#910 - Chapter 910 Preparing for the New Year
The numerous, chaotic and fragmented forces each fought independently, establishing their own shelters and bases.
If this chaos had continued, with no one willing to submit to another, the various factions established by former government officials wouldn't have bothered comparing who was more legitimate.
Since no one was willing to yield, everyone was preoccupied with survival.
That was until a force called the Green Source Base disrupted the structure of Guangdong Province.
Its overwhelming strength forced all other forces in Guangdong Province to become more discreet.
Those who helped pave the way for its rise to prominence (such as the Tian Hong Group and the New Hope Base) made it clear to everyone that Green Source was not to be trifled with.
Later, with the widespread establishment of Green Source's trading branches, other forces began to engage and cooperate with it for survival.
At this point, some of these forces became restless.
For example, the South China Base and many other official and semi-official forces began sending people to Green Source this year, attempting to persuade them to merge bases, allowing official personnel to be stationed here to jointly build a large base to save more survivors.
Their slogans were incredibly grand.
But in reality, they were just trying to get Green Source to hand over food, weapons, and the safe environment they had painstakingly created, so that those forces could move in.
Those who were more subtle would simply say that they wanted to save more survivors and needed Green Source to lend a hand by providing food and supplies to help the miserable humans.
Just like today.
"Uncle, I'm not sure if those people really found out from somewhere that Zhang Mingyang is your old comrade, but let's continue to execute the plan as scheduled."
Qin Jin refilled Qin Guoqiang's teacup and said casually.
"I understand. Regardless of whether Lao Zhang is being used as a pawn, we'll just do what we need to do!"
"I just hope that in the end, those soldiers won't be sold out too badly by some people, and that more of them can survive. They are the most lovable people!"
Qin Guoqiang took the teacup and took a sip.
The two chatted idly, with no indication of what their plan was.
The time was not yet ripe.
Let's continue with the plan.
Green Source was determined to continue growing and developing, and sooner or later it would come into contact with these forces it previously didn't want to deal with.
Rather than allowing these people to unite later, it was better to deal with them in advance.
"All for the future of the base!"
The two clinked their teacups in lieu of wine.
Everything was understood without words.
The handling of the official forces was not yet to be discussed, as the Frost Calamity was still raging, and this plan was destined to be officially implemented next spring.
Compared to the countless things to do next year, there was something more important coming for Qin Jin, and for the Green Source Base personnel!
The Chinese New Year was almost here!
It was already the last few days of late January, and there was only one day left before welcoming the Lunar New Year again!
Celebrating the New Year!
It seemed so distant, yet it also seemed like it had just passed.
Many Green Source personnel felt a sense of恍惚 (huǎnghū - a daze).
Unknowingly, another year had passed in the apocalypse!
They were still alive!
And they were living better than last year!
Wasn't this worth celebrating!?
Last year, the Green Source Base had only a few hundred or a thousand people, but after a year of development, the number of people within Green Source had grown to nearly ten thousand!
The base's strength had increased more than tenfold!
So this year, the leader, Qin Jin, decided to hold another large celebration for the Spring Festival!
The Green Source Base personnel who received the news felt their hearts surge!
"Have you heard!? I heard that the base will be holding a Lunar New Year's Eve with a strong festive atmosphere tomorrow! I heard that there will be a feast in every residential area!"
"Everyone knows! The Green News and the residential area announcements have just been released! All levels of personnel can receive benefits!"
This day.
Personnel of all levels who had just finished work in the evening received this exciting news!
Most people in the base were still below the subsistence level, and only in extremely rare cases did they have the opportunity to eat their fill.
For example, a small number of people who came in before this year.
Or the wave of bases before the drought that harvested a large amount of supplies and held a large celebration banquet.
There was basically no other time they had a full meal.
Just when many people thought that the base's rapid expansion this year would make it difficult to hold a New Year's event on the same scale as last year, the upper echelons still issued such a notice!
New Year's activities!
The news spread quickly throughout Green Source, including the Petroleum Base in Zhushi, the Coal Base in Shanshi, the Red Cloud Base in Shenzhen, and other branches or affiliated forces!
Even faster than the news spreading, Qin Jin had already had people make relevant preparations in advance!
During the day, people in the base were already driving snowplows to clear the internal snow, and the ground, roofs, and various buildings covered with white snow revealed their original appearance again.
Brand new couplets were hung on multiple entrances and exits.
Large red lanterns were hung on the base buildings.
Before the Lunar New Year's Eve, a festive atmosphere began to permeate Green Source!
The cold temperature outside could not stop the enthusiasm for celebrating the New Year here!
"Heng Chi Heng Chi——"
A corner of the main base.
A group of men were working hard in a special building to drag live pigs out!
"Use your strength! This one is fat enough to be slaughtered~~~!"
"Damn it, this is the first time in my life I've slaughtered a pig! But this feels so good! I must eat to my heart's content in two days when the New Year comes!"
"You're thinking too beautifully! It would be nice to get a little lard. There's not enough to let you eat your fill."
"I plan to spend a lot of points this time to eat a satisfying meal! I'm too lazy to marry a wife or something, let's eat first!"
"Bah! I think you've been overdoing it lately and want to recuperate, right!?"
Liu Wenhao unceremoniously exposed his companion's little thoughts.
As core members of Green Source, would they not be able to marry a wife?
What a lie.
These core members happily dragged a big fat pig out towards the slaughter.
They were preparing to slaughter a New Year's pig.
The other side of the main base.
At the large fish pond.
There was also a group of people working outdoors.
The water surface had long been frozen into a thick layer of ice due to the low temperature. The team members used tools to poke it open before revealing the cold pond water inside.
A large net was put into the interior by the team members. After a while, seeing that the time was almost up, Zhong Yu shouted:
"Pull it up~~~"
The core members exerted their strength and gradually pulled the large net submerged in the pond water to the surface.
"Plop Plop——"
Fresh freshwater fish struggled desperately in the net, and they were quickly frozen by the extreme cold when they appeared outdoors to maintain their freshness.
Zhong Yu led the team members to drag the pond fish that had just been caught and frozen stiff to the designated location.
As the core of the entire Green Source, the main base has always had a lot of fruits, vegetables, and farmed livestock, but most of the time they are not slaughtered for consumption.
Especially livestock. With the careful cultivation of the planting department, the number has more than doubled since Green Source was first established after a year of continuous breeding!
Now is the time for them to donate their bodies!
(End of this chapter)
