Something was resurrected in the eyes of the cattle dealer and Xiang Shengnan.
"Do you dare... to give it a try?"
Yang Ruoqing shook the wooden box in her hand and asked again.
The cattle dealer and Xiang Shengnan looked at each other, Xiang Shengnan nodded, and the cattle dealer said bitterly: "A dead horse is treated as a living horse, and the doctor can't control so much. Just give it a try!"
Let’s do an experiment on this calf that is on the verge of dying.
Yang Ruoqing dissolved the medicinal powder with water, and the whole family mobilized to help hold down the calf, pressing it and plucking its mouth. Even Xiaoduo temporarily put Jiaojiao in the wooden cart and let her sit and play by herself, and then Roll up your sleeves and come help.
Just like that, the potion was poured into the calf's mouth continuously.
With everyone's last hope...
After finishing the filling, the next step is to wait.
The few men all stayed in the cowshed, not thinking about going anywhere or doing anything. A few pairs of eyes were fixed on the calf lying on the ground to see what was going on.
Yang Ruoqing also came over after a while.
Half an hour passed, and Niu Duzi was still alive.
An hour passed, but Niu Duzi still didn't die.
Two hours passed, and Niu Duzi's eyes closed.
"Is this the end of life?" she asked.
The cattle dealer reached out and touched the cow's nose and shook his head, "There is still heat in the nostrils."
Xiang Shengnan squatted there with an unkempt face, his eyes unblinking, and he said with a hoarse voice and a bitter smile: "This little calf has stopped breathing. It's good or bad. He will suffer for himself, and he will also torment us."
Yang Huazhong simply sat down on the haystack, took out the dry tobacco stick, bit it in his mouth, smoked and waited.
"Wait a little longer!" He said vaguely.
"No matter what, you have to wait until you are completely dead before you can carry him out and bury him. You can't bury him even if you still have a breath. That's called burying him alive, which is against the laws of nature." He added.
In the bullpen, no one refuted his words because what he said made sense.
When noon was approaching, Xiaoduo made lunch and came to the cattle pen to call everyone to eat. He found that several people in the cattle pen were standing, sitting or squatting. There were no signs of improvement as Xiaoduo expected, and the atmosphere was still depressing. .
"The food is ready. Let's go and eat it first."
Xiaoduo glanced at the calf lying on the ground and said softly.
The cattle dealer patted the dust on his body and stood up, "I'm afraid it won't be long before I die. Let's go eat first!"
Yang Huazhong nodded, put away the dry tobacco pole and stood up. Xiang Shengnan was also pulled out of the cattle pen by Xiaoduo.
By this time, everyone basically gave up hope on the mule and horse medicine.
Even Yang Ruoqing herself was a little skeptical.
The reasons for suspicion are as follows:
First, mules and horses are mules and horses, and calves are calves. Although both are domestic animals, their structures are somewhat different, so the medicine of mules and horses is not effective on calves.
Second, this medicine was given three years ago, so it may have expired.
Three, four, five... I can't tell.
In short, if you get the right treatment, everything can be said easily.
Not right, 10,000 reasons for failure.
But she has tried her best and can only help so much.
The atmosphere at the dinner table was not very good either. Except for Jiaojiao who was babbling and saying a few vague words from time to time, the others basically didn't speak. They were thinking about the same thing.
While eating, Jiaojiao became noisy again, stopped eating, and clamored to go see Niu Niu.
Xiang Shengnan felt upset and couldn't help scolding Jiaojiao. Jiaojiao pursed her lips and started crying.
Jiaojiao's crying made Sun and the others feel very distressed.
Xiaoduo couldn't help but pinch Xiang Shengnan: "If you are upset, don't take it out on your child. She is so young, what does she know? What's more, she is already weak and has been sick for the past two days! "
In fact, after Xiang Shengnan scolded Jiaojiao, he became upset.
At this moment, Xiao Duo was scolded in front of all the elders and Yang Ruoqing. He hung his head and remained silent.
Mrs. Sun had already taken Jiaojiao to the cowshed to watch the cows and coax her. Yang Huazhong glanced at Xiaoduo who was still scolding Xiang Shengnan: "Shengnan should be considerate when he is upset. You have said so much about him, and it's okay to be considerate." about there."
Only then did Xiaoduo take back her hand.
But looking at this situation, it seems that this account was recorded in the small notebook in Xiaoduo's heart. When the storm is over, Xiang Shengnan will have to teach Xiang Shengnan a lesson again when the dirty information is uncovered.
"Oops, it's not good, someone comes quickly!"
Sun's exclamation suddenly came from the other side of the bullpen.
Several pairs of chopsticks were put down almost at the same time, and several figures rushed out like the wind, heading straight for the cattle pen.
"What's wrong with mother-in-law?"
"What's wrong, mother?"
"What's going on with my mother-in-law?"
"..."
"The cow, the cow, the calf is gone!" Mrs. Sun stood outside the cowshed with Jiaojiao in her arms, staring into the cowshed with a horrified look on her face.
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and the cattle dealer immediately became angry.
"Did some goddamn guy come over and steal the calf?"
When he doubted this, he didn't forget to turn around and glare at Xiang's father.
No wonder he was suspicious, because Xiang's father had previously said that if someone was willing to spend a little money to buy, sell, and then resell it to taverns in the town and county, he could get a few bucks back.
Father Xiang quickly waved his hand, "I was wronged. This really has nothing to do with me..."
"I'll settle the score with you later!" The cattle dealer stamped his feet and followed Xiang Shengnan into the cattle pen.
In the cattle pen, on the ground where the calf had been lying, there was nothing but a pool of foul-smelling filth.
The two men searched around the cow pen. Except for the other calf that couldn't get up, the one that was seriously ill and waiting to be buried was really gone.
"Could it be a fake corpse?"
Father Xiang also leaned in with a cane. After looking around, he asked in horror.
The cattle dealer suddenly turned his head and shouted at him: "If you don't speak, no one will think you are mute!"
Xiang's father then retracted his head again and muttered: "The calf has been sick and I have been scolded these days. It's really unlucky..."
"How's it going? Did you find it?"
Yang Ruoqing and Xiaoduo also came to the bullpen and asked.
"It's strange, there really isn't." Yang Huazhong said.
Yang Ruoqing said: "Duo'er and I just took a look at the cattle pen next door. All the other calves are there."
Logically speaking, the possibility of being stolen is very high. It is a calf weighing 1,560 kilograms, which is equivalent to the weight of an adult man. Stealing it in broad daylight would make too much noise, and it is impossible!
"Where on earth did this calf go? Aren't they going to die?" Xiang Shengnan scratched his head and walked around in the pen, unable to think of anything.
Yang Ruoqing stared at the filth on the ground that looked like vomit. She suddenly thought of something and ran out of the cattle pen, running straight towards the place where the big cows were grazing not far away.
Seeing her like this, everyone chased after her without asking why.
In front, Yang Ruoqing ran for a while, then suddenly stopped, turned around and said excitedly to the people behind her: "Come and see, the calf is really alive and can even stand and eat grass!"
