Chapter 691: Cow Slaughter
As noon approached, Lu Cheng had already brought people over.
This year’s grain drying field has been transformed into other facilities by the village, and you can no longer park your car inside.
Fortunately, the dam opposite the intersection of Dongli Courtyard has been built into a parking lot.
The May Day holiday has passed these days, so it is quite empty inside, and parking is much more convenient than before.
“You are wasting your natural resources, Zhang An.”
Seeing Zhang An’s family driving Dahei and Taxue to plow the fields, Lu Cheng suddenly felt that it was too extravagant.
If these two good horses were placed in those horse farms, they would be treated as ancestors.
"What's the point? In the countryside, people are destined to work when they are born, let alone cattle and horses."
Zhang An shook his head and said, not as distressed as Lu Cheng .
In his opinion, cattle and horses should do the work that cattle and horses should do.
And the work they need to do is not too heavy, and the food treatment is not bad.
If more than ten or twenty years pass, the treatment of those cattle and horses may not be comparable to Dahei’s current life.
"You can go and stay in the yard by yourself, or you can go to the mountains and watch them pick cherries. I have to be busy plowing the fields today, so I don't have time to accompany you."
We all know this. After a long time, Zhang An no longer treated Lu Cheng as politely as he did when they first met.
"You are busy with your own business, don't worry about me."
Lu Cheng is not pretentious, not only Zhang An's family, but also Changqing Village, he comes there several times a year , I have long been familiar with it.
But he didn’t go anywhere. After sending the people he had gathered to help Zhang An’s orchard, he continued to stand on the field ridge and watched Zhang An and his son working in the fields.
"Zhang An, why don't you let me try? I've never done this kind of work in my life."
After watching half of the pay, I saw Zhang An driving his horse in the field. Plowing back and forth, Lu Cheng felt a little itchy.
He had never done farm work before, but he actually wanted to go to the fields to experience it.
“No, Dahei has a bad temper and you can’t control it. You’d better find something else to do.”
Zhang An refused on the spot because it was so urgent. Plowing fields with animals is also dangerous.
After all, Yang Laoliu was beaten half to death by a cow in the field yesterday, and now he is still lying in the hospital.
Although horses are different from cows in that they have no horns, the damage caused by the horse's hooves is no less than that of the cow's horns.
It’s just that one is a puncture injury and the other is a blunt injury.
Based on what Yang Laoliu learned yesterday, even a gentler Ta Xue would not let Lu Cheng plow.
"This is boring. I finally wanted to experience the hard-earned food, but you didn't give me any face."
Seeing Zhang An's straightforward refusal, Lu Cheng pretended to be unhappy.
Actually, he just saw Zhang An holding the plow and driving Dahei to plow the field, so he wanted to give it a try.
"My family will be planting rice in a few days. If you really want to experience it, then stay here for a few more days. Then there will be plenty for you to experience. Forget about plowing. Yesterday, there were people plowing in our village. I was pried by a cow, and now I have just saved my life, and I am lying in the hospital."
Zhang An rolled his eyes, he wanted to play with horses as much as he wanted, and he said he wanted to experience life.
If you really want to experience it, then come over in a few days when the rice is being planted. You will definitely be able to experience it.
"What? Cows are so dangerous, aren't they said that cows are very docile animals?"
This is the first time that Lu Cheng has heard of someone being injured by a cow.
After all, he is used to seeing old cows being led carefree and leisurely, and he can even control some children.
"Under normal circumstances, cows are indeed very docile, but even humans have special circumstances, let alone livestock."
The head of Yang Laoliu's family Zhang An had an impression of the buffalo. It was a very docile old buffalo. Their children could usually ride it alone to herd the cows in the mountains.
There must be a reason for this sudden outburst to pry Yang Laoliu away.
If he didn’t have mad cow disease, he was frightened.
But probably only their family knows what the reason is.
“Actually, if your family has so many fields, you can definitely buy a plowing machine. It is used in many places now. It is faster than livestock and is also convenient.”
Lu Cheng When I think about what I see outside are all machines, and when I come back and see here are all livestock, it feels like two extremes.
“Forget it, we only have a few acres of land, it’s not worth buying a plow.”
Zhang An didn’t think so in a short time, because now in China The agricultural machinery in China has just started, and they are still large-scale machinery. It is not yet time to popularize small-scale family farming mechanization.
You must know that the land in the mountainous area is not as flat as the plain areas, and those machines will not be able to handle it.
After all, they are the only province in the country that does not have plain areas. This is no joke.
However, if the technology matures in a few years and farming machinery is made available to families, we can try small machines like that.
Because in later generations, although there were still people farming in the village, few people raised livestock, and all machines were sold.
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It took Zhang An and his son two days to plow all the fields at the door.
The fields that usually looked bare have now turned into sparkling water.
The water in the field has become clear and clear. The breeze blows, and waves of ripples ripple in the field.
That afternoon, Yang Laosan came back from the county town.
But as soon as he came back, he went straight to Zhang An's house.
"Zhang An, this is the money I borrowed from you in the hospital. I'm really sorry that it took so long to send it to you."
In the past few days, the Yang family has All his energy was focused on Yang Laoliu, who was in the hospital, and it was only today that he returned to a somewhat normal life.
When Yang Laosan came back from the hospital, he also took the money and brought it back to Zhang An.
"Third brother, I'm not happy about what you said. It's only been a few days since you said that. Besides, our family doesn't have much money to spend now, so it doesn't matter."
Zhang An knew the situation of the Yang family, so he accepted the money, but pretended to be unhappy.
"Speaking of which, in the past few days, has the doctor told us how Liuzi's condition is going?"
"Yes, the doctor told us that Liuzi's condition has completely stabilized, but it will definitely happen this month. He has to stay in the hospital until next month before he can be discharged and go home to recuperate. "
Zhang An can be regarded as the person who saved Yang Laoliu's life, so Yang Laosan knows everything about him. Word.
"Then listen to the doctor. Although it costs money to go to the hospital, Brother Liu has suffered a big disaster this time. It is definitely better in the hospital than at home. We must not leave the root cause of the disease behind."
Being hospitalized for such a long time means spending money, and it is not a small amount of money. For rural people, it is like cutting off the flesh on the body, so Zhang An also opened his mouth to comfort his family like others.
“We think the same way. We would rather spend more money to cure Liuzi completely. After all, he has not yet married. If the root cause of the disease really falls, then finding a wife will be a problem. "It can be seen that the Yang brothers are still united and do not want to take Yang Laoliu out of the hospital early just to save money.
"It's also thanks to you that Dr. Zhang is more concerned about Liu Zi and visits him several times a day."
In the hospital , Dr. Zhang had to visit Yang Laoliu several times a day, which made the Yang family very happy.
However, the Yang brothers have a clear conscience. This is probably because of Zhang An's relationship.
After all, they could clearly see Dr. Zhang's attitude toward Zhang An that day in the hospital.
"This should be the responsibility of the doctor. It has nothing to do with me. We didn't know each other before."
Zhang An quickly shook his head and said, even though he knew what happened. I can't admit it.
Otherwise, other people in the village will find out, and when someone goes to the hospital, he will have to go to Dr. Zhang for everything. At that time, it is not good to refuse, and it is not good not to refuse.
"Don't worry, we know and won't tell anyone."
Yang Laosan is also a good person, so of course he knows what Zhang An is thinking.
"By the way, Zhang An, can you help contact the butcher who kills cows in town? Our cow has pried off Lao Liu this time, so it must not be raised anymore."
At the end, Yang Laosan asked Zhang An about Butcher Zheng.
In rural areas, an animal that hurts someone is a taboo and cannot be kept at home any longer.
Especially the bull of the Yang family, which almost pried Yang Laoliu away this time, and it can't be kept.
So in the past few days, their family had just settled Yang Laoliu and had their hands free, so they were ready to deal with this matter.
"Third brother, we are all from the village. I will tell you some things directly. I really don't recommend that you sell the cattle directly. You won't get the price, and you will definitely lose a lot."
In rural areas, when it comes to buying and selling livestock, it is completely different from having someone come to buy it from your doorstep and having it delivered to your doorstep.
If you find someone to buy it yourself, they will keep the price down for you.
Especially knowing that the Yang family has a reputation for hurting others, they will be even more ruthless when it comes to lowering prices.
This is the same whether it is other people or Zheng Butcher.
Although Zhang An's family knows both sides and can go and help talk, this is a matter that blocks people's way of making money. It is better not to speak unless necessary.
“It’s okay if I don’t sell it.”
Mr. Yang is also very helpless. He knows this, but this is a big taboo. You have to sell it even if you lose money. Same.
“Actually, you don’t need to sell it. You can just kill the cows yourself and sell the meat. There are so many people in Dongli yard, so you definitely don’t have to worry about not being able to sell them all. No matter what, you won’t lose money. , maybe it can be sold for more money.”
The Yang family was planning to sell the cow to Butcher Zheng, so the cow was destined to be slaughtered.
But if you think about it from another angle, you are killing and selling the meat, so why can't you do it yourself?
In the past, I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to sell it, so I sold it to a cattle dealer.
But now that there are so many tenants in Dongli Courtyard, it will be enough for each person to buy a few kilograms.
"Yes, why didn't I think of that? Then I'll go back and discuss the slaughtering of the cow with my family."
Hearing Zhang An's words, Yang Laosan's eyes suddenly widened. Bright.
Now Changqing Village is different from before. There are so many tenants here. After slaughtering the cows, not only all of them will be sold, but most of them will be sold.
No matter what I say, it will be almost the same as selling the cow.
So, he didn't stay at Zhang An's house any longer, and hurriedly went home to discuss it with his family.
At Zhang An’s house, it took two days to pick nearly half of the cherries on the back mountain.
Lu Cheng was still the same as before, looking at the huge cherries, he couldn't stop smiling.
"Zhang An, I am going to raise the price of this batch of cherries this year. You are not an outsider, so I will also raise the purchase price."
The prices of the cherries that were launched in advance this year are quite similar. Compared to previous years, that's incredible.
Lu Cheng saw that even though they were so expensive, there were still people buying them. If he didn't increase the price of such a good cherry from Anjia, it would be a waste of money.
It should be noted that there is a saying that if you don’t take what God gives you, you will suffer the consequences.
But since the shipping price has increased, the purchase price for Zhang An will also increase.
If it were anyone else, he might not take the initiative to mention this matter, but if the other party is Zhang An, then he is willing to give up some profits.
On the one hand, we have a good relationship and get along very well on weekdays. He can't do anything like eating alone.
The other thing is that he wants to continue to consolidate Zhang An’s channel and continue to cooperate.
If it were Zhang An, with such high-quality products, there would be no need to worry about not being able to sell them.
"It is indeed time to raise prices. Prices have been rising in the past two years. If we continue to ship at the previous price, it will be a really cheap sale."
In fact, even if Lu Cheng didn't take the initiative to speak, Zhang An would I will find an opportunity to discuss with him. He doesn't want to sell such a good thing at a low price.
Because prices in the past two years have simply changed every day, and they will become more and more exaggerated in the future.
Cherrys have been soaring to the sky in the past few years.
That night, the Yang family had already decided to slaughter their own cattle and buy meat, and came specially to invite Zhang An's family.
There was nothing going on, there was no need to pick the cherries at home, and the rice transplanting could wait for two more days, so Zhang An readily agreed.
When the time comes, we can sell more beef and help the Yang family sell goods.
The next day, after sending people up the mountain to pick cherries, Zhang An took Xiao Siqi to Yang Laosan's house.
The person who performed the surgery invited Mr. Huang, but not many other people were invited.
After all, this cow is slaughtered to sell its meat, and it can’t be like the New Year Pig that invites a lot of people.
But even so, when the cow was slaughtered, many people still came to watch.
After all, although cows and pigs are killed in the village, cows are not slaughtered very much.
And if you don’t count the lean cow that Zhang An’s family slaughtered last time, this is really the first time.
However, most people came over to see it, mainly because the cow was trying to steal people’s names.
A long time ago, this was called pest control, so there were many people watching.
Although Mr. Huang is not a butcher, his hand when cutting the knife is extremely stable. There is no situation where the cow can run around after inserting the knife.
However, it may be that Zhang An and his men tied the cow so tightly that it couldn't move even if it tried to struggle.
(End of this chapter)