Winds of Change in the Quiet Town Chapter 7

Blake Tang left the dilapidated temple and hurried to Xiangmanlou. She was not familiar with the town and didn't know where there was a vacant house to rent. She still had to go find Sister Liu or Manager Liu.

When we arrived at Xiangmanlou, we saw people coming in and out in front, which showed that Xiangmanlou had been attracting a lot of customers in recent days. We drove the ox cart to the back alley and handed it to the waiter, and then we saw Ethan Zhao.

"Brother Ellen, is Mr. Liu here?"

"Mr. Tang, you are here. The boss is here, in the accounting office on the second floor. It's too busy today, so you can go up by yourself. I won't take you up!"

"Waiter, why haven't the dishes come up yet?", "Sir, they are coming~".

Blake Tang was very happy to see that the business was so good, and he felt that he got a lot of money.

When they arrived outside the accounting office on the second floor, Blake Tang knocked on the door and heard Celia Liu's voice from inside.

"Who is it? Come in."

"Sister Liu, let me take a look," Blake Tang thought that Sister Liu's royal sister voice really touched her.

When Celia Liu saw that it was Blake Tang who came, she was also happy.

"Oh, Blake Tang, you don't know that our business at Xiang Man Lou has more than doubled in the past few days because of your iron pot and recipe."

"That's good, that's good. I hope you can make a fortune and have a prosperous business."

"Tsk, you're talking as if it has nothing to do with you.", "Hehe~"

"I need your help today."

"What can I do to help you?"

"I want to rent a house in town."

"Oh, you're moving to town?"

"No, no, I have some other use for it. I want to find a small house with a yard. I don't mind if it's a little off, but it has to be a little bigger."

"Then wait a moment. Ethan Zhao's uncle seems to be Fang Yazi. Let him take you there."

"Thank you, sister."

Blake Tang looked at Celia Liu's bright eyes, white teeth, and graceful figure. His eyes moved and his heart beat a little faster.

Sister, kill me, even though I am a little sister~.

Blake Tang lowered his head to look at his toes, but the tips of his ears couldn't hide their redness, and Celia Liu found it funny.

"Then sister, I will go to the kitchen first and see if there are any new dishes for the chef."

"Okay, then you go ahead. I'm going to continue looking at the accounts. You'll have to come back later when you're done and look at the account books. By the way, can you read?"

"Yes, yes, sister, I'm going to the kitchen first."

Blake Tang went to the kitchen and told the chef how to make the dishes more delicious and how to learn from one thing and cook the dishes. Then he and Ethan Zhao went to the house teeth. Next to the house teeth is the human teeth, all in this circle.

As soon as he entered the pawnshop, Ethan Zhao called out "Uncle, Uncle". A man in his thirties with a small moustache walked out from the backyard of the pawnshop.

"The waiter is here, what's up?"

"Uncle, this is Mr. Blake Tang. He wants to rent a small house. Can you introduce him to a house?"

"Mr. Tang, please tell my uncle what you need. I will go back to the restaurant first."

"Mr. Tang, what kind of house do you need?"

"It's a small courtyard right at the entrance. The courtyard can be bigger and the location can be a little off the beaten track. Can you please find a suitable one, Mr. Ellen?"

"Okay, Mr. Tang, please sit down for a moment."

Blake Tang took a sip of tea, and Ellen Yaren came out with a notebook. "Mr. Tang, there are two places that meet your requirements, one is outside the North Street, and the other is outside the South Street."

Blake Tang thought about the direction and decided that the one outside South Street was the most suitable, as that was the town gate leading up to the village.

"I wonder what the price is on South Street?"

"The reason why the family bought that house is because their son went to the capital to make a living, so they took their two elders to the capital as well. They asked the tenant to take good care of the house, and the price was also reasonable, one thousand two hundred coins a month." Blake Tang thought, it must be real estate, it would cost more than one tael of silver a month.

"Then let's do this. When can the deed be signed? Can we move in today?"

"Sure, the owner has moved away a long time ago, and the key is in our brokerage office. I'll write the deed for you right away?"

"Then I'll trouble Uncle Ellen."

After signing the lease, Blake Tang paid three months' rent and went to take a look at the house. He planned to first bring Julian Du and the others to the house to clean it. He also wanted to find some old clothes and quilts for them.

After Blake Tang left, a group of children surrounded Julian Du.

"Brother, are we going to have a family?"

"Well, what do you think? The weather is going to get cold soon. If we live in this dilapidated temple, the little ones won't be able to survive, and there are also a few maids~" The group of people understood in their hearts that, in fact, more girls were abandoned than boys, but there were fewer girls than boys in their dilapidated temple because many girls were sold to brothels. The few girls in this dilapidated temple wore tattered clothes and dressed themselves like boys to escape the prying eyes of some people.

"Brother, let's go. I don't want to be like those sisters." This is what the oldest girl said.

"Then we have decided. As long as Brother Tang gives us a bite to eat, we will repay Brother Tang in the future."

"The big brother we know."

When Blake Tang arrived at the dilapidated temple in the west, he saw a group of children, big and small, standing in front of the temple and looking at it. He took out a few pottery jars and some unused corn and gave them to them. These were beggars, they had nothing and looked really pitiful.

Blake Tang said without much ado: "Since you have made the decision, just follow me." He asked them to carry the younger children onto the ox cart, and the older ones followed the ox cart.

Tang was driving a bullock cart on the roadside, talking to Julian Du. Others were still a little wary of her. "Julian Du, what books did you read when you were young?"

"I read 300,000 volumes, but I stopped reading the Four Books and Five Classics just after I started."

This is enough. "Then I'll buy these three books, and you teach your younger brothers and sisters to read first. Use a wooden stick dipped in water to learn on the ground." Julian Du didn't expect that he would let them read and write, and immediately felt that his decision was right.

When we arrived at the rented house, the other children looked a little happy after seeing the house. I had been very worried all the way here, not knowing where I would take them.

"Boss, do we have a family now?" Julian Du's eyes were red. "Don't call me Boss anymore. We only have one Boss now, and that's Brother Lu."

"Brother Lu is Brother Lu, and the boss is always the boss." Julian Du was afraid that Blake Tang would be unhappy, so he said, "Then call me Big Brother from now on, Brother Lu is our boss." "Okay, I'll listen to Big Brother."

"Julian Du, you take your brothers and sisters to clean up first. There are six bedrooms in total. You can clean four and live in them. The other two will be reserved for now. I'm going to go out for a while and come back to get to know all of you."

"Okay, Luke, slow down."

Blake Tang went to a ready-made clothing store on the street and bought some old clothes and quilts. He also took two pieces of coarse cloth, in case they wanted to make some clothes themselves, and bought needles and thread. He went to a grocery store, a rice shop, and a bookstore, and filled a cart with purchases.

Back at the house, Blake Tang asked Julian Du to gather all the children together, "Tell me how old you are and what are your names?"

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. In fact, the younger ones didn't even know how old they were. Their names used to be Tiedan, Goudan, Daya, and Erya. Many of them didn't even have names. They were just given names at random for convenience when the temple was in ruins.

Julian Du stood up and said, "Brother Lu, our previous names were all randomly given and have no origin. Now we all follow you, so you are our second parents. How about we all take your last name and you give them new names?"