Winds of Change in the Quiet Town Chapter 6

After Ethan Zhao left, only Blake Tang and Celia Liu were left. Celia Liu asked Blake Tang to have dinner with her.

"I wonder who else is in your family, Blake Tang?"

"My mother is the only one left at home. My father passed away some time ago."

"Sorry, I'm sorry." "It's okay, it's okay. What about Sister Liu?"

"I guess you have heard about my situation. I won't tell you anything else, except that I have a two-year-old daughter who is naughty and cute."

Celia Liu smiled when she thought of her daughter Xiaobao; Blake Tang looked at Celia Liu with a gentle face, and his admiration for her reached a new level. She had a child at such a young age, and she was taking care of the child and running a restaurant. She was really a strong woman. She seemed to have forgotten that there were maids and servants in ancient times~.

After signing the contract, Blake Tang did not stay long, but he could not take the iron pot with him.

With the fifty taels of silver that Celia Liu had advanced to her, he took Ethan Zhao to the blacksmith shop to order a few pots. He told Brother Wang that the pots must be kept secret, and took the drawings back.

She pushed a cart to the cattle market to buy cattle. She didn't know how to look at a cow, so she just followed others and watched and listened to how others bought them. Finally, she decided on a three-year-old cow, which was in its prime and expensive. She paid fifteen taels of silver for the ox cart.

After learning how to drive cattle from the cowherd for a while, she drove the ox cart home. In fact, it was almost the same as riding a horse, and she learned it quite quickly.

On the way back, I kept thinking about Xiangmanlou and how I could provide her with more dishes. Not only should I make Xiangmanlou's business good, but I should also keep it going. I have to think long-term. After thinking about it, I felt that I should go and give Marcus Zhangmazi another lesson.

I also need to find some people to see if I can train their skills so that they can be my helpers and have an extra guarantee in the future. After all, no matter how good her kung fu is, two fists can't beat four hands.

The most urgent thing is to exercise more. Now that I have a stable income from Xiangmanlou, I have time to improve my physical fitness and plant the acres of land I bought. Good land cannot be left to waste.

After returning home, Blake Tang would get up at 1:00 a.m. every day to go to the back mountain to exercise. He would tie a homemade sandbag to his feet, and first run, then do frog jumps and Sanda. He also cut down a piece of tree in the deep mountains by himself, fenced it off, made some auxiliary training equipment and put it there to make it convenient for him to come here for training.

He had breakfast in the morning and then went to the fields to plow the soil. Blake Tang planted several acres of land with wheat, soybeans, corn, cabbage, and radishes. At 3 p.m., he went up the mountain to hunt and chop wood as usual, as if he was carrying a heavy load and walking fast.

After a few days of this, I felt my body became more sensitive.

When she went to the town again, she did not go directly to Xiangmanlou. She looked around the town and found Marcus Zhangmazi and his gang outside the gambling house. Marcus Zhangmazi wanted to run away when he saw her, but Blake Tang took a few quick steps to stop Marcus Zhang. "Mr. Tang, how come you have time to come to the town today?"

Last time, Marcus Zhang suffered a loss at the hands of Blake Tang, so he went to inquire about Blake Tang's background and found out that she did not live in the town and was a hunter.

Blake Tang didn't want to waste time talking to him, so he warned him and gave Marcus Zhang two taels of silver. "I have a cooperation with Xiang Man Lou. You'd better not mess with Xiang Man Lou in the future. I don't live in the town. If Xiang Man Lou or Mr. Liu have any problems, please inform me."

"Okay, okay, Master Tang. Master Tang is very open-minded. I promise to have my brothers take good care of Xiang Man Lou and not cause any trouble."

"I'm glad you understand. By the way, let me ask you, where do the little beggars on this street rest at night?"

"Master Tang, you have asked the right person. It is in the dilapidated temple in the west of the city."

"Okay, you guys have a drink, I'm leaving."

"Okay, Mr. Tang, take care."

Blake Tang drove the ox cart to the dilapidated temple, but after thinking for a while, he went to the rice store to buy some millet, brown rice, beans, etc.

She arrived at a dilapidated temple in the west of the city and parked the ox cart aside. When she entered the temple, she saw several children looking at her with wary eyes, and several crying babies wrapped in rags.

As she walked further in, a few children who looked about three or four years old blocked her way. They looked very scared, but still pretended to be calm and asked her, "What are you doing here? There are our brothers and sisters in there, you can't go in." Blake Tang was also from an orphanage, and looking at their wary eyes, she felt sad. The stronger she looked on the outside, the more fragile she was on the inside.

She squatted down and lowered her voice, "Hello, I want to ask who is the boss here." It was obvious that the big one went out to beg for food, leaving the younger one here to take care of the younger ones; "He's not here, what do you want to see him for?"

"I brought some rice and flour. You see, your younger brothers and sisters are crying because of hunger. How about I make some porridge for you first, and you go and call your eldest brother back." Goudan and a few other children looked at each other, looked at the ox cart outside, and then looked at the baby on the straw. Not only his younger brothers and sisters were hungry, they were hungry too.

"Tiedan, go call the eldest brother and the others back," "Big brother, do you really have rice and flour?", "Really, you wait, I'll go get some," Blake Tang brought in a bag of corn.

"Do you have any jars?", "Yes, yes, big brother, come over here."

Blake Tang walked to the west and saw several pottery jars of different sizes. He chose a big one and cooked some porridge with corn for them to feed the younger ones. They were all young and brown rice was not suitable for them.

When Tiedan brought Julian Du and the others back, they saw Goudan and several older children surrounding a jar with their eyes fixed. The dilapidated temple was filled with the aroma of rice. Blake Tang was sitting next to the babies, patting one with each hand, looking very busy.

Julian Du stepped forward quickly and said, "Big brother, I am their leader. What can I do for you?" Blake Tang looked at the man in front of him, who was about thirteen or fourteen years old. Although he was dressed in rags, his manners and speech were quite elegant.

He then asked, "Can you read?" Julian Du looked at him and said, "I learned a little when I was young, but then the war broke out, I was displaced, and my parents died, so I haven't learned it since." Blake Tang nodded to show that he knew.

I wanted to come and see them today, knowing their difficulties. But I didn't expect this scene, with older children leading younger children, all a group of children. It seems that I have to find a way to place them first, not for the future, but just seeing them like this is unbearable.

With a plan in mind, he said, "My name is Blake Tang, you can call me Brother Lu, what's your name, how many people are there here?"

"My name is Julian Du. There are a total of 24 people in this dilapidated temple, nine girls and fifteen boys, three of whom are under one year old."

"Okay, Julian Du, I see you are poorly clothed and hungry here. Are you willing to come with me? I am not from a wealthy family, but I can only provide you with clothes and a roof over your head."

Julian Du looked at Blake Tang and couldn't guess what Blake Tang wanted them to do, but they didn't have the right to choose now. Their brothers and sisters couldn't live here forever, especially their sisters, who were older and had become hooligans or old beggars. They couldn't even imagine what these things would become.

Julian Du had seen too many looks of contempt, disgust and disdain since he started begging, so he could feel Blake Tang's kindness.

"Can I discuss this with my brothers and sisters?"

"Of course, you can do whatever you want. I have something else to do, so I'll go take care of it first. You can drink the porridge while you discuss. After you've discussed it, pack up your things and I'll come back at 3 p.m."