Chapter 692
As soon as the cow was knocked off and nothing was done, Zhang Mazi, who was in the crowd and came to watch, couldn't help but said to Mr. Huang: "Second master, please dig it out and take a look. See if there is bezoar in this cow’s belly.”
After Zhang Mazi took the lead, the others’ eyes suddenly lit up and they started talking about it.
"Yes, Mr. Er, you can peel off the cowhide later. Let everyone see if there is bezoar first."
It is a well-known fact that bezoar is a rare treasure.
I still remember the last time Zhang An’s family slaughtered the skinny ox and took out such a large piece of bezoar, which made all of them’s eyes turn red with envy.
Over the years, the entire Changqing Village had slaughtered a cow once, and they won the prize in one go, which made them all feel that this bezoar was not so rare.
So when they slaughtered the cattle for the Yang family this time, everyone was still thinking about the cow stones.
“Go, go, go, everyone is making a fool of themselves, they’ve been disemboweled, how can they be skinned in a while?”
Huang Erye stared and completely ignored the crowd. , take care of yourself and peel off the cowhide first.
The Yang family's cows are quite big. If you sell this cowhide, you can get a lot of blood back.
Although everyone felt itchy, seeing that Mr. Huang ignored them, they could only continue to hold it in and wait for Mr. Huang to finish skinning the cow.
However, Mr. Huang’s peeling skills were as skillful as ever. He saw the skinning knife being pulled one after another, and the strong cowhide was separated from the cow’s body, as if it could recognize the skin and meat. The connections between them are the same.
Zhang An doesn’t know what other people are like, but watching it is a kind of enjoyment for him and a great relief.
After a long time of hard work, a complete piece of cowhide was peeled off without any scratches.
"As expected of the second master, this skinning skill is simply amazing."
Zhang An and several others pulled the cowhide apart and couldn't help but exclaimed.
Although Mr. Huang has helped skin sheep and deer in the past, the sheep and deer were not very big and did not reflect Mr. Huang's real skinning skills.
But this cow is different. It is different for such a big cow to be intact and skinned in such a short time.
"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Er. Let's take a sip of tea and take a break."
After peeling off the cowhide, Yang Laosan quickly poured a cup of tea and gave it to Mr. Huang.
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's knife and walked towards the fat and white cow that had been skinned.
"Zhang An, come here and hand me the handle."
Although the ox-slaying knife was sharpened, Mr. Huang was old after all and was not as young and strong as Lin Youde.
In addition, after spending so much effort just now, it is not that easy to disembowel the old cow.
"Okay, here we go."
Zhang An rolled up his sleeves on his arms, borrowed an apron from the sister-in-law next to him, and then helped Mr. Huang. .
"You, you, and you, you guys, come here and break off some cow legs."
Then Mr. Huang ordered the legs of several young people in the crowd. Name, and ask them to break off the legs of the cow, so that it will be easier to take out the entrails later.
Although Zhang An had slaughtered sheep before, this was his first time slaughtering cattle.
But even so, he didn't panic at all. After Mr. Huang made some gestures on the belly of the cow with his bare hands, he moved the knife according to the place that Mr. Huang had just gestured.
Although strength is needed at this time, you cannot use brute force directly. You have to hold back a little to avoid scratching the internal organs in the cow's belly.
When Zhang An and Huang Erye opened the cow's belly, Yang Laosan immediately came forward with a big basin and caught the internal organs.
"Second Master, you can take it out and have a look now."
Seeing that Yang Laosan's cow had been disemboweled, everyone could no longer hold it in.
It's like watching other people playing mahjong around the mahjong table. Even if you don't play in person, you're still very excited.
Huang Erye did not tease everyone this time, but followed everyone's words and found the cow's gallbladder from the internal organs first.
After a while, the cow gallbladder was found, and the exciting moment was about to come.
“Come on, it’s just because you have been thinking about it that you have lost the bezoar in your gallbladder.”
When Huang Er also found the gallbladder, he squeezed it a little and felt it was soft. He knew that there was definitely no bezoar, but this did not stop him from playing with his juniors.
“Ah, there is no bezoar.”
When everyone heard this, they said very disappointedly.
Although Yang Laosan’s family did not look forward to the bezoar as much as everyone else, after knowing the answer, there was still some disappointment on their faces.
“Don’t think that after Zhang An got it last time, you think this bezoar is just like a bad street. It can’t be obtained so easily. The butcher Zheng in the town has been slaughtering cattle for so many years. Don’t say that. There must be hundreds of them, but he has never found one with bezoars. This thing depends on fate."
When Mr. Huang saw the disappointed looks on everyone's face, he said, Said nonchalantly.
From the beginning of slaughtering cattle, he never expected to have bezoars.
After all, such a treasure could not be seen casually. Let alone seeing it, he had never heard of it for most of his life.
“That’s right, you can meet a lucky person like Zhang An once, otherwise you will be like that butcher Zheng, who has been doing this for so many years and never got this chance.”
< br>When other people heard this, they immediately felt it was very reasonable, and Yang Laosan and his family were relieved.
After all, they just slaughtered a cow, and it was normal that there was no bezoar.
Otherwise, what would Butcher Zheng think about how many cows he had to slaughter every year?
Of course, they also know not to compare with Zhang An.
Because in the past few years, everyone can see the changes in Zhang An's family, and the luck is getting better day by day.
Not to mention anything else, just whether you can make money by planting something, in their view, this is a sign of good luck.
So no one will be confused and take the initiative to compare with Zhang An, otherwise they will be angry to death.
Afterwards, all the cow's internal organs were taken out from the cow's belly, and the Yang family's mother-in-law and several daughters-in-law took them aside to deal with them.
If nothing else goes wrong, the meal at noon will be mainly based on these offal, because the beef is still waiting to be sold to make up for Yang Laoliu's medical expenses.
After the whole cow is unloaded and the head, tail, hooves and legs are all separated, Yang Laosan's family sells beef on the spot in the yard.
“If you want to improve your food, you can buy it. The beef from Laosan’s is not expensive, it only costs nine yuan a pound, which is more than a yuan cheaper than the ones in town.”
Mr. Huang, holding a butcher's knife in his hand, helped Yang Laosan's family shout.
He was invited here today not only to help slaughter the cows, but also to help sell them.
“Here, cut me thirty kilograms first.”
Seeing that there was no one to cut the head, Zhang An took the lead and asked for thirty kilograms.
The prices of pork, beef and mutton have been rising in the past two years, among which the price of beef is the most expensive. Butcher Zheng in the town often sells it for ten yuan and fifty cents per catty, or even eleven yuan. .
But it is a fine calf, which is relatively delicious, so it is not too expensive for those who are willing to buy it. Yang Laosan's is a buffalo, and the meat is a little inferior to that of a small scalper, but it only sells for nine yuan a pound, which is not expensive.
“Oh, you are so generous.”
Thirty pounds of beef is not thirty pounds of pork. This pound of beef can buy more than two pounds of pork. .
With the financial strength of Zhang An's family, no one would doubt that their family could not afford to eat. On the contrary, they felt that it was normal for them to eat like this every day.
"Hey, isn't that why Qiqi always likes to eat beef? Anyway, I usually have nothing to do, so I can make more of it and make it into beef jerky, so I can fool him."
Zhang An's words It's true, since he got the piece of beef from Butcher Zheng a few days ago, he has been studying how to make beef jerky.
It can be said that I am getting started now. I happened to see Yang Laosan’s house slaughtering cattle, so I simply bought some more and took them back to make several more flavors.
"Then I'll cut the beef shank for you. To make beef jerky, the shank meat is the most suitable."
Hearing this, Mr. Huang directly picked the beef shank. Cut the tendon meat to Zhang An.
However, four pieces of tendon meat were not enough to weigh thirty kilograms, so I cut them into other places to put them on.
"The total adds up to thirty-three kilograms, which is more, shall we make do?"
Huang Erye checked the scale, and it was a few kilograms more than what Zhang An wanted.
"Just make do, this much is just right."
This piece of security is not too much. Calculated here, it is exactly three hundred yuan.
So he took out the money and handed it directly to Yang Laosan.
"Why do you give me money? Qi Qi likes to eat, so just treat it as food given to him by us uncles and uncles."
Yang Laosan kept shaking his head and did not even reach out to take it. Zhang An handed over the money.
If it were anyone else, he would have accepted it without saying a word, but if it were Zhang An, he couldn't accept it.
After all, Zhang An saved their Xiaoliu, saved his life and helped send him to the hospital. Nothing could compare to this little beef.
"Third brother, let's go to the same level. If you call me to eat alone, I will come without saying a word, but you are selling the beef, so you should take the money. , otherwise I won’t want it.”
Zhang An’s original intention was to give others a heads up, and he also wanted to buy more. He was not going to take advantage of their family, so there was no reason to not give him money. .
In the end, Zhang An didn't care about him, just stuffed the money into his pocket, and then took the meat home first.
Along the way, he met many tenants wandering around the village.
The pieces of fresh beef in his hand immediately attracted the attention of this group of old men and old ladies.
"Hey, Zhang An, this is beef, where did you buy it? It looks like it was freshly killed."
Everyone knows that this beef is fresh when they see it. Especially seeing Zhang An buying so much, they couldn't help but want to buy some too.
“In the yard of Yang Laosan’s family over there, their family slaughtered their cows today.”
Hearing the inquiries from the tenants, Zhang An immediately pointed out To find a way, it was all regarded as an advertisement for Yang Laosan's family.
After all, Yang Laosan hasn’t gone around to say that he wants to slaughter the cow and sell the meat. He just wants to wait until the cow is slaughtered and then take it to Qiaotou and set up a stall to sell it.
But one thing to say is that the meat from Yang Laosan’s cattle is really good. After all, during this period of time, their family has been feeding them either corn or grass cut outside, so this kind of meat is definitely delicious. .
After listening to Zhang An's words, several tenants, old men and women, went towards Yang Laosan's house.
Their conditions are very good, and they usually have no shortage of meat every day.
But you can’t buy beef in the village. You have to go to the town. They usually don’t want to go to the town too much.
Nowadays, you can buy it in the village. Why would you hesitate? Go buy two kilograms and come back to try it.
"Grandma, meat, meat, meat."
As soon as Xiao Siqi arrived in the courtyard, he ran to find his grandma and said very excitedly.
"What kind of meat? Do you want to eat meat, Qiqi? Grandma will cook more for a while."
Wang Fang thought her grandson wanted to eat meat, so she quickly said.
"Dad bought a lot of meat."
The little guy shook his head quickly and pointed to Zhang An outside.
Wang Fang came out and 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 is not opposed to living a better life at home, she still I never thought about eating like this every day.
“I saw that their beef was pretty good, so I bought more. Doesn’t Qiqi like chewing beef jerky the most? So I just made a few more flavors for him to eat.”
Anyway, in front of his mother, he will move the little one out when he is in doubt. This is what Zhang An has learned in the past two years.
Although Wang Fang usually says this or that, once it has something to do with Xiao Siqi, her eldest grandson, she will not object to anything.
“Okay, let’s make more, both spiced and spicy. The sun will be very good in the next few days, so it will be ready soon.”
Sure enough, as soon as I said it, When Xiao Siqi arrived, Wang Fang immediately stopped talking about anything else.
At noon, Yang Laosan ran over to Zhang An and asked for dinner: "Zhang An, why didn't you go back when you came out? Let's go and have dinner. Auntie, where is my uncle? You guys should come too." "
Yang Laosan not only called Zhang An, but also called Wang Fang and Zhang Jianguo.
"Your uncle is busy in the orchard. We won't go to Laosan. Xiao An can go. We hire people to do the work at home. How can we do it if no one is at home."
Wang Fangxiao Liao Xiao refused and said that although the family does not need to provide food, it still needs some water from time to time.
And she has to cook at home and wait for Su Ying to come back from school, how could she go.
In the end, only Zhang An took Xiao Siqi there.
Because he was still young, Yang Laosan did not let him go to the children's table, but sat with Zhang An.
When eating, every adult took great care of him. Whatever delicious dishes were placed in front of him, he enjoyed treatment that other children did not have at all.
After the meal, everyone drank a pot of tea at Yang's house and prepared to go home.
Because there was still some beef left in the morning, Yang Laosan was going to set up a stall at the entrance of the village in the afternoon, so everyone did not waste his time.
"Second Master, you have worked hard this year, you have to accept this."
Before leaving, Yang Laosan gave the ox head and tail to Mr. Huang. Consider it a thank you gift.
"Second Master Huang, I am not a butcher. A meal and a drink are enough. There is no need to do all this nonsense."
Second Master Huang refused directly. He is not a butcher. People who specialize in helping people kill pigs and cows do not need a thank you gift.
(End of this chapter)