#208 - Chapter 208 New Year's Eve

January 29th.

Normally, this day would be the most anticipated holiday for all of China.

Without exception.

However, since the apocalypse arrived, many people didn't even bother with dates, and didn't care what day it was tomorrow.

Except for Green Source Base.

In the morning, after everyone woke up, they all sprang into action.

Some prepared couplets in advance, some made red lanterns, and some even found some fake flowers from who knows where.

They decorated the entrances of some buildings in the base with these things that represented the festive atmosphere.

"Hey, I knew it, I always felt like our base was missing something, turns out it was couplets!"

Several people were brushing glue onto the base's gate, braving the cold, and sticking a large pair of newly prepared couplets on both sides of the gate.

"No, move it a little to the left, good, don't move, just like that! Okay, that's straight enough, press it tighter."

One person stood in front of the gate, directing several people working on ladders, and finally completed the task after a busy while.

"Hey, looks much better now!"

Several people looked at the decorated gate with satisfaction, not only were couplets pasted on, but also two big red lanterns were hung.

Inside the base.

Others were also busy.

Inside the breeding farm.

"Come and help me catch this boar! It's the fattest! It's the one!"

Several men surrounded a domestic pig that had been driven into a corner, looking distraught. They used to be white-collar workers or other professionals, and had never actually slaughtered a pig before.

The targeted domestic pig seemed to sense its fate, struggling desperately, trying to rewrite its pig life.

Unfortunately.

It still failed.

In the end, this group of humans who hadn't eaten fresh pork in a long time overcame the difficulties, controlled it, and sent it on its way to the Yellow Springs.

After processes such as bleeding, scalding, scraping hair, and dismembering, this Pig Brother could no longer be recognized.

"Don't anyone dare to snatch it from me! Today I'm going to eat pig intestines! It's my favorite!"

A middle-aged base member took out the pig intestines and laughed heartily.

"If you like it so much, then you have to start with a few bites of large intestine sashimi! I suggest you take the filling, it will be more flavorful."

Others joked, and for a while, joyful laughter and playful curses resounded in the pig slaughtering field.

Base pond.

The weather was cold, and the surface of the pond had long been covered with a thick layer of ice.

At this time, a group of men and women were busy on the ice, drilling through the ice layer with tools.

"Good! It's through, it's through, the water's coming out! Enlarge the hole a bit, and when the fish come up to breathe, catch some!"

Zhong Yu shouted loudly on the spot, and the combat team members next to him were also very helpful, smashing the edge of the ice hole with a burst of output, and soon an ice hole appeared.

The team members who had been prepared for a long time cast fishing nets into the pond.

"Enough! Thirty or so is enough to eat! Put the rest back, and let them give us more little fish after mating in the spring!"

Zhong Yu was still talking while looking at the pulled-up fishing net.

"Captain Zhong, why do I feel like what you said is not quite right?"

A team member asked him suspiciously.

"Hallucination, it must be your hallucination, quickly pull the fish back, they will freeze to death as soon as they go ashore, let's go back quickly, it's freezing."

The team members laughed and took the captured fish back to the base kitchen for processing.

Base planting greenhouse.

A group of people were bending over and working in the fields.

"This cabbage is so big, the dumplings made with it must taste great!"

"Look at my tomatoes, the dishes made with them must be delicious!"

"And the peppers here! I will definitely make you Guangnan people cry from the spiciness, hee hee."

The staff were picking the vegetables and fruits to be processed tonight, joking as they picked, and laughter echoed in the greenhouse.

"Okay, everyone, pay attention when picking, don't hurt the roots and stems of some plants, every plant is precious."

Zhao Ling was also here, she brought some team members over here to prepare the vegetables for the New Year's Eve dinner.

Everyone happily agreed, no one would deliberately destroy the base's plants, let alone these precious vegetables and food.

*****

Qin Jin walked on the small road in the base.

The cold outside was okay for him, as long as he wore enough clothes, he could stay for a few hours without much impact.

Unlike other personnel who can only work outdoors for a short time.

He had just walked around the base and felt a festive atmosphere.

The atmosphere of the New Year.

Looking at the brand-new base, his heart was also infected by the festive atmosphere.

He thought for a while, then stepped to the back kitchen of the base canteen.

There were many people busy here.

Tonight's New Year's Eve dinner was unusually rich, unlike the usual big pot of rice with only two or three dishes, so naturally more people were needed to help.

When they saw the leader coming, they quickly put down their work and greeted him first.

"You don't have to worry about me, continue to be busy, I'm here to find my mom."

Qin's mother was doing things and chatting with relatives, and was a little puzzled when she saw her son coming to her.

"Mom, let the kitchen prepare three more buckets of dumplings later, about 500 in each bucket, preferably cabbage filling, I'll have use for them later."

Faced with her son's request, Qin's mother naturally had no objections.

The entire base belonged to her son, wouldn't making more dumplings just be a matter of helping out?

After finishing his instructions, Qin Jin left here and wandered around the base again.

Looking at the happy expressions on everyone's faces, he also smiled.

As expected, the New Year is more lively and has more atmosphere when there are more people.

At noon, everyone in the cafeteria simply ate some noodles, and laughed that they would save their stomachs and let go tonight and eat as much as they could.

It's rare to have a year, even if it's the end of the world, you need to reward yourself.

Entering the afternoon.

Thick smoke rose from the base.

A fragrant aroma of food began to permeate the inside of the base.

"It smells so good! It's the smell of cured sausage! There's actually cured sausage tonight! ?"

"Hey, I smell the aroma of barbecue! Don't tell me there's even barbecue tonight! ?"

"Of course there is! What don't we have in our base! ? We are the strongest in Guangnan Province! I said it!"

"Be confident! I think we are the strongest on earth, hahaha!"

After various aromas spread, everyone excitedly discussed, wishing they could rush into the back kitchen to see if these delicacies were ready.

A happy atmosphere filled every corner of the base.

"Today I think is the happiest day since entering the apocalypse!"

Indoors, many people who had nothing to do for the time being sat around the stove to keep warm, and by the way, chatted about everything.

"I really want the night to come quickly!"

This sentence expressed the aspirations of many people.

Everyone had high expectations for tonight's meal.

Time came to five o'clock in the afternoon.

The smoke from cooking in the base had not stopped since the afternoon, and the aroma of the food had aroused everyone's long-dormant appetite in advance.

According to the base's cadres, tonight's New Year's Eve dinner will begin at six o'clock after dark.

It's really something to look forward to.

(End of this chapter)