Little Life on An American Ranch

  Chapter 304 Picking the Edge

  Wheat picked up a chopstick of eggplant and put it in a bowl. While eating, she looked at Jian Heng and the others, looking curious about the baby.

Seeing his sister's movements, Damai asked in amazement: "Why are you looking at them while eating? Is there anything interesting?" After speaking, Damai also put his gaze on the three people, and after looking for a while, he didn't find them. What catches your eyes.

  The two sisters did not avoid others when they spoke. Of course, Sun Siwei could understand half of what he understood now, while Mr. Yao could hardly understand, but it did not prevent them from looking at the two sisters.

   "What's so fun, tell us to make us happy too?" Jian Heng asked Mai.

  Mait poked his mouth at the plate of stir-fried shrimps with leeks: "Don't you guys think this stuff hurts your mouth? I think it tastes good, but it hurts your mouth when you eat it, so I'm looking for your throat."

At the beginning of the meal, Mai Mai saw that Jian Heng and the others had eaten very vigorously, so she picked up a chopstick and stir-fried shrimp with leeks. After eating only one chopstick, she never touched the dish again.

"Hey! So it's this one. This shrimp has to be this big to be suitable. It's too small and tasteless, and it's too big to eat. It's the best time to eat when it's small and slightly pricked. You don’t understand after talking about it, and you won’t feel your mouth pricking when you get used to it.” Jian Heng smiled and put another chopstick of stir-fried shrimp with leeks in front of Mai Mai, and put it in his mouth, chewed it beautifully, and then put The conversation with Xiaowan was translated to Sun and Yao.

  Old Master Yao smiled and nodded in agreement and said: "Jian Heng is right. This kind of shrimp has to be eaten when it's this big. It's not fresh enough when it's small, and it's too old when it's big. It will be good at this time!"

   As he spoke, he stretched out his chopsticks and lit the stir-fried shrimp with leeks: "This plate is at least 30 yuan in our hometown!"

Sun Siwei followed suit and nodded: "Well, there are fewer shrimps in the lake now, not to mention wild shrimps, even small shrimps like this can cost more than fifty to sixty-one catties, which is still the price in the pond." If you pick it up and then transport it to the provincial capital, the shrimp cost at least ninety-odd kilograms, and based on this calculation, we have more than 30 shrimps alone."

Speaking of this, Mr. Yao said a little disappointed: "In the past, this kind of shrimp was everywhere in the lake and river, but now I can't see it even if I want to see it. First, the water quality is poor, and second, the fishermen used to use it. Cut off the net of children and grandchildren, and even such a small fish fry can be caught in one net."

  Old Master Yao stretched out his finger and made a gesture. Everyone sitting around the table understood what the old man meant.

Jian Heng also knows about this. In the past, Jian Heng's grandfather's house was near the lake. When he was young, the water in the lake was so clear that it could be seen several meters deep. There were many fish and shrimps, but after ten years , not only the shrimps and crabs in the lake are gone, but many fishes are also gone.

"These fishermen always say that it's difficult for them to eat, and it's difficult for them to eat. Who is to blame for this, and they themselves are not to blame for this?" Mr. Yao's voice became a little louder when this matter was mentioned, and he seemed to have a problem with fishermen. .

Jian Heng also has a little understanding of this matter, not only the fishermen who rely on the lake, but also the fishermen who rely on the sea. The nets are cut off from their children and grandchildren. Not only big fish are caught, but small fish fry are also caught in a bottle. The recovery time of the fish stocks, in just a few years, the fish stocks in China's adjacent seas were almost wiped out by these fishermen.

  Nowadays, many fishermen along the coast still don’t have a long memory. During the fishing season, they continue to fish with nets without children and grandchildren. What do they do when they catch small fish?

  Small fish fry for one or two yuan a catty are sold to coastal farmers. For these fishermen, Jian Heng thinks that he should just tell Mr. Yao that they starve to death.

  Of course Jian Heng will not translate these things to Damai and Maimai. Firstly, it is embarrassing to say this, and secondly, this is also an ugly domestic situation, which should not be publicized. Jian Heng is also a shameless person.

  From the shrimp to the domestic fishery ecology, and then to some messy things, after two bottles of wine, the three of them were full and finished.

   I don’t know if it’s because he’s happy today or what. Mr. Yao seems to be a little drunk, and he starts to shake when he walks. Sun Siwei is also quite a lot, but fortunately, he is still conscious.

  When Jian Heng was about to send the two of them back, Sun Siwei kept patting his chest and said that he could do it, so Jian Heng sent the two of them to the door.

   After seeing off old man Yao and Sun Siwei, and repeatedly reminding Sun Siwei to send old man back to the house, Jian Heng turned around and went back to the house.

   "Why are you back?" Damai said.

   "Sun Siwei sent the old man off, I thought he was fine, so I came back." Jian Heng took off his coat while talking.

  Balley quickly said: "You should deliver it yourself, Sun Siwei drank a little too much, so don't have any accidents, it's more than ten degrees outside at night!"

  Hearing what Damai said, Jian Heng felt a little worried again.

  Put on the coat he just took off again: "Hey, I'd better go there myself."

Going out with a trot, he quickly caught up with the two of them. At this moment, Jian Heng realized that he was at a loss. Sun Siwei seemed to be holding on at this time. The old man's body is a bit weak for him now. sunk. People who have recited drunks know that when a person is drunk, it is very heavy, at least half as heavy as usual.

   "How is it, how is it?" Jian Heng quickly set up the old man.

  Sun Siwei said: "The old man is a little heavy, hoo!"

   After speaking, he straightened up and let out a long breath.

  The two were about to say something when they heard the old man murmur: "My wife, obviously you...".

  The old man called two names, but he couldn't hear the second half of the sentence clearly. Anyway, the old man couldn't stop muttering.

  Sun Siwei is still in good spirits now, and asked curiously: "What's wrong with the old man?"

"Every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite. I heard that I had a falling out with my wife and son. Anyway, when I found him, he lived alone and brought a dog with him." He walked forward slowly, and whispered what he heard to Sun Siwei while walking.

   "This is too much. No matter how wrong I am, I have raised you so much that you will never be hungry or cold!" Sun Siwei was a little ashamed of the old man's son.

Jian Heng said: "We only listened to one side of this matter, let's not worry about other people's housework, anyway, the old man is doing it here, look at this body, he can work for at least ten or twenty years, and the money he has saved is enough It will be spent later."

  Sun Siwei somewhat disagreed with Jian Heng's point of view: "This man, I must have something to think about it. I can't have children and grandchildren, and then I won't see each other for the rest of my life, right? This is unreasonable!"

"If you can't justify it, don't do our business. This is the old man's family business. Let's just do our part well. By the way, if I forget, you can help me and He Ye mention it when the time comes, and say yes If the old man's relationship is transferred to your company, he will take a place, and I will pay for the five insurances and one housing fund," Jian Heng said.

  Sun Siwei said: "I know!"

   While the two were chatting about this matter, they suddenly heard a sound of gunshots coming from a distance, and it rang for a while.

   "Gunshots?" Sun Siwei heard it, but he was a little uncertain.

  Jian Heng could hear it clearly, and nodded: "Well, the gunshots came from the depths of the forest, probably the National Guard captured the large army of wolves."

   While Jian Heng was speaking, the gunshots hadn't stopped. Such gunshots could not be heard clearly during the day, and could only reach the pasture in the dead of night.

   "It's finally a bit of an achievement! If it weren't for the helicopters flying overhead from time to time, it would be really disturbing," Sun Siwei said.

At this time, Jian Heng especially hoped that being caught by the National Guard was not the main force of the wolves, because it was because of the wolves that the prices of the nearby pastures had begun to fall. In the past ten days, all the wolves had affected the prices of the pastures. , the overall drop is 3%, don't underestimate the 3%, this is a signal! Think about it, a ranch with a million dollars is less than 30,000 knives, which is not a small amount for a large western ranch with millions of dollars at every turn.

  Jian Heng is looking forward to getting the O'Brien family's ranch in his heart. This 3% reduction means saving hundreds of thousands of dollars.

   "The wolves can't be finished, the wolves can't be finished!" Jian Heng clasped his hands together, praying to the moon above his head.

  Sun Siwei heard Jian Heng's murmur, and couldn't believe his ears: "What did you say?"

   Jian Heng straightened his face and replied sternly: "This time I am on the side of animal protectionists."

  (end of this chapter)