When outsiders asked, they would swear that the Zhou brothers maliciously cut down their pine trees and trampled all the saplings they had planted.
There was no way to claim that the opposition was foraging for wild mushrooms on their mountain, as common sense dictates that such wild things, no matter on whose mountain they grow, can be picked by anyone who sees them.
Unless they were planted by you.
To claim that everything on the mountain was solely theirs was difficult not just in Qili Village but also in Dali Village.
Jia Sheng still wanted to mix in the village and didn't wish to be too overbearing for the time being.
With a suitable excuse in hand, even if Zhou Silang and his brothers were beaten, it would be for nothing; but now if they caught up, and the others hadn't been on their mountain nor had any encounter, another fight would be unjustifiable.
Potentially, it could end with the Zhou brothers knocking on their door to beat them up.
