Chapter 473 (2/2)

“What a smart child you are,” Tang Xiu smilingly said. “You’re evidently much more mature than your peers. Anyhow, it’s fine telling you now. So to say, I’m going to let you stay here for the time being. After you have lived here for a period of time, a few more homeless children will also be sent to this place later, and I’ll send you to Jingmen Island then. You all will live there for a few years, and I’ll take you to my home should you show outstanding performance.”

“Going home? Where is that?” Asked the girl curiously.

“It’s my home. My home in the truest sense. Likewise, if you study hard, practice martial arts seriously, and then get my approval, I will take you to my home, and it will be your home as well,” said Tang Xiu.

“You’re telling us that you want us to continue practicing martial arts? Are you a martial artist or something?” Asked the girl again.

“I am. And I’m a very powerful one as well,” said Tang Xiu with a nod.

The girl turned her head and talked to the other four in whispers. Finally, she looked up at Tang Xiu and asked, “There is the last question we have for you. Why did you adopt so many orphans and homeless children? Those like us!”

The smile on Tang Xiu’s face turned thicker as he answered, “Though you are still young, I have some words I believe you’ll understand. The more people you have, the more powerful you are. If tons of orphans and street children are gathered, studying and practicing martial arts together; in the future, when all of you have grown up, and in the case that anyone dares to bully our family members, there will be many people who will fight together with us against those bullies. So now, are you satisfied with my explanation?”

“Yeah!” The tallest girl nodded and answered seriously after the five children whispered to each other.

“All right, then. Tell me your name,” said Tang Xiu smilingly.

“My name is Little Yi. They are Little Lan and Little Qing. As for them, they are called Little Yi and Little Er,” said the tallest girl.

“Don’t you have a family name?” Asked Tang Xiu curiously.

“No, Grandpa didn’t tell us what our family name was,” said the girl with an honest expression.

Tang Xiu was silent for a short while, before slowly saying, “Then you will have Tang as your family name later! As for your own name, I think that I have to change your name as well, and I’ll bestow it on you now!”

“What name will we have, then?” Asked the girl.

“I’ll bestow you a name in accordance to the five elements; metal (Jin), wood (Mu), water (Shui), fire (Huo), and earth (Tu). You will be called Tang Xiaojin. As for them, they’re respectively: Tang Xiaomu, Tang Xiaoshui, Tang Xiaohuo, and Tang Xiaotu. How does it sound?”

The five children gathered and talked to each other yet again for a while, and finally decided to accept their new names. A smile finally appeared on their faces.

A few minutes later, Banshou left and drove away. Tang Xiu then took Tang Xiaojin’s group of five to tour the villa while telling them things they needed to know. Finally, after they returned to the hall on the first floor, he said, “You will stay on the first floor. Xiaojin will have a room for herself, whereas Xiaomu, Xiaoshui, Xiaohuo, and Xiaotu will stay in one room together. Tomorrow I will take you to buy some clothes, shoes, and some basic, simple textbooks. I will also hire teachers to teach how to read and write. As for your meals, you don’t have to worry about it. I will also hire housekeepers to take care of your daily life. Also…”

_Ring, ring, ring…_

Tang Xiu’s mobile phone rang and interrupted his following words.

Taking out his mobile phone, Tang Xiu saw on the screen that the caller was unexpectedly Li Laoshan. He immediately pressed the answer button and smilingly said, “Hey, Old Brother Li, how come you remember to call me?”

“Tang Brother, I just arrived in Shanghai. Are you free now?” Li Laoshan’s hearty laughter came from the mobile phone.

Hesitating for a moment, Tang Xiu then smilingly said, “It would’ve been fine if it was some other time, Old Brother Li. But I have a minor matter to deal with at the moment, and I’m afraid I can’t go out now. How about you just come straight to my place?”

“Me coming to your place now?” Asked Li Laoshan, surprised. “Won’t I disturb your family members coming this late?”

“Surely no!” Tang Xiu laughed.

“Alright, then! Tell me your address and I’ll come over there now,” Li Laoshan smilingly said. “Anyhow, do you want me to bring some dishes, wine, or something? I just arrived in Shanghai and settled at the hotel, so I’m kinda starving here.”

“No need, thanks,’ Tang Xiu laughed. “It’s fine if you just come here.”

After hanging up the phone, Tang Xiu texted his address to Li Laoshan. Then, he looked at five children and said, “You need not worry about your daily life later, and I only have one request for you.”

“What request is it?” Asked Tang Xiaojin curiously.

“Obey all my orders,” said Tang Xiu. “If I tell you to go east, you must never go to the west. If I order you to stand, then sit must you not. Shortly put, my command is above everything else, got it?”

“Understood!” The five children, Jin, Mu, Shui, Huo, and Tu, nodded repeatedly.

Obedience! It was exactly their strong point. This was the education taught to them after getting adopted by their Grandpa, which was to heed what the elderly said.