#917 - Chapter 917 Fireworks
Also within a sub-base.
Another location.
Some personnel didn't enjoy the hustle and bustle, choosing instead to return to their living quarters to quietly eat their New Year's Eve dinner after receiving it.
Personnel Dormitory Building.
This was a rather special suite, a simple one-bedroom apartment, a high-end welfare residence.
A man knocked on the door, and when a woman inside opened it, she said with slight surprise:
"You're here again?"
"Come in and sit for a while, it's cold outside!"
Li Xiulan welcomed Gao Qiang inside.
"Happy New Year, Uncle Gao! Have you eaten? Or would you like something to drink? Have a seat, I'll get it ready for you!"
Lin Jiafu greeted him warmly upon seeing who it was.
As for why?
Naturally, it was because some time ago, this girl learned who was sponsoring her nutrition to pass the training for external cooperation team members.
Gao Qiang, who often brought tonics to her mother, couldn't hide it from Jiafu, and Li Xiulan simply told her daughter the truth.
So Lin Jiafu was filled with gratitude for this uncle.
She knew that this was a big shot from the base's interrogation department, a core member with a high position.
Not to mention taking a fancy to her mother, he could easily choose a beautiful girl of her age in the base.
Li Xiulan had made it clear to her that Uncle Gao Qiang wasn't doing these things for some ulterior motive.
Because it really wasn't necessary.
Gao Qiang's help to the two of them in the past six months had been more than enough, even if he really had some purpose, so much help, so much time, would have been more than enough for him to bring it up.
But he hadn't.
He just brought them some delicious or useful things every now and then.
Under Gao Qiang's recommendation, not only did Li Xiulan enter the planting department as one of the administrators, but Lin Jiafu, who barely passed the external cooperation team member training, also became a formal member and a backbone!
After half a year of training, the slightly weak girl from before was long gone, and instead, the current Jiafu was full of heroism and sharpness, like a sharp little dagger ready to strike and kill the enemy!
"No need... I'm just bringing you something and leaving... Take it..."
Gao Qiang handed a bag to Li Xiulan and turned to leave.
But the next moment, he felt his hand being grabbed.
"Come in and sit for a while!"
Li Xiulan rarely used a firm tone to pull on this awkward man.
"Thank you for your help during this time, just treat it as accompanying us mother and daughter for a meal! Okay!?"
She looked directly into Gao Qiang's eyes and continued to plead.
"......"
Gao Qiang didn't answer.
But his softening arm told Li Xiulan that this man had a soft heart.
Overjoyed, she grabbed Gao Qiang's arm even more forcefully, forcibly making this man step into this dormitory for the first time.
"Wow—! Uncle Gao Qiang, you brought so many good dishes!! Could these be the perks of being a core member!? So enviable!! I must work hard in the future and strive to become a Level 5 member!"
"I heard that the treatment of Level 5 members is not worse than that of the core members of the main base, so that I can give my mother good things to eat every day in the future!"
Not long after Gao Qiang sat down, the things he brought were opened, revealing the various delicacies contained inside!
Sweet and sour pork ribs, braised fish head, pot-wrapped meat, roast chicken, and a large elbow!
In peacetime, this might be very common, but in the current post-apocalyptic world, a year and a half later, it was so rich that it was simply unbelievable!
All meat!
Explosively rich!
"......"
Gao Qiang really wanted to say that this was because it was New Year's Eve dinner, and that he was a middle-level cadre in the base to have such treatment, but after seeing the light in Jiafu's eyes, he stopped the words he was about to say.
"If you work hard, you can also do it in the future."
With a slight turn, it became a word of encouragement.
Li Xiulan was silent for a while, then smiled and didn't speak, but instead busily divided the dishes that Gao Qiang brought, leaving most of them for Gao Qiang, the second most for her daughter, and only a small amount for herself.
"I've been losing weight recently and can't eat too much meat, Gao Qiang is a man and usually has a lot of work, so he needs to replenish more, Jiafu is lucky today and can eat a little too, remember to thank Uncle Gao Qiang again later."
She didn't forget to explain.
Although it was very far-fetched.
Jiafu wanted to complain that the saying of losing weight in the post-apocalyptic world was nonsense?
"No... I don't need so much..."
Gao Qiang looked at most of the food being pushed back, and wanted to say a few more words, but Li Xiulan grabbed his hand at this time to stop him:
"Listen to me tonight!"
"......"
Gao Qiang was silent for a moment, and seeing that this mother was so insistent, he didn't say anything else.
The New Year's Eve dinner continued.
A radio was placed in the room, a household appliance and a pastime toy that Gao Qiang had given to the mother and daughter before.
At this time, the Luyuan Spring Festival Gala was being broadcast, and it was unknown which residential area was performing a sketch comedy show.
Without video, the three people who were listening attentively could still weave a vivid picture in their minds through language.
Technology has temporarily regressed, but human civilization will continue to move forward.
The three people in the room quietly huddled together to celebrate the New Year.
A man who lost his relatives.
Two women who lost their husbands and fathers.
Turning themselves into a jigsaw puzzle, filling in the missing piece of each other.
The night continued.
The singing, laughter, and noise of the Luyuan Spring Festival Gala resounded for a long time.
Tonight, the people in the branches of Guangnan Province did not rest as early as usual, they listened to the sounds coming from the playback equipment with emotion, while the people around them told how difficult this year was.
Fortunately, joining this big family named Luyuan has a life far better than other scattered survivors.
Cohesion and attractiveness are uniquely embodied at this moment.
Now, if another force wants to poach them, or wants them to do something that harms the base, it is simply more difficult than climbing to the sky.
This is everyone's home.
Time came to near midnight.
Main Base Office.
After eating New Year's Eve dinner and watching the Luyuan Spring Festival Gala, Qin Jin took Zhao Ling back here.
"It has been confirmed in advance that there are no corpses nearby. Those zombies have not been active for a long time after being frozen in winter. We won't disturb these ghosts no matter what we do tonight!"
Qin Jin seemed to be explaining to Zhao Ling.
After speaking, he picked up his phone and notified:
"Light the fire! Let's begin!"
As soon as he finished speaking, several personnel who had been prepared constantly lit the fireworks that had been placed!
Bang—
Bang—
Bang—
......
One after another, colorful, bright and incomparably gorgeous colorful lights bloomed in the night sky!
Set off fireworks!
How can we lack this important thing for the New Year!
Even if it is the end of the world, it must be magnificent!
(End of this chapter)
