Chapter 146: Soul Broken Cowshed
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A bend of the moon hung high above the cold night sky, empty and lonely. The floating clouds turned a thousand times, wandering silently, cruising on the curved moon face, twisting and turning, shadows and shadows, as if covered with sad faces. Thousands of stars adorning the sky, worried and in a daze, stand still, let the clouds cover lightly, or abandon the clouds.
Late at night, gusts of northwest wind rushed out of the mountains and ravines, swept across the streets, and hit the courtyard of Liu Degui's house.
The old elm tree in the courtyard was also raging, whistling, moaning, crying, and complaining, and the oval, jagged yellow leaves of the elm tree flew like a swarm of bees.
"The joy is short of the night, and the sorrow and hatred are longer", sad about the sky, sad for the earth, sad for the kind guarantor of death.
Liu Degui's family was full of sorrow and couldn't sleep for a long night. The quartz wall clock on the wall of the hall was already pointing to half past two in the morning, and Liu Degui was still sitting alone under the old elm tree in the courtyard.
The inferior cigarettes in his hands glowed like ghostly fire, and the pale blue smoke rose above his sparse hairy head, drifting towards the top of the old elm tree.
His head, shoulders, and back were covered with elm leaves, and he twisted his body for a while to shake off the scorched yellow leaves from his body.
A strong northwest wind howled, and the courtyard was unusually silent. The intermittent and dull sound of cowbells came, which made Liu Degui's heart as uncomfortable as a knife.
For to-morrow he will never hear the haunting sound of the cowbell of his old ox again.
The ten-day time limit is approaching day by day, and he has no other choice but to endure the pain and give up the old scalper.
Tonight was the most tangled and difficult time for him to decide. Thinking of his old scalper made him think about it, with thousands of thoughts, mixed feelings, and tears.
It's not a cow, it's a mouthful of his family. It is diligent and diligent for him, hard-working, cold and summer, ploughing the fields. It is the only support for the family's life, and it is also full of spirituality, standing up at critical moments to protect the master.
In that field dispute, if it weren't for the old scalper, he would not only not be able to keep the land, but also died under the shovel of the ruffian king tiger. Thinking of this, Liu Degui couldn't help but feel the "tide" rolling in his heart and burst into tears.
Liu Degui stood up again, scooped a small pot of corn at home, poured it into the stone trough of the cattle, stirred it with his hands, stood aside and watched the old scalper eat, the old scalper looked at him blankly for a while, and then lowered his head and ate again.
Liu Degui stood on the edge of the stone trough, watching the old scalper chew, and thinking bitterly: "Now there is no other way but to find a good owner for the old scalper and sell him to others."
When the ten-day deadline is up, you have to give someone some money, otherwise how can you pass this hurdle?
As for ploughing and farming, let's talk about it when the time comes, only one step at a time. ”
After feeding the old cattle, Liu Degui left the cattle pen and walked back to the hall with heavy steps.
He watched his wife still sleep, sitting blankly by the earthen kang, staring out the dark window with stunned eyes.
"You haven't slept yet?" asked Liu Degui.
"Boss, you sold the old cattle, how can we farm the land in the future?
"Let's talk about it for a while! Let's talk about it after the ten-day pass first. Let's give someone some hands over first, maybe they won't implement our house!"
Liu Degui's wife was silent for .......
Liu Degui took off his shoes, knocked his feet on the edge of the kang, lay his clothes on the clay kang, put his hands under the back of his head, and stared at the dark ceiling until dawn.
Today, there is a big mule and horse market in the wild grass township, and Liu Degui is ready to sell his cattle in this market.
He got up as soon as it was dawn, and added some more forage and some delicious food to the old cattle. Then I cleaned the old scalper's whole body.
Because of his careful breeding, the meat eaten by the cattle is whirring, round, and orange butter shiny.
Liu Degui hurriedly ate some breakfast, carried the bag of dry food prepared by his wife, walked into the cattle pen, brought the reins to the cattle, and led them out of the cattle pen.
Liu Degui stayed awake all night, his eyes were bloodshot, and he pulled his cattle step by step towards the mule and horse market in Wild Grass Township.
The mule and horse market in Wild Grass Township was converted from a large abandoned river flat. The terrain is long and narrow, but it is so far-reaching that there is no end in sight.
It's late autumn, and the lush weeds and wildflowers around are trying their best to show their last touch of prosperity. Dahlias, cockscombs, chrysanthemums, moon flowers, swirling flowers, osmanthus, drunken butterfly flowers and other wildflowers of various "colors" are still competing for beauty, gorgeous and colorful.
In the middle of the market are dense piles of tethered horses, with large iron rings nailed to the stakes for people who buy and sell their animals.
The market is full of mules, horses, cows, and donkeys. The crowds were crowded, the mules and horses shuttled, the people shouted and the horses neighed, and they were crowded.
It's midday, and the intense sun is scorching in the sun, evaporating with the complex smell of livestock manure and wild grass and flowers.
Liu Degui led his old cattle to the market step by step.
As he walked, he saw an empty stake, stopped, and tied the old ox to the stake.
Liu Degui looked around at the noisy and dusty mule and horse market, squatted down and took out a cigarette in his arms to smoke.
Because his old cattle are fat and strong, and his skin is beautiful, as soon as he settles down, many cattle buyers come to him in an endless stream to visit and negotiate.
And Liu Degui is not so much selling cattle as marrying a girl on a blind date, which is more appropriate.
Compared with the price of selling cattle, he was more concerned about the character of the cattle buyer, and he wanted to ask whether the family had the habit of beating the livestock, whether they had the habit of abusing the livestock, and whether the work of the family was hard? What was the purpose of buying the cattle, whether he was reselling them to make money, or using them for his own family, and how many acres of land the family planted? It was not far from the village at the bottom of the mountain?
He thought that he must find a place for the old scalper where he could take care of the overseer, and if he heard that the old scalper was being abused in his house, he could take care of it, and if it didn't work, he would redeem the old scalper.
So his last condition was not to be too far from his home.
After a lot of selection, he finally chose a farm family called Yushuzhuang ten miles away from Shandi Village.
This man's name is Shi Bancai, and he doesn't plant much land, and he looks kind.
After talking with this man, he found that this man also liked cows, especially when he heard a story told by this stone slab, which touched him very much, so he fell in love with him.
The slate said: "A cow I raised before, who has been with me for eight years, has a deep relationship with me. When I was old and could no longer plow the field and pull the cart, many people persuaded me to sell the cow to the slaughterhouse.
Liu Degui exclaimed: "Ah?...... "How can you do such a thing that lacks morality?" The old cow has worked hard to serve people all his life, and when he is old and can no longer work, he should keep it and let it die of old age, how can it still be killed, eat its flesh, and drink its blood?"
Shi Bancai glanced up at Liu Degui and continued: "Those people who persuaded me said: 'I can make some money by selling it now, and if I wait a few more years, I won't want the slaughterhouse.'" Because, first, you can't kill much meat, and second, the old beef is so hard that you can't even gnaw it, and the meat can't be sold. When the time comes, this old cow can't do the work, the meat can't be sold, and you will leave it at home like an old man?"
Liu Degui said: "Selling to the slaughterhouse is a goddamn thing that lacks morality, and there will be no asshole when you give birth to a child in the future!" Didn't our ancestors say: "A gentleman loves money, and he takes it in a proper way! Even if you make money, you can't kill people! Moreover, you still kill a hero who has served people all their lives! People can't live for money in this life."
Shi Ban said, "Oh, brother, let's think of one place." People say, 'The old ox dies with all his strength, and waits for the king'. This sounds sad, let alone do it, I must not let the old cow who has worked hard to serve me for eight years die on the tip of the knife, and I can't be the dumb king who has no way. ”
Liu Degui answered: "Hey, brother! That's right. You can't be a wicked person!"
Shi Bancai nodded, expressing his very much agreement with Liu Degui's point of view, and then continued: "I just raised my cow like this, watching him grow old day by day, I still feed it with good food and drink every day, and I still give it care when I am sick." My old fellows made fun of me and said, 'Do you want to give this old cow a long old age?' When you die, do you still have to wear filial piety?' I said, 'It's impossible to wear linen and filial piety, but it's certain to give you a long old age.' This is what Lao Niu has earned all his life's hard work. ’”
Hearing this, Liu Degui was deeply moved, stretched out a wrinkled, calloused hand to pat the shoulder of the stone slab and said, "Good man, good man!"
Shi Ban pursed his lips and smiled and continued: "So, I finally watched it grow old and couldn't walk, and couldn't eat, and one day it died next to the stone trough in the cattle pen. So I dug a pit in the mountain, hired men to carry it to the pit, and buried it. ”
Liu Degui listened and listened excitedly, and in an instant, wet tears oozed from the wrinkled folds of his eyes, and he couldn't help but think: "Old scalper! I've found you a good family, you don't have to suffer for the rest of your life!" Liu Degui suddenly felt a big man's family, a little out of shape, so he turned around and pretended to sneeze, but the sneezing posture was set, and after working hard for a long time, not a single sneeze came out, so he had to stretch out a coarse abrasive cloth-like palm, even the eyes and cheeks, from top to bottom together "touch" A handful. Then he said: "Good brother, you have accumulated virtue! A good man will be rewarded!"
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