Chapter 235 - 235 235 Overbearing Presence (Extra Reward for

Chapter 235: Chapter 235 Overbearing Presence (Extra Reward for the First Floor +1) Chapter 235: Chapter 235 Overbearing Presence (Extra Reward for the First Floor +1) The man who had just shouted grunted, “See, I was right, wasn’t I? They are not from our village; they’re from the town!”

“Yes, they’re from the town,” Chiang Xiao stared at him coldly and retorted, “I want to ask, is everyone who is not from Siyang Village considered an outsider? I know that in our village, there are many aunts and sisters-in-law who married in from other places. Are they supposed to sever ties with their natal families? Try spreading that around and see if our village won’t be drowned by their families’ spit! It seems that marrying a daughter into our village means cutting off relatives, right?”

Secretary Yao’s face hardened, “How could that be! Wan Niu! Don’t talk nonsense!”

The lazy man named Wan Niu, unconvinced, pointed at Ge Dejun again and said, “Even if they came here to visit relatives, why did they go hunting on our mountain? Secretary Yao, look! A three-hundred-pound wild boar! If we hadn’t discovered it early, they would have quietly taken it away! Isn’t this stealing our village’s things? Bai Gu Mountain is Siyang Village’s, and even a blade of grass or a rock on the mountain belongs to our village; no one is allowed to take it away! Otherwise, it’s theft, it’s robbery! Secretary Yao, am I right or not? I think they should be arrested, report them to the police! Yes, that’s right, report them to the police!”

The others echoed, “Report to the police!”

Chiang Xiao sneered and said, “Good, I also plan to report it to the police. You’ve beaten my grandparents and uncle and tried to steal our things; no one should think about escaping!”

Wan Niu spat, “Have you no shame? Whose things are they? Would we be hitting anyone if you hadn’t stolen the village’s wild boar?”

Chiang Xiao looked at Secretary Yao, “Secretary Uncle, I just want to ask, is there a rule that Bai Gu Mountain belongs entirely to Siyang Village? Are the wild animals, plants, and herbs on the mountain considered the property of our village?”

“This…” Secretary Yao straightened his face and said, “Bai Gu Mountain is indeed within Siyang Village’s territory, with a border; the border starts from the source of the stream on the mountain.”

Wan Niu and the others instantly became smug, slanting their gaze expectantly at Chiang Xiao, but Secretary Yao continued, “However, it has never been said that if a mountain belongs to a village, villagers from other places can’t hunt or gather wild vegetables there. Besides, if we get down to it, only a small part of Bai Gu Mountain close to our village belongs to Siyang Village, and there’s a large expanse of mountains behind that. The wild animals roam about; who can really claim them as their own?”

“Even if it could be considered ours,” Chiang Xiao saw that Wan Niu and the other slackers were still dissatisfied and coldly continued, “It was me who led them up the mountain today, and I took part in killing this wild boar too. I belong to Siyang Village, I asked for help, the thing is mine, and how I choose to share it afterwards is none of your business. You lot are as lazy as pigs, only knowing how to sneak around, and you’re filled with malice. You’re envious of this wild boar, why didn’t you go up the mountain to hunt it yourself? You act tough enough, so why don’t a few of you band together and go? Even if two of you get gored to death by a wild boar, the rest could still share the meat!”

She, a young girl, scolded these slackers without a trace of fear, with an imposing aura.

“You’re just boasting; you dare to cut down a wild boar…” Wan Niu was already losing his nerve.

At this point, Chiang Xiao let Ge Dejun support Ge Liutao, while she walked over to the ox cart and picked up two choppers. These were the ones she and Xu Linjiang had used to cut down the wild boar today, and they still had blood on them, though it had already dried.

She tossed one of the choppers to Wan Niu’s feet, startling him so much he leaped backwards.