You Occupy My Mountain and Plant Walnut Trees, So I'll Make Years of Your Hard Work Go to Waste

After working away from home for ten years, I saw through all the tricks people in the city played. Tired of drifting from place to place, I quit my job and returned to my village.

But as soon as I got back, I discovered that my neighbor had taken advantage of my years away to secretly move the boundary markers, seize my entire private mountainside, and plant it full of walnut trees!

“The barren hillside was going to waste. I planted trees for you. What's wrong with giving you a little of the harvest?”

The whole village gathered to watch. My relatives advised me to be magnanimous and let it go, while the village officials did nothing but try to smooth things over.

I used to be honest and timid, an easy target for everyone.

But now that I was back, I wouldn't yield to threats or sweet talk. I wouldn't give up an inch of land!

I didn't argue, pull out the trees, or cause a scene. I followed the law and kept to the rules the entire time.

I simply planted tall trees densely on my own land, blocking the sunlight and outcompeting the walnut trees for light, water, and nutrients.

The walnut grove my neighbor had spent years cultivating could no longer bear fruit, leaving him with a completely failed harvest!

He greedily seized my land and its resources, only to suffer the consequences of his own actions and regret it too late!

People can be kind, but when it comes to the limits I set on my ancestral land, I won't give an inch!