Chapter 120: Scheming (2)_1
Ginger gets spicier as it ages, she knew she couldn’t hide anything from the old man.
"You’re a smart child, but ’the prominent tree in the forest meets the wind first.’ Understand this proverb?" the old man asked.
"I understand." Lin Ziyin nodded his head with a bitter smile, "But I also know there are no take-backs when you shoot an arrow. Grandfather, rest assured, I know what I have to do. Perhaps, living in the Northern Land, it is all fate." He sighed noncommittally.
The old man nodded, "It’s time for dinner. Clean up and bring the kids out to eat."
Just as quietly as he appeared, he left with his hands behind his back.
Lin Ziyin stared blankly at his retreating figure. Upon hearing Changting’s call, he took the children to the front hall.
This time’s crisis seemed to have passed just like that. In the days that followed, Lin Ziyin and the old man immersed themselves in tending to the corn and chili peppers in the back yard.
Despite the villagers’ keen interest in the affairs of the Lin family, Lou Zheng’s wife kept tight-lipped. However, due to the villagers’ incessant gossiping nature, everyone knew within a few days that Lin Ziyin managed to offend a person of status due to his rash behavior, and that dignitary was actually a consort from the highly esteemed Wang Residence in Feng City.