"Get out of here, Sinan people! Stop occupying our land!"
The villagers became more and more excited as they spoke, and their eyes looked ferocious.
Fengjian Qingli still wanted to reason with them, and his tone was gentle.
"My fellow villagers, first of all, you are not from Yong'an, you are from Sinan. Secondly, the mountains and forests have no owner. This piece of mountain belongs to Sinan. You have no right to interfere with what the county magistrate wants to do with it.
Finally, we in Sinan County also distribute food. You should have seen the civil servants who came to promote it before. How can they ignore you?"
"Bah!"
An old woman suddenly pushed the crowd aside, spat a mouthful of thick phlegm, and spit it onto Fengjian Qingli's face.
Fengjian Qingli widened his eyes in disbelief, and Xie Ling quickly pulled him away.
But the thick phlegm still stained the hem of his elegant skirt.
The old woman's eyes were red, and the goose skin on her face was trembling in the wind. She pointed at Fengjian Qingli and her voice broke with excitement:
"How dare you say that! The so-called giving of food means that we have to sacrifice our land! What kind of corrupt official is this! Land is the people's heaven. This is not giving food, but asking for our lives, our lives!"
"What's funny is that the people of Sinan were so foolish as to hand it over! Today, the head of Lijia Village and the head of Huangjia Village will make it clear here.
No matter what kind of official you are in Sinan, if you occupy the mountain and refuse to leave, we will die here! Do you think you can afford the lives of more than 200 of us?"
A middle-aged man with narrow eyes walked up from the other side of the mountain, followed by a large group of people, including men, women, young and old.
"Yes! Die here!"
"Don't dream of our land!"
"We are not from Sinan, we are from Yong'an!"
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