While the middle-aged man was thinking about his little thoughts, Gao Mingcheng was also considering whether to buy the sick cow.
This cow has been sick for more than a year. Apart from being emaciated, having red eyes, having a high temperature, and howling constantly, there are no obvious sores on its body. Therefore, it can be ruled out that the cow has an infectious disease or an acute fatal disease.
He naturally noticed the gleam in the cattle seller's eyes and knew that the middle-aged man was not as honest as he said.
If Gao Mingcheng bought the cow, the probability of finding bezoar was only 50%. If there was no bezoar, he could afford the loss, but if there was, he could make a fortune.
However, if he bought the sick cow, his reputation as a rich and stupid man would spread throughout the county. This kind of reputation would have the advantage that people in the surrounding towns who had sick cows would come to him.
But this kind of reputation also has a disadvantage, which is that people will laugh at you behind your back.
Do you want to gamble?
Gao Mingcheng asked himself in his heart, he kept comparing the sick cow in front of him with the sick cow of Old Gao to see if the performance of the two was the same.
"Boss Gao..." The middle-aged man who was selling cattle became anxious when he saw that Gao Mingcheng was slow to speak. Just as he opened his mouth to make the request, Gao Mingcheng finally made a decision.
Take a gamble!
If you don't take what heaven gives you, you will suffer the consequences!
The worst that could happen is that he would lose a few hundred dollars. If he loses this time, he will never think of buying sick cows again!
Gao Mingcheng said: "Since you have relatives from Xiaoyuan Village, then you know that Old Man Gao and I are of the same origin. I learned that his grandson was sick and his family had no money to treat him, so I bought his sick cow at a high price."
"As for you and I, there is no blood relationship between us, so it is naturally impossible for me to buy your sick cow at a high price."
As soon as Gao Mingcheng finished speaking, the face of the middle-aged man selling cattle immediately turned ugly.
Did I come here in vain?
This time, the gleam in his eyes disappeared and turned into darkness.
Gao Mingcheng was right. There was no reason between him and me. If he didn't buy it, there was nothing I could do.
Just when the middle-aged man was disappointed, Gao Mingcheng said, "But you brought the cow here so early in the morning, which shows that your family is really in trouble. I hope you can sell the cow as soon as possible. I don't want to let you make a wasted trip. How about this, 600 yuan, if you agree, I will buy it."
"If you don't agree, take the cow away now. It keeps howling and it's affecting my business."
Gao Mingcheng's words made the middle-aged man selling cattle feel conflicted.
Old Gao sold his cow that had been sick for two years for eight hundred yuan, while his cow that had been sick for more than a year could only be sold for six hundred yuan.
This price inevitably caused him to feel a little psychologically disappointed.
He looked at the cow and hesitated.
His act of selling sick cows attracted the attention of passers-by, and the owners of nearby shops also came over out of curiosity.
The sick cow was already irritable and howled constantly. Now that it was surrounded, it became even more irritable. It kept moving, and the middle-aged man had to expend a lot of effort to hold the rope.
Seeing him hesitate, Gao Mingcheng immediately urged him, "If you don't want to sell it, leave. This cow has already shit in front of my store!"
"I'll sell it!" Urged by Gao Mingcheng, the middle-aged man immediately made a decision.
Although six hundred yuan was not as much as he expected, it was still okay and still higher than the price offered by the cattle dealer.
Even so, middle-aged men still feel heartbroken.
Before the eight-year-old ox got sick, it weighed more than a thousand pounds! Every spring and summer, I could make a lot of money by lending the ox to others to plow the fields. It could also be used to transport food and firewood.
You can save a lot of cow dung throughout the year, and if you sell it, you can get thousands of dollars.
But since it fell ill, we went to see a veterinarian and bought veterinary medicine for the cow, but it was never getting better. Not only did it eat less, it also howled incessantly, disturbing the family members and making it difficult to rest.
I'm getting thinner day by day. If I don't take action now, I'll only lose more.
After the two people reached a deal, one hand handed over the money and the other hand handed over the goods, and the money and goods were settled.
The middle-aged man put away the money, took a deep look at the scalper who had been with him for eight years, then turned and left.
When the onlookers saw Gao Mingcheng bought the cow, they all started to talk about it. They all felt that Gao Mingcheng had made a loss. Boss Zhu next to the clothing store even asked, "Boss Gao, you spent money to buy this sick cow. What are you going to do with it? Are you going to call a butcher to kill it?"
Gao Mingcheng said: "Send it back to the village first, and then ask a veterinarian to take a look. If it is healthy, I will keep it for a while, and I can make some money. If it is not healthy, I will have to kill it."
"Hey, I'm afraid it doesn't look good. If it looks good, would that person still sell it to you?"
"Yes! I don't know what disease this cow has. If it's serious, the meat can't be eaten, right?"
“It should be inedible.”
Seeing that everyone was concerned about whether the meat was edible, Gao Mingcheng couldn't help but say, "Don't worry, even if I kill it, I won't send it to the county to sell. If it's not edible, I'll bury the sick cow."
"Then aren't you at a big loss?" someone asked in surprise.
"It's okay if it's a loss, just consider it a good deed." Gao Mingcheng said casually. He was about to put the cow on the tractor's bucket, so he said, "Don't crowd around, I'll send the cow to the village for treatment first."
"Duomei, take the broom and dustpan and sweep up this cow dung!"
"Okay, okay." Xuanyuemei responded and went to the backyard to get a broom and dustpan.
Gao Shufang sighed helplessly and complained to Luo Li and others around her: "Sometimes my second brother is too easy to talk to!"
Luo Li and others agreed with this.
Gao Mingcheng only told Mei a lot about the bezoar.
Therefore, when he bought the sick cow again, only many people understood him. Others thought he had lost a lot and could not understand why he did such a thankless task.
Gao Mingcheng ignored everyone's thoughts. He put the sick cow that was struggling and howling onto the truck bed, then went straight to the shop selling plastic bottles. After buying enough bottles, he drove all the way back to Gaojia Village.
Chen Duofu knew that there would be honey shaking today, so he had been waiting here for a long time.
But what he saw was Gao Mingcheng bringing back a cow.
Chen Duofu grew up in the village and had seen quite a few cows, so he could tell at a glance that something was wrong with this cow.
Gao Mingcheng unloaded the cow from the cart and tied it under the shade of a tree first.
He wasn't lying, he really was planning to ask a veterinarian to take a look.
What if the meat of this sick cow is inedible?
Last time he killed the cow directly in order to get the bezoar. He also knew that Old Gao's sick cow had gallstones, but he was not sure what disease the cow had.
Another thing is, if this cow also has gallstones, the longer it is ill, the bigger the bezoar in its body will be!
He originally bought the cow just to bet on whether it contained bezoar, so he was naturally willing to spend more time waiting for a better result!
Gao Mingcheng briefly explained the process of buying the cow, and then said to Chen Duofu: "You go and shake the honey first, I'll ask a veterinarian to treat the cow."
Chen Duofu also couldn't understand why Gao Mingcheng did such a thankless job, but since the boss had spoken, he took the honey extractor and honey cutter and went to the place where the beehives were placed. (End of this chapter)
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