The Scoffers would not have jeered at him if they had known what would happen about forty years later
Velan will live in a three story house surrounded by many acres of garden.
Astrologer
As if!
Yeah Right!
Young Velan
Ha Ha!!
But he is the poorest boy in the village!
One day Velan's Father slapped his eighteen year old son for coming late. He did it in front of others. Velan left the village that moment
Velan
Eventually he reached Malgudi. Where he starved for a couple of days and begged.
After much knocking about an old gardener took him in to assist with the garden.
The builders built a palatial dome like house. While Velan worked on the garden and became chief gardener as the old man fell ill.
He was content and happy with life.
Oh my baby Margosa Sapling!
When they left the house, they got someone to check in once in a while. Gradually he was left with the keys. Which made him the technical owner. The astrologer was right. But alas, there was a turn of events.
One midnight he was woken p to the news that his ill master had died.
The new tenants promised to sack him for a minor mistake for he was much older than before. Their children even jumped on the flower beds and plucked unripe fruits from trees.