60s: I have a store

Chapter 377 The Old Cow is Sick
The next day, Zhou Dawen came to the cowshed early in the morning as usual and found that the old cow, which was usually lively and energetic, had collapsed to the ground, listless, and its eyes had lost their former luster.

Even when Zhou Dawen brought the grass to the old cow's mouth, he just sniffed it and did not eat it. Instead, he turned his head to the other side.

This made Zhou Dawen extremely anxious. The old cow was the treasure of the village. If anything happened to it, the old branch secretary would definitely not forgive him.

The whole village ran around looking for the old branch secretary. Finally, they saw him in the chicken coop and hurriedly ran up to him.

"Old Party Secretary, something terrible has happened."

The old branch secretary looked at Zhou Dawen, who was panting, and felt something was wrong, so he asked quickly: "Dawen, is there something wrong with the old cow?"

Zhou Dawen panted: "The old cow is lying on the ground"

When the old branch secretary heard this, he knew that something had happened to Lao Niu.

He didn't care about Zhou Dawen and hurried to the cowshed.

Zhou Dawen felt helpless when he saw this scene. He had to run again before he could even catch his breath. He had no choice but to run after him. Otherwise, if the old branch secretary asked about it and he was not there, the responsibility would be put on him. Wouldn't that be more unfair than Dou E?

The old branch secretary now seemed like a flying man, bursting out with unprecedented speed, and soon arrived at the cowshed.

Zhou Dawen didn't expect that the old branch secretary could run so fast that he could hardly see his "tail lights".

It seems that we can see how fast the old branch secretary runs.

As soon as he entered the cowshed, he saw the old cow collapsed on the ground. Seeing this scene, the old branch secretary felt heartbroken. This is an old cow! Usually, it is well fed and well provided, for fear of neglecting it. Usually, it is reluctant to use a bullock cart to pull heavy things, unless it is an important thing, and basically it is pulled by a donkey cart.

If the donkey knew about this, it would probably really have to "thank" the old branch secretary.

The old cow is still making dull noises, and its stomach is rising and falling slightly, and it looks very uncomfortable.

"Zhou Dawen, where is he?"

Zhou Dawen was outside the cowshed when he heard the old branch secretary calling his full name. Usually he would call him Dawen or Xiaowen, but when he heard his full name, he knew the seriousness of the matter.

Ran in quickly.

"Yes, old secretary, I am here."

"The villagers have placed so much trust in you that they entrusted the old cow to you to feed, and this is how you repay the village?" the old Party secretary said very seriously.

Zhou Dawen felt that he was more resentful than Dou E: "It's unfair! The old branch secretary was fine yesterday, but when I came here early this morning, I saw Lao Niu collapsed on the ground. I don't know what happened!"

The old Party Secretary also knew that now was not the time to pursue the issue, so he quickly said, "Hurry up and find Veterinarian Li!"

"By the way, ask Yimin to borrow a bicycle, so we can go faster."

Zhou Dawen was a little crazy. He hadn't even had enough rest yet, but he had to run to see the veterinarian.

The old branch secretary got angry when he saw Zhou Dawen standing still: "Why are you still standing here?"

Zhou Dawen had no choice but to force himself to run to Zhou Yimin's home. Fortunately, he arrived early, and when he arrived, Zhou Yimin had just woken up. He quickly told him what had happened.

"Hurry up and ride to find Veterinarian Li!"

Zhou Yimin also knew the seriousness of the matter, so he didn't say much and directly let Zhou Dawen ride the bicycle.

After riding for more than half an hour, Zhou Dawen finally arrived at Veterinarian Li's home.

It seems that I am lucky enough, as Veterinarian Li happened to be at home. You should know that there is only one veterinarian in this area, and whenever any animal is sick in the surrounding villages, they all ask Veterinarian Li to treat the disease.

After entering the door, he was very anxious: "Veterinarian Li, our old cow in Zhoujiazhuang suddenly fell ill, refused to eat, looked listless, and collapsed on the ground. Could you please go and take a look?" When Veterinarian Li heard it, he knew the situation was serious: "Okay, I'll go with you now!"

After saying that, he packed up the medicine box, put it on his back and followed Zhou Dawen.

As soon as he walked out of the door, he saw a bicycle parked in front of the door. Veterinarian Li was immediately surprised. When did bicycles appear in Zhoujiazhuang? Why had he never heard of them?

There are basically no secrets now, and news will spread quickly throughout the area.

However, the matter was urgent, so I didn't have time to think about it and just sat on the back seat of the bicycle.

Zhou Dawen drove Veterinarian Li towards Zhoujiazhuang.

After more than half an hour's journey, we finally returned to Zhoujiazhuang and drove veterinarian Li to the cowshed without stopping.

There are quite a lot of people gathered around the cowshed now. If the old branch secretary hadn't driven most of them away, the whole village would probably come to watch.

"Veterinarian Li, you must save the old cow in our village!" When the old branch secretary saw Veterinarian Li, he grabbed Veterinarian Li's hand as if he had seen a savior.

When Zhou Yimin saw this scene, he couldn't help but laugh out loud. How could this scene seem so familiar? It was like a plot in a TV series or movie in later generations.

Otherwise, he would have been trained by watching short videos of later generations and it would be impossible for him to laugh so easily.

Veterinarian Li also felt something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong: "Old Party Secretary, don't worry, I will do my best."

First put down the medicine box, squat down, and carefully observe the cow's eyes, nose and mouth.

Then he put on a stethoscope and listened to the cow's abdomen, heart and other parts for a long time, and gently pressed the cow's stomach.

"Lao Niu just discovered it, what are the symptoms?"

Everyone around looked at Zhou Dawen. If they were to ask who knew Lao Niu's situation best, Zhou Dawen would unsurprisingly be the one who knew him best.

Zhou Dawen faced everyone's gazes and gritted his teeth to tell them all the symptoms he had discovered in the morning.

Veterinarian Li was listening carefully, afraid that he would miss any symptoms and make a wrong diagnosis, which would be bad.

"How is the old cow's diet and bowel movements recently?"

Zhou Dawen answered truthfully.

After hearing this, Veterinarian Li roughly understood what was going on. However, to be more rigorous, he examined the old cow again carefully and found that it was just as he had guessed.

"Lao Niu, maybe you ate something unclean recently? You have some indigestion and a slight fever, but don't worry, it's not a big problem."

After saying that, he took out a syringe from the medical box, prepared the medicine, and skillfully gave the old cow an injection.

The old branch secretary looked at Zhou Dawen with a serious face: "Dawen, did you feed unclean grass to the old cow?"

If it was really Zhou Dawen who did it, it seems that someone else will have to be replaced to feed the old cow.

Many people in the village are eyeing this "job". This job is quite difficult, but once you get the hang of it, you don't have to work so hard to earn cents.

Feeding an old cow also requires a lot of effort, and it's not low, otherwise there wouldn't be so many villagers wanting to do this job.

This was decided by drawing lots, and in the end Zhou Dawen was chosen, and the villagers finally calmed down.

(End of this chapter)