Chapter 42 The Cow's Curse
After dinner, Liu Junhao ran to the backyard and picked a big flower-skinned watermelon from the tree. The last time they came, the watermelon was not ripe, but this time it was over the season for eating watermelons. The users of the village who planted melons basically pulled the melon seedlings in the fields.
However, when I got here, I could still catch up with the autumn melon, and the taste was as good as ever, with the pulp of the melon crisp and delicious.
The watermelon at Liu Junhao's family is a great wonder. This season, the watermelon seedlings are still green and there are many small flowers scattered on it. Looking at the momentum, it looks like it continues to bear watermelons.
This surprised many people. Even Professor Zhao studied it every day, as if he wanted to find out the reason for the abnormality of the watermelon. However, Liu Junhao understood in his heart that it must be his own spring water that was working, extending the fruiting period of the watermelon.
This season, only Liu Junhao has watermelons. He has put five or six large flower skins in his house. These were picked a few days ago. The watermelons are durable and there is no problem with it after being put for one or two months.
"It's great. Every time I come to you, it tastes delicious and delicious. I don't want to go back. I have to stay for a while this time and go back after I have enough." Pang Xu didn't have any idea at all, and said while holding a watermelon.
"You can live as long as you want, but you kid jump. It will take a few days, and school will probably start soon, right?" Liu Junhao said, throwing the watermelon seeds in his hand into the bamboo sieve.
He has already dried half a bag of watermelon seeds during this period, and it seems that he can be fried several times. However, the weather was quite hot a few days ago, so he was too lazy to be busy in the stove. Now they happened to be here, so it was good to stir-fry some watermelon seeds.
"It's okay, there are no classes this year. The teacher at the school is also rushing us to find a job outside for internships. It's better to stay at home for a few more days." Pang Xu said indifferently.
"It's better to go out to find a job earlier. The employment situation is so serious now..." Professor Zhao persuaded him at this time. After these two contacts, he had already seen that Pang Xu, like Liu Junhao, is a heartless person, so he also likes it from the bottom of his heart and does not want to see this kid take detours.
"I also want to find a job early, but it doesn't matter if we just graduated, but we don't have any experience. Finding a job is harder than climbing the sky. If you don't have any mouse, I'll just get along with you. I'll help you raise eels. How about you get two thousand yuan per month?"
"Two thousand dollars, you guys are so damn-hearted, why don't you rob them?" Liu Junhao laughed and scolded, "I don't need to raise these eels at all. They can find food by themselves..."
They were eating, but a half-year-old naughty child in the village walked in. When he saw a guest in the yard, he shouted timidly: "Uncle Xiaohao, my dad has something to ask you for trouble."
This naughty child is called Liu Yulin. Although his name is quite delicate, he is like a hairy child and is also very solid. His nickname is Xiaowazi, because his father's nickname is Dawazi.
"Give melon," Liu Junhao pulled him over without any explanation, handed him a large piece of watermelon, and asked, "What's wrong with your dad asking me for?"
"Our calf is about to tie the cow's nose ring. A few people can't hold it down. My dad will ask you to help." He said while holding the watermelon and gnawing it.
"Okay, I'll go over now," he stood up and said to Professor Zhao, "Uncle Zhao, you can talk to Pang Xu and the others at home, and I'll come when I go."
"I'll follow me to see how the bull's nose is pierced, maybe I can help you." Pang Xu was intrigued. This was the first time he encountered such a thing and thought it was very new.
"Okay," Liu Junhao saw his eagerness to try, so he had to nod and agree. So Zhang Qian and Xu Xiaoli followed behind him. Finally, when Professor Zhao saw that he was the only one left in the house, he locked the door and five people walked towards the village in a mighty manner.
The half-large yellow cow in Xiaowazi's family was born in Chun, and now it is half a pile. At this time, the calf is the most annoying. It is a big disaster when it runs into the field. It can eat and tap, and it can ruin a large area of crops in one trip. Therefore, when the calf grows so big, most villagers will consciously put a cow nose ring on it and prevent it from continuing to have fun.
When Liu Junhao arrived, three or four people had occupied under the furry tree at the door of Xiaowazi's house. It seemed that they were all called to help. After saying hello to each other, they were waiting there. When everyone was all here, Big Wazi took the old cow to the yard, and Niuduzi followed him into the yard.
Then the big kid took the old cow out again, mainly because he was afraid that the old cow would shout when he saw them catching the calf. The scalpers were actually very protective of the calf. Seeing that their children were suffering, they could not eat for days or nights, and kept mooing.
As soon as a few people closed the door, they began to rush forward to block the calf. The calf also felt the danger and kept running around in the yard. However, the farmers were doing it very well. They had a clear division of labor as soon as they came up. They pressed the cow's head, pressed the body, and pulled the legs. They pressed the calf under the tree in a few seconds. Pang Xu was also divided into a glorious task of catching the cow's tail. Of course, Professor Zhao was the kind of watching the battle...
The calf also struggled desperately, mooing and shouting, and four hooves were kicking around on the ground.
But after five or six laborers, the men in the countryside had enough strength. Several people stuck the calf there tightly, and then let the old cow heads in the village get on the horse.
The old bull head and the bull have been dealing with each other for a lifetime. They have been in charge of the village livestock since the production team, so they are very familiar with the matter of wearing the bull's nose ring. He first took out a sharp wooden stick, made a bowl of wine and washed it on the wooden stick, then went up to break the bull's nose and pierced it suddenly, and before the bull could react, he had already pierced his nose.
Someone had already handed half a thin bamboo pole next to him. The old cowhead quickly inserted the bamboo pole into the nostrils, put iron wire rings on both ends, tied the reins, and everything was done.
Tie this bull nose ring and put it on the nose is equivalent to wearing a tight spell. When the calf is having fun, as long as he pulls the rope, the bull nose ring will make its nose hurt, and the calf can only follow the owner honestly.
As soon as Pang Xu let go of the ox tail, the calf suddenly started to pee, and he splashed his legs in surprise.
"Damn, why do I have such a heartfelt idea? I bully honest people..." Pang Xu shouted and took a big step back in a hurry.
Seeing his embarrassed look, everyone burst into laughter.
After finishing his busy schedule, Liu Junhao refused to keep his son and led the three of them to Liu Guangju's house to ask for the keys. Professor Zhao did not follow. He chatted with the village group under the tree. Everyone in the village knew him. From his initial curiosity to acceptance, he has now regarded him as half of Liujiagou, so he did not have so much restraint in his words.
"I must post this photo online after I go back. This is the first time I see a cow's nose, which is a bit cruel." Xu Xiaoli said as she looked at the photo on her phone.
"What's cruel? Isn't there anyone in the city wearing nose rings? When I looked at it, the thing was the same as the nose ring of the animal." Pang Xu said disapprovingly.
"Go to you, just turn around and curse people." Xu Xiaoli smiled and hit him.
"To be honest, if you tie a rope to their nose ring and lead them away, then that's the trend," Pang Xu still shouted.
Liu Junhao didn't have so many ideas. In his opinion, it was normal to wear a nose ring on a cow. In rural areas, cattle are the most important labor force, and they need to be used to pull carts on a farmland. If they don't wear a nose ring, the animal will not be able to control it. Xu Xiaoli said this just that she didn't understand the countryside.
When they arrived at Liu Guangju's house, they were watching TV in the house. The black dog in his house immediately rushed out, but when he saw Xiaopi, he immediately became wilted. Although Xiaopi had not grown up, he had gradually shown his kingly demeanor and had become the boss of the dogs in the village.
"Uncle Guangju..." Liu Junhao called out three times before Liu Guangju walked out of the house.
"Xiaohao, you are a rare guest. What wind has blown you up. Come on, come on, sit in the house." Liu Guangju said as he dispersed the smoke for them again, but Liu Junhao and Pang Xu didn't smoke, so he refused.
The decorations of Liu Guangju’s family are only ordinary in the village. There is a table on the side of the main hall against the wall, with several paintings hanging on it, and a layer of blue bricks is laid on the ground in the house.
Liu Junhao was not going to stay here for too long. He simply told him about Zhang Qian's need to be a teacher in Liujiagou, and asked him for the key to the school.
Liu Guangju saw that school was about to start and no teachers came. He thought that Liujiagou Primary School was going to go bankrupt this time and was worried. He didn't expect that the teacher would come now. He was naturally happy when he heard about this and insisted that Zhang Qian have dinner at his house in the evening. In the end, it was Liu Junhao who said that they were all his classmates, so there was no need to worry. Let him entertain him. He gave up the matter. However, when they left, Liu Guangju repeatedly emphasized that he would also come to accompany the guests at night.
Chapter completed!