Chapter 111: Bezoar
Jun Hao was afraid of missing Zhang Qian's call, so after dinner, he played in the house and waited until about three o'clock in the afternoon before Zhang Qian called and said that he was about to arrive in Qingshan Town
The sky was still overcast, and it seemed that there would be heavy rainstorms, so Liu Junhao deliberately took two raincoats when he went out to prevent accidents.
Soon after leaving the village, the raindrops the size of beans crackled and fell, and thanks to the raincoat, he was not drenched in soup.
The water flowed to a lower place, and the rainwater poured down the mountain road and poured onto the stone road. In a short time, the road was filled with rainwater.
Now all the paving on the road is Jiangshi, so Liu Junhao's road is also smooth. However, the rain became heavier and heavier, and soon the sky and the earth were foggy, and no one could be seen at all from a few feet away.
By the time we reached the town, the rain had completely submerged the smooth road and it was difficult to ride the bike. The rain from the wheels spun and splashed onto his trouser legs, quickly wetting his pants.
Liu Junhao saw that there was no way to ride a bicycle in this section, so he had to pull up his trouser leg high and push the bicycle forward.
It took him more than 20 minutes to rush to the station.
It is said to be a station, but in fact, it is just a sign of "Qingshan Town Station" hanging on the side of the street, and there is not even a ticket office around.
Liu Junhao saw that the bus had not yet arrived at the station, so he put his bicycle under the eaves of other people's houses, and then stood in the corner of the wall to avoid the rain.
The rain is getting heavier and heavier. Soon the water in the low-lying areas of the street was half knee-deep. Zhang Qian originally said that she would come back at four o'clock in the afternoon. It's half past four, and I haven't seen the shadow of the bus. The people who picked up the car together also slowly became anxious. Whispering, I don't think the car will break down on the road.
Liu Junhao saw that it was not a way to wait like this. So he ran in the rain to a place where tobacco and alcohol were sold. borrowed someone's local public phone to call Zhang Qian.
As soon as Zhang Qian answered the phone, she immediately complained urgently. It really made those crows talk about it. The car broke down on the road. The driver is calling someone to come and fix it. It takes at least an hour.
It rained and it was dark and early. In another hour, it is estimated that it will be completely dark. Liu Junhao was a little worried. Just tell her not to worry. Hire a numb to rush over immediately.
He ran to the shelter from the rain and broke the bus halfway down the road and told the person who picked up the bus. Everyone began to curse this ghost. It's just that they're not very enthusiastic about hiring numbness. I want to wait and see. Maybe the bus will be repaired soon.
Liu Junhao no longer persuaded. Straight to a numb. After negotiating the price, hang the bike in the back. braved the rain to pick up Zhang Qian.
The highway is also a piece of white flowers, and from time to time you can see crucian carp shells jumping on the road. The numb master originally wanted to stop and pick up two, but was urged by Liu Junhao all the way to hurry.
It took them half an hour to get to the accident site, only to see the driver pouting his ass and repairing the car in the rain. The bright oil covered the puddle and smelled very pungent.
Zhang Qian carried her luggage into the car under the envious eyes of the people in the car. Although this numbness is small, it is still very spacious to seat the two of them. Liu Junhao saw that there were still vacant seats, so he ran to the bus and asked if anyone was willing to walk numbly, and immediately two people stood up with their children in their arms.
Four adults sat in the car and were a little cramped. As soon as the man got in the car, he thanked him repeatedly, saying that the two of them had gone to the county hospital to treat the children, and they were in a hurry to go home to decoct the medicine.
By the time Nu arrived in town, it was already dark, and many people had begun to hold the lights.
After paying the fare, the two of them thanked them again, while Liu Junhao and Zhang Qian continued to sit numbly and rush towards Liujiagou.
As soon as I arrived in the village, I saw two people carrying a fishing boat running towards the big weir pond, and when they met Liu Junhao, they shouted for him to go over to help, saying that Liu Wuye's cattle had fallen into the weir pond.
Liu Junhao also became anxious when he heard this, pushed the car to Zhang Qian's side, and followed them.
It turned out that in the afternoon, Liu Wuye scattered his cattle on the hillside to graze, because he was worried that the rain would wet the wheat stacks, so he went home first to cover the wheat stacks. Who knew that the heavy rain would make the scalper dizzy, and finally break the reins.
The thing wasn't completely dazed, and it knew how to run into the village.
It's just that the rain is so rapid that the ox can't see the road clearly, so he plunges into the weir pond.
Oxen are no better than buffaloes, they don't know water at all, so they can only bark in the weir pond and kick their hooves at the shore.
The slope was very steep, and the ground was slippery in the rain, so the ox struggled several times before it could reach the shore, and finally it sank to the bottom.
Over there, Liu Wuye covered all the wheat straw stacks, and then remembered that his cattle were still on the hillside, so he hurriedly went to fetch the cattle. However, he searched the whole hillside in the rain and did not see the oxen, and finally only half of the reins were found, and he also estimated that the cattle should have run back to the village, so he came back to inquire from house to house.
Hearing that his cattle were lost, many people came out wearing raincoats to help find them, but no one noticed the strange ground in the weir pond.
When a few bear children were standing under the eaves to avoid the rain, they suddenly saw a black floating in the weir pond
thing, with a portable lamp, it is now a scalper of Liu Wuye's family.
I don't know how this cow tossed, but it was blown into the middle of the water by the wind. The nearest place from the shore is also five or six zhang away, and it is impossible to reach it with bamboo poles, so everyone came up with a way to use fishing boats to fish.
When Liu Junhao and the others rushed over, there were already a lot of people gathered there, and they could vaguely see the scalpers floating on the water bulging and swollen, obviously drinking a stomach of water in their stomachs.
Everyone threw the wooden boat into the weir pond, and Liu Junhao and the two young men volunteered to hold the boat to salvage.
Liujiagou is close to the big river, and there were many fishermen in the village in the past, and the older generation of people made a living from fishing.
However, because of the barrier of the mountains, the fish and shrimp cannot be transported out at all, so the price has always been very cheap, and it is not as cost-effective as farming. As a result, no one makes a living from fishing at all, and the fishing boats in the village have been almost destroyed.
This fishing boat was still picked up by them from Liu Guangju's house, and it was the kind of eagle boat that was rarely seen.
The eagle boat is very different from ordinary fishing boats, it is made of two small boats connected in parallel. The bow of the ship was slightly upturned, like two crescent moons. There was a gap more than two feet wide between the two boats, just enough to accommodate a person's shoulder.
The wood used to make eagle boats is generally paulownia, and the weight is particularly light, and a ship weighs fifty or sixty pounds. After fishing every day, the fishermen will wash the eagle boat and pick it up with an embroidery rod to carry it directly.
However, although the eagle boat is light, it requires a lot of skill to hold up, and it is only with good balance that it can slide forward. It was the first time for all three of them to use this kind of boat, and they had stupidly made a few oars to flick vigorously on the water. As a result, the force was uneven, and the eagle boat kept swinging around on the shore, and the farther it rowed away from the ox.
"You bear children are stupid, you can't even row a boat, don't say that you are from Liujiagou when you go out in the future." Liu Guangju also rushed over in a hurry at this time, and when he saw their rowing appearance, he shouted at the top of his voice, "Come down two people, I'll go up and row."
After he jumped on the side of the boat, he pushed away the oars handed out by Liu Junhao and said, "The eagle boat must be supported by a bamboo pole," and someone on the shore had already taken a thick bamboo pole two zhang long and handed it over.
In the end, it was a veteran, and the people gently tapped the water with a bamboo pole a few times, and then slid the eagle boat to the side of the cattle.
Stick a bamboo pole into the water, and the eagle boat will be firmly fixed there. The two of them tied the cattle's front and back feet to the boat with ropes, and then rowed slowly towards the shore.
Although this ox weighs six or seven hundred catties, it is very light in the water.
After paddling to the shore, there were already six or seven people waiting there. Three times five divided by two, the ox is tied up, and then two pieces of wood are used in a string, and eight people will lift the ox.
The cow's belly was already swollen, and it was estimated that it would not taste good overnight, so as soon as he arrived at Liu Wuye's house, someone brought Liu Guangquan and asked him to open the intestines of the cattle.
The cow had drowned, so it was easy to kill. There was no need for anyone to go up to help, and Liu Guangquan dismantled it by himself.
From beginning to end, Liu Wuye's face has been bitter, this cow was originally a cow he bought in the cattle store in the spring, and he was counting on it to give calves, but he didn't expect this to happen in just a few months.
They are all from a village, and they can help a handful, so as soon as this beef was put on the case, everyone took out the ticket, you bought it for three catties and I bought it for five catties, and after a while, more than half of the beef was sold.
Originally, everyone wanted to sell it at the price of fifteen yuan a catty in the town, but Liu Wuye insisted on disagreeing, saying that he would sell it at ten yuan a catty.
After such a toss, it was already completely dark, and Liu Junhao also carried five or six catties of beef home.
I didn't expect Zhang Qian to still sit and play on the computer at home, so when I saw him come in, I hurriedly stood up and said, "Are you cold, I boiled you a few bowls of ginger soup in the kitchen just now, and I'll bring it to you right away." ”
"It's a little cold, how did you get in, the panther didn't bite you?" Liu Junhao took off his raincoat and immediately sneezed.
"Xiaopi recognizes me," Zhang Qian said, and had already walked into the house with a big bowl of ginger soup.
Although the ginger soup is still ginger soup, Liu Junhao drank it warmly, and he was a little proud in his heart. In just a few months, Zhang Qian can already make ginger soup.
Liu Wuye got up early in the morning and began to deal with the things in the cow's belly, throwing them all into the wooden basin to rinse. When he touched the cow's gallbladder, he suddenly felt a small lump inside. He immediately realized that this thing might be a bezoar, so he was ecstatic and called Liu Guangquan over to identify it.
After Liu Guangquan cut the gallbladder with a knife, he completely poured out the earthy yellow bile inside, and sure enough, a cinnabar-colored object appeared, about the size of a small egg.
It's just that although he has killed a lot of cattle, this thing is also the first time he has seen it. Therefore, he didn't dare to confirm it, so he sent people to the street to find Lao Guo, who killed the cow.
The news that Liu Wuye's skinny cow killed the bezoar soon spread throughout the village, and many people ran over to see the strangeness, even Liu Junhao was no exception.
Suddenly, it looked a bit like the yolk of a pickled egg, with a hint of orange