The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 1843: Must Calculate Carefully

Chapter 1843: Chapter 1843: Must Calculate Carefully

Relatives and friends, too, were gathered together, waiting for Lin Caisang.

"Pfft, it’s just a coming-of-age celebration, what’s so great about that!" Not far away, a cluster of people stood together, looking at the joyous scene outside Lin Caisang’s home, their faces all sullen.

Originally, this joyful occasion should have belonged to their family, after all, it was they who had found and taken in Sui Zimo.

But that ungrateful wretch, Sui Zimo, had completely forgotten his foster parents, his eyes only filled with Lin Caisang and her family.

"Dad, our family has raised Ya Molian for so many years, we can’t just let her off cheaply like this," Ya Yinlai said resentfully while looking at Lin Laogeng and the rest, speaking to her father beside her.

Even if she could no longer marry Zimo, she at least deserved a hefty sum of money, for she had called Zimo ’brother’ for so many years, hadn’t she?

Right?

"Head of the family, Yinlai is right, that unfilial creature Ya Molian dares to overlook us, we must give her a lesson," the woman next to Ya Tu too felt choked with grievances and spoke out.

For over a year, she had watched as Lin Laogeng’s household lived comfortably while her own had nothing.

Despite having a foster son who had made good, they had not benefited at all.

She felt certain that the women in the village must be laughing at her behind her back. This time, she must regain her dignity from Zimo.

If he wants to throw a lively and respectable coming-of-age banquet for Lin Caisang, they can forget about it being either lively or respectable without satisfying her demands.

She would be sure they ended up miserable!

"Shut your mouths and watch," Ya Tu said with a grave face, glaring at his wife and daughter.

How could his heart be at ease?

But what good would being discontent do? Zimo was no longer the boy he used to be, and the Lin Family was not the same old Lin Family either.

Just consider Lin Laogeng’s eldest daughter-in-law, who had nannies and maids attending her whenever she stepped outside, and Lin Changfeng, who had become a high-ranking official in Jianan City and did not return.

If he opposed the Lin Family now, wouldn’t he be making trouble for himself?

"The two of you, behave yourselves. Don’t go provoking anyone from the Lin Family, understand?"

"Alright, head of the family, whatever you say," the woman responded, though her heart did not agree.

She believed that the Lin Family was extremely concerned with face. If she shamelessly confronted them in front of others, they would have to pacify her with money.

She didn’t want much, just a few hundred or a few thousand taels would suffice.

Seeing that her husband had scolded them and left, she huffed coldly.

"Yinlai, later you go over and do this...," she leaned over and whispered a few words into Ya Yinlai’s ear.

Ya Yinlai nodded while frowning and looked at her mother with some displeasure.

"Mom, why don’t you do it yourself?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? I’m your mother, and also Molian’s foster mother, can I say those things?" the woman scolded, glaring at her daughter.

Some things can only be done by someone young; an elder like her, even if planning against Zimo, has to do it subtly and not just go crying and wailing to the Lin Family.

"Are you going to do it or not? If you don’t want to, I’ll have Baolai do it. She’s grown up too, and she’ll have her coming of age next year. It would even be better if she went," the woman said.

"No, Mom, I’ll go, I’ll go, okay?" Ya Yinlai hurriedly nodded in agreement upon hearing her mother suggest sending her younger sister instead.