My village can't be like this

Chapter 692

The ox had just been chopped off and nothing had been done yet. Zhang Mazi, who had come to watch from the crowd, could not help but speak to Master Huang: "Master, quickly dig it open and see if there is any bezoar in the ox's stomach."

Following Zhang Mazi's lead, the others' eyes suddenly lit up and they also started talking about this.

"Yes, Master, the cowhide can be peeled later. Let's see if there is any bezoar first."

It is a well-known fact that bezoar is a rare treasure.

Still remember the last time Zhang An's family slaughtered that skinny yellow cow and took out such a big piece of bezoar, which made them all envious.

Over the years, the entire Changqing Village had only slaughtered a cow once, and it got a prize that time, which made them feel that bezoar was not so rare.

So when they slaughtered the cattle for the Yang family this time, everyone was still thinking about the cattle stones.

"Go away, go away, all of you are just making trouble. The belly has been ripped open, how are you going to skin it later?"

Mr. Huang glared and completely ignored the crowd, and just peeled off the cowhide.

The Yang family has a pretty big cow, so they can make a lot of money by selling this cowhide.

Although everyone was itching to do it, they saw that Master Huang ignored them, so they could only hold it in and wait for Master Huang to finish skinning the cow.

However, Master Huang's skinning skills were still as skilled as ever. The skinning knife cut through the cow's body one after another, and the solid hide was separated from the cow's body, as if he could recognize the connection between the skin and the meat.

Zhang An didn’t know what other people were thinking, but just watching them was a kind of enjoyment for him and it was very relaxing.

After a long time of effort, a complete piece of cowhide was peeled off without any scratches.

"As expected of the Second Master, your skinning skills are simply amazing."

Zhang An and several other people pulled the bullshit apart and couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

Although Mr. Huang had helped to skin sheep and deer before, the sheep and deer were not very big, so Mr. Huang’s real skinning skills could not be demonstrated.

But this cow is different. It is so big and yet it can be skinned intact and in such a short time. That is really something else.

"Second Master, you have worked hard. Have some tea and rest for a while."

After peeling off the cowhide, Yang Laosan quickly poured a cup of tea and handed it to Mr. Huang Erye.

Although the whole process seems easy, everyone knows it is not that easy.

After resting for a while, Mr. Huang finished his tea, then picked up the butcher knife and walked towards the fat, white cow that had been skinned.

"Zhang An, come over here and give me your hand."

Although the butcher knife was sharpened to a very sharp edge, Mr. Huang was old after all, and not as young and strong as Lin Youde.

In addition, we had just spent so much time and effort, so it would not be easy to gut the old cow.

"Okay, here we go."

Zhang An rolled up his sleeves, borrowed an apron from his sister-in-law next to him, and went to help Master Huang.

"You, you, and you, come here and break some cow legs."

Then Mr. Huang called out the names of a few young men in the crowd and asked them to bend the cow's legs so that it would be easier to take out the internal organs later.

Although Zhang An had slaughtered sheep before, this was the first time he had taken on the job of slaughtering a cattle.

But even so, he was not panicked at all. After Master Huang made some gestures on the cow's stomach with his bare hands, he started to cut according to the places where Master Huang had just gestured.

Although strength is needed at this time, you cannot just use brute force. You have to be a little more restrained so as not to tear the internal organs in the cow's stomach.

As soon as Zhang An and Mr. Huang cut open the cow's stomach, Yang Laosan immediately came forward with a large basin and caught the internal organs.

"Second Master, now you can take it out and have a look."

Seeing that Yang Laosan's cow had been gutted, everyone could no longer hold back.

This is just like people sitting around a mahjong table watching others play mahjong. Even if they are not playing themselves, they are still very excited.

This time, Mr. Huang did not tease everyone. Instead, he followed everyone's instructions and first found the cow's gallbladder from the internal organs.

After a while, the cow gallbladder was found and the exciting moment was about to come.

"Come on, it's because you guys have been thinking about it all the time that the bezoar in my gallbladder has disappeared."

When Huang Er also found the gallbladder, he squeezed it slightly and felt it was soft, so he knew there was definitely no bezoar. However, this did not stop him from playing with his juniors.

"Ah, there is no bezoar."

When everyone heard this, they were very disappointed.

Although Yang Laosan's family did not expect to have bezoar like everyone else, they still showed some disappointment on their faces after knowing the answer.

"Don't think that just because Zhang An got it last time, you think that bezoar is everywhere. It's not that easy to get. Zheng the butcher in this town has been slaughtering cows for so many years, at least hundreds of cows, but I've never seen him find bezoar many times. This stuff depends on luck."

When Mr. Huang saw the disappointed looks on everyone's faces, he said nonchalantly.

From the very beginning when he slaughtered the cow, he never expected to get something like bezoar.

After all, that kind of treasure is not something you can easily see. Not to mention seeing it, he has only heard of it a few times in most of his life.

"That's right. A lucky person like Zhang An can meet someone once. Otherwise, he will be like Zheng the Butcher, who has been doing this for so many years but still has no chance."

When others heard this, they immediately thought it made a lot of sense, and Yang Laosan's family also felt relieved.

After all, they just slaughtered a cow, so it is normal that there is no bezoar.

Otherwise, what would Zheng the butcher think if he had to slaughter so many cows every year?

Of course, they also knew not to compare themselves with Zhang An.

Because in the past few years, everyone can see the changes in Zhang An's family, that their fortunes are getting better day by day.

Apart from anything else, just the fact that they can make money by growing something is, in their view, a sign of good luck.

Therefore, no one would think so and actively compare themselves with Zhang An, otherwise they would be so angry that they would die.

Afterwards, all the cow's internal organs were taken out from the cow's stomach, and Yang's aunt-in-law took them aside with several daughters-in-law to deal with them.

If nothing unexpected happens, the lunch later will be mainly composed of these internal organs, because the beef is still waiting to be sold to pay for the medical expenses of Yang Laoliu.

After the whole cow is unloaded and the head, tail, hooves and legs are all separated, Yang Laosan's family will sell the beef on the spot in the yard.

"If you want to improve your food, you can buy it. The beef from Lao San's house is not expensive. It's only nine yuan per pound, which is more than one yuan cheaper than the one in town."

Master Huang was holding a butcher knife and helping Old Third Yang's family to shout.

He was invited here today not only to help slaughter the cattle, but also to help sell them.

"Come on, cut me thirty pounds first."

Finding that no one was taking the lead, Zhang An took the lead and directly asked for thirty kilograms.

The prices of pork, beef and mutton have been rising in the past two years, among which beef is the most expensive. Zheng the butcher in the town often sells it for ten yuan and fifty cents per pound, and sometimes even eleven yuan.

But theirs is the best young yellow cattle, which is relatively delicious, so those who are willing to buy it don't think it's expensive. And Yang Laosan's is a water buffalo, the meat is a little worse than that of young yellow cattle, but it's only nine yuan a pound, which is really not expensive.

"Wow, this is a big deal."

Thirty kilograms of beef is not the same as thirty kilograms of pork. This kilogram of beef can buy more than two kilograms of pork.

Zhang An's family's financial strength is there, and no one would doubt that they can't afford it. Instead, they think it's normal for people to eat like this every meal.

"Hey, isn't it true that Qiqi has always liked to eat beef? Anyway, I usually have nothing to do, so I'll bring some more back and make it all into beef jerky, just as a snack for him."

What Zhang An said was true. Ever since he got the piece of beef from Zheng the butcher a few days ago, he has been studying how to make beef jerky.

Now I can be said to have gotten started. I happened to come across Yang Laosan’s house slaughtering cattle, so I simply bought some and took it back to make a few more flavors.

"Then I'll cut the beef leg for you. The shank is the best for making beef jerky."

Upon hearing this, Mr. Huang picked out the tendon meat from the beef leg and cut it for Zhang An.

However, even after cutting off four pieces of tendon meat, it was still not enough for thirty pounds, so some more was cut from other parts to make up the difference.

"The total is more than 33 kilograms. Are you willing to make do with it?"

Mr. Huang weighed it and found that it was a few pounds more than what Zhang An wanted.

"Just make do with it. This amount is just right."

This amount is not too much. After calculating here, it is exactly three hundred yuan.

So he took out the money and handed it directly to Yang Laosan.

"Why give him money? Qiqi likes to eat it. Just think of it as a gift from us uncles and aunts to him."

Yang Laosan kept shaking his head and didn't even reach out to take the money that Zhang An handed over.

If it was someone else, he would have accepted it without saying a word, but if it was Zhang An, he couldn't accept it.

After all, Zhang An saved their Xiaoliu, saving his life and helping to send him to the hospital. How could this little bit of beef be compared to that?

"Brother San, let's be clear. If you had invited me to dinner alone, I would have come without hesitation. But since you are selling this beef, you should take the money. Otherwise, I don't want it."

Zhang An's original intention was to give a head start to the others, and he also wanted to buy more, but he didn't want to take advantage of them. There was no reason for him not to pay.

In the end, Zhang An didn't care about him and just stuffed the money into his pocket, then took the meat back home.

Along the way, he met many tenants wandering around the village.

The pieces of beef in his hand, which were as fresh as they could be, immediately caught the attention of this group of old men and women.

"Hey, Zhang An, this is beef, right? Where did you buy it? It looks like it was just slaughtered."

As soon as they saw the jumping beef, they knew it must be fresh. Especially when they saw Zhang An bought so much, they couldn't help but want to buy some as well.

"It's in the yard of Old San Yang's house over there. They slaughtered their cow today."

Hearing the tenants' inquiries, Zhang An immediately pointed them out the way, as an advertisement for Yang Laosan's family.

After all, Yang Laosan had not yet told everyone that he was going to slaughter cattle and sell meat. He just wanted to wait until the cattle were slaughtered and then take them to the bridgehead to set up a stall to sell them.

But to be honest, the meat from Yang Laosan's cattle is really good. After all, in the past period of time, they have been feeding them either corn or grass cut outside, so this meat is definitely delicious.

After hearing what Zhang An said, several old men and women who were tenants went towards Yang Laosan's house.

Their conditions are all very good, and they never lack meat for every meal.

However, beef cannot be bought in the village, and one has to go to town, but they don’t usually want to go to town.

Now that I heard that I can buy it in the village, I won’t hesitate any longer and will go buy two kilograms to try it first.

"Grandma, meat, meat, meat."

As soon as little Siqi arrived in the yard, he ran to find his grandmother and said excitedly.

"What kind of meat? Qiqi, do you want to eat meat? Grandma will make some more later."

Wang Fang thought her grandson wanted to eat meat, so she immediately expressed her opinion.

"Dad bought a lot of meat."

The little guy quickly shook his head and pointed at Zhang An outside.

When Wang Fang came out, she saw Zhang An carrying so much beef.

"Why did you buy so much again? Didn't you just buy more than 20 kilograms a few days ago?"

Although Wang Fang does not object to her family living a better life now, she has never thought about eating like this every day.

"I saw that their beef was pretty good, so I bought some more. Qiqi loves beef jerky, so I made a few more flavors for him to try."

Anyway, in front of his mother, whenever he is in doubt, he will bring the little one out. This is the truth Zhang An has realized in the past two years.

Even though Wang Fang usually says this and that, once it comes to her eldest grandson Xiao Siqi, she will not object to anything.

"Okay, then make some more, including spiced and spicy ones. The sun will be very bright in the next few days, so they will be ready in the sun soon."

Sure enough, as soon as Wang Fang mentioned Xiao Siqi, she immediately stopped talking about anything else.

Near noon, Yang Laosan ran over to Zhang An and called him to eat: "Zhang An, why don't you go back after coming out? Come on, let's go eat. Auntie, where is my uncle? You two can come too."

Yang Laosan not only called Zhang An, but also looked for Wang Fang and Zhang Jianguo.

"Your uncle is busy in the orchard, so we won't go, Lao San. Xiao An can go. It's impossible to hire someone to do the work at home without someone at home."

Wang Fang smiled and refused, saying that although the family didn't need meals, they still needed some water from time to time.

Besides, she had to cook at home and wait for Su Ying to come back from school, so how could she possibly go?

In the end, only Zhang An took little Siqi there.

Because he was still young, Yang Laosan didn't let him sit at the children's table, but instead let him sit with Zhang An.

During mealtimes, the adults took great care of him. Any delicious dishes would be placed in front of him. He enjoyed treatment that other children did not have.

After dinner, everyone drank a pot of tea at Yang's house and prepared to go home.

Because there was still some beef left from the morning, Yang Laosan was going to set up a stall at the entrance of the village in the afternoon to sell it, so everyone decided not to waste his time.

"Second Master, you have worked hard this year, you must accept this."

Before leaving, Yang Laosan gave the cow's head and tail to Huang Erye as a thank you gift.

"I'm not a butcher. Just having a meal and drinking some wine is enough. There's no need to do all this nonsense."

Mr. Huang refused directly. He was not a professional in slaughtering pigs and cows, so he did not need any thank-you gift.

(End of this chapter)