Chapter 1119

It was clear that this old cow was tortured by the bezoar in its body to the point of not wanting to live.

But thinking about it, it was normal, because humans and animals are the same; think about a human getting gallstones—they could be tortured to the point of madness, so it was understandable that the cow was tortured to the point of not wanting to live.

After a while, Wang Li asked Wang An in a daze:

"Fourth Brother, this old cow... does this old cow want you to kill it?"

Wang An nodded upon hearing this and said with some unbearable heart:

"Yeah, it's not that it doesn't want to walk; it must be feeling extremely uncomfortable."

Just looking at the old yellow cow that was actively seeking death, Wang An couldn't bring himself to do it. Turning his head, Wang An said to Wang Li:

"Fifth, here's the knife; give it a quick end."

Wang Li looked at Wang An, then looked at the cow, took the knife from Wang An's hand, and then, hardening his heart, stabbed the knife into the cow's neck. Until Wang Li turned the knife handle slightly, the cow's blood sprayed out.

That's right, it was spraying; the speed at which the cow's blood flowed out was quite fierce, extremely fast.

It was clear that Wang Li's knife had definitely stabbed the cow's main artery.

But what was even more impressive was that this old cow didn't struggle, and didn't even shake its head, just kept its head tilted, as if it were very desperate for death.

There was a lot of blood on the cow, but cow blood has a very strong fishy smell, and the taste is dry and tough; it can be said to be extremely unpalatable, with no need to collect it.

With the rapid loss of cow blood, the old cow's head finally couldn't be held up, slowly descended, and finally landed on the ground. After Wang Li pulled out the knife, the old cow's eyes, which had been bloodshot, finally slowly closed.

However, before it closed its eyes, it looked deeply at Wang Li, as if thanking Wang Li for giving it a quick end.

Wang Li looked at the old cow that had completely died and suddenly said thoughtfully:

"Fourth Brother, why do I feel like I've done a good deed?"

Wang An nodded upon hearing this and said:

"Yeah, I also feel like you've done a good deed."

To be honest, the relieved look in the old cow's eyes before it died was truly touching; the saying "all things have spirits" was absolutely correct.

However, touching is touching, but the work that needs to be done still needs to be done, and the money that needs to be earned must be earned.

So after a brief silence, Wang An personally took the knife and sliced open the old cow's belly.

When Wang An took the cow gallbladder out of the cow's belly, he immediately understood why this old cow wanted to seek death.

Because whether in Wang An's past life or this one, Wang An had never seen a fresh gallbladder just taken out of an animal's belly that felt hard to the touch.

A normal gallbladder is composed of gallbladder skin and bile, just like a balloon filled with some water; it feels soft and glutinous to the touch.

But this old cow's gallbladder had basically no bile; it was all damn gallstones.

From this, it was evident how painful this old cow must have been when it was alive, because it was enduring the torment of pain almost every second.

However, understanding is understanding, but the old cow's pain fulfilled Wang An and Wang Li. Wang An looked at the hard cow gallbladder in his hand and laughed loudly, saying:

"Fifth, we've made a small fortune again. Hahahaha."

Wang Li, after hearing Wang An's words, was also full of excitement and agitation, and couldn't wait to ask Wang An:

"Fourth Brother, how much money can this bezoar be worth?"

Wang An thought for a moment and then said uncertainly:

"Two thousand yuan is probably a stretch, but eighteen or nineteen hundred should be certain."

The entire cow gallbladder was full of stones, which is bezoar. Wang An, who had no experience, didn't know how heavy these bezoars would be after they were air-dried.

However, if one estimates the bezoar based on the weight of pig sand after air-drying, then the bezoar in this cow gallbladder must be at least 2 liang or more.

2 liang of bezoar, which is 100 grams, even if calculated at the supply and marketing cooperative's purchase price of 18 yuan per gram, that's a full 1800 yuan. Subtracting the cost of 300 yuan, Wang An and Wang Li could each get 750 yuan.

In this era, for others, 750 yuan could definitely be considered a big fortune, but for Wang An and Wang Li, it could only be considered a small fortune.

Wang Li said with a full face of smiles upon hearing this:

"Fourth Brother, getting this thing is much more satisfying than hunting bears, right?"

Wang An nodded and said:

"That's for sure; it's also more valuable than bear gall. Bezoar is so rare. Let me tell you, Fifth, in our entire DJ County, it would be damn hard to find a second cow with bezoar now."

Wang Li looked at the bezoar in Wang An's hand and suddenly sighed, saying:

"I don't know when we'll be able to encounter one next time."

Wang An took a cloth bag out of his pocket, carefully wrapped the cow gallbladder, and said to Wang Li:

"Alright, stop thinking about that useless stuff. Hurry up and peel the cowhide, then unload it into big chunks; we'll mess with it when we get home."

As they spoke, the two worked together and started to peel the old cow.

Looking at the red beef, Wang An swallowed his saliva and said:

"Ever since a cow died in our production team a few years ago and we ate beef once, how many years has it been since we've eaten beef? Hahaha... This time our two families can finally eat beef. Damn."

In the countryside, although cows are as common as mules, horses, and donkeys, wanting to eat beef is a quite difficult thing.

Of course, the meat of mules, horses, and donkeys is also quite rare.

Mainly because in the countryside, one has never heard of anyone killing a cow or a mule, horse, or donkey that works just to eat meat.

Unless it's a last resort, no one would ever do such a thing.

Wang Li said pitifully upon hearing this:

"I was only 11 the year the cow died in our production team; I've long forgotten what beef tastes like."

Wang An smacked his lips and said:

"Beef is fragrant, very fragrant. It's just that this cow is an old cow and is so damn thin; there's not a bit of fat on its body. I feel like this meat might not be very delicious."

The two chatted about useless things while working together to peel the cowhide.

It must be said, the speed at which Wang An and the other peeled the cow was quite fast. After peeling off the entire cowhide, the two quickly divided the entire white-striped cow into several big chunks and started loading the vehicle directly.

The reason they didn't need to take out the intestines and feces was that the cow's intestines were empty, very clean, and there wasn't even much fodder residue.

From this, it was evident how long this cow hadn't eaten.

Finally, Wang An didn't even throw away the cow's head and hooves and loaded them all onto the sidecar.

After loading the vehicle, they covered the cow blood with dirt, and the two didn't delay any further and walked all the way to Kaoshan Tuntun.

(End of chapter)