Return to the small mountain village in 1986

Chapter 450 Bezoar
If there is really a bezoar in the body of this sick cow, then Old Man Gao's grandson will have a stomachache, and it is very likely that he has gallstones.

The so-called bezoar is actually the calculus of cattle.

What is produced in the gallbladder of cattle is called "bile yolk" or "egg yolk", what is produced in the bile duct is called "tube yolk", and what is produced in the liver duct is called "liver yolk".

The reason why it is speculated that Goriot's grandson has gallstones is because the formation of gallstones is related to the environment and dietary structure.

Bezoar is an extremely precious medicine. Out of a thousand cows, only two cows may get stones. And if the cows are slaughtered just after they get stones, the bezoar in the body will have no chance to continue to grow.

But Old Man Gao's sick cow has been ill for two years, so the bezoar in its body is relatively large. I heard it weighs more than a pound.

After paying for the money and goods, Gao Mingcheng tied up all four legs of the cow. Then he became angry and used a lot of force to get the sick cow into the bed of the tractor.

There is no environment for slaughtering cattle here, so Gao Mingcheng plans to take the cow back to Gaojiacun to be slaughtered.If there really was a bezoar, he would pack it up quietly and not let outsiders know about it.

After getting the cow on the truck, Gao Mingcheng was ready to start the tractor.

Seeing that Old Man Gao was still stunned, he immediately said: "Old man, don't be stunned, hurry back and take your grandson to see a doctor! Just take it easy and don't make any mistakes!"

Old Man Gao tightened his grip on the money in his hand, his eyes slightly red.

From Gao Mingcheng's words, he sensed Gao Mingcheng's concern for his grandson, and mistakenly thought that Gao Mingcheng paid a high price to buy the sick cow so that his grandson could have money for medical treatment.

"When my grandson recovers, I will take him to Gaojia Village to thank you." Old Man Gao said gratefully.

Gao Mingcheng smiled and said: "You don't have to go to Gaojia Village. I'm usually in the county now. The clothing store I open is called Xinxin Clothing Store. If your grandson recovers from his illness, you can bring him to my store and I will give him some money." He gave me a set of clothes to wear!”

"Oh, you can't do that..." Old Man Gao didn't expect Gao Mingcheng to be such a generous person, and was so surprised that he waved his hand to refuse.

Gao Mingcheng said nothing more, waved to Old Man Gao, and drove the tractor back to Gaojiacun.

In fact, he was not completely sure whether there was bezoar in the body of this sick cow, but after witnessing this scene by accident today, and remembering the news he heard back then, he decided to give it a try.

If not, it would be a loss of 800 yuan, but in the end it could be considered a good thing. If Gao Gao's grandson had money for medical treatment, he might not have a sudden illness in the reservoir and drown.

Thinking of this, he was in a good mood and headed towards Niuweiling in Gaojiacun, playing cheerful tunes.

When he entered the village, he drove the car very fast. Even if someone saw him and wanted to say hello, he pretended not to hear because at this moment, he just wanted to go home and slaughter the cow!
After opening the courtyard door, Gao Mingcheng drove the tractor directly into the courtyard.

At this time, the spacious yard highlights its advantages, and it is convenient for the tractor to turn around here.

After parking the car, Gao Mingcheng closed the courtyard door again.

Slaughtering a cow is a very troublesome thing. In this village, he has three employees who can call them over. However, Gao Mingcheng did not call for help because he had to first determine whether there was bezoar in the cow's belly.

He took out the butcher's knife from the house and slaughtered the cow with one swift movement.

Many people believe that cows are spiritual, so many cow-raising families would rather sell the cows alive than slaughter them themselves. If they must be slaughtered, they would just ask a butcher to slaughter them, and their own family would not do it.

The butcher also thought of a way to avoid the cow's revenge, which was to call other people's names when slaughtering.

This other person is most likely someone the butcher hates.

However, Gao Mingcheng remained silent while slaughtering the cow, because he felt that calling other people's names was just a way of psychological comfort.

Slaughter the cow and disembowel it.

Gao Mingcheng immediately reached out to check whether there were any hard lumps in the cow's gallbladder, bile duct, and liver duct.

At this time, his nervous heartbeat accelerated. When he felt a hard lump, Gao Mingcheng was ecstatic. He immediately took out a knife, scraped out the hard lump in the gallbladder, and peeled off the adherent lining and other materials.

The piece of bezoar in his hand was oval in shape, light in weight, with a yellowish-brown surface, delicate and shiny, but it was still a little wet because it had just been taken out of the body.After weighing it, it was indeed about a pound.

Gao Mingcheng continued to carefully cut open the bile duct and liver duct, and found more than a dozen bezoars inside. The small ones were only the size of soybeans, and the large ones were as big as dates.

After cleaning the bezoar, he immediately returned to the house and took out clean cotton and wool.

Bezoar is light and fragile, so it cannot be exposed to wind or sun, which will affect the quality.

It is best to carefully wrap the bezoar with clean cotton, then wrap it with wool, and finally hang it in a cool place to dry naturally.

These conditions can be met at home.

Gao Mingcheng tidied up all these bezoars quickly.

After hanging the bezoar in his bedroom, he breathed a sigh of relief.

This bedroom was specially locked, and Zhang Chengyuan and others would never break in without permission.

After getting the precious bezoar as he wished, Gao Mingcheng was in a good mood. He looked at the old scalper that had been disembowelled and was too lazy to continue cleaning it up.

Generally speaking, it is best not to eat livestock that have died of illness because they may contain viruses, especially mad cow disease, which is very powerful.

But this cow is different. Although it is also sick, it has gallstones, which are harmful to itself, but there is no virus.

Once this beef is put away, people can eat it too.

So he went out to call someone, and a few minutes later, Zhang Chengyuan's family and Chen Dasong's family all came over.

There is strength in numbers, not to mention that Gao Mingcheng didn't ask them to work for nothing in order to take care of the cow.

It has been agreed that each family will share five kilograms of meat and some water afterwards.

It was now 10:30 in the morning. Although Gao Mingcheng dragged the cow to the shade under the eaves, the temperature was still very high and the cow had to be dealt with as soon as possible.

Chen Dasong looked at the old scalper who had been disemboweled, and said in surprise: "This is an old cow, Ming Cheng, have you been deceived?"

Aunt Liu also said: "The meat of old cows is not as delicious as the meat of bullocks. I have eaten it once before and it was not as fragrant."

Both of them were afraid that Gao Mingcheng had been deceived.

Gao Mingcheng said casually: "The cattle seller has something to do with our Gaojia Village. His grandson was sick and had no money for medical treatment, so he sold the cattle there. I haven't eaten beef for a long time, so I simply did a good deed and gave the cattle to Bought it.”

"I used to work alone. After I killed the cow, I thought of you - don't be stunned, work quickly! Take out the internal organs first, then peel off the skin, cut off the meat, and then The bones are also sorted.”

Gao Mingcheng commanded with his mouth, and then these people started working hard.

The men were responsible for skinning and dismembering the bodies, while the women began to clean the entrails and drains.

As for the little rocks...

Come on, Gao Mingcheng is responsible for taking care of him!

Gao Mingcheng picked up the small stone and said, "I'm going to the mountains to see if the bayberries are ripe."

Chen Dasong immediately said: "Go and see, I see that the bayberry on the tree has turned a little red!"

(End of this chapter)