Luojia Mountain Tavern is very large, with a construction area of more than 60,000 square feet.
In addition to a bar, restaurant, lounge, etc.
There is also a separate smoking room.
Skillfully pulled out a box of Cuban cigars from the smoking room.
Bell opened the package, lit one and handed it to Dave, then lit another for himself.
The huge body sat on a special sofa, and the weight of more than three tons made the sofa groan in pain.
With a puff of smoke, Dave, holding a cigar in his hand, looked a little confused:
"Boss, I..."
Bell glanced at him, holding a thick cigar between his dark lips.
While eating before, he noticed that Dave was a little absent-minded tonight:
"Say, we are a family."
Looking into the polar bear's candid eyes, the big octopus's originally anxious mood gradually calmed down:
"That's right, boss, do you remember the zoo I stayed at before?"
Bell nodded, his memory had always been good.
Dave seemed pretty miserable at that time?
"I know, it seems like four penguins came, and then they fired you."
Dave's experience is somewhat unique.
Humans and animals, two different civilizations, are still testing each other in the initial stages of their encounter.
Some people have good intentions, and some people have bad intentions.
But there are also some people who see business opportunities!
So the New York Zoo opened, and Dave was the star animal at the beginning of the zoo.
Every day, a large number of people come to him to take pictures.
But as humans gradually get used to animals living in this city, there is a serious conflict between human living habits and animals.
Under the intensification of various social contradictions.
The relationship between the two parties gradually changed from equality and friendship to one party suppressing the other.
This has caused the zoo's visitor flow to become increasingly low.
Later, the unwilling zoo owner recruited a group of rare and cute animals.
Hopefully the zoo’s popularity can be saved.
Ever since, as a product of the old times, the old octopus was replaced by four cute penguins.
The huge identity gap caused Old Octopus to suffer from severe depression.
This situation continued for a long time, until one day Bell picked him up and took him home.
Dave is not useless.
During his depression, he used books to escape reality.
Because best-selling books are so popular.
The old octopus, who has low self-esteem and is sensitive, can only read some hard-core books that no one wants to read.
It was also a blessing in disguise, as I had more than three doctoral degrees in just a few years.
At this moment, I think back to those days at the zoo.
The strong arms and legs were rolling a cigar. Even though it had passed, the unique U-shaped pupils were still filled with thick haze.
This made the old octopus laugh at himself:
"They offered me a job."
Bell curled his lips, with a hint of disdain in his expression:
"Does it make sense? A cleaner who only earns fifty dollars a week has to clean the entire aquarium."
Dave shrugged, exhaled a puff of smoke, and stared at the polar bear in front of him that changed his destiny:
"So I'm very lucky to have a boss like you."
The polar bear spread his hands and looked helplessly at the old octopus in front of him:
"I told you not to call me boss, we are family."
But looking at the other party's stubborn expression, the polar bear could only wave his hand:
"Forget it, you'd better get down to business."
The corners of the old octopus's mouth turned up slightly.
But the curvature is very small, which makes people wonder whether they saw it wrongly.
"The zoo's business is not good, and the four of them have been kicked out and are now homeless."
This sentence made Bell frown.
He seemed to understand why the old octopus was unwilling to discuss this issue at the dinner table:
"Are you going to adopt them?"
The old octopus did not answer, but looked silently at the cigar being swallowed on its arms and legs.
If a cigar was alive, would it resent the flame that lit itself?
The old octopus shook his head.
But it was not because he was mocking himself, but because he knew that this answer made no sense.
Octopus already had the answer in his heart.
Throwing the cigar worth twenty dollars aside, the old octopus let out a breath:
"I don't know. I used to hate them very much and thought they had taken away everything from me, but then I realized that we are all the same kind of people."
The thick bear paw patted the old octopus on the shoulder.
Bell nodded, he understood why the old octopus wanted to help these four penguins.
For the old octopus, this may not be a spiritual relief:
"Where are they?"
The old octopus pointed outside:
"outside."
The dark brown animal eyes flashed with thought. Looking at the old octopus in front of him, Bell smiled and nodded in agreement:
"Tomorrow, add more meat and vegetables, less cheese, and an extra glass of milk for everyone, including these four little guys."
Dave's U-shaped pupils flashed with joy:
"thank you boss."
Ignoring the other party's title, Bell was thinking about another thing:
"Have you obtained your teacher qualification certificate?"
Dave nodded, and the old octopus waved its arms and legs with a mocking look on its face, making a sharp sound that made the eardrums uncomfortable:
“Got it, it was too easy for me.
But it doesn't make any sense, you know, they would rather find a black man who knows nothing than an octopus with three PhDs. "
Dave is very smart. He is a super academic octopus who has earned three PhD degrees in biology through self-study in just a few years.
The only problem is that he is so smart and always likes to think wildly that Bell often needs to feed him a bowl of hot chicken soup:
"Knowledge is knowledge, it belongs to you and no one can take it away."
The old octopus glanced at the polar bear and said weakly:
"Boss, I am an adult octopus and I don't need the comfort of chicken soup."
Bell rolled his eyes and cursed with a smile:
"Go away, if you feel that knowledge is useless, I can give you a suggestion. You can try to teach these children."
The old octopus touched his chin, thinking with an expression on his face:
"This seems to be a good choice?"
Bell said that he would teach these children, but he did not say that he would only teach these two children, Love and Big.
Although I know that what happened back then has nothing to do with these four little penguins.
But the octopus is apparently a vengeful creature.
Of course, Dave in no way endorses any of these remarks.
This is slander!
Teacher Dave only wants the children to thrive, such as writing an academic paper of no less than 8,000 words every week?
Bell could tell at a glance that the old octopus had sinister intentions, which made him mutter:
"You're a black-hearted maggot."
The old octopus widened his eyes and looked at the polar bear in shock:
"Why do you accuse someone of their innocence out of thin air?!"
The polar bear raised his hand and slapped away the purple-red arms and legs that the old octopus pointed at him:
"Get out!"
The big octopus, having had enough trouble, laughed.
Dave's matter was resolved easily, which was not difficult for Bell.
With his net worth, he also has a big house of 60,000 square feet.
Not to mention four little penguins, even four African elephants would be fine.
The key is that these four little penguins may be the solution to Dave's psychological problems.
And after solving this matter?
The polar bear’s eyes became serious:
"Okay, your matter is settled, now we should talk about Love's matter."
The old octopus was stunned for a moment and looked at Bell in confusion:
"Love?"
Bell nodded. As the parent of the polar bear, his expression became serious at this moment:
"Yes, I have nothing against children fighting.
But adults should not do anything to children. This is never allowed to happen. Have there been some new faces on Poseidon Street recently? "
The polar bear knows how to see fire. He is not a simple-minded guy with well-developed limbs.
Nothing can be hidden from your eyes!
Love said he took action because Big was being bullied.
But Bigger is just a little arctic shrew.
Love is a strong polar bear, even though he is not an adult yet, but with Love's physique?
He is definitely one of the best among his peers.
It's not that Bell is confident, but that he knows his son's strength very well.
An animal that can bully an Arctic shrew has no right to hurt Love.
So it can only be a bigger animal, for example, the other party is an adult animal man!
Bell is a longshoreman.
But he never said that he was just a dock worker.
Many animal people don’t know, is Poseidon Street a mess?
It's up to Bell to decide what these gang bosses say!
At the reminder of the polar bear, the old octopus's mind was opened, and he recalled Love's abnormal injury.
Dave frowned and his expression became serious:
"Maybe he's the boss of the Bigfoot Rhino Gang. It's said that he recently recruited a bunch of younger men?"
Bell nodded, kneading the cigar in his thick bear paws, and his dark brown eyes flashed:
"Dave, prepare a box of carrots for me tomorrow."
The old octopus nodded, but he still couldn't help but have some worry in his eyes:
"Big Jack is a nice guy."
Bell nodded and gave the other party a reassuring smile:
"I know, so I prepared his favorite carrots, and you'd better bring the four little penguins back quickly. At night in New York Harbor, no corner of the street is safe."
Dave nodded, stood up and picked up a coat:
"That's what I planned."
As Octopus Dave left, the polar bear took out the notepad he carried with him——
Mission: Drink tea with the rhinoceros "Big Jack".
Time: tomorrow.
Mission reward: a pleasant chat, community security +3.
