Chapter 174 Morning Bull Stomach
The night wind was blowing in the early morning, and countless bright stars were scattered in the night sky. In the moonless night, they were flickering as the wind blew. The faint starlight shines on the trees and firewood piles, like a hazy layer of frost.
Chen Ling put on her coat and went out, following the two brothers Chen Ze to the fourth grandmother's house in the north of the village.
The fourth grandma is from my grandpa’s family.
It was Chen Gannian who saved his life from the wolf's mouth.
She is also the mother-in-law of Wang Xiuhua, the leader of the village women's team.
The two old men used to treat their younger generations very well.
My body is just exhausted from the heavy physical work.
The fourth grandma has trouble with her legs and feet and has been unable to get out of bed for the past two years.
Chen Gannian also had mental problems in the past.
Therefore, the children and grandchildren are not allowed to go out much on weekdays, and three meals a day are delivered to the old house.
I didn’t expect that in just a few years, I would die.
They are all from the Chen family.
Weddings, weddings, weddings, weddings, and weddings cannot be missed, as well as emotions and reasons.
The old house where the fourth grandmother lives is adjacent to Chen Sangui’s house. Behind the courtyard is a hillside with jujube trees, thorns and other miscellaneous trees growing there. After the flood, the old house has been repaired, but the courtyard wall and walls have not been rebuilt. Yard dam.
After the three arrived, the yard was brightly lit and many people came, standing guard in front of the old house, whispering something. The eldest son Chen Yongsheng was still crying muffledly with tears streaming down his face, and a sad atmosphere filled the air.
"My mother, she was fine at noon yesterday, and she ate a big bowl of noodles. How can I say that it won't work if it doesn't work..."
"But I had a dream a few days ago and said , Lord Yama came to call her.”
“I have been confused for a few days, talking about things like chickens and dogs when I was a child.”
“It’s a good time. , did not suffer.”
Obviously, at this time, the fourth grandmother had left.
As the eldest daughter-in-law, Wang Xiuhua wiped away tears and walked out to prepare for the funeral.
Wang Xiuhua is timid and is naturally afraid of ghosts.
Ever since the fourth grandma fell into bed, she has been attentive to her. She was afraid that the fourth grandma would miss her in her heart and turn into a ghost after her death and come back to look for her.
Since then, people in the village have said that she is virtuous.
Now she had taken out the shroud she had prepared in advance and went into the house to change into her mother-in-law while she was still warm.
Her husband, Chen Yongsheng, the eldest son of the Fourth Grandma, was still kneeling beside her, taking the burning paper handed to her by her uncle, and burning each piece of paper while crying.
"Mom, it's dark at night, please go slow on the road."
After the fire paper is burned, it costs nine pounds and four taels, and it is weighed and prepared in advance.
Because only this small amount can be taken away by the deceased. This is called travel money, and it cannot be careless.
After the fire paper was burned, the cannons started.
Three cannon shots were fired late at night, announcing to the villagers that someone had died.
This is basically what Chen Ling and the younger generation do.
Some carried their legs and went to set off cannons outside the courtyard, while others went to be the Eight Immortals.
The Eight Immortals are eight young and strong men. Four of them clean the inside and outside of the coffin, and the other four carry people into the coffin.
However, according to local customs, the coffin cannot be put into the coffin after twelve o'clock at night, and the coffin cannot be put into the coffin until the third day.
It was already past two o'clock in the morning, so the Eight Immortals placed the Fourth Grandma on the funeral bed and it was considered complete.
Chen Ling and Chen Ze are many grandchildren.
The grandsons didn’t need much help on the first night, as the Eight Immortals couldn’t take their turn, so they could only help tidy up the house, clear out the debris in the living room, and set it up as a mourning hall. wait.
But Chen Ling is still a little different from other grandchildren.
His performance in the past six months has been relatively recognized by the villagers. They feel that he is capable and are willing to ask him to help and share more.
In the eyes of many elders, this is a sign of importance.
So after setting off the cannons, Chen Dazhi called him to follow him to find a tailor to buy mourning clothes.
Others went to call the papermaker in the village and brought over paper money, paper flowers, door hangings and other items.
After a lot of busy work, everything was ready at four o'clock in the morning.
A hanging paper flag was hung outside the courtyard.
The sound of "dong", "dong" and "dong" cannons sounded again.
The male and female descendants of the Chen family all wear linen and wear filial piety.
We formed a long queue according to seniority, followed behind the old man who sent the soul, and walked towards the west of the village while crying under the cover of night.
The old man sending the soul carried a bamboo basket with scissors, fire paper, incense candles, and firecrackers. He led the team out of the village and arrived near the Tutu Temple. Kneeling on the ground and crying again.
This is called "paper delivery", also called "reporting to the temple".
But in many rural areas, even this traditional source.
The most common name is "paper pressing".
Cry when the paper is removed, but don’t cry when it comes back.
Don’t cry when you take off the paper, but cry when you come back.
Legend has it that in the early Tang Dynasty, Sun Simiao, the King of Medicine, made his home all over the world and cured diseases for the poor. He could bring people back to life.
In order to prevent people from going back and forth to look for him, he said to the patient: "Don't look for me everywhere. Just write the patient's name and address on a piece of paper and put it on the crossroads. I will see you when I pass by. Go home for treatment.”
Everyone followed the medicine king’s instructions, and indeed many patients were cured.
People generally feel sad when they go to press the paper, and feel hopeful when they come back; they are full of hope when they remove the paper, but they come back with disillusionment.
Because it reflects the impermanence of life and death, it gradually evolved into a funeral custom in the countryside.
After this trip is over.
Brothers Chen Ling and Chen Ze took off their white filial piety hats and returned home.
At dawn tomorrow, the wives of various families will come to pay their respects and give out different styles of things.
In rural areas, funerals and filial piety are also very particular.
For example, the style of the filial hat, the length of the filial scarf, and the filial belt are also different according to the generation of children, cousins, sisters, married girls, daughter-in-law, etc.
Some hosts often don't think well, and for the sake of a little filial piety, quarrels on the spot often happen.
There is a saying in the countryside: "people who are filial and poor".
Easy to make jokes.
The next day.
When Chen Ling waited for Wang Susu and the old Chen's daughter-in-law to return home from the funeral, they marked the dishes, chopsticks, tables and stools and helped carry them there.
After that, I got on my bicycle and left the village.
This time, the fourth grandma is senior, Chen Sangui from the family is in charge, and Wang Laishun and Chen Guoping also go to help write down the gift list.
Chen Ling originally asked him to be the cook.
He is not willing to do it.
There are people in the village who specialize in cooking such red and white things, and they can get a lot of benefits. Why is he taking other people's jobs when he has nothing to do?
This work is tiring, and it offends people for no reason.
In the end, Chen Sangui had to ask him to visit relatives in various places to announce the funeral.
That's good. You don't have to tie it up in front of you.
Facing the autumn wind, Chen Ling pedaled his bicycle all the way over the mountain ridge, crossed the water bridge, and arrived at Kinmen Village first.
Kinmen Village is built on the mountain, with only two to three hundred households.
Chen Ling rode a bicycle from the bridge into the village. Within a few steps, he met Er Nier and his wife.
The two were digging a sweet potato well outside the courtyard. When they saw Chen Ling, they stopped what they were doing and smiled.
"Uncle Fugui, I haven't seen you for a long time. If you're not busy, just go and sit at home and have a drink of water."
Er Nier's husband Liu Hongxing came up from the sweet potato well. , walked to the car and said.
Er Nier also followed and gave way to the house.
"No, I won't go home. The fourth grandma in our village is gone, and I'm here to report her funeral."
Chen Ling shook her head and said.
Then he took out a list of names from his breast pocket and asked: "Which family is Liu Guangjun's? This is Grandma Fourth's eldest nephew. I have to go over and inform him."
Kinmen Village The main surnames are Jin and Liu. Most of the people along the Jinshui River are surnamed Jin, and the rest are surnamed Liu.
So we have to walk a little further into the village.
After the two pointed out Chen Ling's location, he came to the door.
In old age, people have to come and go quickly when reporting funerals. If they don’t enter the door, they can only shout loudly outside the door. After reporting the funeral, they ask for a mouthful of water to rinse their mouths to drive away the unknown, and then return immediately, without even a moment. Not lingering.
But it is no longer so strict.
As long as you don’t enter the door, there are no other taboos.
"From the Guangjun family, which village does this young man come from? Have you gotten married yet? If you haven't gotten married yet, let me tell my daughter, look at this fair and beautiful girl, she is a perfect match for my daughter..."< br>
"You can pull me down, sister-in-law. This is our aunt's village in Guangjun. She is a descendant of the old Chen family. She has already married a daughter-in-law."
"Huh? You got married at such a young age. I look like I’m not even twenty yet.”
“You’re not twenty, that’s because you work less and have a tender skin, which makes you look young, unlike us who are exposed to the sun. "
"Speaking of this young man, you must also know that he was a messenger before. His name was Chen Juncai. He was really handsome and tall, and he had a very good appearance. "
"Ah, I know, no one among the lazy boys from Chen Juncai's family in Chenwangzhuang dares to call the matchmaker."
"How about being so fair, being too lazy to move, and not doing any work?"
"Can this kid even find a wife?"
Chen Ling was bored. As he drove the car, he could hear the muttering of two women behind him, which made him laugh for a while.
Then, continue to the next village to inquire and come to the door.
In this way, from Kinmen Village, Taoshugou, south to east, going back and forth to more than a dozen villages.
I have just finished notifying Fourth Grandma’s brothers, sisters, nephews and nieces.
There is nothing we can do about it.
In the past, people had many children and a large number of relatives. Close relatives and distant relatives had to be known to everyone.
There are also some who are not at home.
After telling his family this.
This eliminates the need to visit the house to pay condolences and pay homage.
As the saying goes: "People don't blame you if you receive a red gift, but don't accept a white gift if you receive it."
Family members cannot give the money for wedding gifts on their behalf.
Being sincere is unlucky.
And Chen Ling's pockets were also filled with cigarettes.
Even though I don’t have any water to rinse my mouth when I come to announce my funeral now.
But there is a lot of smoke.
Some give one tube, and some just give one box.
This is what matters.
No need to decline politely.
Seeing that it was almost noon, Chen Ling put the cigarette in the cave and prepared to notify the last family and go to Huangni Town for a meal.
Today, we walked southeast to report the funeral, getting further and further away from Changle Township, but getting closer to Huangni Town.
Huangni Town is not big, but it has a lot to eat.
Roast chicken, beef soup, pot helmets, steamed buns, mutton dumplings...
Chen Ling could smell the fragrance from afar.
When we arrived in town, we ordered a big bowl of mutton dumplings.
This was what he was most greedy for when he was in school.
But I usually can’t eat it at all.
My family doesn’t have that condition.
I was so worried about it. Mutton dumplings are served.
Mutton dumplings, red spicy oil soup, and blue-gray fried noodles are steaming hot and full of aroma.
Suck it into your mouth, it’s extremely enjoyable.
Chen Ling's one bowl is not enough, please have another bowl.
While eating the second bowl, he suddenly heard someone calling him...
"Brother Ling, why did you come to Huangni Town?"
Looking up, it was Han Chuang's target, Jiang Xiaoqing, looking at him in surprise.
"Ah, I came here to do something, you are not going to work today."
"I am not busy today. It just so happened that my mother asked me to go back and check on something in my hometown, so I ran away secretly. I'm back."
"Brother Ling, do you have enough? I know you have a big appetite and I won't give you enough noodles. This is my restaurant, you can eat whatever you want."
"Your restaurant..."
"It's enough to eat, the portion is large, and the glutinous rice is also delicious, much better than the ones in the county."
Chen Ling responded quickly .
I thought what a coincidence. After all, I didn’t go out much in the past.
I walked around a lot today and met acquaintances all the time.
Jiang Xiaoqing thought he was being polite, so she went inside and called her father out, and added another bowl of mutton. It was oily and full of big chunks.
This guy made Chen Ling embarrassed.
"If you are a classmate with Chuangzi, you are not an outsider. Eat with peace of mind. From now on, you will know that this is our own restaurant. Whenever you walk into town and get hungry, just come here. I have nothing else to do. Just leave it alone. It’s okay to have a full meal.”
Father Jiang is not tall, he is a strong and stocky man, with a pitted face and a pair of triangular eyes. He looks a bit untouchable, but he is very enthusiastic. close.
Later, Jiang Xiaoqing also brought out the bowls and chopsticks.
It was noon, and there was no market today so no one was eating, so the three of them sat down to eat together.
Too much to say.
Chen Ling also slowly let go.
While chatting with Jiang Xiaoqing and his daughter, he realized that Jiang Xiaoqing was called back because his grandfather's cow fell ill.
She works as a technician at the county agricultural bureau. Her family wanted her to ask an acquaintance to find a veterinarian, but there was no result.
Huangni Town is too small, and many people here, like Han Chang's family, open factories and do business, such as paper mills, canneries, coal factories, etc., all rushing to make money.
The livestock station can’t make any money, so it has long been deserted.
So it’s not easy to find a veterinarian.
Some people who know better ask for medicine to be fed to the cows and do not want to go to the countryside because they find it troublesome.
The sick cow cannot be cured and if you want to sell it, the price will be greatly reduced.
And if it cannot be cured, the disease will keep getting thinner and thinner, and a lot of pounds will be lost.
Of course it won’t work if it goes on like this.
"Have you found a veterinarian? If not, I will go and have a look."
"Brother Ling, you..."
"I am now in our village As a veterinarian at the animal husbandry station, except for serious illnesses that require surgery, I can take care of ordinary minor illnesses.”
"Oh, isn't this a coincidence? The Anda family's cows don't have any serious problems. They just keep having diarrhea. It's been almost two months. I just gave them some herbs and didn't care about it. But now it's getting worse and worse. He's so thin that he doesn't want to lie down when sleeping. He doesn't even move when grazing cows on weekdays. He's skinny and skinny. Is it okay, please tell me..."
Chen Ling said: "No, but the problem of diarrhea can be big or small. Whether it is pigs, horses, cattle, sheep, or chickens, ducks and geese, people often have diarrhea when they are sick. Diarrhea is easy to treat, but some are big problems. Let’s go see what the situation is first.”
“Is it far?”
“It’s not far, it’s at the Pigeon Camp. But it won’t delay your work, Brother Ling.”
"The things have been done. Let's go to Gangeying. I happen to be going home from the county town on the way. Let's go."
Anyway, the funeral report is over, and there is nothing to pay attention to.
"If I can't cure it, I'll find you an old veterinarian. I know two or three of them in our village. The nearest one is not far from the county seat, but they usually have other jobs..."
< br>"That's okay, I'm glad I met you today."
...At two o'clock in the afternoon, we arrived at Grandpa Jiang Xiaoqing's house in the Goge Camp.
This is a small farmyard made of earthen houses and surrounded by low stone walls. In the cowshed outside the yard, there are three old oxen.
One bull and two cows.
Among the two cows, there was a cow with yellow and white flowers standing in the corner of the cowshed, with its butt facing out. She was very sick and obviously much thinner than the other cows.
"Da, mother, Xiaoqing and I have found a veterinarian."
Lao Jiang called as he entered the door.
Then two thin elderly couples wearing light blue coarse cloth came out. After saying a few words to their father and daughter, they looked at Chen Ling in surprise, probably because they felt young and didn't believe it.
But there was no contempt shown on his face, so he took them to the bullpen to have a look.
Entering the cowshed, Chen Ling walked around the sick cow.
Touch the belly, check the teeth, check the cow dung...
After finishing it, he thought for a while and said to Lao Jiang: "Uncle, do you have a magnet at home? Find one for me."< br>
"Magnet?"
Everyone was puzzled, but they still found two or three pieces for him, big and small.
After Chen Ling got it, he picked one with strong magnetism and tried it by putting it close to the cow's belly.
After this trial, I found that the magnet reacted on the left side of my stomach.
"Come here and see, the magnet has a reaction. This is obviously due to the iron in the stomach. It is estimated that the stomach has been injured."
Chen Ling pointed and asked the old man, old lady, and Jiang Xiaoqing and his daughter to come forward and have a try.
I found this to be true.
They were all surprised.
“You have a hard time, I really figured out what the problem is.”
“Master, milk, how can this cow still eat iron in its belly? It can chew it. Can you swallow it? ”
Jiang Xiaoqing couldn't figure it out.
“Well, this cow is not like us people. They chew slowly when eating. They roll their tongues and swallow them whole. They don’t even know there is iron.”
The old man said, and asked Chen Ling: "Later, this cow has diarrhea because it has iron in its belly, right? Can you think of a way to use some medicine to make it pull out the iron?"
Chen Ling shook his head when he heard this: "The iron is in the rumen. When chewing the cud, the forage becomes soft and soaks up. If the iron is not soft, it still cannot go up the rumen. It cannot enter the stomach for proper digestion at all, and it cannot be pulled out even after taking medicine. , it can only be sucked out with a magnet."
"Uncle Jiang, go buy two new ones with strong magnets."
"Huh? It's not enough after you've found it for just a few dollars? Do you still want to buy a new one?"
After hearing this, the old lady felt it was troublesome because the store was too far away.
Chen Ling was not surprised and explained: "Iron has a salty taste, and cows like this taste. There are also many cows who eat iron into their stomachs, but for people like this, the iron in their stomachs is not normal. It’s probably because something sharp and thorny like a nail was eaten.”
“If you use a weak magnet to suck something like this, if it gets stuck somewhere, not only will you not be able to suck it out, you will have to try again. If it falls into the rumen, it will also hurt the cow, which is easy to cause harm.”
The old lady now knew what was going on, and hurriedly took Jiang Xiaoqing to buy it.
Lao Jiang and his son were left to help Chen Ling.
"It's a nail. Is the cow's belly not hurt? Can you tell?"
Lao Jiang asked.
"Well, I can see that there are no other symptoms, so it's not hurt."
Chen Ling nodded.
Cows have four stomachs, the rumen, reticulum, omasum and abomasum.
The abomasum is the real stomach of the cow and the only stomach with digestive function.
Cows eat in a hurry, and the food enters the rumen without chewing it.
The iron eaten accidentally is also in the rumen.
After chewing the cud, other food enters the abomasum, is digested, absorbed, and excreted.
The iron in the rumen still cannot get out.
Iron that is not sharp is actually fine.
It won’t work if you use something as sharp as an iron nail. It will be very dangerous over time.
In severe cases, gastric perforation, rumen reticulum puncture, etc. may occur.
Or traumatic pericarditis, which means the heart is stabbed and died.
When this happens, the cow will have swollen areas and abnormal reactions such as varicose veins.
It will be too late by then...
There is no need to treat it at all. If you kill it and sell it as meat as soon as possible, you can make more money.
Now this cow just has stomach inflammation. It was discovered early and it’s nothing serious.
Later, Jiang Xiaoqing and the others bought the magnets back.
Chen Ling asked them to prepare warm water and get iron nails for use.
It is not difficult to obtain iron from the cow’s stomach.
First tie a strong string to the magnet, feed it with warm water, and remove the magnet from the cow's mouth.
As long as the cow is willing to open its mouth, it will actually swallow it subconsciously.
But if you keep feeding water, you are afraid that the magnet will get stuck in the esophagus.
This was a cow that Jiang Xiaoqing’s grandfather had raised since childhood. It also wore a nose ring and was held by two old men. Even though it felt very uncomfortable, it mooed and swallowed the magnet completely.
After the magnet enters the rumen, do not pull it out in a hurry.
First lead the cow back and forth for a while.
Walking uphill and downhill, walking around.
Let the iron in the rumen completely adsorb to the magnet.
"Brother Ling, how long do you want to walk for?"
"Half an hour and twenty minutes is enough."
"Okay."
Soon, Jiang Xiaoqing came back from walking the cows and was ready to take them out.
But when taking the magnet out, be careful to avoid hurting the cow's stomach.
Don't be impatient or use too much force at this time.
Just follow the natural reaction of the cow's stomach, which is like rumination or vomiting, and slowly pull it out.
This process has an interesting name, called morning glory stomach.
Chen Ling asked the two old men to press the bull's head next to the pillar, fix it, and slowly pull it outward. It took him two or three minutes to feel that his hands suddenly felt much lighter.
This is when it leaves the rumen and reaches the esophagus.
Then carefully pull the magnet out of the cow's mouth.
After pulling it out, I put it in my hand and saw that two crooked iron nails had been sucked out.
In addition to the two iron nails, the magnet also attracted small pieces of iron debris.
“My mother-in-law, there is really a nail in the cow’s stomach.”
“Such a long nail has been in the cow’s stomach. No wonder the cow keeps having diarrhea and feeling uncomfortable. I think It's scary just thinking about it..."
Jiang Xiaoqing's family was both surprised and terrified.
After he came to his senses, he kept expressing his gratitude to Chen Ling, "What a good young man, he is really capable!"
He warmly took him to his home and entertained him with tea and cigarettes.
The family later thought about where the nails came from.
Maybe it was accidentally eaten by a cow when the house was being renovated after the flood.
Congratulations to "I like to eat grilled chicken wings" for becoming the discipline assistant of this book
(End of this chapter)