Burns' mentality was terrible.

He came to the fishing ground for four days in a row, spending $800 on the "ticket" alone, but he did not find any clues that the trawl was used.

With purse seine nets alone, many fish can still be caught every day.

As Hank had told him before, there was nothing to worry about, the Cleveland was wandering around the sea, and soon schools of fish swam by themselves.

Even with a fishing rod, many fish can be caught, which makes Burns, a Jew, wonder if the river brings enough nutrients to attract small fish and shrimp, and then to large fish.

Thinking about it, it doesn't feel right.

If this is the case, then there should have been fish before, how could the catch suddenly spike in the recent past?

The old man had been selling him the catch, and it was all in the data company's ledgers, and he had checked it.

I didn't think of a result when I wanted to break my head, so I simply secretly loaded some seawater from the shore and went back, ready to ask someone to help test it to see if there was any special bait sprinkled on it.

This made him want to get the Cleveland Ranch even more, and now he just waited for the old man to pay back at the end of the year, and then checked the auction as soon as possible.

The idea can't stand up, and it may not be possible to realize it for the time being.

No one noticed Burns's thoughts, and they didn't know what the guy was investigating, but he was a crazy angler who could go out to sea for four days in a row.

On the fifth day, the Jew finally stopped coming.

Zhang Xiaokai felt sorry for the two hundred dollars.

……

Daddy Zhang's condition is getting better day by day, and he can react when he hears others call his name.

There is no need to continue to stay in the hospital for observation, after getting the doctor's notice, take him home for recuperation first, Nurse Logan will still take time to take care of him, and Zhang Xiaokai will be responsible for taking care of him when he is busy.

Ronald Sr. is still early to return from prison.

When he is old, no one will bully him, but unfortunately there is no wine in it, and it is said that life is very difficult.

These are all things that make Zhang Xiaokai happy.

There is more hope for the days, not as tormented as before, and recently he has become more and more diligent in reading books, and he is worried that he will be scolded when his father recovers because he does not go to school because he does not go to school.

He also has to keep an eye on the pasture and fishery, Mr. Kenny is a very good person, but in the end, Zhang Xiaokai can't be 100% assured, he will record the sales of the catch every day, and go over to spot check from time to time to avoid someone putting the money from selling aquatic products into his pocket.

In the old man's absence, his grandson became half a talker.

Little Patrick's father had bad ears, so much so that he couldn't control the volume at all, and always liked to shout and talk.

At noon today, the old Patrick and his son drove to the door of the red house, knocked on the door and shouted a few times, and stood at the door waiting for someone to open the door.

Zhang Xiaokai happened to be watching TV in the living room, and when he came out, he saw the father and son, and asked, "Why are you here, do you have something to do with me?"

"Well, there was a bull who broke two of his front legs in a fight with his companion, and the calf that he just bought this year will be very troublesome to treat.

It just so happens that we also need meat for dinner, and I will ask you on behalf of the others, otherwise how about giving up like this, if there is one less cow, your grandfather will definitely be in trouble, so we think it is better to ask you first. ”

Old Patrick stood there silent, and his son asked for it.

They all mean that it is better to slaughter it, otherwise it will be better to save it, in case the wound becomes infected as the weather gets hotter and the cow dies, then it will be wronged.

Zhang Xiaokai knew very well that if he went to visit the calf, most of them would be reluctant, and he told at this moment: "You are more experienced than me, if the treatment is not good, then forget it, remember to send me some steaks, I can't cook complicated dishes, I have learned how to fry steak, and I can't run to the town just to eat." ”

"OK! The most suitable beef eye meat for steak, as well as filet and beef short ribs, the rest is enough for us to eat for a long time, the calves are almost four hundred and fifty pounds, I don't know why, this batch of cattle is growing very fast this year!"

"Soon? Probably because you take good care of it, work hard, and if you make money by the end of the year, I'll give you a bonus. ”

In the past, Zhang Xiaokai would not say this kind of thing, but recently he needed to make the decision on some things, and he deliberately went to the Internet to check the knowledge of enterprise management, and knew that he used bonuses to tempt employees to work hard.

Little Patrick was skeptical, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Really, are you in charge?"

"Of course, the old man can't help me, anyway, I won't be able to come out until next year, and I have the final say before that. ”

“…… Great, no kidding. We're going to the slaughterhouse now, what do you think about bringing another adult sheep and having a barbecue dinner in the evening?"

Every day to herd cattle and sheep, but can't eat, little Patrick is a little greedy, since Zhang Xiaokai said that he can call the shots, he smiled evilly and asked, as if he was seeking benefits for himself and other employees.

Kenny is nominally a petty manager, but he can't do this kind of master, and if the old man knows about it, he probably won't be able to keep his job.

Zhang Xiaokai is different.

Strictly speaking, this pasture, cattle and sheep, etc., are all his family's things.

A sheep, usually old Ronald is too picky, Zhang Xiaokai is very generous, he agreed without thinking about it, as long as he has some lamb chops, he is ready to try to learn to cook by himself.

……

In the evening.

Next to the wooden hut where the ranch employees lived, a small round stove was piled up with stones, and a whole sheep without small lamb chops was wearing an iron rod and standing on the fire, and it was being burned by charcoals.

It ended a little badly, but it tasted so good.

The beef is also sliced and placed in a grid-like barbecue tool, the grease rattles and the smoke is dispersed by the evening breeze.

At the beginning of April, the weather has already warmed up, and the wind does not feel cold on the body, but is very comfortable.

The smell of the sea is mixed with the fragrance of pasture, the sky is not yet completely dark, leaving the mark of a red sunset, and two bobtail albatrosses are circling around.

There are currently 19 employees on the farm, all of whom are new to the fishery and ranch for the first time, and after a period of adaptation, some feel that this life is suitable for them, and some choose to leave.

When Zhang Xiaokai received a call and hurried over for a barbecue, he happened to hear that two employees were resigning from Mr. Kenny, on the grounds that they were going to go out to Los Angeles, or San Francisco or Seattle, and they didn't seem to be perfectly prepared.

The two Zhang Xiaokai were not familiar with each other, and they had only met a few times, so he leaned over and said, "Why are you leaving, my grandfather is right to go in, but your salary is the same, hasn't it been paid last month?"

"Yes, we got paid, it's not that the job is bad, it's just that John and I don't think it's for us. ”

"We still want to go to the big city to have a good time, if we toss right, we may become rich, if we are wrong, we will still be poor, but we will stay here all the time, we are destined to be poor in this life, we work for two months, and we can't save money at all. ”

The young man named John said that the other guy who was ready to quit was also very young, both in their twenties.

Mr. Kenny knew that this kind of job didn't pay well, and he was tempted to say that it wasn't easy to get to the big city, and that he was a man from before.

When the words came to his mouth, he became: "This job is suitable for making a living, since you have made up your mind, let's go, and if you say this kind of thing in front of me in the future, be careful that I will beat you, you are leaving, we will stay, don't curse us for not being able to make a fortune, come to me tomorrow to receive wages." ”

The two smiled awkwardly, didn't even eat the meat that was about to be roasted, and went back to pack their luggage first.

Hank was afraid of being shunned, so he cautiously followed and stared.

An old Mustang drove away quickly, seemingly unwilling to stay for a second, and it seemed that the two young men had no memory of the job.

Except for Zhang Xiaokai, no one cared about their departure.

He was thinking about what John had just said, making more than two thousand dollars a month, which really didn't seem to be enough.

I still have too little life experience, and I think that all the fishing grounds are like this, selling for five or six thousand, six or seven thousand dollars a day, and I am wondering whether I should increase my salary.

Although I was worried that these employees would have a hard time, but considering the debt pressure, I still didn't dare to say what I thought after all, and I was ready to ask Mr. Kenny before making a decision......