All four ranches were under Luke’s name and were not given directly to Grandpa.
Although he didn't care about this, the stubborn old man obviously cared. He just entrusted the ranch to Drex for management.
Robert had already communicated with Luke and took the opportunity to bring up Luke's previous idea of finding a professional to take care of it.
Faced with a ranch that had expanded four or five times in size, Drex had no choice but to follow this advice.
His original plan was to buy a small ranch adjacent to it.
However, Luke threw four ranches at once, which was far beyond expectations. The old man really didn't have enough energy and manpower to handle such a big scene.
During this period, the manager is taking over the ranch and there are a lot of things to do.
Robert also worked as a rancher, but later chose the career of sheriff that was more suitable for his retirement. However, he still remembered the work on the ranch, so his hairy son-in-law would take time out every day to help.
After talking about this, Catherine hesitated and said a little awkwardly: "Well, I have a small problem here."
Luke looked at her expression and smiled, "Is Joseph going to have another little sister?"
Upon hearing this, Catherine immediately pouted at him, "What are you thinking about?"
Luke shrugged and said, "Joseph has always wanted to have a sister. You and Robert have nothing to do now, so it's okay to have another one."
Joseph really wanted a sister, but his motives were a little problematic.
Because he was the youngest in the family and much younger than everyone else, he had been managed by the whole family for a long time, which gave him an idea: if he had a younger and more obedient sister, wouldn’t she be able to take the position of the “youngest” and share his worries
Catherine didn't say anything for a moment. Luke looked at her expression and it seemed that she was really thinking about this.
He smiled and said, "Joseph strongly supports it. I also think it's good to have a little sister. Claire should be no problem either. You don't have to hesitate too much."
Catherine nodded subconsciously: "Robert and I... Oh, no, what was I trying to tell you just now?"
Luke shrugged, "Adding a little sister to the family."
Catherine glared at him angrily: "Shut up, that's not what I want to talk about. By the way, Robert knows about your company shares, and he wants to talk to you."
Luke groaned and paid attention to Catherine's expression: "What's his attitude? He doesn't want to withdraw his shares, right?"
Catherine: "I don't know, but he didn't seem angry. He just said he wanted to talk to you sometime."
Luke didn't care too much.
Robert has a straightforward personality and is not sarcastic towards his family.
Since no one called to scold him right away, it proved that the matter was not serious.
Well, Robert could never argue with him anyway, so Luke had no pressure at all.
After saying this, Luke went out. He was going to pick up Joseph and take him home for dinner.
Carrying a large bag, he leisurely walked across half of the town and stood outside a yard.
Looking at the people and a dog playing and laughing in the courtyard, he joked, "It's already six o'clock. Can you fill your stomach just by playing?"
The people and the dog in the yard paused for a moment. Then the dog, which was the fastest, gave up playing with the kid at the speed of light and rushed in front of him with a whoosh, with a series of whimpers coming out of its nose.
Luke smiled and patted the dog's head: "Okay, the dollar is good, and the gold nugget is also good."
The two little lolita, Talia and Andrea, also ran over, with big smiles on their faces and silver bell-like laughter coming out of their mouths. It was indeed a silver bell-like laughter. They were not yet old enough and would not be able to evolve their sister's barbell-like laughter for the time being.
"Luke, Luke! Come back." A series of shouts from the two little lolis rang out.
Luke smiled and extended his hands, giving them the same treatment as the gold nuggets, patting their heads one by one, and then leading them one by one into the house: "Come on, come on, I haven't been back for a long time, this time I brought you some small gifts."
As he walked, he did not forget to greet Julio, Selena's youngest brother, "You have a gift too, don't just stand there and smile."
He said it, but he was muttering in his heart: Young man, you need to exercise more! With your reaction speed, it's no wonder that I thought of you last when buying gifts.
Selina sat lazily on the porch, smiling as she watched someone "bribe" her younger siblings: "Are you done with this?"
Luke chuckled, made an OK gesture, and then made a "lots of small change" gesture.
Selena didn't ask any further questions.
The key words have been given, and the details can be discussed when the two of you are alone.
With four little kids around, it's not appropriate to talk about small money, because she's not sure where the small money this guy is talking about comes from.
She and he have been involved in money laundering activities with some thugs more than 10 or 20 times recently, so they are not sure about the answer to this question.
The gift Luke gave to the two little girls was a beautiful and gorgeous princess dress.
What people lack, they want more.
The two little girls usually wore shorts and T-shirts the most. When they saw this seldom-worn gorgeous little skirt, they smiled and gave him a big kiss each.
What Julio got was a baseball bat that he could play with and use for self-defense.
When Luke handed the baseball bat to Julio, he also reminded him earnestly: "Boys, be sure to protect yourself when you are outside!"
Julio just took the baseball bat and nodded excitedly.
Joseph's gift was at home, so he could only look at other people's gifts with envy for the time being.
Fortunately, Luke talked to Selina and the group went to Luke's house.
After getting the new ranch, Marino and Sandra were busy working on the ranch, and Selena came back to take care of her younger siblings for a few days.
Now that Luke is back, she also takes her younger brothers and sisters to his house for dinner.
Not long after arriving home, Robert also came back.
Looking at Luke, he just snorted, "Are you okay tonight?"
Luke smiled and said, "I'm back on vacation, of course I'm fine."
"Then talk to me." Then he shut up.
With the addition of Selena's four siblings, the dinner was very lively.
Fortunately, Joseph was very sensible and often spoke a lot of truths, which made the other three children confused. Although the dinner was not quiet, it was not bad.
After dinner, Luke sent Selina and her two siblings home.
After sending the three children to take a bath, Selina and Luke sat on the porch, each with a can of Dr. Pepper. She then spoke, "Tell me, where did you get the money?"
Luke told Selina about Ginny's manipulation of Stark stocks in the financial market. Selina was stunned: "How much money is this?"
Luke took a big sip of his iced caramel drink and shook his head: "I don't know the exact number. Ginny should still be counting."
As he was speaking, his cell phone rang.
After talking for a few words, he hung up quickly. He smiled and said, "After a preliminary calculation, I made nearly 5.8 billion US dollars this time."
Selina spurted out all the soda in her mouth.