Chapter 54 Mid-Autumn Festival
With the help of others, the renovation project was accelerated a lot.
Lu Ming gave two sledgehammers, and Yan Song and Yan Wei became the demolition team.
Together with others, they first nailed a piece of thin wood board to the wall, then glued the steel plate with double-sided tape, and finally wrapped it with stainless steel to fix the steel plate to the wall.
Lin Congze resigned himself to his fate and stood alone, painting over his large footprints...
The steel plates on the ceiling and floor were also installed using different techniques. It took most of the day to finally complete the renovation of the basement.
Although it looks like I built an iron cage for myself...the effect is still good.
Several people couldn't help but use all kinds of flying abilities on the newly-made extra-thick steel plate target, but not even a trace was left on the target.
Everyone: “…”
Very, very good...the target is of really high quality!
Lu Ming left them downstairs to have fun while he came up to prepare a delicious meal. They had consumed so much energy yesterday and some of them were injured, so they deserved some nourishment.
And she just realized that today is Mid-Autumn Festival.
In the new technological age, because the concept of family has disappeared and there is no such thing as holidays, various festivals have long disappeared.
This is the first festival she has encountered since coming here.
She first memorized a complete book on Chinese pastries, and planned to make some mooncakes after cooking.
I was struggling with what to eat in the evening when a voice came from behind me: "What are you doing?"
You came just in time.
She asked Gu Chao: "What do you like to eat during festivals?"
He wondered, "What festival?"
"Mid-Autumn Festival."
Gu Chao was a little dazed. To him, this seemed like a very distant word.
His most recent memory was many years ago, when his parents were still alive. They would get home from work, usually late, and unable to cook, so the family would go to a small shop at the entrance of the alley to eat dumplings... After dinner, what did they do when they got home? He couldn't remember clearly.
Later, I was adopted by my adoptive father. He was very busy during the Mid-Autumn Festival, so we never had a meal together. Later, I joined the special forces, and there was no concept of celebrating festivals anymore.
He lowered his head slightly and looked at Luming. His voice was calm, but Luming could sense a hint of anticipation. He asked, "Can you eat anything you want?"
"Yeah," Lu Ming nodded repeatedly, "It's all fine."
At that time, Lu Ming thought he must be talking about what he used to eat most often during festivals. However, when he was eating, he found out that it was actually -
Everyone looked at the two large copper pots on the table with boiling hot soup, and they were stunned for a moment because they were always shouting.
Is today a special day?
They sat down in silence, watching Lu Ming bring the ingredients back and forth, and contrary to his usual behavior, he did not come to help.
Yan Wei also felt something was wrong. He looked around and sat up straight.
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Lu Ming came to the table and motioned for them to raise their glasses.
That’s right, opened a case of beer for them today.
According to Gu Chao, they never drink alcohol, not because they don't like it, but because there are too few days when they can drink, and most of the time they are not allowed to drink.
"Happy Mid-Autumn Festival," she said.
Everyone was stunned again, no one cooperated with her, and the scene was very awkward for a while.
Luming: “…”
"What's wrong? Are you all stupid?" Lu Ming felt strange. Why did they look like that? Were they not happy to be able to eat hot pot?
Were they scared that I could find such old pots and pans?
But after a moment, everyone seemed to react suddenly, and the table became lively. Some were pouring wine, some were serving dishes, and everyone was busy, as if they wanted to forget the awkwardness just now.
After three rounds of toasts, the already weird atmosphere became even weirder.
"We talked about sometime during the past three years about when we would go eat hot pot together, but we didn't have the chance for three years. Now we get to eat it, it's so funny, hahahaha..." However, the person who was laughing suddenly burst into tears.
Several people were drunk and were secretly wiping away tears under the pretext of eating, wiping their mouths, and lowering their heads.
Lu Ming widened his eyes and couldn't help but ask the relatively calm Gu Chao with his eyes: What's going on?
Gu Chao gave them a soothing look: It's okay, they are just having a seizure.
Lu Ming was dumbfounded: This...what if they kill me to silence me tomorrow?
Gu Chao smiled softly, with a complex expression in his eyes. Lu Ming didn't understand what he meant, but he was probably laughing at her.
Lu Ming glared at him and continued eating his own food.
It wasn't until the drunk people finally walked away, supporting each other, that Lu Ming quietly asked him, "What's wrong with them? Why are they reacting so strongly to eating hot pot?"
Gu Chao also drank quite a bit. As the captain, he naturally couldn't escape the fate of being toasted one after another.
But at this moment, his cheeks were just slightly flushed, his eyes were clear, and he didn't look drunk at all.
He took a sip of his wine, turned to look at her, and said in a hoarse voice, "Three years ago, we were on a mission and nearly got wiped out. The six of us were trapped in an underground bunker for nearly a month. We ate everything we could and ended up surviving for five days. Before we escaped, we gathered together and thought about what we would most want to eat if we could get out. Well, this is it."
Lu Ming was still a little confused. That shouldn't be the case, right? He finally got to eat, so he should be happy, right?
Gu Chao raised the corners of his lips meaningfully again, "As for those who were crying, most of them were thinking about their past lives."
What day was it before?
Gu Chao did not explain, but just told her that she could ask them herself if they were willing to talk.
Lu Ming didn't bother to argue anymore. He shrugged, opened the oven specially made for Xin'an, took out a plate of mooncakes, and sighed, "Oh, it was all in vain."
A hand reached out, not afraid of the heat, took a piece, blew on it and ate it: "Hot, hot, hot... Wow, delicious!"
It’s Yan Wei.
"Hey, why didn't you take a rest?"
"I wasn't drunk, and they didn't go back to their rooms. They all slept in the living room. They were too heavy to carry."
A pair of chopsticks reached over and took a piece from the other side.
It’s Cheng Ming.
"It's so ugly to see everyone crying and laughing at the same time." He shook his head in disgust and took a bite. "Hmm? It's actually salty. It tastes good."
"What? I had the red bean paste one. Do you have salty ones? What kind of filling is it?"
Gu Chao found it funny. Don’t think that he didn’t see that the eyes of these two people were red just now.
Lu Ming looked around and on a whim moved a chair into the yard and sat down. Seeing this, others followed suit.
The four of them sat in the yard, watching the moon and drinking, and ate all the mooncakes.
Luming still didn't know why they were suddenly sentimental, but she felt it was because they truly felt that the world had truly changed. Those busy but peaceful days were gone, and a simple meal of hot pot meat had become so far away. Before them lay an unknown and dark world. Those relatives, friends, and companions who were not around might never be seen again.
When they returned to their room to rest, Cheng Ming fell behind the others.
He called out to Luming.
Lu Ming looked at him in confusion.
He dropped the gentle smile that usually graced his lips and said earnestly, "Thank you."
Thank you for your kindness, thank you for your dedication, thank you for not letting me lose my...family.
Lu Ming smiled and said, "You're welcome."
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