“You don’t have a husband, so the plot isn’t yours either,” the neighbors told the elderly woman and moved their fence 2 meters: that’s what the grandmother had to do 😲😲
The elderly lady stood in confusion, looking at the patch of her land that had disappeared. Just yesterday, her old but beloved apple trees had stood there. Now, there was only freshly dug soil and someone else’s new fence, carefully installed two meters deep into her plot.
By evening, other people’s work was completed.
The next morning, Grandma threw on a headscarf, pursed her lips, and resolutely headed toward the neighbors. They were buzzing in the yard, setting tables, laughing, and feasting as if they were holding a folk festival.
– Oh! – the owner of the house noticed her. – Come in, neighbor! We’re building a new fence!
— No time for holidays. Show me the documents on the plot boundaries.
“What documents?” the owner shrugged with false surprise.
— The very ones that give you the right to grab a piece of my land.
— We consulted with a lawyer! Everything is according to the law! The land was empty, but the law says it must be cultivated!
— There were apple trees and flowers growing there!
“The apple trees are old, and the flowers are not farmland,” his wife intervened.
Grandma left without saying another word. But she had a plan to take revenge on her impudent neighbors.
The next day she went to the local administration. There she picked up archival documents, a statement with the cadastral chamber, and then with the prosecutor filed’s office.
A week later, an inspector came to her, measured the area, photographed the new fence and shook his head.
Two weeks later, the neighbors were fined for unauthorized changes to the boundaries. The fence was ordered to be dismantled and the land returned. Moreover, the neighbors were ordered to pay compensation for the cut down trees.
When the workers returned the fence to its original place, the grandmother went out into the yard and calmly watched what was happening. A neighbor passed by, now without celebrations and with a sour face.
“Is the party cancelled?” she asked politely. “Documents, it turns out, are more important than shashlik.”
Since then, the neighbors even stopped greeting her. And grandma planted new apple trees. They may be young, but they are hers – and on her own land.
