Chapter 202 Price Higher than Gold
"Uncle Xiong, please walk slower." Yang Chunyan stepped forward to stop Xiong Dahai and his son, and turned to look at Zhou's father, "Old man, I think you should ask Uncle Xiong to write a receipt for us!"
The third sister-in-law, Li Qiuyue, curled her lips and muttered quietly, "I bought a dead cow for several hundred yuan, and you still want to show off. That money is for us to repair the house."
Sister-in-law Zhao Huifang gently nudged her and whispered, "Qiuyue, stop talking. The old man looks a little scary. I'll go make a bowl of sugar water."
Li Qiuyue glanced at Zhou's father and said nothing more.
When Zhou's father saw his youngest daughter-in-law, who was never talkative, made such a request, although he didn't understand what she meant, he said to Xiong Dahai: "Old Xiong, you should write a note to my family!"
The third son of the Xiong family took a look at the pretty new daughter-in-law of the Zhou family, and then looked at Zhou Huaian who was squatting on the ground with his head in his hands. He felt a little jealous that a second-rate guy who did not work properly could actually get such a beautiful wife.
Xiong Dahai was happy to get the money, and he didn't care about Zhou's nagging. He nodded readily: "Okay, bring me paper and pen."
Yang Chunyan went into the house and took out a pen and paper, and asked him to write the cause of the incident on a note. In the end, the Zhou family spent 450 yuan to buy the dead cow from the Xiong family. At this point, the Zhou and Xiong families were even, and they owed each other nothing. The note also asked Zhou's father and Xiong Dahai to sign and put their fingerprints on it.
The Xiong family father and sons walked away with wooden sticks in their hands, smiling.
Some of the villagers who were watching the fun were jealous of the Xiong family, while others felt sorry for the Zhou family, and they dispersed after talking about it.
The atmosphere in the yard was heavy and depressing!
Father Zhou felt a tightness in his chest and a buzzing sound in his ears. He leaned on a wooden stick to support his body and prevent himself from falling.
Yang Chunyan, who had been observing Zhou's father, saw that he looked a little strange, and hurried forward to support him, "Old man, what's wrong with you? Where do you feel uncomfortable?"
Several other people also noticed that something was wrong with him, and they all rushed over and supported Zhou's father.
The boss Zhou Huairong brought a chair and said, "Old man, please sit down!"
Father Zhou was helped by several people to sit on a chair.
Zhou's mother and Li Qiuyue also surrounded him and asked, "Old man, what's wrong with you?"
Zhou Huaian was anxious when he saw this, but he didn't dare to go forward, fearing that the old man would get angry again.
Zhou Huairong squatted in front of Zhou's father and said, "Old man, shall I carry you in and lie down for a while?"
Father Zhou waved his hands and said weakly, "I feel chest tightness and a little breathless. I'll be fine after sitting for a while."
Seeing this, Zhou Huairong hurriedly calmed him down and comforted him softly, "Old man, something has happened. If you get angry again, our family will..."
Zhou Huaishan also said: "Yes, the money has been paid out, and your anger will not solve the problem."
Mother Zhou wiped away her tears and choked up as she said, "Old man, the boss is right. Even if you die of anger today, it won't solve the problem. It will only make people laugh at you. And..."
Father Zhou waved his hands. He understood what his wife meant. If anything happened to him today and even angered the old man's youngest child to death, he would never be able to hold his head up in this life.
What made him feel relieved was that his son and daughter-in-law were both kind and there was no situation of falling out between the brothers.
Mrs. Zhou walked quickly into the yard with a bowl of sugar water and handed it to him, "Old man, drink some sugar water."
Father Zhou took a few sips, recovered his breath, and looked at Zhou Huaian, who was squatting there with his head in his hands, with a look of regret, "Tell me, are you going to be happy only if you make me angry to death?"
Zhou Huaian looked up at him and squatted there without saying a word. At this moment, he wished that it was him who died in the yard, not the cow.
Zhou Huairong, "Old man, I think we should skin the cow and carry the meat and skin to the commune to sell, so that we can save a little loss."
Father Zhou nodded, thinking about the note he had just written, and looked at Yang Chunyan who was standing beside him, "Chunyan, the Xiong family got the money for a strong ox, they didn't suffer any loss, they will definitely not come to trouble us, tell me why did you ask the Xiong family to write a receipt?"
Yang Chunyan looked at everyone, bent down, and whispered to Zhou's father, "Old man, Aunt Lai San said that the Xiong family's cows always like to cry in the middle of the night, don't eat grass, only drink water, and their eyes are red and scary."
"Also, his cows are so skinny that only the skeleton is left, but the skin and hair are shiny. They are very similar to the cows with bezoars that I have seen in my medical book."
"Bezoar!"
Everyone in the yard turned their heads and stared at the dead cow on the ground.
Although they have never seen bezoar, they all know that it is valuable.
Zhou Huaian looked up at his young wife with shining eyes, thinking: If he could really find bezoar in a cow's stomach, he would listen to his young wife all his life.
Let him go east and never west.
Unfortunately, Yang Chunyan didn’t have the ability to read minds and couldn’t hear what he was thinking.
Zhou Sansao looked at Yang Chunyan with shining eyes, "Yan'er, is it true? I heard that cow gall and pig treasure are very valuable!"
Yang Chunyan smiled and nodded, "My old man said it's more valuable than gold."
Although people these days don’t know the price of gold, they all know that gold represents money, and a lot of money.
"Oh my god~" the sisters-in-law all exclaimed in surprise.
Father Zhou was delighted, and immediately felt his strength return. He said in a deep voice, "Close the door and skin the cow."
Mother Zhou thought of her grandson who was still digging potatoes in the vegetable garden. "Wait, I'll go to the vegetable garden and tell Jiaming to take good care of his younger siblings. Don't rush back."
Father Zhou nodded and said, "Tell them to come back later."
"I understand." Zhou's mother ran towards the kitchen quickly and went out the back door.
Zhou Huairong was about to close the gate when he took two steps and someone at the door asked, "Is Brother Zhou home?"
Before he finished speaking, a man in his early fifties, of medium build, with a square face and a shrewd look walked in.
“Cough, cough, cough…” Father Zhou patted his chest, looking like he was coughing so hard that he couldn’t breathe.
Zhou Huaijun hurried forward to help him calm down, "Old man, don't be angry..."
The faces of the others all turned gloomy.
Yang Chunyan discovered that everyone had a talent for acting and felt that they changed their faces faster than the actors on TV, and that they were acting in their true colors.
The man smiled and said, "They are all here!" Then he walked towards the cow carcass that was placed there.
Zhou Huairong gave him a cold look and said, "Boss Ma, you haven't been waiting for a long time, have you?"
After hearing this, Yang Chunyan suddenly remembered that this man was the cattle dealer from the next brigade: Ma Changgui.
Ma Changgui, who was concentrating on looking at the cow, had a gleam in his eyes. He looked up with sympathy on his face, "You are too suspicious! I sent the cow to the Lai family and heard what they were talking about. Alas! What the Xiong family did was not fair!"
Zhou Huaian complained in his heart, "Hate it, delaying my search for the treasure!"
Zhou Ersao Zhang Xiuxiang turned her head and rolled her eyes: I don’t believe you, you just want to cheat my bezoar!
Zhou Huairong said "Oh" and didn't respond.
Ma Changgui didn't hear what he wanted to hear, so he turned to look at Zhou's father and said, "Brother Zhou, what are you going to do with this cow?"
The second son, Zhou Huaijun, looked at him sarcastically, "It's already dead, what else can we do with it? Of course we should kill it and sell its meat!"
Ma Changgui ignored Zhou Huaijun's sarcasm and said, "Brother Zhou, by the time you finish skinning and removing the bones, it will probably be afternoon. It will be hard to find a buyer if you carry it to the county town. How about selling it to me?"
Father Zhou noticed the anxious look on his face. He believed what Yang Chunyan said without a doubt. The heavy weight on his heart suddenly disappeared. He sighed and waved his hand, "I won't bother Boss Ma anymore."
Ma Changgui was stunned. Could it be that the Zhou family had already discovered that something was wrong with Niu? He quickly glanced at the Zhou family members' expressions and felt that it was impossible.
"Brother Zhou, to be honest, I have a friend who is having a wedding at home and is worried about not having beef. We are all from the same hometown, so I will buy this cow for three hundred yuan. Just consider it a favor to them and you will lose less money."
Zhou Family Figures
Female lead: Yang Chunyan, Male lead: Zhou Huaian
Zhou family, Zhou's father: Zhou Dasong, Zhou's mother: Chen Guilan,
The eldest brother: Zhou Huairong, the second brother: Zhou Huaijun, the third brother: Zhou Huaishan
The eldest sister-in-law: Zhao Huifang, the second sister-in-law: Zhang Xiuxiang, the third sister-in-law: Li Qiuyue
The eldest son of the Zhou family, Zhou Huairong, married Zhao Huifang and had two sons and one daughter. The eldest son was Zhou Jiaming, the youngest son was Zhou Jialiang, and the daughter was Zhou Xiaowen.
The second son of the Zhou family, Zhou Huaijun, married Zhang Xiuxiang and had a son and a daughter, a daughter named Zhou Xiaoqian and a son named Zhou Jiakang.
The third son, Zhou Huaishan, married Li Qiuyue and had two daughters, the eldest, Zhou Xiaoru, and the second, Zhou Xiaolin.
The eldest father of the Zhou family, Zhou Dachun, the eldest aunt, Li Yinfu, the son, Zhou Huaixing, the third father, Zhou Dahe, and the third aunt, Zhang Hongmei
(End of this chapter)
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