9. Cow as Matchmaker

Wang Daqing is a native of Shuangying Village, Raoyang County, Hebei Province. His father, Wang Laolan, makes a living by butchering. His father is famous for his superb butchering skills.

Wang Daqing has a kind and righteous nature, handsome appearance, thick eyebrows and big eyes, a straight nose and a square mouth, a tall figure, and a strong man. His family is wealthy. After the reform and opening up, the old house was renovated and a new walking tractor, color TV, refrigerator, and video recorder were purchased.

He has everything. However, it is difficult for him to get married. Even when he is three years old, he still has not started a family. Why? It is because of his father.

The people in the area consider all butchers to be ruthless and vicious. Seeing the scene of Wang Lao slaughtering a cow, the timid ones will be afraid and leave. When slaughtering the cow, he will hold a wooden ax in his hand and slap the cow with the back of the axe.

The cow ran madly in the yard. When the cow's blood boiled, it gritted its teeth and stared, yelled and cursed, rounded the back of the ax, hit the cow's forehead hard, the cow howled miserably, fell forward, and fainted to the ground. Big

Qing Duan Basin stood on its side and saw the cow lying on the ground. The basin came forward to collect the blood. Wang Laolan swung the ax again, with the blade of the ax downward, and cut off the cow's neck. Poof! Blood splattered everywhere, and more than ten feet of blood spurted out from the neck.

It’s terrible! However, the comfort of eating beef is another matter.

Wang Laolan was not only famous for butchering cows, he was also known to all women and children for beating his wife. During the three years of hardship, Wang Laolan bought his wife in Henan with only two bags of dried potatoes and several kilograms of bacon. She was abused by him many times.

He beat her to the point where her head was bleeding. On weekdays, if anything goes wrong, she would punch her and make harsh remarks. Beating her wife has become a common occurrence. In such a family, which daughter is willing to marry? It is difficult for Daqing to get married.

, they broke up immediately because they were all afraid of passing on the news that his father had abused his wife.

After Wang Laolan passed away, Daqing and his mother lived together. Although their family was in a stable situation, there was still no hope of getting married, and his mother tried to find matchmakers everywhere to no avail.

There is a friend of Daqing in the village, Zhang Dahe, who works for the county food company and acts as a matchmaker for Daqing. Zhang Dahe said: "The woman is from Xiting Village, more than ten miles away from here. She is nearly thirty years old. Her surname is Niu and her given name is Danu.

He is not handsome." Daqing's mother said: "I am old and I am not handsome, it doesn't matter, it is enough to marry me."

Daqing urged Dahe and said: "Brother Dahe, please do your best for me. If the girl agrees, I will comply with any conditions." A few days later, Dahe's proposal of marriage failed, so he returned to tell Daqing: "The girl Niu finally agreed.

I don’t know who is causing the obstruction, so I decided not to allow it.” Daqing asked urgently: “Why? Do you think my family is engaged in slaughtering?” Dahe nodded: “Of course, my daughter’s surname is Niu, and your family slaughters cows for a living, which is a taboo.” Dahe

Qiu said: "You tell my daughter, from now on I will change my career and stop slaughtering cows, can you?" Dahe smiled and said: "No, he said that your father's name is Wang Laolan, your name is Daqing, and the green one comes from the blue (Lan)

) is better than the blue meaning, one day I will definitely beat my father."

Daqing's marriage is unlikely. Not only that, but his reputation as "a young man is better than a blue man" is far-reaching. He frowns all day long and sighs: Now his mother is taking care of him and he can still make a living. But in the future, his mother will die and he will have no support for his life. No wonder people

Saying: Being a bachelor is bitter, being a bachelor is bitter, there is no one to repair the torn clothes, and no one to cook the food. Drink raw cold water when thirsty, and eat raw sweet potatoes when hungry. It is bitter!

A few months later, Zhang Dahe came again and advised Daqing: "You can't do this all day long, you should find a job to make a living." Daqing said with a worried face: "Now I don't make a career out of slaughtering cattle, there is no way out."

Dahe said: "The county food company is recruiting part-time workers, do you want to go?" Daqing asked what kind of job? Dahe said helplessly: "I don't want you to apply, but the manager wants to hire someone with a good background." Daqing understood.

He asked casually: "Are you going to slaughter cattle?" Dahe smiled and nodded, Daqing lowered his head to think, and was speechless for a long time. Suddenly he clapped his legs and gritted his teeth and said, "I am applying. I have no hope of marriage in this life. It doesn't matter if I go back to my old career!"

The next day, Daqing applied for the job. On the first day, he was faced with the job of slaughtering cows. Dahe helped him. Daqing held a wooden ax and sharpened the blade quickly. He used the cow-slaughtering method taught by his father and led the cow to the courtyard. Seeing this

The cow was a yellow female farm cow, not sick, but abandoned because of a leg injury. Before taking action, Dahe complained that she had abdominal pain, and pretended to go to the toilet to avoid it.

Daqing swung the back of the ax and slapped the cow's butt continuously. The cow ran lamely in the yard. After more than ten rounds, he saw that the cow was tired and panting. Daqing swung the ax and struck the front of the cow's forehead to chop it. At this time, the cow suddenly knelt down on all four legs.

Down, his eyes were filled with tears like rain. When Daqing saw it, he was startled and the ax stopped in mid-air. Why! Why? Could it be that the cow was pregnant with a calf? Daqing suddenly recalled a past event: One day, his father slaughtered a cow, and the cow shed tears.

He knelt down, but his father still killed him recklessly. Only when he cut it open did he find that there was a calf in the belly of the cow. Daqing's mother complained that her father had done something wrong, and her father became angry with shame and her mother was beaten severely. This incident is vivid before her eyes.

Daqing was sympathetic and unwilling to do evil, so he threw down his axe, stepped forward and touched the belly of the cow, and groaned! The cow was indeed pregnant for more than two months, so he led the cow to the pen, held the grass and fed it. At this time, the river returned and saw it,

Questioning why, Daqing asked: "This cow is pregnant with calves and I can't bear to kill it. I beg you to tell the manager that I want to buy this cow, can you?" Dahe refused and said: "How can you do this? If you don't

To slaughter this cow, the manager can hire someone else." Daqing was stunned, and then shouted angrily: "If there is another cow slaughterer, I will kill him! I will kill him first and then argue with him!"

When Dahe saw this, he was timid and walked away, and told the manager. The manager was deeply impressed by his kindness and was willing to transfer it to him for 1,000 yuan. After negotiation, Daqing bought it with debt.

The Daqing morning cow returned home and took a rest halfway through the journey. It found a place to rest in the shade of a tree and gnawed the green grass beside the path where the cow was put. After resting, it got up to start the cow. The cow couldn't kneel down. Daqing didn't understand the cow's intention and caressed the cow's head.

He said: I will take you back home to heal your wounds. I am not going to kill you. You can get up and follow me without any worries. After saying this, pull the reins hard. The ox is stubborn and cannot get up. The bull is impatient and helpless. The cow kneels and arches its back continuously.

Suddenly, hey! The cow wanted to repay the kindness of not killing it, so it let me ride on it.

Daqing was riding a lame cow and was not far away. When he saw the cow walking hard, he couldn't bear it, so he jumped off and walked. The cow stopped walking when he saw it. Daqing didn't ride, and the cow couldn't move. Daqing had no choice but to ride back home.

When Daqing returned home, he explained the reason in detail. His mother and everyone heard about it, and they all praised him for his kindness, saying that the cow is a strange human being. After Daqing and his mother carefully treated the cow, the injured leg healed, and in the autumn, the cow gave birth to a calf.

This incident spread all over the country, and the good people in Daqing praised him and praised him for being so different from his father.

The manager of the food company was Niu Danu's uncle. He told Niu Danu that his family was very surprised. It turned out that the injured cow was raised by the eldest daughter's family. One day, his father was driving a truck to transport goods and accidentally fell into a ravine and the cow was smashed.

He injured his hind leg and was unable to work, so his father had no choice but to run the company and buy another strong cow. Hearing this, Niu's daughter felt deeply guilty and felt the kindness of Da Qing. She changed her mind and took the initiative to come to the house and decided to marry Da Qing as his wife.

wife.

On the wedding day, the eldest daughter was willing to use the cow to pull the cart to welcome the bride, and Daqing happily agreed. The cow was dressed in red and green, with a big red flower on its forehead. It happily pulled the float into the village, and the calf followed it happily. Firecrackers crackled, and the colorful flowers

Debris was flying, and amidst the sound of joy, the bride entered the wedding hall. At the wedding, the matchmaker Zhang Dahe said, Dahe pointed to the cow pulling the float, laughed and said in a loud voice: "I am not a matchmaker, this cow is a matchmaker.
Chapter completed!