Chapter 263 Red Envelope
New Year’s Eve has finally arrived.
From this day on, everyone except those on duty had a day off.
The holiday lasts until the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the lunar year.
As soon as they get up, every household goes to the supermarket to buy ingredients for the New Year’s Eve dinner. In addition to the New Year gifts given by the factory, there are fish, meat, shrimps, crabs, and a wide variety of vegetables and fruits.
In order to save time, I usually eat in the cafeteria and never noticed that there are so many ingredients in the base.
This is the end of the world, the end of the world where people can’t even get enough food to eat.
Chen Jingshan, who came from Haicheng Base, felt this the most.
He was a grassroots leader in the Haicheng base, but when he came to the Chenguang base he was just an ordinary worker.
Despite this, the family is extremely glad that they made the decision.
After all, in the Haicheng base, the food they can eat now is probably only available to the top few people.
Not to mention that there is 24-hour uninterrupted power supply, air conditioning, refrigerators, and washing machines, which can be used freely just like before the end of the world.
As long as you work hard, you can live a good life like in the end times.
If you are at Haicheng Base, what are the New Year and other festivals like?
Don’t even think about it. Just give each of them a kilogram of rice as a token of appreciation, and they will be grateful.
Now that the factory is on holiday, everyone in their family, including two elderly people, two adults, and one child, except the child who is still in school, has brought New Year gifts home.
My father teaches at a school and my mother works as a cleaner in the inner city. Their annual gifts are a can of elderly milk powder each, as well as some calcium tablets, vitamins and other supplements, basically things suitable for the needs of the elderly.
The couple worked in a factory, so they brought back even more.
All the chicken, duck, fish and meat needed for the New Year were provided, and two boxes of fruit were also distributed.
If these things were placed in the Haicheng base, it would be unimaginable.
At this moment, the whole family gathered in the kitchen, you stewed meat and I fried vegetables, busy and happy.
"Son, you have finally done one thing right after all these years." The old lady brought a plate of cut fruits and stuffed a piece of apple into Chen Jingshan's mouth.
Chen Jingshan was also very proud, and smiled so hard that his teeth were showing: "Thank you, Mom!"
The father, who was always serious, also praised him: "I didn't expect that you are not good at doing things, but you have a good vision."
The old lady was dissatisfied: "Why is Xiaoshan not doing his job well? The last time I met their team leader, he was praising our Xiao San."
Then he went into the kitchen, put his arm around his wife's shoulders, and said proudly, "What do you think, honey? Is your husband really that great?"
The woman smiled and glared at him, then stuffed a meatball into his mouth unhappily: "Yes, yes, my husband is the best!"
"Dad, I give you a thumbs up!" The little girl interrupted playfully.
The family lives in harmony and there is indescribable warmth and happiness.
For those who are not accompanied by their families, the base gives them priority in purchasing tickets for the gala.
Although they felt a little lonely and envious, the excitement of being able to watch the party live diluted the sadness in their hearts.
The theater is very large and can accommodate 5,000 spectators in total.
Ticket checking and admission start at 6 o'clock, and preparations will begin at 8 o'clock.
Every household sat in front of the TV, waiting for the live video of the party.
As the big clock in Morning Light Square rang "dong dong dong", a burst of passionate music sounded.
A huge light screen lit up, and a huge photo of Xu Sichen appeared in front of everyone.
Xu Sichen, who was sitting in the chief seat: ...
Damn, it’s so socially awkward.
Han Xiaogang, who was clueless, said excitedly, "What do you think? What do you think? This is my suggestion. Isn't it great?"
Xu Sichen had a blank expression on his face: "Thank you, but it's not necessary!"
After the huge photo, there is a video showing the base, accompanied by majestic background music, which makes people feel excited.
They built it brick by brick, and they didn't expect it to be so spectacular.
A strong sense of pride and belonging filled everyone in the base.
After the results display, the theme of the evening party officially began.
There are dancing, singing, crosstalk and sketches.
Every show is very exciting and leaves people wanting more.
"To be honest, although our stage is a bit simple, the quality of the show is much higher than before the apocalypse."
"This stage is still very simple. I'm afraid you're trying to ascend to heaven, Mr. Chen."
“So-so, so-so!”
"Grandpa Chen is showing off, you guys can't even tell."
"You idiot, can't you just stop exposing my past?"
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The so-called New Year's Eve on the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month is a night of staying up all night.
With bursts of fireworks burning, they all spent a perfect New Year's Eve together and welcomed the arrival of the New Year.
I started visiting relatives on the first day of the Lunar New Year.
But there were too many people who had lost contact with each other in the base, and there were very few relatives who could visit.
So many people changed visiting relatives to shopping in supermarkets.
The supermarket is quite large, with seven floors. The first floor is a large supermarket, the second floor is women's clothing, the third floor is men's clothing, the fourth floor is children's clothing, the fifth floor is home textiles, the sixth floor is furniture, the seventh floor is electrical appliances, and the eighth floor is protective products.
Everything is genuinely factory-direct, paid for with points, and is cheap and affordable.
Regardless of whether you buy it or not, just looking at it makes you happy.
So, before noon, the whole supermarket was crowded with people.
In order to avoid a stampede, Wang Anjun specially dispatched a security team to help maintain order.
Xu Sichen was thinking of following the crowd and visiting his next-door neighbor, but he didn't expect that as soon as he opened the door, there was a group of people standing at the entrance.
They came together to wish Xu Sichen a happy new year, as if they had made an appointment.
It was said to be New Year's greetings, but the red envelopes stuffed into Xu Sichen's hands were not what was expected of New Year's greetings. After all, who would give red envelopes to someone when they visit them to wish them a happy New Year?
Xu Sichen looked at the full stack of red envelopes and inexplicably felt a little sore in his eyes.
It seemed that she had never received any red envelopes since her mother passed away.
What did they say at the time? "Si Chen is the one with the most money in our family. We are still waiting for Si Chen to give us red envelopes."
Thinking of the past, Xu Sichen still felt no fluctuation in his heart.
But the next moment——
"That's not right. The base uses electronic points for payment. What did you put in the red envelope?"
Xu Hongmei said with a smile: "You will know if you open it and take a look yourself."
Xu Sichen casually opened a red envelope, and then was suddenly embarrassed.
Who the hell came up with this?
The red envelope contained several round gold pieces, which were very thin and light, weighing only about two or three grams in total.
It’s nothing. Gold is valuable wherever it goes. If Xu Sichen hadn’t seen the circle on the gold piece, he would have given a thumbs up to the person who came up with this idea.
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