225. Chapter 224 Losing his wife and losing his troops
Author: Han Ming
Chapter 224 Losing his wife and losing his troops
"This is a bezoar. Why does it feel like a stone dug out of yellow mud? It's still so black."
Zhou Yang saw the bezoar for the first time and thought that there was nothing special about this magical thing that everyone said.
It looks like loess dug out of yellow mud.
Not to mention Zhou Yang, if it were anyone who had never seen a bezoar, if you showed him a bezoar, he would still be able to say it was loess.
"Hey, this bezoar is originally a calculus, so it's almost like a stone."
Zheng Xueli pointed to the bezoars as big as duck eggs on the plate and explained to Zhou Yang.
"The black layer you see on the outside is called 'Wujinyi'. If you peel off this layer, it will be almost like loess. That's why it's called bezoar."
In fact, the black shell on the outside is not difficult to understand, because the bezoar has been stored in the gallbladder of the cow since it was produced.
Needless to say, everyone knows that the most abundant content in the gallbladder is green-brown or dark-brown bile.
Therefore, it is understandable that the outer layer of this cow stone will turn black after being soaked in bile for a long time.
The soaking of bile not only soaks the bezoar black, but also soaks the bitter taste of bile into the bezoar.
Therefore, the bezoar tastes bitter and is also a masterpiece of bile.
"Uncle, you have been killing cattle for so many years. How many times have you seen bezoars?"
No one around me has seen what a bezoar looks like before, and this is the first time.
However, Zheng Xueli is a butcher who specializes in killing cattle, and Zhou Yang thinks he must have seen many of them.
"My dear, this bezoar is rare. I, Old Zheng, have been killing cattle for more than ten years, and this is only the second time I have seen it."
As Zheng Xueli spoke, he began to fall into the memories of his youth.
"When I was eighty years old, I got a bezoar from a heifer, but that one was only the size of a pigeon egg and weighed less than one-tenth of this one."
Back then, Zheng Xueli also relied on that bezoar to sell for several hundred yuan and built a big house in the town.
"Lao Zhang, do you have any thoughts on selling this bezoar in your family?"
"If there is one, I can help you find someone. The price will definitely be high."
As a cattle-killing dealer, people would ask him from time to time if he had bezoar, so Zheng Xueli must have connections.
Of course, if his introduction is successful, he will definitely get a bonus.
Today, based on the current price, Zhang An's piece of property could be sold for at least five to six thousand.
"This kind of life-saving gadget is really rare. We plan to keep it because we never know when we might need it."
In the past, Zhang Jianguo might have agreed to take action.
But now the family is not in a hurry to use the thousands of dollars, so Zhang Jianguo has not thought about selling it.
Rare treasures like bezoar and musk are very easy to sell when you have them.
But when you want to spend money to buy it back, it's not that easy.
Especially since Zhang An still had so much musk in his house, Zhang Jianguo would not choose to sell it.
Zhang Jianguo didn't want to sell it, which was also expected by Zheng Xueli.
At noon, Wang Fang and Zhang An's two aunts were busy in the kitchen.
Today we are slaughtering cows, so of course beef is the main course.
So Wang Fang also made two full bowls of stewed beef brisket with potatoes and stir-fried yellow beef.
After a meal of wine and food, everyone was satisfied.
Several families bought several kilograms to take home when they left.
In this way, Zhang An's family didn't have half of the beef that was less than a hundred pounds left.
Especially this guy Zhou Yang, who bought more than ten kilograms at once.
Although Zhang An didn't sell it for five yuan a pound like in the town, it was cheaper and only sold it for four yuan.
But if it weighs more than ten kilograms at once, it costs dozens of dollars.
However, they have a small restaurant at home, so they don't worry about keeping it open for too long.
Originally, he wanted to order more, but Zhang An saw that there was not much left and was not willing to take out any more.
Because Zhang An not only wanted to keep some for himself, but also had to take some with him when he went to Su Ying's house in the past two days.
After the meal, Zhang An and his father accompanied Zheng Xueli to drink tea in the yard and chat about family matters.
Wang Fang began to prepare meals for the dogs at home. Of course, Zheng Xueli's big wolfdog was also indispensable.
But when the last few dogs were eating in the yard, Zheng Xueli was shocked.
Because their big black dog followed Erhu very docilely.
That little appearance makes people look like a weak little wife following her man.
You know, it's not like this when you come here in the morning.
At that time, Dahu and the others were not at all polite to this uninvited guest.
If Zhang An hadn't persuaded him face to face, they would have bitten and fought each other after just two glances.
Unexpectedly, I didn’t see them for a long time, and they went from the ground to the nest.
"Old Zheng, is this dog of yours a grass dog or a male dog?"
The three tigers at home have always been the same as those from the Shaolin Temple, and the female dogs are not allowed to come near them.
Except for that guy Xiaohu, he had already eloped with Qinglang outside and had a sex life, and later even gave birth to a baby.
As for the other two brothers, Big Tiger and Two Tigers, they were still playing around mindlessly all day long as before, not doing anything, just acting like little boys.
But today, when Zhang Jianguo saw Erhu, Zheng Xueli's big black dog was so close to him, he felt like he was seeing someone right.
And looking at the appearance of these two dogs, they must have hooked up.
Just in case, Zhang Jianguo still asked whether the dog was male or female.
Don't forget that in the end, the big wolf dog of Zheng Xueli's family was male, so it was unreasonable to be forcibly poked by Er Hu.
"Don't worry, my big black dog is a female dog."
As soon as Zheng Xueli heard Zhang Jianguo ask this question, he knew what it meant.
"I've always wanted to find a male dog for him to breed with, but I didn't expect the male dogs to get on me when I was carrying him. Today, your male dog has made a difference."
When Zheng Xueli just started drinking, he was already enjoying himself.
Now that I see that my dog is a good match, I feel even more beautiful.
Their big wolf dog has been kept at home for more than a year, and it barks so loudly when drafting.
But when he took him out to find another breeding dog for breeding, this dog refused to let other male dogs get close, so he never got a good match.
When he saw the big dogs in Zhang An's house today, he was very satisfied.
I originally thought that I would mention the breeding matter to Zhang Jianguo after the cattle slaughtering was completed.
But I didn't expect that just after the meal, the two dogs were matched by themselves without even having to say anything.
"Hey, the same is true for these three in our family. They have been like this for two years, and I haven't seen them howling."
When they were drunk, Zhang Jianguo and Zheng Xueli started playing about the family dog.
Men are like this, after drinking, they can talk about anything as long as there is a topic.
Especially Zheng Xueli, when Zhang Jianguo talked about the other five slightly smaller dogs.
It was a match between the little tiger cub that looked like a small hill next to it and the green wolf in the mountain. I couldn't help but look at it carefully.
Since he came to Zhang An's house, although these dogs seemed to be good dogs, he felt that the three big dogs were the best.
But he didn't expect that the other five little ones were exactly the same.
"By the way, Uncle Zheng, when your dog gives birth to puppies, leave one for me."
Zhang An thought that Mr. Huang had always wanted a mountain dog, so he asked for one.
"No problem, they are all the offspring of your big dog anyway, I will keep them for you when the time comes."
"But Xiao An, you already have so many dogs. If you continue to raise them, you might become a dog breeding brigade."
Zheng Xueli looked at the eight dogs of Zhang An's family. They were all very heavy.
This meal requires a lot of food, which most people cannot afford.
"Uncle, I don't want it for my family, but for an old man in the village."
With that said, Zhang An told Zheng Xueli about Mr. Huang holding the dog before.
At that time, I had already hugged him, but without thinking, the little tiger picked it back up.
So Zhang An has always been thinking that he still owes Mr. Huang a puppy.
Today we are going to see Zheng Xueli’s big black wolfdog, which is pretty good, plus it is the offspring of Erhu.
So Zhang An thought of ordering one for Mr. Huang to fulfill his old man's wish.
"That's no problem. I'll save the best one for you when the time comes."
Several people rested in the yard until the afternoon, and Zheng Xueli was ready to get up and go home.
"Old Zheng, this is considered as some money for your old master, don't be too little."
Before Zheng Xueli left, Zhang Jianguo took out one hundred yuan and treated it as the cost of killing the cow.
"Old Zhang, if you do this, you are out of touch. Considering the life-long friendship we had on the forestry farm, you shouldn't give me this money."
Zheng Xueli glared at Zhang Jianguo and refused the money in his hand.
"No, this is more or less, we can't break this rule."
In the local area, the butcher will give a red envelope to everyone no matter what he does. This is a rule that has been left over for many years.
"If you don't follow the rules, just treat it like Da Hei comes to your house to breed. Can we even out the situation? Your family is such a good dog. You have to pay a lot of money to breed it specifically. Take it back quickly."
Zheng Xueli didn't want anything, and Zhang Jianguo didn't continue to give him money.
Instead, he hung the pair of cut beef kidneys on the car.
It’s not that he is asked to take it back to sell it, it means that it is taken back to make up for it.
When he saw this pair of waists, Zheng Xueli laughed maliciously.
When Zheng Xueli finally left, something unexpected happened.
Because their big black dog didn't want to get in the car, and it seemed like he didn't want to go home.
No matter how Zheng Xueli called it, it just refused to take a step away from Erhu.
Seeing this, Zhang An wondered if the black dog had been conquered by the two tigers.
Now it seems that he doesn't even want to go back home, and he seems to be marrying a dog and following him.
"By coming to your house today, I have lost both my wife and my troops. This business is a huge loss."
Zheng Xueli shouted for a long time, but the big black dog just refused to move.
I just came to help Zhang An's family slaughter a cow. I didn't expect that my dog came and I didn't want to go back.
Finally, he followed Erhu to the kennel in the pen house and ignored Zheng Xueli at all.
"Hahaha, how about letting it stay here? I'll ask Xiao An to send it to you in a few days."
Anyway, there are so many dogs at home, so having one more is nothing.
It was rare that among the dogs in his family, there was a little bitch that could see eye to eye, so Zhang Jianguo was quite happy.
"That's all we can do, then I'll bother you, Lao Zhang."
"It's no trouble. We're close. Come and play more in the future."
The news that Zhang An's family slaughtered a cow and found bezoars spread immediately in the village.
Many people think that Zhang An is lucky. A piece of bezoar like this is said to cost thousands of dollars.
There are also many people who feel that Wu Dapao's family is in such a miserable state that this lump of bezoars should originally belong to their family.
But I didn't expect that Zhang An bought it for five hundred yuan. It was really not a good deal.
They didn't even think about it. At that time, Wu Dapao wanted them to buy it for three to four hundred yuan, but none of them said a word.
Saying this at this time is like saying that Wu Dapao's family is in trouble.
There are also a few people who feel that since Zhang An prescribed the bezoar, he should compensate Wu Dapao's family some money.
Anyway, all of a sudden, there were all kinds of opinions in the village.
That's why Zhang An didn't want to say anything in the village when he dug up the old ginseng.
If people know that you dug old ginseng in the mountains, they won't be allowed to give out a lot of it to them.
In the evening, Zhang An saw Wu Dapao coming to his door.
"Uncle Wu is here, come and sit down."
Zhang An was somewhat surprised that Mr. Wu came here at this time.
Could it be that this old man, as the village said, thought it was not worth it and made trouble for himself?
"Zhang An, old man, I'm here because of cow matters."
After taking a sip of tea, the old man spoke slowly, and Zhang An also listened quietly.
"Speaking of which, I have to thank you. Our family bought a half-big cow today, which cost us 480 yuan."
Speaking of this, Old Man Wu smiled.
"I heard some rumors in the village, so I came here to say something to avoid misunderstanding."
"Let alone bezoar, even if there is gold in the cow, it has nothing to do with our family. They can say whatever they like."
The old man saw it very clearly. When Zhang An bought the cow earlier, he was willing to pay more money just for this step.
The old man was not stupid. It was easy to see that many people regretted not having the three hundred yuan to buy the cow.
He felt sorry for even the bezoar, but it was fate.
I didn't dare to gamble in the first place, so I can only blame myself and not others.
After returning from buying cattle today, Wu Dapao saw a pair of relatives coming to his door to ask for money. He wanted to encourage them to come to Zhang An's door to ask for money.
But Wu Dapao just smiled and said to himself that these people are really embarrassed.
Zhang An had already made this clear when he bought the cow.
How could I have the nerve to ask for money with such an old face?
Later, seeing that his son and wife were a little moved by the comments, Wu Dapao even yelled at them at home.
I came here now to make it clear to Zhang An that this matter had nothing to do with him, and the old man didn't want to come over to make trouble.
"Uncle Wu, I never care what they say. I believe in you."
Everyone was carrying the sedan chair, and everyone said it so clearly, Zhang An must have followed the old man's words.
"That's fine. My old man is afraid that there are villains behind him who will do bad things and ruin everyone's harmony."
Seeing what Zhang An said, Wu Dapao smiled and stood up to leave.
"Uncle Wu, please wait."
Seeing Wu Dapao about to leave, Zhang An called him to stop him.
He picked up a five-pound piece of beef from the house and handed it over. It was prepared for their family when the cow was slaughtered.
But Zhang An never came to the door. There were so many people outside talking nonsense, so Zhang An simply didn't go there.
At this moment, Mr. Wu came over to explain, and Zhang An took it back to him.
"Oh Zhang An, what are you doing? The old man can't do this."
Seeing Zhang An bring a piece of meat to him, although he wanted it very much, Wu Dapao still shook his head firmly.
"Take it, Uncle Wu. This is your own cow. It's unreasonable not to taste some of it."
"Thank you then. If anyone tells you any gossip in the future, just tell me, old man, I won't be a favor to anyone."
Zhang An was so enthusiastic that Wu Dapao didn't give up in the end.
After all, five kilograms is a large piece of meat, and you can take it home to eat for a long time.
Although Mr. Wu refused decisively at first, he began to hesitate in the end.
So I finally thought about it and accepted it sheepishly.
Of course, this meat is not so easy to harvest.
As the saying goes, collect money from others and eliminate disasters with them.
After taking this meat, if anyone dares to come out and gossip in the future, Wu Dapao will have to come out to clear Zhang An's name.
The last sentence was his guarantee to Zhang An.
Time flew by and Saturday soon came.
Wang Fang had already gotten up early in the morning, although she didn't wake Zhang An up from bed.
But she and Zhang Jianguo started cleaning up early in the morning.
They knew that Su Ying's family had no shortage of bottles and cans packed in boxes.
So this time I planned to bring some agricultural products from home.
For example, the local honey that was just cut a few days ago, and the preserved eggs that Wang Fang pickled by herself.
Anyway, Wang Fang brought some of the things he had at home, and in the end Zhang An's small cargo compartment was full.
People who don’t know better think that with so many things, they are going to arrange marriage for Zhang An today.
After breakfast, Wang Fang asked Zhang An's third aunt to come over for help.
They were not at home at noon, and the animals at home were not let out, so they needed someone to come over and help feed them.
In addition, the silkworms in the silkworm room at home also need to be taken care of. If it rains or the temperature drops, they need to be taken care of.
After everything was entrusted, Zhang An took his parents and set off.
All the way to Su Ying's community, Wang Fang came to the residential building for the first time.
Before going out in the morning, I had already called Su Ying's home.
So Su Ying kept paying attention to the time at home, guessing that it was almost time, so she kept looking downstairs.
Every time Zhang An comes over, the car will stop at that location.
"Hey, you're a female college student. How many times have you seen it this morning?"
Seeing her daughter staring downstairs from time to time, Wu Qiuping started teasing her daughter.
"Mom, what did you say?"
Su Ying was very shy when her mother teased her in just two sentences.
"Hey, it's coming."
At this moment, Su Ying glanced downstairs and found that Zhang An's car had stopped.
Seeing Su Ying get off the sofa and run downstairs without changing her shoes, Wu Qiuping also shook her head.
"Uncle and aunt, you are here."
When she got downstairs and saw Wang Fang and Zhang Jianguo getting out of the car, Su Ying shouted sweetly.
"Yes, Xiaoying, you too, you haven't visited Auntie for so long."
It can be said that Wang Fang is very satisfied with her future daughter-in-law.
And she will only have such a daughter-in-law in this life, and she loves her from the bottom of her heart.
Especially looking at the bracelet Su Ying was wearing, Wang Fang was even more happy.
Immediately, he pulled Su Ying to his side and talked closely.
Su Ying usually couldn't bear to wear this bracelet on her hand, because she was worried that it would be damaged by bumps and bumps.
But today, thinking that Zhang An's parents came to visit for the first time, she dressed up carefully.
Because this time the two families met, it was a relatively formal occasion.
So she wanted to look her best to face Zhang An's parents.
Then Wu Qiuping and Su Shaowen also went downstairs to greet Zhang An's family.
"Oh, you are the same, big girl. You came right here and brought so many things."
Looking at the car full of things, Wu Qiuping said somewhat reproachfully.
"What's the point of this? It's all my own stuff and it doesn't cost anything. It's convenient for Xiao An to take it with him if he has a car."
In Wang Fang's mind, this was considered too little.
If the car couldn't hold it, she would have wanted to bring more.
Subsequently, the movement of the two families moving things was discovered by many people.
Some old acquaintances of Su Shaowen and Wu Qiuping even came over to join in the fun.
"Lao Su, we have a visitor at home."
People in this community are no strangers to Zhang An's car.
The main reason was that Zhang An came frequently. As time went by, they came to know that Zhang An was the target of the Su family's youngest daughter.
Moreover, Zhang An brought a lot of things every time he came over, and neighbors like them had long been used to it.
But this time he found that Zhang An was not the only one coming, especially when he saw Wang Fang and Zhang Jianguo who were about the same age as them.
Anyone with a discerning eye would know at a glance that good things are about to happen to the little daughter of the Su family who is waiting to be married.
"I'm afraid these two are not Xiaoying's future parents-in-law. It seems they are going to treat us to drinks soon, hahaha."
Su Ying blushed with embarrassment when she heard the jokes from the uncles and uncles next to her.
"Hahaha, if no one is missing, it will definitely be Lao Li and you guys. If you come to invite me, don't come."
"That's not possible. We uncles and uncles have also watched Xiaoying and the others grow up. We have been waiting for this drink for so many years."
Later, when carrying things upstairs, these neighbors also extended their hands to help.
At this time, the neighbors in the community were pretty good. They were all old acquaintances who worked together and had known each other for decades.
After moving the things, Su Shaowen left them all to sit for a while.
Wu Qiuping and Wang Fang cut some watermelons and washed some peaches and plums in the kitchen to entertain them.
"Hey, this melon tastes just like the ones sold in the supermarket, and so do the peaches and plums. They can't all be bought in the supermarket, right?"
Several of Su Shaowen's old colleagues ate it immediately after taking a few bites.
They usually go to the supermarket to buy. Now anyone in the county who has not gone to the supermarket will be laughed at.
But these fruits are not cheap when sold in supermarkets.
Even they are not willing to buy it often.
But for the reason that they are expensive, these fruits are really delicious.