Link listened to Jeff's tone, and saw the "men understand" look on his face, and knew that he had misunderstood. But he didn't explain.

He couldn't tell Jeff: I won a $4 billion bet last night, and I got a billion dollars.

That gamble is destined to only circulate in a small circle, and it is impossible for the outside world to know. Of course, he didn't want his family to know what he had done in the past two days, so that they wouldn't worry.

He smiled and said, "Yes." I was a little tired last night. ”

Jeff smiled and nodded, "That's good." You don't know. You haven't had a girlfriend for half a year, especially after the girl named Kate left Nevada, and your mom started to worry about whether you would become GAY. Is it your regular girlfriend this time?"

Link smiled wryly and said, "It's only temporary." "It's a temporary collaboration, and it's not a girlfriend.

But he's now smart enough for Jeff to misunderstand. At least that would convince him and Barbara that his sexuality was normal.

Jeff didn't have a problem with him finding a woman, but he still said, "Your mother and I wish you could find a regular girlfriend." That way, if you feel like it's a good fit, you can also consider getting married. ”

"I will, Daddy!" Link could only verbally promise.

The two spoke again, and Link walked out of the study. He didn't stay at home for the night. He believes that it is still a sensitive time. He can't bring any potential danger to his family. He made an excuse and returned to Hans's farm overnight. Hans Farm is safer after all.

It was eleven o'clock when he returned to the farm. But he slept for a long time during the day today, and he couldn't have fallen asleep right now. He turned on the TV and watched CNN News for a while. There was a news broadcast in the news about a well-known Hollywood female star getting married to the same sex.

It reminded him of what his adoptive father said tonight. Barbara thought he was making the transition to GAY.

Looks like it's really time for him to find a girlfriend.

Actually, it's not that he doesn't want to look for it, it's just that he's different from Bill, he'd rather lack than abuse. Among the women he had come into contact with before, there was only one Kate who made him feel good. It's just that Kate has no plans to stay in Neva, she left Neva in October and returned to her home in Mindasuni.

It is undeniable that after meeting Kate, many women have lost their color in his eyes. Kate is a beautiful woman and has an attractive trait. Now when he sees a woman who looks good, he will unconsciously compare with Kate. Perhaps it is also one of the reasons why he has never had the urge to fall in love.

Of course, he is also well aware. There is no possibility for him and Kate, unless he takes the initiative to meet Kate and accompany her to Mindasuni.

Kate had only had a regular boyfriend in her four years in Nevada, and she spent more than a year in a relationship gap before leaving. That means she has no intention of staying in Nedahua at all.

And it is impossible for him to leave the three farms and go to Minda Suni State to join her for the time being. It's annoying, but that's one of Kate's appealing qualities. She is a beautiful, confident, intelligent and hard-working girl.

Of the girls he'd ever seen, Lily was probably the only one with similar qualities. It's just that Lily has only one position in his heart. That's it: my sister's best friend. He didn't see Lily as a person to fall in love with.

Maybe he should spend more time socializing in the future. In recent months, he's been so busy that he's focused entirely on three farms.

There is very little snow in Nevawa in winter.

Link woke up in the morning and felt a little cold on the farm, but the wind was strong today.

At this time, Hanse's farm is not yet fully built, the pastures are not yet grazed, and the vineyards do not need to be tended. It doesn't take too many workers. But Link still left some workers behind, as a way to cultivate loyalty.

He didn't have much to go this winter. Even the other two farms are not inseparable from him. Habano was under the command of Bob Tiffin, an experienced farm manager. So he doesn't have to worry about that over there.

Logging continues on the Ozete side, and of course, the trees that remain in the ground must also be uprooted. Maybe grazing can start there next summer.

Grazing was just a plan that came with Hans Farm and Ozette Farm. His main focus is on growing grapes. The grapes that were tried to be planted in Ozete survived. I just don't know what will happen to the grapes that will be grown, and whether there are any conditions for winemaking.

Thinking that he was still planning to plant grapes, he put on his thick coat and went to the garage, intending to drive to the vineyard in the northwest corner of the farm.

Thirteen hundred acres of grapes are grown there. Except for the more than 10,000 vine heads transplanted, the rest were transplanted after propagation by cuttings.

The grapes of Ozette grow very well, the strips are drawn very quickly, and the seedlings that have been cut down have grown to two meters long. He wanted to see how the grapes on the farm had grown over the past few months.

Benjamin had been keeping an eye on him, the boss, and when he drove out of the garage, he stopped him outside the garage and said, "Boss, I'll go with you!"

Link let him into the car. Although Benjamin said that he was a bodyguard, many things on Hans's farm had already been entrusted to him. As long as Link is not at Hans Farm, he is the unnamed director of Hans Farm.

When he got into the car, Link drove the car and asked him, "I haven't been paying attention to the grapes all these days." How are they doing now?"

"Maybe we have a lot of fat, and the grapes are growing very well. Although a small number did not survive. But more than 99% of the vines have grown to more than two yards in length. I think I can do the first pruning next spring. More rattan can be sent out next year. The grapes may be harvested the following year. ”

When Link heard him say that, he knew that he had at least read some books about viticulture, or he wouldn't have known those things.

But he said, "Pruning is fine, but don't waste the branches." We still have a lot of land to grow this grape. ”

The grapes he grows now are probably the best in the world – on his land. So he had to use the existing vines to cut the fish fry and then slowly expand the planting area.

However, he needed too many vines. It may take two or three years to plant all the land he plans to grow grapes with this grape.

He thought for a moment and said, "You can ask some experts in construction and let them guide our workers." We have to juggle grape production and seedling rearing. ”

"I understand. ”

He also knew Link's plans to grow grapes. I don't understand why Link didn't just go to the seedling companies and buy the seedlings instead of using the cuttings of the vines that had not yet borne fruit. But Link is the boss.

After a few minutes of jolting on the sandy ground, they finally came to a few houses around the vineyards. Those were tool rooms and caretakers' rooms. There is also an electric room and a pumping room.

Hearing the sound of a car, the workers who stayed behind came out of the house and looked at Link and Benjamin. The workers greeted him. Link asked the workers a few words about the vineyard and let him go. He and Benjamin walked into the vineyard for a while.

He found that the grapes were indeed alive. And when transplanting into the ground, the buds were pinched once, and the top advantage was removed, and there were at least a dozen vines from these grapes. It was much better than he expected.

He pulled the grapes that had been tied to the cement beside him, and broke them on one of the bare branches.

After throwing away the rattan in his hand, he said to Benjamin: "When spring begins, cut off all these rattans in half." He thought for a moment and then said. "Divide the cut shoots into three equal parts. One remained on the farm, and the other two, I intend to send to Ozette and Habano for seedling. ”

"I'll write it down when I get back. ”

Link looked at it for a moment and said, "Before autumn, the vineyard rails must be repaired. "If it's normal, these grapes will be planted for more than two years at the earliest. But these are the "fastest-growing" grapes. He didn't know if the grapes would bear fruit in the fall.

It's impossible to get in by car, and it's a large area. The only way to do this was to lay some rails with a width of no more than 60 centimeters between the grapes, and then use a small truck to transport the grapes away from the edge.

"I've contacted the service provider. When the weather is better, they will send someone.

Link nodded and said, "Remember that even the arable land that was planned to grow grapes, but had not yet been planted, was laid out. In addition, there is no need to buy cement columns. I'll bring in the logs I've cut down from the Ozette side, and I'll use them as stakes to hold the vines in place. ”

"I remembered. ”

They walked around the vineyard, and Link told him everything he had thought of, and they were about to leave.

On the way back, Benjamin was in the driver's seat. He drove the car and asked Link, "Boss, what are your travel plans next?" If I know your travel plans, I can arrange for them in advance. ”

Link thought for a moment and said, "I don't have any plans to travel far in the last two weeks. One is because it's almost the New Year. In addition, there is a person who should have nothing to do in this winter. You know, I'm just a farmer. ”

Benjamin smiled and said, "Maybe you can go hunting in Ozet." The forests there have big targets like brown bears and Roosevelt bighorn deer (a subspecies of the Canadian red deer). ”

Link smiled and said, "If you don't say it, I forgot that I was a person with a gun license, and I still have a gun." Hunting is a good idea, but I may need to practice marksmanship first. ”

He bought a gun, but he didn't touch it much because of the wounds on his body. Later, when he recovered from his injury, he was always so busy that he didn't even think about it.

Benjamin laughs and says, "That's easy. Just make a target on the farm. ”

Link thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll go and get one." It's on the wall of that row of houses. "He's doing it for safety, and if it's not covered, it's easy to accidentally injure other people.