The only animals that were prohibited, not just in his house but in the entire settlement, were fighting cocks.

他家里禁养斗鸡，全村也都禁养斗鸡。

With the same impulsive decision with which he had auctioned off his fighting cocks in order to organize a harebrained boat business, he gave up hisposition as foreman in the banana company and took the side of the workers.

出于同样的冲动决定， 他拍卖了他的斗鸡以组织一个鲁莽的船公司，他放弃了香蕉公司的工头职位， 站在了工人的一边。