latelenovela Chapter 130 The Toad Monster
Chapter 130 The Toad Monster
Zhao Taohua sat in the oxcart in a good mood. The village chief, hearing the people in the county town talking about the Lang family, also cursed indignantly, "Serves them right!"
The people at the Zhao family's old house felt a surge of satisfaction when they heard the people in the county town cursing the Lang family.
Madam Wang sighed, "Peach Blossom is so clever. Otherwise, if we had gone to the Lang family to break off the engagement last night, they would have already covered it up."
Zhou said in a panic, "And last night, look at how that poisonous woman Peng acted, she actually wanted to imprison us in the Lang mansion."
Fortunately, Peach Blossom brought all five of her spirit monsters with her!
Grandma Sun exclaimed, "As expected, Tao Hua's presence makes all the difference. It's truly a blessing that our family has produced such a courageous and insightful girl like Tao Hua. It's as if the Zhao family's ancestral graves are emitting auspicious smoke."
Zhao Xinghua also admired Zhao Taohua:
"Yesterday, the wicked woman Peng tried to tempt Sister Peach Blossom with 10,000 taels of silver, but she refused without even thinking about it."
"If we follow Sister Peach Blossom to make money, maybe one day we can all earn ten thousand taels of silver, and every family can afford a carriage!"
The group slowly made their way back to Zhao Family Village in an oxcart, finally arriving before noon.
The village chief and clan head lived closest to each other, so the two got out of the car first, and Zhao Xinghua thanked them.
"Peach Blossom, Shen Ming, hurry up and eat lunch. Zhao Shengzhu and I will come find you in a bit."
Before entering the house, the village chief gave instructions to Zhao Taohua and Shen Ming.
Originally, I was supposed to go up the mountain this morning to inspect the protection projects of Dongdong Mountain and Guanguan Mountain, but Zhao Xinghua's matter delayed me for half a day.
After the people from the Zhao family's old house arrived home, Zhao Taohua and her family of four still had to go west.
Zhao Xinghua ran to the Zhao family's oxcart and said to Shen Ming, who was driving the oxcart, and the argumentative person, "Brother Shen Ming, argumentative person, thank you."
Then, he thanked Zhao Taohua, Zhao Ershu, Qian Shi, and the four spirits inside the oxcart.
Even after the Zhao family's oxcart had driven far away, Zhao Xinghua still stood at the gate of the courtyard, watching their oxcart.
She lowered her head and gave a self-deprecating smile. It turned out that Shen Ming, whom Peach Blossom Sister had, was the best.
Remembering how arrogant she had been in front of Shen Ming, she felt utterly ashamed.
She was stupid to overestimate herself and think that such good things should fall into her lap.
After lunch, she went to the embroidery workshop to learn embroidery properly. Learning skills was the real thing; all that talk about the Lang family was just a facade.
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After lunch, at the Zhao family's house.
The village chief and Zhao Shengzhu arrived, and the four of them went up the mountain together. They went to Dongdong Mountain first.
The slope protection project there was built by Shen Ming's team. It included earthen walls and anti-slide piles to reinforce the mountain slope and enhance the stability of the mountain, so that it would not cause landslides when heavy rain came.
Apart from Shen Ming, the other three were seeing the protective mountain project of Dongdong Mountain for the first time, and they were all stunned by the project in front of them.
The village chief asked Zhao Taohua, "Taohua, is this slope protection project sturdy?"
Zhao Taohua climbed up, touched it with her hand, and pushed it hard, replying, "Very sturdy. We won't have to worry about the landslide on Dongdong Mountain in half a month."
After visiting Dongdong Mountain, the four of them immediately went to Guanguan Mountain.
Just as Zhao Shengzhu was confidently preparing to introduce the retaining dam built by their Guanguanshan team to the three men, suddenly, a clod of earth fell from the sky and hit them directly.
Zhao Taohua looked up and saw the mud clod rapidly approaching her from afar.
If a clod of mud the size of a basin were to hit her, it would surely cause her to bleed profusely from the head.
Zhao Taohua was so frightened that she stood rooted to the spot. She knew she had to run away, but her feet just wouldn't budge!
Just as Zhao Taohua was extremely anxious, with a "bang," Shen Ming smashed the huge clod of mud in front of her with a punch.
The clod of mud instantly turned into countless tiny bits of mud, which flew off to the other side.
"Peach Blossom Sister, are you alright?"
Shen Ming turned Zhao Taohua's body around and examined her carefully.
Zhao Taohua shook her head, frowning as she said, "The downpour hasn't come yet, and the mudslide hasn't happened either. How come such a large chunk of mud suddenly fell down?"
Others were also puzzled.
Shen Ming's ears twitched slightly. He looked up at the mountain. Although there was a barrier dam on the mountain, he could still sense that there was something behind the barrier dam!
"Wait a moment, I'll go up and take a look first."
Shen Ming walked up the mountain with a very solemn expression.
Zhao Shengzhu was puzzled and had a bad feeling: Could it be that there was something wrong with the barrier dam built by their Guan Guanshan team?
As Shen Ming quietly approached, he was shocked to see a gigantic toad monster standing behind the barrier.
Its eyes glowed with a ghostly green light, and it opened its large mouth full of sharp teeth, snarling as it spoke. The dam that the villagers had worked so hard to build.
Its thick limbs frantically dug into the dam, its hard claws easily sending stones flying and mud flying everywhere.
"So it was you who was behind this?"
The moment Shen Ming saw the toad monster, he roared in anger.
This barrier dam took the villagers of Guanguan Village two and a half months to build, and now it has been wantonly destroyed by this ugly toad monster!
"Gugua?"
Hearing Shen Ming's commotion, the toad monster turned its head to look at him and immediately saw the heavy, fierce aura surrounding him.
The toad monster was so frightened that it retreated repeatedly and disappeared into the forest in a few leaps.
At this moment, Zhao Taohua, the village chief, and Zhao Shengzhu, who were standing at the foot of the mountain, finally saw the toad monster.
Its body is as large as a hill, and its skin is dark green, covered with bumpy, nodular protrusions of varying sizes.
The village chief exclaimed in horror, "What kind of monster is that?"
Zhao Shengzhu's face darkened: "Could it be here to sabotage our barrier dam?"
Zhao Shengzhu quickly climbed the mountain and indeed saw the destroyed retaining dam.
He was immediately heartbroken.
As he bent down to pick up one of the pieces of wood, Zhao Taohua shouted, "Don't touch it!"
Zhao Shengzhu was so frightened that his body stiffened, and the village chief next to him dared not touch anything there.
"This is covered in the toad spirit's slime, which is all from its tumor-like bumps. It's poisonous and will rot your hands if you touch it."
Zhao Taohua explained.
Zhao Shengzhu was terrified. Luckily, Zhao Taohua had reminded him in time, otherwise his hand would be gone by now!
The village chief worriedly said, "What should we do? It destroyed our barrier dam and left behind so much poison."
The village chief was furious.
"Grandpa Village Chief, I can remove these venoms with my magic."
However, this retaining dam needs to be repaired as soon as possible; it is our hope in combating mudslides.
As soon as Zhao Taohua finished speaking, Zhao Shengzhu immediately spoke up:
"Don't worry, Peach Blossom Sister, I'll go down the mountain right now and get people to help with the repairs."
Fortunately, they arrived in time, and the barrier dam had not been severely damaged by the toad monster.
If repairs begin today, they should be completed before the heavy rain arrives.
Zhao Taohua stood in front of the barrier dam, chanting incantations, and a lot of spiritual energy flew out from her body.
Upon contact with the venom, they burst forth with a brilliant light, and then all the slime vanished.
She turned to the village chief and said, "Grandpa Village Chief, you should go down the mountain first. It's not safe for you to be here alone."
After a while, when Brother Shengzhu arrives with his men, he also tells them not to go up the mountain yet.
In case the toad monster suddenly attacks again—you are no match for it, and you mustn't even touch its body.
"Okay, okay, I understand, I'll go down the mountain now."
Zhao Taohua watched the village chief's retreating figure, and only after seeing him safely descend the mountain did she call out the troublemakers.
Suddenly, a group of white balls emerged from the ground. They stood in a row, tilting their heads and looking at Zhao Taohua with their two round black eyes.
"I'm asking you, where is the toad monster? Take me there to find it."
As soon as Zhao Taohua finished speaking, the mischievous creatures immediately opened their little mouths.
"Quack, quack..."
With the croaking continuing, Zhao Taohua quickly realized that the mischievous creature was imitating the toad monster's croaking in order to attract it.