Chapter 223 Bezoar
Seeing that the old cow in front of him neither ate grass nor drank water, Zhang An sighed and took it out of the space together.
After some observation just now, Zhang An clearly saw that the old scalper's heart was not only beating slowly, but also starting to shrink.
In this situation, it is obvious that he is already terminally ill, and even if the Great Luo Immortal comes, he will not be able to save him.
Even if I don’t think about killing it tomorrow, its time is running out and it won’t live long.
Remembering the matter of slaughtering the cow, Zhang An realized that he was so stupid that he had forgotten the most important thing for a moment.
Since you can see through space, why not see if there is a bezoar on this old cow.
I was just so excited that I forgot the most important thing. I really shouldn’t have.
After Zhang An closed the pen door, he walked out of the pen room with his heavy head on his head.
I didn’t pay attention when I was excited, but now that I have calmed down, I find that my eyelids are extremely heavy.
This feeling is like walking dozens of miles in one breath while carrying a load of more than 100 kilograms. It is extremely tiring.
Zhang An fell asleep within half a minute from entering the room to lying on the bed.
Wang Fang didn't hear Zhang An's movement for a long time. When he came over, he found that Zhang An had already fallen asleep on the bed.
She thought Zhang An had drank too much at night, so she didn't care.
After closing the screen window in the room, he turned off the light and let Zhang An continue to sleep.
When Zhang An woke up again, it was already four or five o'clock in the morning.
It is already gray outside now, and it will be sunrise in a while.
Zhang An has never seen Los Angeles at four in the morning, but he has seen the mountains at four in the morning many times.
After waking up, Zhang An came to the space, wanting to try the feeling last night again.
Sure enough, after Zhang An concentrated on observing for a while, he could still see the inside of the animal just like yesterday.
Not only that, even the meridians inside the plant branches can be clearly seen.
It seems that this effect of space is not a limit on the number of times. Zhang An thinks it must be related to his spirit.
I saw last night that I couldn’t watch it later, probably because I watched it too many times before.
It should be that I was too mentally exhausted at that time. After all, I felt physically exhausted at that time.
This thing is probably like watching a short movie. Although it is very interesting, it is not advisable to watch more and exercise more restraint.
After wandering around in space for half a month, Zhang An was completely awake.
After getting up and washing up, he opened the door and entered the pen room. This time Zhang An did not delay and directly brought the old scalper into the space.
After careful observation, Zhang An finally found the location of the gallbladder in the cow's belly.
This is located at the lower edge of the liver on the right side of the cow's body, where the second to last or third rib of the cow intersects.
This old cow is very thin, and its ribs are already very obvious.
Even if Zhang An doesn't need clairvoyance, he can quickly find where this place is.
After careful observation and confirmation, Zhang An determined that the fist-sized thing was the cow’s gallbladder.
Because of this thing, Zhang An had seen him many times at Zheng Butcher’s stall.
It’s just that the cow’s gallbladder was cut off when it was at the stall, so it was hung into a long pile.
But in the belly of the cow, there are other organs and tissues holding it up, so this thing looks more like a meat bun.
Through the gallbladder skin, Zhang An saw something that made him extremely excited.
This thing looked like an irregular stone, but Zhang An couldn't see clearly what color it was.
But as long as Zhang An can confirm that there is a hard object in the cow's gallbladder, he should be inseparable.
Zhang An looked at the hard object in the gallbladder. The size seemed a little bigger than the duck eggs at home.
At this time, Zhang An was a little confused, if this lump was really a bezoar.
According to this size, it cannot be formed in just one year.
According to Wu Dapao, when his family bought the cow, it was already a big cow that could pull a plow.
I have been raising him at their home for several years, and everything was quite normal before.
It was only starting last year that this cow lost weight at a speed visible to the naked eye, and it was out of control.
So if according to Old Man Wu, this cow started suffering from gallstones more than a year ago.
Even now, it has only been a year and a half, and it is impossible to have such a big lump of bezoars.
If the cow is finally slaughtered, what Zhang An sees is really a bezoar.
That means this cow had suffered from gallstones many years ago.
It may also be that the previous symptoms were mild, and the cow had no reaction like humans.
Only when the stone grows to a certain extent will it start to feel uncomfortable.
Zhang An guessed that when the cow started to lose meat at Wu Dapao's house last year, it was when the condition worsened.
If this is the case, I don’t know whether their family is lucky or unlucky.
Zhang An came out of the space and found that it was still early, not even five o'clock.
Although I couldn't sleep, I went back to bed and continued to lie down.
This time is neither early nor late, so it’s not a good time to find anything to do.
It wasn't until after dawn that Zhang An got up and started cooking breakfast.
After Zhang An cooked porridge several times before, Wang Fang and Zhang Jianguo liked it quite a lot.
So Zhang An is not going to do anything else today and will continue to cook porridge.
Don’t tell me, this porridge tastes quite delicious when paired with the homemade molded tofu and dried tempeh.
After breakfast, Zhang An took his father to the town to ask Butcher Zheng to help kill the cow.
Zhang An originally thought that it would not be a good idea to invite someone rashly because he was not familiar with the family.
But the old mother at home said that Zhang An’s father, Zhang Jianguo, used to guard the forest farm with Zheng Butcher, and they were quite familiar with each other.
Originally, the father and son planned to inform others in the morning and then slaughter the cow at home in the afternoon.
Because Butcher Zheng has to set up a stall in the morning, he cannot delay other people's business because of his own affairs.
But when they went to town, they found that Butcher Zheng didn’t come to open his stall today, so the two of them had to go and look for him.
But Butcher Zheng’s house happened to be in the town, so he found it in about ten minutes after walking out of the street.
"Old Zheng, why didn't you open a stall today?"
When I arrived in the yard of Butcher Zheng's house, I found that this man had just gotten up.
As soon as I stepped into the yard, I saw a big black wolf dog running out.
As soon as Zhang An saw this dog, he knew that the owner’s family was well-raised.
The body is dark and shiny, coupled with the tall body and strong limbs, it looks powerful and fierce.
Especially the tail behind it, like a big iron rod.
And when this dog runs, it feels stable and does not stagger at all.
Most people cannot raise a dog like this, because it cannot be developed by feeding it.
But when Zhang An thought about what Butcher Zheng did at home, he understood clearly. It is estimated that this dog usually eats meat.
"Dahei, go back."
Maybe he heard Zhang Jianguo shouting, but Zheng Butcher had already come out of the house.
When I saw their big black dog escaping out, I quickly called him back.
"Hey, Jianguo, we are not here today, why did you think of coming to the street." Butcher Zheng smiled when he saw Zhang Jianguo and his son.
It's just that this face full of flesh, coupled with this soft smile, looks a bit scary.
"I'm here to ask you for help today, Xiao An, this is Uncle Zheng."
Zhang Jianguo was talking to Zheng Xueli and asked Zhang An to call someone.
“Don’t listen to Dad, just call me Zheng Butcher. Everyone calls me that. You old man wants you to call me Uncle Zheng. I always feel that he has bad intentions. Do you want to Give it to the red envelope.”
Although Zheng Xueli’s words sounded bold, Zhang An felt that he might have a really good relationship with his father.
Generally, only very close acquaintances can be so secretive.
"Hey, uncle butcher."
Zhang An followed Zheng Xueli's wishes, and it was not unfamiliar to him to shout like this.
"This is your Zhang An. I haven't seen you for a while, and he has grown so tall."
"Come on, come and sit at home."
With that said, Zheng Xueli took Zhang An and his son home.
Zheng Xueli's wife saw someone coming, so she made a pot of tea and poured it for the two of them. Zhang An also called her aunt.
"After the last cow was slaughtered, it was all sold out yesterday. Let's rest for two days before slaughtering the cow and starting a stall."
After entering the house, Zheng Xueli started chatting with Zhang Jianguo .
"By the way, Lao Zhang, you just said you came to see me if you have something to do. What's the matter?"
"That's right, our family has a cow to slaughter, so we came to see you as a master. ."
After taking a sip of tea, Zhang Jianguo opened his mouth and told the story.
“Hey, Lao Zhang, your family has become prosperous now, and you have killed the cows.”
Zheng Xueli was quite surprised that Zhang An’s family wanted to slaughter the cows.
It is normal for people in the countryside to slaughter pigs, but it is also when there are important events at home or during the Chinese New Year.
In the middle of July and August, cows are slaughtered, which is not the case for ordinary people.
And when he looked at Zhang Jianguo and his son, he didn't look like there was something big going on at home.
"If you don't express anything, you still have to make a living."
Seeing Zheng Xueli making fun of himself, Zhang An Jianguo told him the story.
After Zheng Xueli heard this, he agreed immediately.
I’m not going to go out to the stall today anyway, so I have nothing to do, so I’m going to help out.
Originally, I was worried that Zheng Xueli was busy selling the stall, so I planned to slaughter the cow again in the afternoon.
Unexpectedly, this man was okay in the morning, so Zhang Jianguo planned to kill him when he went back.
I finished it just in time to have lunch in time.
On the way back, Zheng Xueli was not with Zhang An.
Instead, he rode his motorcycle and followed Zhang An's car with his big wolf dog.
Zheng Xueli had guessed that his old friend's family conditions must have improved since Zhang Jianguo asked him to kill the cow.
Especially after seeing Zhang An and his son get into the car and come to the village to look at this large three-story bungalow, which is not something ordinary people can own.
However, Zheng Xueli just sighed and was not very envious.
Because he has relied on the business of selling beef for so many years, his family's conditions are not bad.
Entering Zhang An’s yard, there were originally some mighty and high-spirited big wolf dogs.
After seeing a few Xiaohu, he began to become timid.
"Good dogs, Lao Zhang, your dogs are all good."
This is the first time Zheng Xueli has encountered a dog that can make his own big wolf dog scared like this.
Especially the three big dogs, squatting on the ground like little calves.
"Haha, those are kept by Xiao An for fun, and he often takes them into the mountains on weekdays."
Zhang Jianguo was very happy to see Zheng Xueli praising his dog. He also liked his family dog very much.
Zheng Xueli understood it as soon as he heard it. No wonder his dog was so scared. It turned out that he often wandered into the mountains.
He has been guarding the forest farm for several years and knows the difference between dogs in the mountains and outside.
After spending some time making preparations, Zhang Jianguo took the cow out.
Even Zhang Jianguo told Zheng Xueli in advance how thin the cow was.
But when he saw it with his own eyes, he still felt it was a bit horrifying.
A lot of cows have passed through his hands over the years, but this is the first time he has seen a cow so thin.
When the cow was slaughtered later, Zhang An returned home on the pretext of looking for something.
Because the process of killing the cow was too cruel, Zhang An really couldn't stand it.
By the time Zhang An came out, Zheng Xueli had already started peeling off the skin.
In the end, it took more than two hours to finally slaughter the cow. Manual slaughtering of cows is still not faster than the machines of later generations.
A normal ox of this size can usually produce three to four hundred kilograms or more of clean meat.
But the internal organs and large bones of this cow were removed, and the pure meat was less than one hundred kilograms.
The piles of beef bones next to it didn't look like there was much meat.
As you can imagine, this cow is so skinny that it can’t even produce any meat.
This meat yield made Butcher Zheng next to him shake his head. If he relied on this cow to produce meat, he would probably die.
At the end of the day, it was still early, so Zheng Xueli started to deal with the internal organs.
As the beef heart, liver, kidneys, etc. were cleaned up, they were washed by Zheng Xueli and placed in the basin next to them.
When it came to the gallbladder, Zheng Xueli paid special attention.
When he was at their home, Zhang Jianguo told him that the main purpose of killing the cattle this time was to see if there were any yellow ones.
So when the gallbladder was removed and taken out, Zheng Xueli gently pinched the gallbladder underneath.
"Lao Zhang, you have the goods, it's not small."
Zheng Xueli could clearly feel that there was a hard thing inside the gallbladder.
At this moment, he didn't even have to think about it. This thing was the bezoar that Zhang An's family had longed for.
Hearing Zheng Xueli’s shout, the people nearby who were helping with other parts immediately gathered around.
"Really?"
"Really."
Then Zheng Xueli took the butcher's knife and made an incision from above the gallbladder opening.
Slowly the stones in the gallbladder were taken out, and a stone slightly larger than a duck egg appeared in front of everyone.
Zhang Jianguo quickly came over with a plate and put it on the plate mixed with bile without even washing it.
This thing was too valuable. He was afraid that if it lost a few dollars after washing it, it would be a big loss.
At this moment, Zhang An was sure that he was in the space in the morning and had not misjudged it.
(End of this chapter)