The wooden house was a typical American villager's house. It was not spacious but it had everything needed such as a living room, kitchen, storage, basement, and so on.
When Tommy pulled Zhang Lisheng into the house, a tall, strong man with age spots on his face was drinking coffee and having breakfast in the small open dining room in the living room.
Seeing that someone had barged in, he moved his glasses on the bridge of his nose quietly and said while frowning, "Tommy, do you remember how many times I told you to knock on the door before you enter after moving out of this house?"
"Ten thousand or twenty thousand times. But I really had something urgent to talk to you about this time, that's why I forgot to knock. Dad, that old man Rudolph sold the slaughterhouse. He really sold it this time, he sold it to this young man next to me.
This young man is still in high school in New York City, so he's planning to join the National Farmers Union and operate it as a self-service rental.
That's a great idea, I brought him to you right away. "
"Rudolph sold his slaughterhouse!" The old man was stunned and said while pretending to smile in disdain, "Actually, I'm not surprised that he sold the slaughterhouse all of a sudden.
I'd be shocked if he made a fair deal and arranged for the couple Willy and Tiffany who have been working for him for over 20 years.
I bet he took the money and boarded the Greyhound bus back to Texas secretly. Or he bought a first-class ticket proudly and went to Hawaii to spend a warm Christmas before going back to Texas to wait for his death … Oh, I think I've said too much.
Oh, I seem to have said too much. My apologies, young guest. I should have greeted you first.
I'm the mayor of Kaiserland Town, Howard Millie. I'm also the director of the National Farmers Union. Although the law doesn't allow one person to be in both positions, it's just a small town after all. "
"Nice to meet you, Mr. Howard. Nice to meet you. I'm Zhang Lisheng," Zhang Lisheng walked to the old man and took out a contract from his pocket. He said, "I bought Mr. Rudolph's slaughterhouse.
I'd like to talk to you about how the slaughterhouse could serve Kaiserland Town better. "
The old man took the contract and moved his glasses to take a good look at it. He said without even lifting his head, "That's right, this is Rudolph's ugly but pretentious cursive handwriting.
Alright, Mr. Zhang Lisheng, I've heard from my son that you're planning to join Kaiserland Town's National Farmers Union. To be honest, as the union's director, I'm glad to have a slaughterhouse owner join the union.
In that case, can you tell me in detail how you plan to run your 'self-service rental' business model? "
"I plan to register online in advance, pay the rent in advance, and arrange the slaughtering time in a unified manner …" Zhang Lisheng explained his plan in detail.
"The rental price you proposed is very reasonable, but young man, I think it's better to let the National Farmers Union exercise the right to arrange the slaughtering order."
"No problem, Mr. Howard. We'll do as you say."
"Willy and Tiffany from the town have been helping Rudolph. I hope you can continue to hire them. Both of them only need a total of over 20,000 dollars a year.
Willy's a great slaughterman, electrician, and repairman while Tiffany's great at cleaning and making meat pies. You'll need them. "
The old man's request seemed a little over the top since Zhang Lisheng planned to run his business using the 'self-service' business model. However, Zhang Lisheng answered without hesitation, "Sure, Mr. Howard."
The old man finally nodded in satisfaction hearing that. It was the first time he looked at Zhang Lisheng while smiling. He extended his hand and said, "That's great, young man. Since you've shown your respect for me, I'll show my kindness too.
Let's sign an agreement according to what we discussed just now. Then, leave everything else to me.
As long as you clear the livestock's waste on time and don't get into trouble with EPA, I guarantee your property and income in Kaiserland Town will be protected properly. "
"Thank you, Mr. Howard," Zhang Lisheng shook the old man's hand and said while smiling.
Howard called Kaiserland Town's National Farmers Union's lawyer right after the both of them came to an agreement. He called for an impromptu meeting of Kaiserland Town's National Farmers Union at the town hall as soon as the lawyer arrived.
Soon after the meeting started, the farm owners in the town passed the motion to accept Zhang Lisheng and his slaughterhouse into Kaiserland Town's National Farmers Union.
Therefore, Rudolph who had lived in the town for over 40 years became a thing of the past as soon as Zhang Lisheng signed the agreement. On the afternoon of the same day, the farmers began self-service slaughtering their livestock in the newly built LS Slaughterhouse according to the new rule.
Zhang Lisheng had an extra 1,920 dollars in his bank account as he stayed in the slaughterhouse and watched the farmers and helpers working until night time with relish. There were also tons of fresh organs and blood in the slaughterhouse's underground storage tank.
When the shop closed at 7 o 'clock, the noise soon dispersed. Only Zhang Lisheng and the helpers he hired under Mayor Howard's suggestion, Willie and Tiffany, were left in the huge factory.
Willy, who was always wearing old denim overalls and a dirty blue overalls, was a middle-aged hunk around 40 years old who was extremely muscular but simple-minded.
He was obviously very grateful that Zhang Lisheng was willing to hire him and his wife to work in the slaughterhouse even though he only said 'thank you' to Zhang Lisheng. Although he only mumbled 'thank you' to Zhang Lisheng, one could tell that he was not stingy with his work.
Moreover, he was still mopping the floor of the slaughterhouse hard with his wife even though they were panting from exhaustion after they were done.
Zhang Lisheng who was standing aside said seeing Willy working hard, "Willy, you don't have to mop anymore. It's very clean here. Go home with Tiffany now.
Also, you don't have to help so much when the customers come to slaughter their livestock in the future.
We're self-service now, you're not obligated to serve them like you did before.
You and Tiffany's job now is to check the machines, circuits, clean the slaughterhouse after it's closed and watch the night from time to time. You don't have to do anything else. "
"It's alright sir, I have the strength," Willy said with an honest smile. He did not treat this boss lightly just because of Zhang Lisheng's young age. Instead, his tone was very respectful.
Tiffany said with gratitude next to her husband, "Willy and I appreciate that you continue to hire us sir. Apart from working here, we can only do odd jobs in town."
However, Zhang Lisheng insisted, "Tiffany, your hard work is completely worth the reward I've paid you guys.
Moreover, Willy fixed the door of my friend's SUV and promised to drive my car to Fordham High School tomorrow to return it to my friend.
You really don't have to clean this place anymore. Go home now, it's late. I'll be leaving when the taxi comes. "
"Do you need me to bring you dinner, sir?"
"Thank you, Tiffany, it's fine. My mom will be waiting for me with dinner."
"Alright sir, we'll be leaving first. Goodbye," Tiffany nodded and left the slaughterhouse with her husband.
Watching the both of them driving away, Zhang Lisheng closed the iron gate of the slaughterhouse with the remote control immediately. He walked quickly to the back door of the factory and found a huge rusty iron cover on the ground with the help of the dim light.
He took off his backpack and tossed Mountoad next to the iron cover. He chanted witchcraft incantation.
Mountoad sucked in the air and grew over two meters tall at that moment. It stuck its giant tongue out and stuck it on the iron cover. It then pulled the iron cover open slowly.
A bloody stench that could make one dizzy came out of the cold wind. Zhang Lisheng smiled in delight as he smelled the weird stench. He controlled Mountoad to spit out the air in its stomach and shrunk its body. It then hopped into the underground trench that was filled with animal organs and blood under the iron cover.
The wizard worm grew bigger again in the trench. It opened its giant mouth to devour the blood. Soon, all of the meat was gone.
Zhang Lisheng looked at the empty trench with the flashlight and chanted witchcraft incantation. He controlled Mountoad to hop out and escape to the ground.
He then controlled the wizard worm to stick its giant tongue on the iron cover. It hopped into his backpack after shrinking.
"I can't believe everything went so smoothly. It only took me a day to get the slaughterhouse back on track.
Now that I've solved the most important thing, I'll have to learn how to drive and look for a poisonous worm that's suitable to be refined into a wizard worm next, "Zhang Lisheng was relieved and mumbled with a smile on his face.
He then walked out of the slaughterhouse with light steps while calling the taxi company. He walked along the small road and returned to New York City smoothly after he met a taxi.
A round trip from Brooklyn to Kaiserland Town would cost a few hundred dollars. It was unrealistic to pay for a car in the long run.
As the saying went, 'Sharpening the knife will not delay the chopping of wood', Zhang Lisheng decided to get a driver's license for the next month based on his original plan.
As a country on wheels, almost every citizen above the age of 16 in America had a driver's license. The process to get a driver's license was relatively simple, there were only two steps.
The first step was to provide identification at the DMV (Motor Vehicle Department) New York branch, pay the application fee of over ten dollars and fill in a form for the traffic rule test.
He would get a driving training permit after passing the traffic rule test and a visual inspection.
He would then get someone to practice driving with him for a period of time. He would then proceed to the second step which was to apply for the road test after he was familiar with the driving skills.
He would get a driver's license in America after passing the road test.
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