latelenovela Chapter 117 Giant Mosquitoes
Chapter 117 Giant Mosquitoes
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone laughed.
Grandpa Xiangping chimed in, "Once we're here, we're all embroiderers!"
Zhao Taohua led everyone into the embroidery workshop, and then divided them into two categories: those who had learned embroidery and those who had not.
For those with absolutely no prior knowledge, we will teach from the very basics.
As for the more basic ones, they are further divided into three levels: upper, middle, and lower.
And so, after the final count, a total of 420 embroiderers and embroiderers came to the embroidery workshop today.
Zhao Taohua also had absolutely no background knowledge, so she sat with the village chief and the others.
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On Guan Guan Mountain, Zhao Shengzhu is the captain of the Guan Guan Mountain team.
He is leading the villagers in building retaining dams in the mudslide gully.
To make the dam more solid, piles must first be driven into the ground.
"Bang! Bang! Bang..."
One of the villagers swung a sledgehammer and smashed it heavily against the wooden stake.
Once, twice, three times...
As the wooden stake sank deeper and deeper into the ground, a buzzing sound, like a low rumble of thunder, suddenly came from the depths of the earth, growing louder and more chaotic.
Suddenly, a dark mass, like a storm cloud, gushed out from a small hole in the ground.
The sheer number of them made one's scalp tingle.
These mosquitoes may be small, but they come on strong, and the sound of their wings flapping is frightening.
"Ah! What is this?"
"It looks like mosquitoes. We've disturbed a mosquito nest!"
The villagers panicked, quickly put down their tools, and ran around in a panic.
"Snapped!"
"It really hurts when someone bites!"
However, these mosquitoes were not about to let them go so easily, and pounced on their exposed skin like hungry wolves.
The sounds of slapping and cursing mingled together.
Some people tried to fan themselves with straw hats, but the mosquitoes, as if they had a mind of their own, would dodge the hats and fly towards their faces.
Some villagers were young and agile, but they still got bitten several times because there were so many mosquitoes.
Finally, everyone ran down the mountain and escaped the swarm of mosquitoes.
Looking at each other, their originally dark skin had become red and swollen, with large, itchy, and painful red bumps on their faces and necks.
"Ugh, I can't take it anymore. I need to go find Uncle Xiangping to get some medicine. How can anyone endure this?"
One of them said.
"I'll go as well."
Then, all eighty-plus members of Guan Guanshan's team went to Zhao Xiangping to get medicine.
Zhao Xiangping was learning embroidery at the embroidery workshop when he saw everyone looking for him, so he had to leave.
After applying the medicine, everyone felt better and was able to continue working on the mountain.
However, a shadow still lingered in everyone's hearts, and they proceeded with extreme caution as they climbed the mountain.
When everyone saw that there were no more mosquitoes around, they breathed a sigh of relief and continued working.
After prescribing the medicine, Zhao Xiangping returned to the embroidery workshop to continue his studies.
"Peach Blossom, what did the menstrual spirit say while I was gone? Tell me."
Zhao Taohua was focused on battling with the laces, needle, and thread in her hands when she suddenly heard Xiangping's great-grandfather's words and looked up sharply.
Otherwise, one would immediately notice something unusual about Zhao Xiangping.
"Grandpa Xiangping, where did you go just now?"
Just now, Zhao Xiangping was clean before he went out. How did he get this stuff on him after just one trip?
"Guangzhu's team disturbed a mosquito nest, and everyone got bitten by mosquitoes. I went to get them some medicine."
After Zhao Xiangping finished speaking, he noticed that Zhao Taohua's expression was not quite right.
"Peach Blossom, is there something wrong with me?"
Zhao Xiangping frowned.
Zhao Taohua nodded and quickly asked, "Did Brother Guangzhu and the others go back to Guanguan Mountain to continue working?"
"I think so. I came back right after I prescribed the medicine for them."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Taohua immediately got up and ran outside.
Zhao Xiangping was worried, but how could an old man like him outrun a young girl like Zhao Taohua?
The others quickly asked, "Uncle Xiangping, what's wrong? Where are you in such a hurry to go?"
"It seems that something happened to Guangzhu and the others. Taohua is currently passing by."
Zhao Xiangping didn't know exactly what happened.
However, judging from how anxious Zhao Taohua was just now, it must be quite serious.
Upon hearing Zhao Xiangping's words, Zhao Shengfang and Bai Shi both jumped to their feet: "What?"
Upon hearing Zhao Xiangping's words, the other embroiderers and embroiderers in the workshop also put down their needlework and hurriedly ran towards Guan Guanshan.
When Zhao Taohua had just run halfway up the mountain, panting heavily, she heard screams coming from the mountainside.
"what!"
"Help!"
She looked up and saw many people running down the mountain in terror.
The villager running at the front saw Zhao Taohua as if she were a lifeline, and he hurriedly shouted:
"Peach Blossom, hurry! There's a huge mosquito on the mountain! Its eyes are glowing red!"
Just as Zhao Taohua had thought.
Just now, she saw the evil aura of the mosquito monster on Xiangping's great-grandfather!
However, Zhao Taohua had run all the way from the embroidery workshop to the mountainside of Guanguan Mountain and was almost exhausted. If she continued to climb, it would probably take her a while to get to the top.
However, by then, the villagers who were unable to escape will likely have their life force drained by the mosquito spirits and die!
Just then, Zhao Taohua suddenly felt as if her body was lifted into the air, and she was being lifted up horizontally in someone's arms!
Zhao Taohua hurriedly reached out and grabbed the other person to maintain her balance, then exclaimed in surprise, "Brother Shen Ming? What brings you here?"
“I heard screams coming from Guan Guanshan’s side, it seems something happened, so I came to check.”
Shen Ming explained.
A smile flashed in Zhao Taohua's eyes. As expected of the hunter Shen Ming, his hearing was excellent; he even heard the commotion on Guan Guanshan's side.
"Brother Shenming, please take me up quickly! There's a mosquito monster in the mosquito nest that Brother Shengzhu and the others disturbed."
As soon as Zhao Taohua finished speaking, she felt herself fly up.
Shen Ming carried her and walked briskly up the mountainside.
The previously distant distance seemed to grow closer, and in no time, the two of them were going against the flow of people up the mountain!
A bizarre-looking mosquito monster crouched down in front of Zhao Guangping, its large red compound eyes emitting a blinding red light.
It has wings as thin as cicada wings on its back, with clear veins, and emits a faint buzzing sound when it vibrates, and also emits a red light.
Its belly bulged slightly, and the longer it absorbed the essence from Zhao Guangping, the bigger its belly became!
Unable to move under its suppression, Zhao Guangping watched in despair as the mosquito monster sucked something from his body.
Suddenly, he caught sight of two figures out of the corner of his eye. Upon closer inspection, hope immediately rekindled in his eyes: "Peach Blossom!"