Because of his previous experience, Gao Mingcheng reached out to the bile duct and hepatic duct after cutting open the cow's abdomen.
Because most of the bezoar is in these two places, the bezoar in the bile duct is called bile bile, and the bezoar in the hepatic duct is called hepatic bile.
Chen Dasong and others didn't know Gao Mingcheng's plan, but they stood aside and watched him take action.
After groping for a while, Gao Mingcheng had an idea, so he took out a knife and cut a few times, first pulling out all the cow's internal organs.
Xuanyimei immediately handed over a wooden basin and questioned Gao Mingcheng with her eyes.
Gao Mingcheng nodded to her implicitly, and in an instant, joyful smiles appeared on many beautiful faces.
After putting the entrails into the basin, Gao Mingcheng said to Chen Dasong and the others, "Uncle Chen, cut the meat while it's still hot."
Chen Dasong felt a little strange. In the past, when slaughtering pigs, after taking out the internal organs, Gao Mingcheng always ignored the internal organs and continued to cut the meat. But this time, he actually dealt with the internal organs himself.
Although he was confused, Chen Dasong didn't say much, but just picked up his knife and went forward.
The freshly slaughtered cattle were still warm, and because the weather was cold, there was even fog.
If you cut it while it's hot, your hands won't freeze and you can work more efficiently.
This old cow is extremely skinny, with only a little meat on its legs. There is not much fat on its body.
However, butter is not as good as lard, and most people do not use butter to cook.
While Chen Dasong and the others were working, Gao Mingcheng had already skillfully taken out the bezoar from the bile duct.
The bezoars of this cow were not big, but there were many of them. Gao Mingcheng took out seven or eight egg-shaped bezoars in a row. Because they were fresh, there was a layer of thin film on them.
Gao Mingcheng carefully removed the thin film, and then he could see that the surface of the bezoar was delicate and shiny.
Manyuemei was also well prepared. When Gao Mingcheng removed the thin film of the bezoar, she immediately took it carefully, wrapped it with clean cotton, and wrapped it with another layer of gauze, and then put them together in a cool place to dry.
After taking out the bezoar from the bile duct, Gao Mingcheng carefully touched the liver duct again and felt two small lumps. After taking them out, he found that they were only the size of peanuts. However, he could not despise them and handled them carefully.
After taking out the bezoar as they wished, Gao Mingcheng and Xuanyuemei finally breathed a sigh of relief. When they looked at each other, they couldn't help but smile.
Gao Mingcheng was in a good mood. He immediately cut off some of the internal organs and fed them to Heihu and the others. The three big dogs came over to eat, and even the two puppies learned to eat together.
"Brother Mingcheng, let me get the beef and beef blood to fry!" Maozi walked out of the kitchen. The male fish head was already stewed. While the fish was stewing, it was time to cut the beef and side dishes.
Chen Dasong was cutting beef on a large wooden board. After hearing this, he immediately cut off a piece of good meat and said, "This piece of meat is good. It will definitely be delicious if fried."
Gao Mingcheng took a look and saw that the piece of beef was from the cow's front leg and the meat was tender, so he motioned to Maozi to take it.
Maozi took the beef, carried the basin of beef blood, and went back into the kitchen to work.
After Gao Mingcheng took out the bezoar, he was too lazy to care about the internal organs. He stood beside the chopping board and watched Chen Dasong and the others work. Seeing Chen Dasong was about to use an axe to chop the ox bones, he said, "Let me do it!"
He was very strong and with one blow of the axe, the flesh and bones were separated.
After cutting all parts of the cow, Gao Mingcheng generously divided the meat.
The bones of the old cow are not tasty, so he only kept a few beef ribs and planned to give away the rest.
Chen Dasong's family and Zhang Chengyuan's family each received a hairy cow foot, ten pounds of cow bones, and two pounds of good meat.
Both companies have worked very hard this year, so naturally they will be generous with their New Year benefits.
"Okay, you all go home to have lunch, I'll take care of the rest myself!" Gao Mingcheng said with a smile, and asked them to take the beef and fish home first.
There were so many things that I couldn't hold them all with my hands, so I had to borrow a basket from Gao Mingcheng's family to put them in.
So Chen Dasong's family and Zhang Chengyuan's family each went home with a basket full of things.
Manyu brought the children here to watch the cattle being slaughtered, so it was noon and no one had cooked at home. However, Chen Dasong, his father and his two sons went home with the food and had lunch soon.
Gao Mingcheng asked Xuanyuemei what she wanted to keep, and Xuanyuemei picked and chose some things and left them behind. She also asked Gao Mingcheng whether he wanted to eat all the fish fresh or make some of them into dried fish.
The taste of dried fish is also quite good.
Gao Mingcheng said: "The head of the male fish is delicious, but the meat is just average. We just killed two male fish. The fish heads are already stewed and eaten. Let's make the male fish bodies into wind-blown meat."
"Okay." So many beauties started to work. They cut the male fish into pieces and rubbed salt on it. After marinating it for a day, they could hang it on the bamboo pole under the eaves with straw.
Gao Mingcheng was not idle either. He had already prepared the beef and fish to be given away.
While they were busy, Maozi came over and called out, "Brother Mingcheng, sister-in-law, it's time to eat."
Gao Mingcheng looked at the time and it was already past one in the afternoon.
"Okay, let's eat."
So everyone went to the kitchen, and on the dining table, the freshly cooked dishes were steaming.
Maozi said attentively: "This fish head has no bones. After I stewed it, I scooped out a small bowl of it and added chili powder to season the rest."
The food that was scooped out in advance and had no chili in it was naturally left for Xiao Xuxu to eat.
Xuanyue nodded with satisfaction and began to feed Xiaoxuxu.
The meat on the fish face is tender and boneless. There is some jelly-like substance in the male fish head. Because it has been stewed for a long time, it tastes a bit sticky.
Xuanyue fed Xiaoxuxu some fish meat, mixed rice with fish soup, and fed him half a bowl of rice. When Xiaoxuxu stopped eating, she was able to eat herself.
Gao Mingcheng put some food in her bowl and said strangely, "When we were in the county, you didn't feed him every meal. You mostly let him eat by himself."
Many beauties said confidently: "There are washing machines in the county, so we can change the smocks when they get dirty. But there are no washing machines here, so when the smocks get dirty, we have to wash them by hand, which is troublesome and difficult to do!"
Gao Mingcheng had not yet realized the seriousness of the matter, and said casually: "Then prepare more smocks."
Xuanyuemei glared at him unhappily. She had taken back all of Xiao Xuxu's smocks!
However, if you want your child to stay clean, you still have to pay attention to what you should do, otherwise in the blink of an eye, the child will get himself dirty.
In this regard, Gao Mingcheng was naturally no match for Mei and could only let her arrange things.
After lunch, Xuanyuemei brought Xiao Xuxu into the room, prepared to play with him for a while, and then coax him to sleep.
Gao Mingcheng chatted with the Maozi brothers for a while and asked them if they were used to living here.
He also said that if Du Hongyu's people showed up during the New Year, the potential danger would disappear, and the Maozi brothers could then go back home to live.
Hearing that they would be able to return home soon, the two were not very happy. The main reason was that they had no parents, and as long as the two brothers were together, it would not matter where they celebrated the New Year.
But Maozi remembered his good brother Monkey.
I don’t know whether the monkey has been caught. If not, it should have returned home by now, right?
Maozi was eagerly looking forward to it, hoping that the monkey would be safe and sound.
In the morning, the weather was fine, but after noon, it started to become cloudy, and I had a bad feeling.
After Gao Mingcheng chatted with the Maozi brothers for a while, he decided to deliver the things quickly before the situation changed.
There are three families in the old village who need to be sent gifts, namely my grandmother, my parents' family, and Gao Shouwang's family.
The goods in each house were similar, a fish weighing seven or eight kilograms, and ten kilograms of beef with bones. Because there were so many goods, he simply drove a tractor to each store.
As soon as we arrived at the old village, we saw a lot of children running around in the village, and the sound of firecrackers could be heard from time to time.
Now that fireworks are not banned, the sound of firecrackers can be heard from time to time in the village during the New Year. After getting money, children will run to the cooperative in Junling in groups to buy firecrackers to set off.
Of course, most of the people setting off firecrackers are naughty boys. The timid girls hide aside and watch, while the brave girls follow behind the boys and scream when the firecrackers explode.
Some boys are particularly naughty and will deliberately throw firecrackers at girls, which will scare them to tears.
Some people would even light the firecrackers and then throw them into the cesspool!
Originally, if you threw it into a pit, at most it would just splash some feces water, which was disgusting. But one time, for some unknown reason, when someone threw firecrackers into the pit, it actually caused a huge explosion, blowing up someone's toilet!
The boy who threw the firecrackers was splashed with feces all over.
Afterwards, the boy's family naturally had to pay compensation. The smelly boy also enjoyed a meal of stir-fried pork with bamboo shoots, and was beaten after taking off his cotton pants!
Afterwards, no matter how naughty the boys in the village were, they dared not throw firecrackers into the manure pit. At most, they would throw them into ponds and ditches.
When Gao Mingcheng's tractor drove past, Gao Faming and several children were playing with firecrackers on the roadside. Gao Faming even pretended to throw firecrackers at Gao Mingcheng, as if to scare him.
Gao Mingcheng didn't want to pamper him, so he said loudly: "Gao Faming, is your butt itchy?"
Gao Faming immediately made a face at him and ran to the side to play with a group of friends.
They followed the path to the ridge of the field, ready to blast the snow covering the field.
Gao Mingcheng couldn't help but smile when he saw how carefree they were.
After parking the car, Gao Mingcheng carried three New Year gifts, followed the road, passed Cheng'en house, and entered the village.
The first house was Gao Shouwang’s. As soon as I arrived at Gao Shouwang’s door, I heard the sound of the TV, the sound of people cracking melon seeds and laughing.
"Uncle Shouwang! Happy New Year! I'm here to give you a New Year gift." Gao Mingcheng stood at the door and said loudly.
As soon as he stepped into the yard, Gao Shouwang came out to greet him.
There were two young men next to Gao Shouwang. They looked quite familiar. Gao Mingcheng didn't recognize them at first, but he quickly figured out who they were.
They are Gao Shouwang’s two sons!
These two people are a few years older than Gao Mingcheng, and they joined the army very early. After they became rich in their previous life, they took Gao Shouwang and his wife to live in other places and basically never returned to the village. Therefore, Gao Mingcheng is not familiar with them.
But they look very similar to Gao Shouwang, except that their facial features and temperament are now very military.
When their eyes fell on him, Gao Mingcheng's hair stood up instinctively and a hint of wariness appeared in his eyes.
But he quickly suppressed this trace of defense because it was inappropriate.
"Mingcheng, Happy New Year to you too. It's cold outside, please come in and sit down!" Gao Shouwang said enthusiastically. He took a few steps forward, took the New Year gift handed over by Gao Mingcheng, and was about to pull Gao Mingcheng into the house to watch TV and eat melon seeds.
But Gao Mingcheng refused. He smiled and pointed to the things in his hand and said, "I have to deliver them to my grandmother and parents later. Let's talk here when we have time!"
Gao Shouwang saw this and had no way to keep him, so he could only say, "Mingcheng, on the second day of the Chinese New Year, bring Duomei and the kids to my house for dinner!"
The second day of the Chinese New Year is the day for married daughters to return to their parents' home, but many of Mei's parents have passed away long ago, so Gao Mingcheng and his family don't need to go anywhere to pay New Year's greetings on the second day of the Chinese New Year.
Gao Shouwang had told Gao Mingcheng about this meal a long time ago, hoping that Gao Mingcheng could get along well with his two sons.
Gao Shouwang was not bragging, but his two sons were lucky and promising, and their future was definitely bright. At this time, Gao Shouwang did not want ordinary people to be contaminated by his sons.
Gao Mingcheng agreed immediately: "Okay, then I'll come early in the second year of junior high school!"
After settling the matter, Gao Mingcheng carried the other things and continued walking towards his parents' house.
When we arrived at my parents' house, it was also very lively. The sound of the TV and the noisy conversation could be heard outside the yard.
After entering the house, I saw quite a few people sitting or standing in the main room. They were eating melon seeds, watching TV, and talking loudly at the same time.
Gao Mingwan and his wife have also returned. Wang Xiuxiu is sitting obediently on the side with her big belly, while Gao Mingwan is bragging about something with Gao Fanmao and others.
The men were talking happily, but the women were not all just sitting there enjoying themselves. Gao Shufang and Zhang Jinling were killing and plucking chickens in the corner of the yard.
On New Year's Eve, of course, there must be chicken! In addition, on the first day of the new year, many people in the family will eat, so the chicken to be used on the first day of the new year should also be killed now.
No one in the main room noticed Gao Mingcheng coming in, but Gao Shufang noticed her second brother at a glance.
Seeing what the second brother was holding, he immediately said, "Second brother, did you go fishing and slaughtering cattle?"
"Okay. Well, keep the things. I still have to go to my grandmother's place." Gao Mingcheng simply handed the things to Gao Shufang and let her deal with it.
This fish has been out of water. Although it is not dead yet, its vitality is not good. It is best to kill it. Otherwise, you have to put it back into water quickly so that it can survive for a while.
Gao Shufang took the things and wanted to ask her second brother to come into the main room to talk, but she hesitated and finally watched Gao Mingcheng walk out of the yard and go to her grandmother's house at the back.
Gao Mingcheng is not the kind of person who likes to join in the fun, and some fun is not easy to join in.
Instead of being in a noisy environment and saying insincere words, he might as well go home and play with his son.
When we arrived at my grandmother's house, it seemed a little deserted.
The main reason is that there are small people in the family and few relatives and friends in the village.
"Grandma, Happy New Year." Gao Mingcheng walked in with a smile. When Grandma saw him, she immediately said, "Zhuangzhuang, hurry up and pour Mingcheng a cup of tea!"
"Brother Mingcheng, Happy New Year." Gao Zhuang quickly stood up, picked up the thermos and poured a cup of hot tea.
Nowadays, people just put tea leaves in thermos, and when guests come, they just pour warm tea for them.
Unlike people in later generations who are so particular, they would put tea leaves and boiling water into each cup of tea.
Since tea is not cheap, we certainly won’t waste it like this.
Gao Mingcheng was actually a little thirsty, so he gulped down half a cup of tea.
After arriving here, Gao Mingcheng felt that his mind was free and he no longer needed to be tense. He started chatting with Xi Nainai and the others and decided to have dinner at Xi Nainai's place on the first day of the new year. (End of this chapter)
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