Grandpa died by himself, and Zhang Xiaokai didn't feel pity at all.

Especially after being released on bail and listening to him babble and scold the IRS all the way, all that was left in my heart was the schadenfreude that was about to send him to prison, hoping that the judge would sentence him for a few more months to grind the old man's temper.

Brookings has few people, few judges, and a fairly fast decision.

There are a few trivial things every day, the folk customs are relatively strong, and occasionally there is a contradiction, and it is solved by fists.

As long as the problem is not big and it will not be pursued in court, no matter whether this kind of lawsuit is won or lost, the plaintiff will not be able to hold his head up in front of people.

Most of the locals are not wealthy, but most of the town's residents are modest.

As Mr. Zhang frequented the town's hospital, people gradually linked him to the crash in January, and when they met him, they expressed concern and sympathy for his plight.

The old man finally chose to settle and gave the tax officer $8,000 in compensation.

When he was young, he left a criminal record in a fight, and more than this time, plus tax evasion and other crimes, he was sentenced to a total of ten months, leaving only a week to prepare, and then went to the prison in a nearby town to report.

This happened in early April.

Mr. Kenny, who had just arrived at the ranch, volunteered to be Zhang's temporary guardian, and the judge agreed to his father's gradual regain of consciousness, but would send someone to the Cleveland ranch to check on him regularly.

When it comes to child protection, the states of the United States are doing a really good job.

Going to visit his father in the hospital every day, Zhang Xiaokai took out part of the money, and the insurance company also reimbursed part of it, so he didn't need to worry about medical expenses at the moment.

It will take a long time to fully recover, no one knows how long it will take, after lying in the hospital for ten days, Daddy Zhang can now open his eyes occasionally, his consciousness is still confused, and the doctor said that the blood in the deep brain is automatically clearing, and it will take some days to recover.

This is already great news, Zhang Xiaokai almost thought that he would lose him forever, he came to the hospital every day, and there was no big mess on the ranch and fishery.

He calls the shots and asks Kenny to take care of it, but without the old man, passive slacking off is a common occurrence.

Daddy has hope for recovery, which makes Zhang Xiaokai see the hope of life, and the smile on his face gradually increases.

On the 7th, he went to visit his grandfather and then returned to his home at the Cleveland Ranch.

It's his grandfather's business, how can he ignore it, the little white bear Mocha can go down to the river to catch fish and eat by himself, and after helping to feed the fat cat, he will drive out with the cat.

I went to the cattle pen first, helped with some work, and then rushed to the dock in the evening to supervise the sale of the catch.

People thought that old Ronald told him to stare at it, and even Mr. Kenny thought so, so he would send a text message to Zhang Xiaokai's mobile phone every day, and by the way, he also sent a copy to the accountant.

The old accountant recommended by Lawyer Gary is actually Attorney Gary's father, who is retired and now receives only $650 a month for a job.

Ask him to help deal with last year's accounts, and spend another thousand dollars, but at least Ronald Sr. doesn't have to be targeted by the IRS anymore, he has been blacklisted, and the supervision will be stricter in the future.

There was already a large gap in funds, and after settling fines, attorney fees, and taxes payable last year, there were only more than 200,000 US dollars left in the account.

Usually the crowding is enough, the recent income of the fishing farm is quite high, but don't forget that the old man still owes the bank a lot of money, and he will repay more than 4 million US dollars at the end of the year.

Or if you want to set aside a piece of land and resell it to others for cash, it seems that you can't make much money just by selling cattle and sheep.

The old man went in, and he had no other children, so the debt pressure naturally pressed on Zhang Xiaokai's shoulders.

Suddenly, he felt a great responsibility......

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"What's going on with your fishing grounds, you catch so many fish every day, do you want to help sell the daily harvest of several small fishing grounds nearby?"

It was Mr. Burns who spoke.

A middle-aged man of Jewish descent, the two bluefin tuna some time ago, were bought by him.

On weekdays, his staff drove over to receive the goods, but the main reason why he came here today was to ask this question, there were only two small fishing boats, but the catch was several times higher than the others, which was obviously abnormal in Mr. Burns's opinion.

Hank went to sea and carried goods, tired to the point of exhaustion, raised his head while smoking, shook his head and said: "No, there are a lot of fish here, and they come up with nets, and they are all caught by ourselves." ”

Mr. Burns was clearly not convinced.

I knew in my heart that even if there was a question, I would not tell myself the truth if I asked them, and subconsciously thought that they were using the "cut off children and grandchildren net" in the offshore sea, that is, the trawl net that was expressly forbidden.

He was interested in the Cleveland Ranch and its fishing grounds, and had the idea of buying it as a family gathering place.

Thinking that if he fell into the well, grabbed the handle of Ronald Cleveland and stepped on it, he might put the old man in a situation from which he could never recover, and then he could pay for the place at a low price.

He knew about the old Ronald being locked up.

Mr. Burns also knew that the old man owed the bank two large sums of money, which his cousin, who was president of the bank, had casually mentioned to him.

As long as you say hello, there is no bank nearby that will lend money to Ronald Sr., even if the loan interest rate is raised, after all, the name "Ronald Cleveland" has entered the blacklist of the Federal Inland Revenue Service.

In this way, after the loan is cut off, waiting for the auction information to come out, he can get it at a low price, and Burns does not believe that anyone will compete with him for the Cleveland Ranch.

He has been running a fishery company for so many years, and he has a lot of money in his hands, and a few years ago, he was lucky enough to buy a large amount of Amazon shares, and now he can sell these shares for almost more than 17 million US dollars.

Of course, it would be better if you could buy it with a bank loan.

At Mr. Burns' age, he began to think about his life after retirement, and he wanted to own a large piece of land of his own, which was the easiest place for old Ronald to deal with.

Probably because of homeschooling.

Mr. Burns has a shrewd mind and vision, and has been dealing with old men for several years, but he has never felt that such a bad old man is qualified to be on an equal footing with multimillionaires like himself who have worked hard for many years, and only made his fortune by lottery.

I feel that my plan is perfect, and if it is done well, I can make two or three million dollars from it.

Many people in Brookings have heard that Ronald Sr. spent a lot of money renovating and renovating the ranch, which increased its value by a fraction of the amount.

On the surface, he was silent, but after listening to Hank's words, Burns smiled and said, "I happened to be going to sea to fish recently, and you will go to sea tomorrow, so how about I borrow a small piece of space on your fishing boat?" I am willing to pay two hundred dollars for this, you don't need to worry about me, let me fish quietly." ”

This is the money given for free, or the aquatic merchant who buys the catch makes a request, Mr. Kenny glanced at Zhang Xiaokai, did not ask for his opinion, and decisively agreed: "Okay, but we will go to sea relatively early, and we will leave before six o'clock." ”

"It's okay! I'm old, and I'll wake up at five o'clock in breakfast, so ...... See you here then?"

Mr. Burns took out his checkbook, calculated the price of the fish, added two hundred dollars, and filled the number on the check and handed it to Mr. Kenny.

The corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up, thinking that if he couldn't catch so many fish tomorrow, or found out that he had used a trawl, these guys and old Ronald who was in prison would be unlucky.

How could Zhang Xiaokai guess his thoughts.

At the moment, I am just happy that the seafood caught today has been sold for more than 7,000 US dollars......