"Old man Gao, are you taking your sick cow to sell again? I think you'd better take it back! In the first few times of the market, no one was willing to buy this sick cow, and today is not a market day, and there are few people in the town. ”

The voice of a middle-aged man sounded, he was sitting on a stool repairing a worn-out bicycle, and looking at the sign behind him, it could be seen that it was a bicycle repair shop.

The tall old man in his mouth was an old man who looked to be about seventy years old, and the old man was holding an old ox in his hand, which was old and thin, weak to walk, his eyes were red, and he howled from time to time, and behaved very abnormally.

You don't need to know much about cows, just take a look and everyone will know that this is a sick cow.

As soon as Gao Mingcheng came here, he witnessed this scene, so he looked curiously at the old man and the old scalper.

The old man Gao was weathered, leaving wrinkles on his face, his eyes were deep-set, and his hair was gray, and he didn't look much better than the old scalpers around him.

Hearing the owner of the bicycle repair, he muttered, "I...... My grandson is sick and the family has no money to treat him. ”

The implication is that he wants to sell the sick cow to treat his grandson.

The man who repaired the bicycle shook his head and sighed: "Hey, everyone sympathizes with you, but no one will buy this sick cow!" If you're really in a hurry to use the money, go to the county town. Maybe some dealers will buy it cheaply. ”

Old man Gao didn't speak for a long time, and after a long while, he hesitated.

He froze in place, as if he was a little afraid of going to the county town to sell cattle.

But in the end, he still led the oxen step by step towards the farmers' market in the county seat.

The farmers' market also has fixed stalls selling vegetables and meat on weekdays, and if it is a market, it will be more lively, and some open spaces will also be full of stalls.

Today is not a market day in the county seat, even if this old man leads the sick cow to the farmers' market, it is estimated that it will be difficult to sell the cow.

It was only morning in July, and the people who were hot couldn't stand it.

The old man was wearing an old dress that had been washed to white, and a pair of straw sandals were worn on his feet, and his trouser legs were not pulled up, but were broken directly from his knees.

Judging from his dress and expression, it is clear that he must have come from a poor background.

Gao Mingcheng witnessed this scene from the side, and he didn't pay attention to it, but after staring at the sick cow for a while, he suddenly remembered something.

Seeing that the old man Gao walked out of the crowded street, Gao Mingcheng stepped forward to talk.

"Old man, I heard the owner of the repair shop call you just now, your surname is Gao?"

Old man Gao nodded in acknowledgement, and said, "I'm from Xiaoyuan Village, little brother, do you want to buy cattle?" ”

The old man's voice trembled, and a surge of hope welled up in the old man's dizzy eyes.

Xiaoyuan Village, surnamed Gao!

I have two messages!

Gao Mingcheng was secretly happy in his heart, and his eyes were filled with joy when he looked at the sick cow.

Unexpectedly, a piece of news that he heard casually back then was so coincidentally touched by him!

Gao Mingcheng immediately said: "That's really a coincidence! My surname is Gao, and I am from Gaojia Village over there in Junling, have you heard of it? ”

"I have an impression of Xiaoyuan Village, and I heard that the ancestors of our two villages once had a relationship."

Old man Gao's eyes lit up, and after meeting someone with the same surname, his expression was enriched by the numbness of suffering: "We are the descendants of the third room who moved out, young man, are you from the big room or the second room or the third room?" ”

Gao Mingcheng said: "I am from Dafang, my name is Gao Mingcheng. ”

It is said that when the fellow sees the fellow, the tears are full of tears.

The two are also descendants of the same ancestor, although they are quite far apart whether they are related by blood or whatever, but after they talk, they have an indescribable sense of closeness to each other.

Gao Mingcheng pointed to a tree and motioned for the two of them to go to the shade of the tree to talk first.

Then he asked, "I just heard that your grandson is sick?" What disease did he have? ”

Old man Gao said: "I don't know what disease he has, he often has a stomachache, I grabbed some medicine for him to eat, and it is always bad, the stakes of the pain these days, I want to take him to the hospital to see, but the family ...... And there is no money. ”

Old man Gao sighed, he looked at the sick cow beside him, and said in a choked voice: "This old guy has been with me for twelve years, since two years ago, it can't eat, I thought it was about to die of old age, someone persuaded me to kill the cow and eat meat, I was not willing." ”

"A year ago, my son went to the mountains to graze cattle and was hit by the cow, rolled down the hillside, and broke his leg. Someone advised me to kill cattle and eat meat, but I still didn't give up. ”

"My grandson is sick this year, and I am reluctant to sell it for some money to see my grandson."

As he spoke, Old Man Gao actually cried.

The two met in Pingshui, but because they had the same surname, there was a subtle sense of closeness, so the old man Gao took the opportunity to say some words hidden in his heart.

When Gao Mingcheng heard this, he had already determined that this sick cow was the one he heard in his previous life.

All the information was correct, so he was not hypocritical, and immediately said: "I opened a clothing store in the county, and I still made some money in my hands, so let's see that for the sake of our surname, I want this cow!" ”

Old man Gao is here to sell cattle, when Gao Mingcheng talked before, he also hoped that Gao Mingcheng would buy cattle, but now Gao Mingcheng said that he wanted to buy cattle, but he hesitated and stumbled and said: "This cow ...... I'm old and sick, so forget it. ”

Old man Gao obviously couldn't bear to pit Gao Mingcheng.

Seeing this, Gao Mingcheng felt even deeper sympathy for their family.

In his previous life, he overheard one thing, which was about the Gao clan in Xiaoyuan Village, saying that there was an old man's grandson who often had a stomachache, and when he was taking a bath in the reservoir later, he suddenly fell ill and drowned in the reservoir.

After the death of his grandson, the old man Gao killed the sick cow in the family under grief and anger, and when he was cleaning up the sick cow, someone found some hard lumps in the gallbladder of the sick cow, and the local barefoot doctor learned about it, and said that it was the bezoar.

Later, Old Man Gao's family sold the bezoar and lived a good life, but his grandson was gone forever, and after a year, Old Man Gao died depressed.

Because he is a member of the same family and the story has a certain legend, even if Gao Mingcheng was still out at this time in his previous life, when he came back occasionally, someone would talk to him about it.

Gao Mingcheng stepped forward to touch the sick cow, and found that the body temperature of the sick cow was very high, and he was very repulsed by his approach, and let out a howl again and again, struggling uneasily.

Since it is certain that there is a bezoar in it, Gao Mingcheng did not grind, and said directly: "Your grandson's illness is important, so let's buy this cow at the price of a bully, what do you think?" I estimate that it weighs only about 500 pounds, and it won't be weighed on the scale, so it's worth 800 yuan. ”

As he spoke, Gao Mingcheng opened the wallet he was carrying.

Recently, the family's money has been a little tight, and the money sold in the clothing store every day has been used by him to collect old things.

But as long as he sells these old things, he can multiply them by five or six times!

Besides, in the process of collecting old things, you may be able to pick up a super big leak!

And today, he didn't pick up the antique big leak, but he picked up the bezoar big leak!

The reason why he paid 800 yuan was because he only had so much cash on him, and besides, even if he bought the sick cow at the price of a bullock, 800 would be too much.

It's just because he knew in advance that there was a bezoar in the body of the sick cow, and the two parties had the same surname, so Gao Mingcheng couldn't bid too low.

The old man Gao was shocked by this price, his mouth opened, and his eyes widened.

"This ...... That's too much......"

"It's not much, it's important to see your grandson! Come, this is eight hundred pieces, count them, and if the number is right, the ox will be mine! ”

Gao Mingcheng directly handed the money to Old Man Gao.

When the old man Gao was stuffed with a large handful of money in his hand, his body shook violently.

He expected in his heart that the sick cow could be sold for two hundred yuan, and he would be satisfied!

Because this cow is too old and so thin, it is simply skinny, and after killing and skinning the cow, it is estimated that there is no meat.

And the meat of the old cow is rough and not delicious.

"Too much! Too much! "Old man Gao has been kind all his life, and he really can't accept so much money with a clear conscience.

But Gao Mingcheng didn't want to give too little, so he persuaded him to accept it.

The buyer and seller seem to have fallen apart, which is quite ironic.

But fortunately, there is no other audience in this absurd scene.

Gao Mingcheng persuaded the old man Gao to accept the money, and said: "If you get the money, you can quickly take the child to the hospital to see a doctor, the child is sick, and it can't be delayed!" Again, since he often has stomach pain, he can't go to the reservoir to bathe anymore, otherwise it won't be good if his stomach hurts when he is in the water. (End of chapter)