HLnovel Chapter 88 I feel like I'm not even human anymore!
Chapter 88 I feel like I'm not even human anymore!
Zhang Caixia suppressed the excruciating pain in her body and continued, "Then let's set our wedding for the 28th of this month."
"???"
Grandma Sun and the other two stared at her with wide eyes.
Today is already the 21st day of the first lunar month.
Their family is busy building thatched sheds for the medicinal fields, so who has time to prepare for the wedding?
If the more than 30 acres of medicinal herb fields are not managed properly, they will be completely destroyed after the hailstorm and the sharp drop in temperature!
To everyone's surprise, Zhao Feng also seemed to be bewitched and actually agreed to Zhang Caixia's request.
Grandma Sun could no longer tolerate it: "This is absolutely impossible, I definitely don't agree!"
"I'm not going to pay for it, and I'm not going to arrange the wedding. You can get married however you want; I don't care!"
She was absolutely furious with Zhao Feng.
Before, she only thought Zhao Feng was a little stupid, but now she felt that Zhao Feng was utterly stupid, and she was extremely disappointed in him!
When Zhao Feng agreed for the second time, Zhang Caixia's pain became more and more severe, but she could only endure it. In short, she had achieved her goal.
"Brother Feng, I'm waiting for you to come and marry me~"
Although it was a sweet and coquettish tone, Grandma Sun sensed that something was off about Zhang Caixia's voice.
She couldn't quite put her finger on what was wrong.
However, Zhao Feng wanted to get married on the 28th of the first lunar month, which she absolutely could not do, and she did not intend to interfere.
Zhao Feng put down what he was holding and walked straight home, with Grandma Sun following him with unease.
Zhao Daqiang and Zhao Sanshi felt the same way. They really couldn't understand why Xiao Feng had become so stubborn after meeting Zhang Caixia.
……
When Zhang Caixia returned home, her face was deathly pale, which worried Zhang Gang and the others greatly.
"Caixia, what's wrong?"
"Caixia, I heard you went to Zhao Family Village?"
"Don't be sad that Zhao Feng doesn't want to marry you. We can find other men. However, I'm afraid we can't ask for the bride price of fifteen taels anymore..."
Zhang Shan was interrupted by Zhang Caixia before he could finish speaking: "Brother Feng promised me that he would marry me with a dowry of twenty taels of silver and a sedan chair carried by eight men."
Upon hearing this, the three Zhang brothers all stared wide-eyed.
They weren't sure whether Zhang Caixia was talking nonsense or Zhao Feng was crazy, wanting to use twenty taels of silver and an eight-bearer sedan chair to marry a wife.
The people in town are nothing special, and they don't even have such a grand display.
After Zhang Caixia finished speaking, she went back to her room, as she felt a persistent pain in her skin.
After she took off her upper body clothes, she was shocked to find that her entire upper body, except for the area below her neck, was covered by something.
She reached out and gently touched it; it felt like the mycelium on a mushroom.
Immediately, Zhang Caixia felt a surge of fear and questioned the other person, "What is this? How can I face anyone with this?"
No, she no longer feels like she's a human being!
"It's alright, you won't be able to see it once you put on your clothes. Zhao Feng won't mind if he sees it."
A woman's soothing voice echoed in my mind.
However, Zhang Caixia remained terrified and uneasy.
She pleaded, "Is there any way to get rid of it? I'm scared, I don't want this!"
The woman who had always been obedient to her and listened to her every word before suddenly rejected her with righteous indignation.
"Miss Zhang, you don't actually think that I'll help you fulfill your wish without you having to pay a price, do you?"
The woman let out a cold, sneer.
However, Zhang Caixia has only used her power twice so far. She needs to let Zhang Caixia use it one more time before she can fully obtain Zhang Caixia's body!
Zhang Caixia trembled slightly upon hearing this: What is the price?
In other words, these mycelium-like things on her body cannot be removed?
For the first time, Zhang Caixia felt fear. Even though she wasn't wearing any clothes, she didn't feel cold at all.
Her voice trembled as she asked, "What do you want? What do you want from me?"
As she spoke, she caught a glimpse of herself in the mirror inside the room.
She seemed to see a woman radiating a beige glow within herself!
At that moment, the woman's voice echoed in her mind, but it was as if she saw the woman standing inside her body, speaking to her through the mirror:
“We are one, so why should I ask you what I want to do? I'm helping you.”
See, didn't Zhao Feng promise you that he would marry you on the 28th day of the first lunar month with a dowry of twenty taels of silver and a sedan chair carried by eight men?
I've given you everything you wanted, so shouldn't you naturally give me what I want as well?
For some reason, Zhang Caixia felt that the woman's smile, though seemingly gentle, also gave her the creeps.
Suddenly, she seemed to understand something and questioned, "Is it me you want?"
……
The Zhao family's old residence.
Zhao Feng suddenly returned, and Zhao Lianhua looked at him in surprise: "Big brother, you're back so early?"
However, Zhao Feng acted as if he hadn't heard anything and walked straight into the main room, carrying an axe in his hand.
"!!!"
Zhao Lianhua was shocked. What was her brother going to do?
She hurriedly followed him inside!
The same applies to the Zhou family, the Wang family, and others.
As she walked, Zhou questioned, "Xiao Feng, what were you doing taking an axe into your grandparents' house?"
"Bang! Bang! Bang..."
The next moment, Zhao Feng was seen climbing onto the kang (a heated brick bed) and hacking at the wooden box where Grandma Sun kept her money.
"Xiao Feng, are you crazy? Get down here!" Zhou shouted.
They tried to stop him, but as soon as they got close, he raised his axe and swung it at the two of them.
Zhao Lei was terrified when he saw this and ran out, just in time to run into the Zhao brothers, Zhao Daqiang and Zhao Sanshi, who were returning home.
"Dad, Uncle, something terrible has happened! My eldest cousin is chopping Grandma's trunk with an axe!"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Daqiang and Zhao Sanshi's brows twitched, as if they had both realized something.
Is this how Xiao Feng presented twenty taels of betrothal gift?
The two rushed home to stop him, but words were useless, and force was also ineffective, as Zhao Feng had an axe in his hand.
Finally, Zhao Daqiang took an axe blow to the arm, and only then did he and Zhao Sanshi work together to snatch the axe from his hand.
The two of them pinned Zhao Feng to the bed and restrained him.
Zhao Daqiang yelled, "Xiao Feng, are you crazy?"
"Xiao Feng, why are you so stubborn, like a bull?"
Zhao Sanshi also didn't understand Zhao Feng's series of actions.
However, even though Zhao Feng was pinned down by the two of them, he still struggled violently.
Zhao Lianhua stood aside and noticed something was off about Zhao Feng's expression.
Just then, Old Mrs. Sun walked in. When she saw the axe and wood chips from the box on the ground, she felt as if the sky had fallen.
"My God, what kind of mess is this? There's a thief in our own house!"
Grandma Sun let out a howl and then angrily punched Zhao Feng, who was being held down on the bed, several times.
Her favorite grandson is going to steal money from the family to marry a woman.
They even have to carry an eight-person sedan chair and give a dowry of twenty taels of silver. Do they really think they're made of gold?
A ruthless glint flashed in Grandma Sun's eyes as she turned to Zhao Daqiang and Zhao Sanshi and said, "You two tie him up and lock him back in his room."
Hailstorms and a sharp drop in temperature are coming in a few days, and the thatched shed for the medicinal herb field isn't even finished yet. Who has time to arrange his wedding?
As for Zhang Caixia, I absolutely will not allow her to enter the house!
Upon hearing this, Zhao Daqiang and Zhao Sanshi immediately did as instructed.
To prevent Zhao Feng from going up the mountain to make money again like last time, he must be locked up.
Zhao Feng looked thin, but today was the first time the two of them had felt how strong he was. They used all their strength to finally tie him up.
Just as the two were about to take him back to his room, Zhao Lianhua suddenly exclaimed, "Oh no! Big brother's hand is bleeding!"
The two immediately looked behind Zhao Feng and saw that although he was tied up, his hands were still struggling.
In just a short while, his hands were bleeding profusely from being worn down.
Zhao Daqiang frowned as he looked at Zhao Feng, feeling both heartache and anger as he gazed at his bleeding hand.
He asked angrily, "Is Zhang Caixia that good? Why are you ruining yourself like this?"
Zhao Feng's eyes were firm, and he was only focused on rubbing the hemp rope binding him with his hands, as if he couldn't hear Zhao Daqiang's words at all.
Zhao Lianhua's pupils contracted as a guess popped into her mind.