Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

Chapter 412 Old Ox (2)

Old Man He walked up to He Lai and his eyes fell on the old ox. He saw that the ox was licking He Lai's palm with its tongue, as if it had known He Lai for a long time.

"Hey, Xiao Laizi, it seems that this cow likes you very much!" said Grandpa He with a smile on his face.

"Hehe, it seems so, but I don't know where my eagle got this cow from." He Lai stroked the old ox with his hand and let it lick his other hand.

At this time, Mr. He also noticed the two golden eagles standing nearby: "Oh, there really are eagles, and two of them!"

"Yes, grandpa, the bigger one is a male eagle. It was injured before and I rescued it. Then I raised it for a while. The last time I took it out hunting, it was abducted by the female eagle. I didn't expect it to appear again today." He Lai explained to his grandfather.

"Then I guess they are a couple. This cow may have been sent by them specially to thank you. These animals know how to be grateful. You saved its life, so it will definitely repay you." Grandpa He said with emotion.

"That should be the case. What should we do now? Should we take the cow back?"

He Lai didn't want to continue this topic and stay here in the cold. He just wanted to go home as soon as possible.

"Well, we have to go back. Little Laizi, try to put the nose ring on the cow."

As Mr. He spoke, he handed a nose ring and a large sharp needle to He Lai.

He Lai hesitated and said awkwardly: "Um...Grandpa...is it okay if I don't thread it?" He looked at the big sharp needle and felt scared.

But Mr. He shook his head and said, "How can that be possible? How can we take it back without wearing it? What if the cow gets scared and runs away? That would be a big loss. It's okay. A cow's nose can easily pass through it. You can try it."

He Lai was speechless. Old Man He really believed in He Lai. In his previous life, he liked to watch animal videos. Piercing a nose ring is a painful job. Cows will usually resist fiercely!

However, what He Lai didn't know was that most of the calves that Grandpa He encountered had started wearing nose rings when they were young, and the calves just didn't resist strongly.

He Lai nodded helplessly, took the big sharp needle, took a deep breath, and then gently stroked the old ox's head, trying to calm it down.

The old ox seemed to understand what He Lai was going to do. It did not resist, but buried its head deeply in He Lai's arms, as if seeking comfort.

He Lai felt the old ox's trust and a warm feeling surged in his heart.

He Lai sighed and said: Hey, this is fate. It’s better than me killing you and eating your meat in the future.

He felt the inner wall of the old ox's nose and used his spatial ability to pierce the sharp needle through the old ox's nose.

The old ox did not resist violently, but just let out a low cry, "It's okay, it's okay."

He Lai successfully passed the needle through the cow's nose, and then pulled the rope to put the nose ring on the old ox's nose without any bleeding.

The pain nerves in a cow's nose are very sensitive, so by pulling the nose ring, humans can control the cow to farm.

"Okay, okay, you can take it back." Mr. He didn't expect that the nose ring would be put on so smoothly. He thought something unexpected would happen.

"Grandpa, you hold the reins. I still need to go and take care of the two golden eagles."

He Lai gave the rope to Mr. He and said.

"Okay, then you just be careful." Old Master He didn't object. He held the rope and led the old ox away.

The old ox felt pain and had no choice but to follow Grandpa He.

He Lai walked to the male eagle, stretched out his hand, let it stand on his arm, and then looked at the female eagle.

"How's it going? Do you want to come up?"

The female eagle hesitated for a moment, but still jumped and stopped next to the male eagle.

Grandma's two carvings are quite heavy, and the problem is that my cotton-padded jacket has been torn by them. I guess my mother will scold me when I get back.

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When He Lai and his group returned to Grandpa He's house, everyone was stunned.

I didn't expect that they actually caught an old yellow cow. It's incredible. And the two golden eagles on He Lai are so eye-catching.

"Mom, look, my eagle is amazing. See? Buy one and get two free. Maybe I'll get a baby eagle in the future! Now that the two eagles have caught prey, we can use the meat as our staple food! Hehe!"

He Lai walked up to Wu Juan and tried to please her. He even placed the golden eagle on his arm in front of Wu Juan so that she could see it clearly.

The two golden eagles were also very considerate and stood motionless on He Lai's arms, looking at Wu Juan with their heads tilted.

Wu Juan rolled her eyes at He Lai. She really had nothing to say about this son. What kind of character is this? The eagle that ran away could fly back again! He even brought back another one and a big yellow cow!

This big yellow cow probably weighs over a thousand pounds. It would be great if we could kill it and eat its meat!

Wu Juan already had a picture of eating beef in her mind! After all, she hadn't used the knife and fork that He Lai gave her for a long time.

Now what can her, as a mother, say? She is too lazy to praise him and just lets He Lai make some noise. Now Wu Juan has only one request to He Lai: talk less to her.

"Bird! Bird!" When Wu'er saw the golden eagle, she immediately started to make a fuss in Grandma He's arms, calling out "bird" all the time.

"Oh my, my little ancestor, you can't go over there, this eagle is very fierce."

Old Mrs. He said quickly that she didn't dare let Wu'er go. If she was pecked by the eagle, it would be terrible!

"Big brother, second brother, hurry up and clean up the second brother's room and let the old ox live there first."

Old Master He instructed his uncle and the others that the He family had no cowshed, so they could only let the cows live at home for the time being.

Upon hearing this, uncle He Zhong took his second brother to get corn stalks and other things, and prepared to spread them in the room first.

"Xiao Laizi, please let the eagle back into the house. It's scary."

Old Mrs. He said quickly.

"Oh well."

He Lai agreed immediately, locked the two golden eagles in the house, and gave them some meat to eat.

After that, I took off my cotton coat, after all, it had to be sewn if it was torn.

He Lai came to Old Lady He with the cotton-padded jacket and whispered, "Grandma! My jacket is torn. Can you help me sew it?"

"Okay, give it to me. Wait a minute, I'll make you a long and thick pair of gloves with rabbit fur, so they won't tear your clothes."

Old Mrs. He took the cotton coat with a smile and said.

"Thank you grandma, you are so nice." He Lai hugged old lady He and kept flattering her.

"Hey, kid!" Old Mrs. He said as she smiled and touched He Lai's head.

Wu Juan looked at He Lai's expression and twitched her lips again. This kid is really good!

Soon, everyone in the village knew that Grandpa He’s family had a big yellow cow. The village chief He Genshui also hurried over to see if he could get Grandpa He to hand over the cow. After all, there was only one cow in the entire Hejia Village.

Mr. He did not refuse. Although cows eat grass, they also need to eat good food. It is impossible for them to eat only grass every meal. Occasionally, they need to add some food. Even so, the food they need is not much! After all, a cow can eat a lot.

Mr. He's family couldn't afford to raise a cow, so he suggested that the team could use the cow, but the ownership must belong to his family. After all, the cow was caught by He Lai and did not belong to Hejia Village.

He Genshui naturally had no objection. After all, cows were treasures in this era and were good at doing farm work.

Half of the land needs to be cultivated by cows. With one more cow to do the work, the farm work in the village will be much easier. It doesn’t matter whose cow it is.

In rural areas, cows are slaughtered as a last resort only when they are too old to walk, or are too sick to be cured. In some places, dead cows are buried like humans to recognize the cows' contributions to the village.