Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation-Chapter 708 - 431: Harmonious Neighborhood Relations

"Uncle Zhang dislikes Dongdong?"

Xue Yuantong let out a light "Huh," "Really? Uncle Zhang has been trading stuff with us every day recently, and I thought he was quite nice."

Hearing this, Jiang Ning offered a smile and patiently explained, "Have you forgotten the large wolf dog that Uncle Zhang keeps?"

Xue Yuantong fell into thought. Jiang Ning gestured, and the Black Back Wolf Dog ran over from afar with a "whoosh," tongue out and tail wagging in a fawning manner.

Despite its effort to appear ingratiating, its ’smile’ was still a baring of teeth, looking very fierce.

Jiang Ning scraped the dog’s head with his shoe: "Have you forgotten how bad it was before?"

Xue Yuantong suddenly realized, remembering that when Uncle Zhang had just gotten the wolf dog, it crowded around them sniffing wildly, and she and Chuchu were too scared to move. Even so, Uncle Zhang just stood by indifferently, saying it was no bother.

She suddenly recalled that Uncle Zhang used to be a pig killer, his body emanating a fierce aura, and he spoke loudly, appearing to her as someone hard to get along with. However, since Jiang Ning had arm-wrestled with him,

Uncle Zhang had suddenly changed and became much easier to deal with, causing Xue Yuantong to unconsciously change her impression of him.

Thinking this, Xue Yuantong couldn’t help but turn to look at Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning didn’t speak. Often, it’s not that bad people turn good, but that they meet someone even worse than themselves. After the arm-wrestling, Uncle Zhang probably thought that Jiang Ning was on the same level as him, which made him more cooperative.

Xue Yuantong saw how Jiang Ning was calm and composed and felt it was good to have him around, but she didn’t want to let Jiang Ning know that she was happy because of him.

She stiffened her little face and defiantly said, "What if Uncle Zhang breaks Dongdong?"

Jiang Ning said, "Don’t worry, Dongdong is really tough."

Even if wasps and caterpillars took turns attacking, Dongdong wouldn’t be afraid, let alone Uncle Zhang.

In a short while, a cry of "Ah" suddenly rang out!

Then, a dark shadow ran out from a neighbor’s gate.

That was Dongdong’s figure, crying and running towards his home. Uncle Zhang chased after him with a stick, shouting, "I’m going to kill you, you little bastard, today!"

"Damn, no manners at all!" Uncle Zhang was clearly very angry, his cheeks quivering, and he was beside himself with rage.

Xue Yuantong was startled by his expression and couldn’t help but ask, what did Dongdong do?

Why was Uncle Zhang so angry?

Jiang Ning hadn’t said anything, just let Dongdong ask him for an ice cream. Surely Uncle Zhang wouldn’t get so worked up over a piece of ice cream!

Seeing this scene, Jiang Ning relayed what he sensed with his Divine Sense to her:

"When Dongdong called Uncle Zhang, he was sleeping."

Xue Yuantong said, "Woke up grumpy?"

Jiang Ning said, "More than that."

Uncle Zhang slept loudly as his snores roared, Dongdong called out twice, and his voice drowned in the house full of snoring. Uncle Zhang was sleeping too deeply and didn’t hear a thing.

Dongdong, impatient for ice cream, could not wait.

He spat twice on his hands and slapped Uncle Zhang’s face, making a loud smacking sound, and Uncle Zhang woke up instantly.

Dongdong glared at Uncle Zhang: "Give me the damn ice cream, or I’ll kill you!"

Then the current fight ensued.

Uncle Zhang grabbed a stick and caught Dongdong, giving him a couple of harsh beatings and making him scream in agony.

At that moment, the chubby old lady next door heard the screams. Like a bouncing ball, she rushed over and saw her grandson’s plight, and witnessed Uncle Zhang’s violence.

The chubby old lady lunged forward, her nails and teeth bared, screaming, "You’ve killed my grandchild, killed him!"

She wrested the stick from Uncle Zhang’s hands, shouting while checking Dongdong’s injuries.

Seeing his grandmother come, Dongdong cried even harder, his wails booming like thunder.

The chubby old lady pointed at Uncle Zhang, unleashing a tirade of filthy abuse.

In less than a minute, she had cursed Uncle Zhang’s ancestors.

Uncle Zhang, his head swelling with rage, told the old lady, "If you keep this up, I’ll beat you too!"

With that, he approached the chubby old lady.

She stepped back: "This is terrible, someone’s been killed!"

For a better view of the excitement, Jiang Ning went back home, took several slices of cured pork from the refrigerator, as well as a bowl of Aunt Gu’s handmade spicy beef strips.

Xue Yuantong glanced at the meat on the table: "Too greasy, isn’t there something green? This isn’t healthy!"

Then she grabbed a bottle of chilled Sprite.

While the chubby old lady and Uncle Zhang quarreled ten meters away, the instigators Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong contentedly sipped their cold Sprite, munched on snacks, and talked cheerfully, as if they were in two different worlds.

After about five minutes, Uncle Tang and Mr. Qian from next door were awakened by the noise, and they ran out in their slippers.

Mr. Qian even had a banana-leaf fan. As soon as they saw the commotion, they stepped in as peacemakers:

"Aiyah, what’s all this noise in the middle of the day? Stop fighting, we all have a hard life, let’s not spoil the harmony."

The chubby old lady continued to curse vehemently: "This damn pig killer hit my grandson; I’m going to fight him to the death today!"

Uncle Zhang, infuriated and actually the victim, clenched his fists and feigned a punch, scaring Dongdong into rolling on the ground again, his clothes covered in dust.

Uncle Tang hurriedly intervened: "Hey hey, the child is still young, take it easy!"

Mr. Qian: "We’re all neighbors, don’t take it too hard—try to understand each other a bit!"

Uncle Tang: "It’s such a small matter. For my sake, let’s all go back and rest."

...

The dispute was resolved through Uncle Tang and Mr. Qian’s mediation, and the friendly neighborhood relations were restored.

Xue Yuantong was anxious and worried that Dongdong would tell the truth, leading the chubby old lady to hold Jiang Ning accountable, but in the end, Dongdong never revealed the cause.

In the afternoon, Aunt Gu returned very early, as there was a mid-year meeting in Nan City at her company the next day. Her daughter couldn’t attend, so to prevent her from feeling left out,