Park Hee-yeon's voice came from behind him, Lee Min-ho slapped his forehead, and the car was forgotten, even in the snow, the car ran faster than people. Li Minhao shook his head, he has relaxed in the past two days, this person is easy to not be calm, if it was original, these questions should have been thought of a long time ago.
"Thank you, Alice." Lee Min Ho got into the car, fastened his seat belt, and calmed down, Park Hee Yan observed that Lee Min Ho's expression changed and he was not flustered, his face was calm, and he nodded secretly.
Really, isn't Nile with them? How could something happen, Li Minhao's eyes jumped, not because of himself, maybe, yesterday's incident. No wonder, I had some good intentions to do bad things, but fortunately, a few children refused at that time, which was not too bad.
The car was fast, and within a few minutes, Li Minhao found Nier in a small alley, and a group of little girls were surrounded by a few boys who were a little angry. Sure enough, there are these nasty blacks everywhere.
"Alice, you wait here, I'll go over and have a look." Li Minhao came to open the door and came to the group of children in three or two steps.
"Brother." Jinnier was the first to find out that Li Minhao was coming, and shouted in surprise, Huixian, Xiaohao, Li Zhen knows Li Minhao, and when she saw Li Minhao coming, she breathed a sigh of relief, these people are so bad that they extort their pocket money, and they also want Nier to pay 500,000 protection money.
"Nier, are you alright?" Li Minhao ignored a few little boys, and when he was older, he learned to blackmail girls, which was really promising, and Li Minhao didn't have much affection for these children with black surnames. Even if the orphan Li Minhao has never done such an unproductive thing.
"It's okay, brother, these bad boys want Nier to ask you for 500,000 yuan as protection money." Nier pursed her lips and snorted at the four or five boys in front of her, her little face was full of joy, after all, Li Minhao was an adult.
The five little boys were a little apprehensive when they saw Li Minhao, an adult, the gap between adults and children was really too big. "You are the brother that Nier picked up, Nier said that you are very rich, you give us 500,000, and we will abide by the agreement to protect Nier from being bullied."
"Five hundred thousand? Child, I want to ask, why do you protect Nier, is it the wooden stick in your hand? Li Minhao pinched the little boy's little face, he was really naughty little guy.
"What are you doing, I'm a minor, you're moving, I'll sue you." The little boy didn't expect Li Minhao to do it directly, pinching his little face, Park Chanmi hates adults pinching his face the most, who made this child grow a fleshy baby fat face, it's really fun to pinch.
"Underage, you seem to have forgotten that you just blackmailed your classmates, I don't know which school you are a student in, I want to talk to your teacher, your education problem, maybe your parents want to know that their underage son has done such a brilliant thing, what kind of reward do you say they will give you." After Li Minhao finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Nier and the little girls, and said with a smile. "Nier, would you like to testify for your brother?"
"Well, we are willing, brother, you have to teach these bad children a good lesson." Nier nodded vigorously, Xiao Budian, Huixian, Li Zhen, Ximin and others nodded one after another.
The little boys panicked, and several people looked at each other, and ran away with a wow. "A bunch of little kids, and they still learn to be blackmailed." Li Minhao shook his head, these little things, really. Without these bad kids, the atmosphere is much better.
"Brother, okay." Nier's group of classmates greeted in unison, and Li Minhao nodded. "Hello."
"Nier, let's go, the meal is ready, today my brother made your favorite braised pork, but I don't know if it suits your taste." As soon as Li Minhao mentioned meat, Nier, Xiao Budian cheered, and hugged Li Minhao's arm left and right. Li Minhao turned his head and said with a smile and a few new acquaintances.
"Brother, Simin is a little meat worm, he loves meat the most, he will definitely like it." Xiao Budian shook Li Minhao's arm and made a little grimace at Ximin. Several children are quite quiet, not as lively as Xiao Budian, and their little faces are red and their little heads are dotted. "Thank you, brother, Ma bothered you.
"It's okay, you're all friends with Nier, let's go, slide slowly and carefully." Lee Min Ho led a group of little girls out of the alley, and Park Hee Yeon was standing by the car waiting for Lee Min Ho to see him come out.
"Hello." Park Hee-yan walked over with a smile, and the four little girls, Nier and Xiao Budian, Huixian, and Li Zhen, looked at Park Hee-yan with a little vigilance. After receiving a call from Park Xiyan, Nier was a little worried about whether this sister would snatch her brother and pick it up, and Nier asked the three children of Xiaobudian, Huixian, and Li Zhen to discuss.
Xiao Budian is the most active, raising his small fist and shouting to hit the vixen, Hye-hyun and Lee Jin nodded silently, and there is a tendency to join forces to fight against Park Hee-yan. Nier was hesitant at first, seeing that Park Hee-yeon was so beautiful, the little girl was afraid that her brother would run away from home again with this beautiful sister.
Li Minhao didn't know what Xiao Nier thought of a few girls, otherwise he would have laughed. "This is Sister Alice, Jiniel, Xiao Budian, Li Zhen, Huixian, these are Nier's classmates, so let's take Nier's classmates back first, we'll be there in a while."
There are so many people who can't sit down, so let's let the children of Westminster go back first. Park Hee-yeon didn't say much, nodded, and Simin, Xiuli, Jinhui, He Li and Xiao Bu got into the car with an excited face. Li Minhao, Jin Nier, Hui Xian, and Li Zhen walked back.
There was a little snowflake in the sky, there were not many pedestrians on the road, and trucks, motorcycles, and some tricycles were parked on both sides of the narrow streets. A big boy and three little girls with school bags on their backs, the boys looked handsome, with a hint of a smile in their eyes, and listened attentively to the three little girls talking about interesting things at school, leaving a string of footprints behind them.
Back at home, as soon as the door opened, the rich smell of hot pot came to the nostrils, and the three girls, Nier, Li Zhen, and Huixian, cheered, and trotted into the living room, where Xiao Budian was putting beef slices in the hot pot. The little blushed and stared intently at the red soup tumbling in the pot, very attentively. The rich aroma mixed with the spicy taste, overbearing stimulates your sense of smell and taste, and the flames are generally ignited in the mouth.
Li Minhao saw the little gluttonous cat like Jinnier, put down the book and ran to the edge of the dining table, sat cross-legged on the edge of the little dot, and happily rubbed Jiniel's little head. "Wash your hands, let's eat." Park Hee-yan held the stir-fried vegetables that were kept warm, and as soon as the steaming stir-fry came out, it attracted a lot of little gluttonous cats. The meals are arranged, the meat slices in the hot pot are cooked, and the seasonings are matched with their own personal taste. Lee Min Ho is the only man, said with a smile.
"Let's go."
"I'm going." Everyone cheered, picked up the chopsticks and started, the hot pot in the house was hot and spicy, a white pillar of fire in winter, a rare scene.