My village can't be like this

221 - Strange Cow
"Uncle, you always have some thoughts in your heart, or you still feel uncomfortable, you can't hide it."

The more Zhang An thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong. For more than ten years, the old man's mind had been on the village.

From before to now, he has worked tirelessly for the village for more than ten years.

Even in later generations, the old uncle did not quit until he retired.

But at this moment, the old uncle is still ten years away from retirement.

I suddenly mentioned this matter to myself, as if I was looking for a successor, not because of a physical problem.

"You little devil, what can I do, I just ask you in advance if you have any ideas."

Hearing that Zhang An's words were getting more and more wrong, Zhang Jianwen hurriedly interrupted Zhang An, lest Zhang An's words would become more outrageous.

"In the nearby villages headed by Shaziba, the organizational structure of one village and two committees has been clearly divided."

"The candidates selected by those villages are all young people, and they have recently started to make drastic moves."

"So some of us old guys thought, should our village follow suit? After all, you young people are flexible in mind, dare to think and do, and will definitely motivate the big guys."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Jianwen lit himself a stick of leaf cigarette, and puffed on it.

"There are not many young people left in our village, and you are the most promising one in our village committee. As long as you have an idea, we will immediately call everyone for a meeting to settle this matter."

Zhang Jianwen is not worried at all about the meeting.

Not to mention that Zhang An was particular about pleasing everyone in the village since he was a child.

Based on the achievements made in the past two years, few people in the village dissatisfied with Zhang An.

So even if there is a general election, Zhang An must be sure.

"Uncle, it's better not to worry about it. The village really needs me, so I will definitely do my best."

"I'm too lazy, and I'm still so young. I really can't handle these things in the village in normal times."

Zhang An thought about it in his mind, and then declined with the old uncle.

"Our position in Changqing Village is really old, uncle. If someone else came, he wouldn't be able to do the job."

"So get ready, uncle, and serve our village until you retire."

Although the old uncle is indeed not as thoughtful as some young people, he is really the most suitable candidate for the village head in the village.

Because he knows how to unite everyone and give the village the human touch it deserves.

One can feel at a glance that this village is very lively.

After the old uncle retired in later generations, he did change to another person to take this position.

But in just one or two years, those human feelings began to dissipate.

Maybe the people who are close to each other are still more friendly, while the people who are a little farther away are not as familiar as before.

Even if there is something going on in the village, it is not as united as before.

The most obvious is the upper village and the lower village, as if separated by a gap.

It gives the impression that the village has no vitality.

And Zhang An didn't want to be like his old uncle when he was young.

Every day, he not only has to be busy with his own affairs, but also has to deal with those nonsense and nonsense things in the village.

It's only the old uncle's age, and he still has such prestige in the village.

So he adjusts, solves, and persuades those people to listen.

If it was me, when people saw my age, they didn't even think about taking me seriously.

I thought that with such a big doll, I didn't take care of myself well, and I wanted to help others deal with things.

Seeing that Zhang An rejected the proposal immediately, the three of Zhang Jianwen still felt a little pity.

After all, if a young man like Zhang An is brought to the village, he will definitely bring a different development to the village.

In the end, Zhang Jianwen asked him to think about it more, and he can tell him if he has an idea in the future.

After drinking half a catty of white wine at night, I felt a little feverish.

Coming out of Zhang Ping's house now, I felt the cool wind blowing from the fields along the way.

Zhang An, who was a little drunk at first, became sober all of a sudden.

Arriving in Tianba, Zhang An saw an old man from the village grazing cattle in the dam.

Looking at the cow in front of him, Zhang An was very surprised. Anyway, he was not in a hurry to go home, so he walked over to chat with the old man for a while.

This old man is a villager from Xiazhai in Changqing Village, and Zhang An can be considered to know him.

It's just that Zhang An is not that familiar with him because he doesn't come and go often.

The old scalper in front of him is completely different from other cattle.

Because the cow is skinny, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as skinny.

There is a saying that this cow is taken out, which makes people look quite scary.

Not only the clear skeleton on the body, but also the eyes are protruding from the thin head of the bull.

"Old man, how did your cow grow up like this? It can't be that the family is short of corn."

Zhang An walked to the stone next to the old man and sat down, then joked with the old man.

Normally, Zhang An wouldn't say this, but today he drank a little more, so he talked a lot.

"Baby, my old man feeds it corn every day, but the more he eats, the thinner he becomes, hey."

When the old man spoke, there was a hint of helplessness in his tone.

Zhang An didn't know what the old man's name was. He only knew that everyone called him Wu Dapao.

The last time Zhang An helped to register the name list for the township appointment on June [-]th.

It's just that Wu Dapao is remembered for him, and others will know it is him at a glance.

The old man saw Zhang An blowing up with him, so he told Zhang An about this awesome thing.

It turned out that this cow was not like this before. Wu Laopao bought this cow three years ago and raised it.

It has been raised very well and is willing to feed it at ordinary times. This cow has become an indispensable labor force for their family.

But no one expected that a good day would suddenly change drastically.

Since last year, the cow has been losing weight.

Old man Wu thought it was because the family hadn't fed it well, so he gave him clean corn every meal.

But in the end, the corn was also eaten, and the meat on the cow was still falling off.

Last year was better. Although I lost weight, I still looked like a cow.

But after the New Year this year, after being pulled out of the circle, old man Wu's family was scared.

Because the cow has nested everywhere, so thin that only a skeleton remains.

After being led to the field and brought a circle of plows, the old scalper couldn't even walk steadily.

In the end, old man Wu couldn't bear to let him plow the field.

Many people said that old man Wu's house had bumped into something unclean, and they needed someone to instigate it.

But even after finding Mr. Goddess to come over, the practice did not improve.

Keeping such a cow at home has no other purpose except to subsidize food.

So their family has been talking, or take the cow to sell while it is alive.

Even if you sell more and sell less, you can sell a little bit.

If it is not sold, it will be smashed in the hand, and there will be only one piece of skin left on the whole body of the cow, and nothing else.

Everyone in the family said that, and old man Wu has been involved in the bull market several times.

But in the end, there were many people watching, but no one asked the price.

In the end, old man Wu took the initiative to ask, and the others shook their heads.

They gathered around to watch, because they had never seen such a lean cow before, and they just rushed to watch the excitement.

In this day and age, there are many people who buy cattle to kill.

But for such a thin cow, anyone with a discerning eye would know that there is no meat in it.

Others buy cattle with the intention of raising them for farm work. Such cattle obviously do not meet their goals.

So Mr. Wu led the bull market several times, which was a waste of his time.

Instead, he recruited people for nothing to make jokes, saying that the old man has no skills and raised cattle like this.

Old man Wu, who had explained so many times, felt bitter, but he didn't want to continue seeing each other and explaining each other.

So in the end, I just didn't bother to sell it.

"Then the cow is sick? Have you ever gone to the veterinary station to have a look?"

This cow is so thin, if the owner didn't starve it deliberately, it must have suffered from a disease.

"I've looked for it, and I've been there several times before and after, but those people can't tell. Every time I go, I get several injections, but it doesn't work at all."

Hearing this, the old man just shook his head.

That's right, Zhang An had only been to the veterinary station some time ago, and he had seen everyone in it.

They are all people in their 50s and [-]s, and it is okay to let them prescribe medicines for injections.

It would be a bit embarrassing for them to see such intractable diseases.

"Old man, has anyone told you that this cow may have bezoar in its stomach?"

Suddenly, Zhang An remembered the old saying "yellow cattle are thin and have bezoar".

Although bezoar is the gallbladder stone of cattle, it is a rare traditional Chinese medicine blindly.

However, if a cow suffers from gallstones, it usually has a loss of appetite and usually does not eat much.

But from what Mr. Wu said just now, the cow, corn and grass are all good enough to eat.

At this moment, Zhang An saw that the cow ate grass and it was delicious, as if he had lost his appetite.

This thing seems a little strange, willing to eat, but just lose meat.

"Yes, many people have said it, but the bezoar is not so easy to get."

Hearing Zhang An's words, Mr. Wu smiled and shook his head.

"The cow in my family tastes delicious in everything. The cow's eyes don't turn red, and it doesn't like to drink water. It doesn't like to bark at ordinary times. The one with bezoar may be too young."

At such an old age, the old man has already inquired clearly about this aspect.

And there used to be a family in the next door village that also raised a scrawny cattle.

That cow looks like a bezoar, it doesn't eat anything and has red eyes, and when it goes crazy, it kicks its hooves.

At that time, anyone who saw it would say that there was bezoar in the belly of their cow.

After hearing this kind of talk too much, the family's heart is also in vain.

So he killed the cow neatly, and finally found no sign of bezoar in the stomach of the cow.

In the end, even the pile of cow dung that was dug out was rummaged, and there was not a single hair.

That is, a piece of scrap iron the size of a thumb was found in the tripe.

And this matter was also witnessed by old man Wu.

Because of this, so many people told him that there might be bezoars, and he had no intention of killing the cattle.

He knew that his cow was indeed sick, but in his opinion, it had nothing to do with bezoar.

It's just that no one can see what kind of disease he has.

Now it costs thousands of dollars a head, which is not a small amount of money for their family.

That's why he didn't want to bet on the illusory bezoar, because he couldn't afford to bet on it, and the cow didn't even have two catties of meat after killing it.

In his heart, as long as the cow does not die, there is always hope.

Maybe the cow in my family will suddenly recover one day after raising it.

And those people who said there were bezoars kept urging Mr. Wu to kill the cows to have a look.

But Mr. Wu said that the cattle were sold cheaply and let them gamble. If there were bezoars, they would not say a word.

As soon as he said this, he didn't encourage him all the time. After all, they were just watching the fun, and they didn't think about spending money on their own.

After chatting with Mr. Wu for half the salary, Zhang An could also understand what Mr. Wu meant.

Most people really don't dare to gamble, because the cost is too high.

"Old man, do you really want to sell this cow, or do you want to keep it?"

Zhang An thought for a while, and then spoke to Mr. Wu.

"If it can be sold, it must be sold as soon as possible."

The old man is not stupid, it is also a burden to raise a few catties of corn for a day at home.

"Then how much money do you always plan to sell?"

Such a thin cow is definitely not comparable to a normal cow, and the price is much cheaper.

"Boy, do you have this idea? You bought this cow and it fell into your hand."

Seeing Zhang An like this, Wu Dapao felt that he was a little moved, so he offered a few words of persuasion.

After all, he is from a village, if he sells it to Zhang An.

If it gets out one day, people will say that old man Wu is lying to his own people.

"Old man, if you just say that and I just listen to it, let's take it as bragging."

Zhang An was indeed moved, it was rare to meet such a cow.

And the price of buying a cow now is really not a burden for him.

If the cow had bezoar, then he would have an extra family heirloom in his hand.

Even if there is no bezoar, Zhang An regards it as doing a good deed and helping the people in his village.

"My request is not high, I just want to sell it for three or 400 yuan, but I didn't expect that 100 yuan would be too much."

Mr. Wu's idea is very simple, sell it for three or 400 yuan, and exchange it for a calf to continue raising.

But the price given by those people is the same as taking it for nothing. In the end, Mr. Wu didn't want to make a move, so let's just throw it in his hand.

"Does the old man still want to sell it now? If I sell it, I will buy it for you for 500 yuan."

Zhang An thought for a while and said, others asked for three hundred, Zhang An gave five hundred, it was not that Zhang An had too much money and had no place to spend it.

If it was someone from other places, Zhang An would definitely bargain.

But the old man is the elder of the village, and the family is not easy, so it is considered a good deed.

It's nothing to Zhang An to give this little money, but Mr. Wu can buy a big and a half cow.

"No, no, boy, when this cow was not so thin before, I didn't want it for three or four hundred. Now if you sell it for five hundred, others will scold me."

The old man shook his head when he heard this. Today, as long as he is a foreigner, he agrees without saying a word.

But Zhang An is from this village, and everyone in the village is still supporting Zhang An, he doesn't want to be poked in the back by everyone.

(End of this chapter)