At this time, the stepfather was walking towards the mountains and forests step by step. He was looking for cattle. The cattle had not come home for two days, which made the stepfather feel very abnormal. My stepfather left in a hurry. In the economically backward Valley, cattle are the lifeblood of the family and a huge sum of money. Walking to the hillside, the stepfather shouted to the mountain forest as he walked. The farmer cow and the owner had a heart to heart and exchanged words, but this time, the cow didn't respond to his father.
Deep in the woods, in an open field, the stepfather found the cow. The cow was covered in fine black fluff and stared at his big round eyes. When the cow saw his stepfather, his expression became jubilant. On weekdays, the tall and powerful cattle are kneeling on the grass. The stepfather found something strange and stepped close to the cow. The cow struggled to get up, but his body seemed clumsy and heavy. The cow finally stood up and walked like a toddler.
The stepfather suddenly realized that the cow was old. Such a conclusion startled the stepfather. After all, the cow has been following his stepfather for more than seven years, and that feeling can not be explained clearly overnight. When the cow was two-thirds of its adult size, the stepfather put the plow behind it, and the wooden branches (called cow bow in some places, the wooden frame on the back of the cow) on the back of the cow. Then the cow moved forward silently, the stepfather shouted in the back, and the soil under his feet turned over. This scene made up the farming map of the whole spring, and once it was painted, it could not be changed, Until the cow grows old.
At this time, the way cattle walk is so strange. The stepfather followed the cow closely for fear that the cow would fall. The broad back of the cow is strong and covered with the calluses left by the cultivated land. Today, the strong back is obviously more than that, which has become a burden for it to go home quickly. With each step, the lungs of the cattle were always open and whirring. With each breath in, the chest was painful. The cow felt that his blood vessels were about to burst, his blood was running like a stream in a ridge, and he was about to rush to the sea. Cow dizziness.
Finally in the evening, Niu and his stepfather got home. The stepfather made a painful decision to sell your cattle to cattle dealers and then send them to the slaughterhouse to become a pile of beef, from which the stepfather can make a lot of money. The stepfather plans to use the money to buy a new farm cow.
The next day, the cattle dealer came to the cattle. The cow knew that its deadline had come, but it could not speak to its master. It only had a sad face. On the well-defined face, its eyes still stared round, but lost their luster. It was red and covered with blood. Wrinkles were clearly seen in the corners of its eyes, and its nose was tied by a thick nylon rope.
After some bargaining, the cattle dealer grabbed the nylon rope tied to the cattle and beat the cattle with a whip. The fine black fluff all over the cattle immediately stood up. The cow 'moo', shaking its huge body, reluctantly stepped away from home. After all, the pain of the whip is more painful than that of leaving home.
The cattle dealer shouted and beat, and wanted the cattle to run to the slaughterhouse.
At the edge of the ridge two miles away from home, the cow finally softened its legs and fell 'Bang long'. The whip kept beating on the back of the cow. The pain gave the cow no reason to speak, but it struggled several times and still couldn't get up. " Moo, moo & hellip& hellip;' The cow was beaten and screamed, and blood droplets were pulled out of its nostrils and flowed down the corners of its mouth.
The mother of the family suddenly crazily picked up a handful of fresh grass cut a few days ago and rushed out: 'the cow has been with you all her life, so you are willing!' Mother complained loudly about her stepfather.
The cow looked at his mother who came flying and continued to struggle, trying to show the dignity of the past. The cow has never been so embarrassed in front of her mother in her life, never showed a little embarrassed appearance, and never cried bitterly in front of her mother. The mother patted the cow on the back: 'eat some. It won't hurt when you're full.' The mother handed the green grass to the cow and kept sending it to the cow's mouth.
The stepfather also hurried to come, but he didn't dare to look at the cow's eyes eager for survival. The stepfather was afraid to look at the cow. The stepfather took his mother's arm. He didn't know whether to say to the cow or to his mother, 'I don't need a cow for money. What will I take to buy a strong cow for farming next year?'
The ox turned his head and looked at his stepfather with his eyes. He suddenly understood the master who lived with him day and night and knew his difficulties. The cow knows its final value and its final mission. This mission has interfered, hit and entangled its heart countless times. It once panicked about this mission. Cattle understand that no matter how powerful they are, they will dissipate one day. The land they have turned over countless times will eventually abandon themselves.
The stepfather gently stroked the cow's cheek: 'let's go & hellip;'
The cow jumped up and started again. It got the master's last command, a farewell command, a solemn and stirring command.
The stepfather moved his hand, but his hands were covered with tears. It was the cow who shed tears and shed tears of farewell to his master along the corner of his eyes.
The next year, my stepfather bought a strong adult cow. A stepfather treats a strong cow better than any child.