The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 1207: Simply an Insult to Decency

Chapter 1207: Chapter 1207: Simply an Insult to Decency

With such a character as yours, where would I dare to let you teach in our school? Have you no idea what kind of pupils you would bring up? Wouldn’t they ruin the children of our Ya Village?

Please, just give it up. The current teacher of our village is upright in conduct and kind in nature. For the sake of our Ya Village, he even trained his own son to be a teacher so that he can carry on his legacy in the future.

And you, when it suited you, you simply abandoned the children of our village without a second thought, leaving me to find another teacher from elsewhere with great difficulty.

I ask you, with such character, how could I possibly dare let you teach at the school? You must still be dreaming!"

"You, I..."

Elder Mr. Zhou opened his mouth, but in the face of Clan Chief Lin’s words, he could not muster a single word in response.

Clan Chief Lin, however, continued to speak.

"Originally, I thought we’re all going to live in the same village, and we should maintain some decency. Since I had already tactfully refused, you should have left. But to my surprise, you really don’t consider yourself an outsider! You even dragged Sangsang’s family into this, not to mention inoffensively speaking, even if they didn’t cause you any trouble, even if they really did, what do you plan to do about it? You planted the seeds of your own misfortune, now you must swallow the bitter fruit!"

"Clan Chief Lin, how can you speak to me in such a manner? I am, after all, a successful candidate in the imperial examinations. For you to speak this way, it’s simply... simply an affront to decency!" Unable to come up with anything else, Elder Mr. Zhou could only point at Clan Chief Lin and accuse.

"Oh."

Clan Chief Lin merely responded with a curt sound, utterly disregarding his words.

"I’m terribly sorry, Elder Mr. Zhou, but as you know, I come from a military background, and I truly don’t understand what ’decency’ means. If you don’t like what I say, please feel free to leave."

With that, he glanced at the courtyard door.

"You—"

Elder Mr. Zhou was almost beside himself with anger, glaring at him with clenched teeth.

After a long while, he finally lifted his hand, flicked his sleeve, and turned to leave.

Having not achieved his aim here, there were still other places to try. After all, the Lin Clan didn’t have sole authority over Ya Village; there was also the Ya Clan’s chief, wasn’t there?

"That Elder Mr. Zhou, truly has no shame!"

Watching Elder Mr. Zhou depart, Clan Chief Lin remarked disdainfully behind his back.

"Dad, why bother getting upset over such a person? We know well enough what kind of person he is. Just ignore him," Clan Chief Lin’s daughter-in-law came out and said to him.

"Stay at home. I’ll go and see for myself. Judging by the way he is, he’s likely looking for connections elsewhere. Who knows whom he’ll try to approach next, lest he stir up more trouble."

She added another comment and then followed Elder Mr. Zhou out the door.

...

At the Lin Family’s home.

Ya Molian and Lin Caisang, returning from the mountain, had quite the fruitful hunt.

In the deep winter to be able to hunt so much game, only Ya Molian could achieve such a feat. His skill was incomparable.

"Sangsang, Brother Molian, you two really should have called me to join the hunt. I could have at least helped carry the game," Lin Changhong had just brought up quite a haul of shrimp from Manghuang Mountain and was preparing to shell them in the yard.

Seeing their return, he couldn’t help but complain.

"Big brother, why did you catch so many shrimp? Do we have guests coming?" Lin Caisang asked her elder brother upon seeing him shelling shrimp.