The peasant woman quickly calculated that the entire village had been preparing for a mass exodus th

Grandma Sun felt both hatred and helplessness towards Zhao Taohua.

“Mrs. Sun, Peach Blossom has helped your family exorcise evil spirits and save people many times. Please watch your words and don’t scold Peach Blossom.”

Zhao Xiangping couldn't stand it anymore and spoke up to stop him.

Sun muttered something silently.

She said to Zhou Shi, "Go quickly to the second house and call Tao Hua over to see what's going on."

Having encountered spirits several times, Old Lady Sun had already gained experience and felt that Zhao Feng most likely had a spirit attached to him.

Inside the main room of the Zhao family.

As everyone watched the shell tremble and spew out sticky liquid from the durian essence, disappointment filled their eyes.

The durian spirit closed the durian flower tucked in her hair and pouted, saying:

"This won't work either? How exactly can it transform into human form?"

Just then, a rapid knocking sounded at the courtyard gate:

"Peach Blossom, are you home? Something terrible has happened! My Xiaofeng is trembling all over, foaming at the mouth, and covered in sticky fluid. Please go and see what's wrong!"

Ok?

Upon hearing this, everyone in the room's eyes lit up. How come Zhou's description of the snail spirit's symptoms on the table looked exactly the same?

Zhao Taohua frowned. When she found Zhao Feng on the mountain, she had already removed the snail spirit from him.

Why do they still have the same reaction?

Thinking it over, Zhao Taohua picked up the snail spirit through the handkerchief and wiped away all the white foam on its body.

Looking at the empty snail shell, a sudden thought flashed through her mind: snails are hermaphroditic, so could it be that half of the snail spirit remained in Zhao Feng's body?

That's why they have the same symptoms?

After thinking it all through, Zhao Taohua finally understood why the snail spirit couldn't manifest human form. Could it be because half of its cultivation was outside?

Cultivation reduced by half, unable to transform into human form?

Or, even if one retains all their cultivation, they may not be able to transform into human form.

When the Zhao family's courtyard gate opened, just as Zhou was about to tell Zhao Feng's situation to Zhao Taohua again, Zhao Taohua said directly:

"Aunt, let's go!"

"Oh."

Zhou immediately followed Zhao Taohua's steps. For some reason, being behind Taohua made her feel inexplicably at ease.

Ms. Qian put down her needlework and fabric, and said:

"I'll go over there and see, just in case the people at the old house bully Peach Blossom again."

Zhao Ershu followed, and the two of them walked behind Zhao Taohua like two guardian generals.

When Zhao Taohua arrived at the Zhao family's old house, Zhao Feng had already been carried onto the bed, and the white foam on his face had been wiped away.

However, Zhao Taohua immediately saw through the fact that he was hiding half a snail spirit on his person.

It seems that last time on the mountain, the snail spirit didn't simply cover Zhao Feng with its shell to hide him.

It even merged half of its body into Zhao Feng's body, and then wanted to possess Zhao Feng's body?

In that case, wouldn't it mean that it doesn't have the ability to transform into human form?

This snail spirit is quite clever; it wants to gain human form through this method.

As soon as Grandma Sun saw Zhao Taohua, she quickly asked:

"Peach Blossom, is there a spirit or monster on Xiao Feng?"

Unsurprisingly, Zhao Taohua nodded.

"Brother Xiaofeng is possessed by half a snail spirit, and it wants to take over Brother Xiaofeng's body."

Zhao Taohua said.

"what?"

"what?"

Grandma Sun and Madam Zhou cried out in alarm, "This...this..."

Grandma Sun affectionately took Zhao Taohua's hand and said:

"Peach Blossom, you must save your brother Xiao Feng! You two are siblings!"

Zhao Taohua hummed in agreement, then reached out her hand to Grandma Sun:

"Grandma, you know my rules. If you give me the exorcism fee, I'll take away the snail spirit from Brother Xiaofeng."

Immediately, Old Mrs. Sun's face turned ashen. "Another ten taels?"

That money is meant to be saved for Xiaofeng's wedding.

Grandma Sun smiled and said, "Okay, Grandma will give you an IOU!"

This time, Zhao Taohua wasn't buying it. She took out the two IOUs that Old Lady Sun had previously pressed her fingerprint on, and said:

"Grandma, this one is eighteen taels, this one is ten taels, that's a total of twenty-eight taels."

Your family owns a total of ten mu of fertile land, which is worth a total of thirty taels according to market prices.

If you issue another IOU today, you won't be able to pay back the money you owe.

"Are you going to mortgage the house as well after you mortgage the land?"

Grandma Sun's face turned ashen; this was naturally impossible.

But she never expected that Zhao Taohua, this little stray dog, would be so calculating and know exactly what she's doing.

It seems that writing an IOU today is not an option.

She not only didn't want to use her land to pay off the debt, but she also didn't want to pay money. However, if she didn't pay this heartless little dog today, he definitely wouldn't save her beloved grandson.

If the snail spirit were to possess her beloved grandson's body, her grandson would be gone!

With great difficulty, Old Lady Sun took out the ten taels of silver she had saved for Zhao Feng's wedding:

"Once you've taken the money, you absolutely must get that snail spirit out of Xiao Feng's body!"

Zhao Taohua accepted the money with a smile, earning another ten taels.

"Grandma, don't worry. Now that I've taken your money, I will definitely catch the snail spirit for Brother Xiaofeng and leave not a single bit behind."

Last time, half a snail spirit slipped away right under our noses, but this time we won't!

Zhao Taohua walked to the bedside, chanted a spell, and gathered spiritual energy at her fingertips.

She first touched Zhao Feng's forehead, then touched his toes, and then activated her spiritual energy.

The next moment, everyone saw a grayish-white thing fly out of Zhao Feng's body.

It appears to be semi-transparent, with the internal organs faintly visible.

Zhou's skin crawled, and she frowned as she said:

"This is the snail spirit?"

Zhao Taohua didn't want to get her hands all sticky anymore, so she used the snail shell to catch the half-snail spirit's body.

Once inside, they quickly fused together within the shell, and then a head emerged from it.

This time it finally looks normal, with two pairs of antennae on its head.

"Peach Blossom, has the snail spirit already emerged from Xiao Feng's body?" Zhou asked hurriedly.

Zhao Taohua nodded: "The mountaintop is dangerous. Don't let Brother Xiaofeng go to such high places in the future."

As soon as she finished speaking, Zhao Feng on the bed woke up, his eyes clear this time, no longer as blank as before.

Soon, the events of the past few days flashed through his mind, and he realized what he had been through.

He stayed at home like a ghost, doing everything like a snail. No wonder Lotus found his eating disgusting; he himself felt disgusted just thinking about it.

More importantly, he actually embarrassed himself in front of Matchmaker You today. Why did he have to do those things in front of Matchmaker You?

Now, in Matchmaker You's eyes, he's a madman.

Like Lotus, he was on her blacklist.

But he wants to marry Zhang Caixia!!

Just thinking about it gave Zhao Feng a headache.

"Grandma, please help me think of a way to salvage my image in front of Matchmaker You and ask her to continue to arrange my marriage with Zhang Caixia."

Grandma Sun, who always doted on him, did not respond to him immediately this time.

Zhao Feng looked at Grandma Sun with a puzzled expression.

“My dear grandson, I just spent ten taels of silver to get that little grass dog Peach Blossom to catch the snail spirit for you. We can’t afford that much in dowry anymore.”

Grandma Sun explained.

Actually, she was still thinking about the heavy snow Zhao Taohua had mentioned in winter, so she absolutely couldn't spend all the money in the house; she had to save some for repairing and reinforcing the roof and wallpapering the walls.

"what?"

Zhao Feng uttered a sound of disappointment.

"If you hadn't run up the mountain, none of this would have happened. How much money could you have made from the herbs you dug up?"

These past few days, with all the medicine and having Peach Blossom catch snail spirits for you, we've spent over ten taels of silver, completely depleting the family's savings!

Zhao Sanshi said with a dark face.

Zhou immediately retorted, "Younger brother-in-law, don't forget, your mother also spent twelve taels of silver on you. So, you've spent more than my Xiaofeng."

Grandma Sun looked at the two arguing and scolded, "Alright, stop arguing and get back to clearing the land. If you want to spend money, you have to earn it first!"

The village chief said the herbs would be ready for harvest in three or four months, so everyone should get to work quickly; once the herbs were sold, they would have money.

After saying that, Old Lady Sun walked towards the Zhao family's house.