Fairy Gourd Farm

Chapter 1160 The Cougar Threat
Zhao Lei couldn't help frowning at this news, and hurriedly went up to him and asked, "What happened?"

"Look at this!" Harden threw a dead sheep on the ground and told him sullenly: "This is the third time this week!"

The dead sheep's neck was bitten off, and its abdomen was disembowelled. Both hind legs and internal organs disappeared, as if it had been eaten by some animal.

Zhao Lei didn't have much right to speak in this regard, and asked the two of them in a deep voice, "What's going on here?"

"A beast came to the ranch." The experienced old John told Zhao Lei: "Judging from the paw prints found at the scene, it should be an adult puma!"

Mark, who got the news, also rushed over, looked at the remaining half of the dead sheep and frowned and said, "This is the third time this week, it seems that the big guy has used the Redstone Ranch as a hunting ground!"

Harden scolded: "This damn bastard, I will take a few people to patrol the ranch tonight, and if he dares to come in, he will shoot him down!"

According to local laws, animals such as cougars are protected, but this must also be based on the premise that the safety of the local people and their property are not violated.If a cougar threatens the safety of people or property, the locals have the right to exterminate it.

For Texans, where almost everyone has a gun, hunting a mountain lion is no big deal.At most, it would take some time and energy to sit on the sidelines in the pasture and wait for the cougar to hit the muzzle.

The livestock in the ranch are all Zhao Lei's property, and of course he doesn't want any wild animals to share with him.

However, Zhao Lei didn't want everyone to be on night shift when he first arrived, so he said with a smile, "Forget about tonight, everyone is going to the bar in town, I'll invite everyone to have a drink!"

"Okay, the boss is so generous!" Old John, who was addicted to alcohol, was the happiest and the first to cheer loudly.

The others were also very happy and praised the boss for his generosity.

Now that Zhao Lei has said so, of course Mark will not object, he patted Harden on the shoulder with a smile and said: "Forget it tonight, anyway, this day is not in a hurry, everyone goes to the bar, the boss treats guests, we can drink enough !"

Harden nodded sullenly and said, "Just let that beast live another day!"

Although Zhao Lei offered to invite everyone to drink, the cowboys still dutifully drove the cattle and sheep into the sheepfolds to avoid losses caused by being bitten to death by the puma again at night.

Mark directed the cowboys to drive the last sheep into the sheepfold, and then suddenly remembered something, and quickly asked Zhao Lei next to him: "Boss, your horse should be locked in the stable at night. Such a fine horse, don't let it go." Get spoiled by a cougar!"

Harden also nodded again and again: "Yes, the boss's dark horse is awesome, but be careful!"

Under the attention of the two, Zhao Lei said with some embarrassment: "It's rare for it to have such a large area of ​​activity. I...I let it go and let it have fun on its own."

Harden immediately became anxious and yelled at Zhao Lei: "Boss, how can you let your horse spend the night outside? It's too unsafe! The horse is the cowboy's friend, you can't treat your friend like this!"

Afraid that Harden would annoy Zhao Lei by saying this, Mark quickly winked at him and said, "Harden, please don't say a few words. If you have this time, why don't we go find the boss's horse together before it's dark?" Come on!"

Harden also came to his senses, nodded repeatedly and said, "You're right, I'll go right away!"

Zhao Lei is not a small-minded person at all, so of course he won't be angry because of this, he patted Harden's shoulder with a smile and said, "Don't worry, I know my horses myself, so nothing will happen to me! When the work on the ranch is over, let's have a drink go!"

Now that Zhao Lei said so, Mark and Harden didn't say anything more.The two just looked at each other, and both saw a trace of worry in each other's eyes.As a cowboy, they really couldn't understand Zhao Lei's behavior of not caring about his mount.If someone else did this, the two would have severely reprimanded each other.But Zhao Lei was their boss, which really suffocated the two of them.

It's not that Zhao Lei doesn't care about Xiao Hei, but he has absolute confidence in its strength.Xiao Hei has lived in the Gourd Dimension for so long, and has indeed absorbed a lot of spiritual energy.Even herbivores, their strength should not be underestimated.Even if it can't compete with an elephant hippopotamus, a puma can't do anything to it.Taking another [-] steps back, if you really encounter a cougar, even if Xiao Hei can't beat it, there is always no problem in escaping.

With this in mind, Zhao Lei went to the bar with the ranch workers.

Today, Zhao Lei is quite well-known in Columbus Town, especially after employing so many locals, he has undoubtedly become a very popular person.

Seeing Zhao Lei enter the bar, many people gave him friendly smiles, and several raised their glasses to salute Zhao Lei.No matter what you need to know, their family members must work in the Redstone Ranch.

The happiest person to see Zhao Lei is of course the bar owner. Every time China Zhao comes, he will invite everyone to drink, which can also make him earn a fortune.

Sure enough, Zhao Lei sat down in front of the bar, smiled and said to the bar owner: "Give everyone a glass of the best beer, and charge it to my account!"

"Ha, China Zhao, thank you!"

"I wish you good health, China Zhao!"

"I knew it when I saw China Zhao, and there's free beer again, haha!"

The guests at the bar cheered and expressed their thanks to the generous Zhao Lei.

Zhao Lei had discussed with Mark on the way here, and took this opportunity to announce loudly: "Starting tomorrow, Redstone Ranch will hire another group of workers. Five cowboys and more farmers are needed. Those who work in Stone Ranch are given priority, and those who want to work can go to Mark tomorrow!"

"Haha, that's great!"

"Redstone Ranch really hired a lot of people!"

"I'll sign up tomorrow too!"

After hearing Zhao Lei's words, the guests became even more excited, and the bar was filled with a happy atmosphere.

Zhao Lei stayed in the bar until very late before returning to the ranch, and was in the newly built small building that night.After taking a shower in the not-so-luxury but very warm bathroom, and practicing the Sanqingxin Dharma as usual, Zhao Lei smelled the faint fragrance of wood, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

Although it was a long-distance flight, Zhao Lei still woke up early in the morning the next day before he could beat the jet lag.Before the workers came to work, Zhao Lei released all the wagyu cattle that had been bred in Hulu Space during this period of time.

After feeding some grass, the small Wagyu cows regained their vitality.Mark and others also came to work one after another, and they were naturally very happy to find that there were more than a dozen small Wagyu cattle in the pasture.In this way, it is one step closer to the goal of raising all Wagyu cattle.

At this moment, Xiao Hei ran back alone, and the sharp-eyed Zhao Lei noticed from a distance that there was blood on its hind legs!

(End of this chapter)