#525 - Chapter 525: A celebration banquet that affected the entire base 3

7 PM.

Tonight, the base did not distribute meals for the personnel to take back and eat.

However, no one had the slightest complaint.

Because everyone knew that the base cafeteria was preparing something big!

Tonight was a grand celebration event where everyone could eat their fill!

After the base announced this news around 5:30 PM, everyone heard it and began to look forward to it.

Later, the base officers announced that dinner would officially start at 7:30 PM tonight.

So, no one would rush or urge; they would just wait, and when the time came, they would go to the corresponding location to take their seats.

Throughout the base, various places were quickly prepared into areas within these two hours. They didn't need to be luxurious, just have air conditioning, seats, and tableware; that was a great dining location.

Inside a room in one of the branch base's buildings, more than thirty people were seated, divided into three tables. The air conditioning was on, and the temperature was controlled at a comfortable 25-26 degrees Celsius.

"A Zhen! Tonight, you'll see how amazing I, Brother Cong, am! I must eat 10 bowls of rice tonight! No one can stop me!"

At one of the tables, Xiao Cong declared with an air of arrogance how he would bankrupt the Green Source Base with his eating.

Of course, this was just a joke for many people.

For them, who hadn't had a full meal in who knows how long, tonight was definitely an extremely anticipated moment!

They could finally eat as much as they wanted until they were stuffed!

Many men silently loosened their belts, which were holding in their slender waists. Tonight, they would unleash their stomachs and fill their long-suffering bellies to the limit!

"Bah! Don't eat so much that we have to burn paper money for you!"

A Zhen had dressed up a bit today, and she actually exuded some of the modern, beautiful aura from peacetime, making the surrounding personnel couldn't help but take a few more glances.

She was originally only twenty-three or four years old, the age of full bloom, but the apocalypse had caused her to lose that youthful vitality. However, after entering Green Source, she slowly regained this temperament.

Only when material and spiritual wealth reach a certain level can one be qualified to talk about these things.

In this room, everyone happily discussed what dishes would be served later, and joy filled everyone's faces.

"Brother Xiao, you're awesome! Tonight, we can finally have a good meal!"

Ge Lin and Xiao Ming happened to be here as well. They smiled and glanced at A Zhen and Xiao Cong, who were playing and laughing at the next table, and chatted in good spirits.

They had only been in the branch base for a few days, and they could immediately enjoy the three-dish meal and unlimited rice here, which was indeed worth celebrating.

Who doesn't want to have a full meal?

It's really too difficult in this apocalypse.

"Work hard! I want to strive to obtain the qualification to join the external cooperation force as soon as possible. I heard that the benefits over there are even better! My mouth is watering just hearing about it, tsk tsk!"

Xiao Ming shook his head and sighed with a smile.

If he had come to Green Source earlier, he would probably be a glorious member of the external cooperation force by now.

But it's not too late now.

As long as he continues to work hard, obtaining the qualification for the external cooperation combat force should not be difficult for him.

The future is promising.

Main Base Canteen.

This time was the busiest for the entire base, without a doubt.

Because Qin Jin proposed it so suddenly, the meals they had originally prepared today could not support such a large-scale banquet at all, so they naturally needed to quickly add various dishes temporarily.

In the base's cold storage, there were still a lot of cold and frozen meat that Qin Jin had collected, and a lot of it would be taken out tonight for the kitchen to process and cook.

There was also the base's vegetable garden, where a variety of vegetables were harvested and stir-fried.

There was also soup. It didn't need to be complicated; just have ingredients and salt, and you could cook a large pot of rice soup.

No one would dislike it.

Even this kind of clear soup, which was previously called dishwater, was a delicious meal that survivors in the apocalypse yearned for but could not obtain.

"Everyone, speed up! There's less than half an hour before the banquet starts! Don't keep everyone waiting! Remember to bring out the flavor when stir-frying, don't rush the work and neglect the quality! We must balance both!"

The previously recruited special-grade chef shouted, wearing a mask.

He was the most skilled cook in the entire base, and he had always been responsible for Green Source's meals. He was the number one general under Qin's mother.

The cooking skills of these cooking team members he personally trained were naturally excellent. No one dared to treat the grain and food carelessly; they had to bring out their maximum flavor, which was the greatest respect for the food.

"The cooked ones can be taken out for preparation. There's only one dish left to complete. The ones for the large residential area and the small residential area have already been taken there in advance. Now, let's start arranging the branch base and the main base."

Qin's mother was sweating profusely, but she didn't have a trace of complaint.

She was also very happy that the base could be so festive.

In any case, it was her son's own base, and it was right to let these team members who worked hard for her son eat good things.

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The time came to 7:30.

No. 7 Small Residential Area.

Pan Wei's wife and son, Xiao An, were waiting in line with excited and expectant hearts.

Today, Green Source headquarters sent good news that everyone in the entire base would have the opportunity to have a full meal!

Including these women and children who had just entered not long ago.

"Mom, Mom, can we really eat our fill later?"

Xiao An was only 10 years old, and he kept asking his own mother with his slightly childish voice.

His stomach was growling with hunger. Usually, he only had wild vegetables and tree bark that he had dug up a long time ago to fill his hunger. Occasionally, his mother would be willing to take out a small amount of grain obtained from trading with the base to eat a little.

In his young age, he had long forgotten what it felt like to be full.

It's been almost a year.

Today, when he heard that he could eat his fill, he only felt that a huge surprise had come.

"Xiao An, it's true! We can all get two big bowls of food later! We can definitely eat our fill!"

The woman fondly touched her child's head, and the joy on her face didn't need to be concealed at all, because it was very safe here, there was order, and everyone could get the same treatment tonight.

In the small residential area, people were using lights to distribute the dishes and rice that the base had just sent people to transport to the people queuing up.

When distributing, they used electronic scales, so there was no such thing as some people getting more and some people getting less; it was extremely fair.

After a while.

Finally, Xiao An and his mother got their food.

Xiao An's mother took two originally dirty bowls, which she had just wiped clean with her sleeves, and after handing them over, they were filled with two large scoops of rice, and a large scoop of another stir-fried green vegetable was also placed on top!

She took these two heavy dinners, and the tears in her eyes could no longer be restrained from overflowing and flowing across her face.

This was the weight of life!

Feeling the weight in her hands, she knew that there was enough for three bowls of rice from their family in peacetime!

There was not a little bit less, even more than she imagined!

"Xiao An, you must eat more tonight! Eat your fill!"

With a crying voice, she hugged her child tightly.

(End of this chapter)