But Ye Yunyi and Wang Zixiang did not relax. There was only one week left until New Year's Eve, which would be the first New Year's Eve that everyone would celebrate after the villa area was unified.
Having just experienced the half-corpse virus, they need some events to increase cohesion.
Hong Huier and Yang Jing's wedding was the first happy event in the villa area. The New Year's Eve celebration and the wedding banquet went very well.
After the half-corpse virus incident, the management, middle management, and lower-level teams were basically finalized. In management, Ye Yunyi was in charge of overall administration, Wang Zixiang was in charge of internal affairs, and Zhao Yong was in charge of the guard and personal guard teams.
Wang Zixiang's secretary, Xiao Fang, is responsible for the hospital, school, canteen, community, engineering department, and agriculture department. The hospital is managed by Shen Lingdu and Xu Lao, with two nurses and one cleaner. The school is managed by Ye Yunjuan, with Xu Qianqian and Shen Jianguo. The canteen is managed by Liu Qingguo, who leads two cooks. The community leader, Xu Chenghua, was chosen from the seven group leaders and leads six group leaders and eight volunteers. The engineering department is managed by Chen Fei, along with Gao Fei and two former engineering staff from the property management company, totaling four people. The bathhouse, market, and water supply point are also managed by the community. The most important department, agriculture, is managed by Yuan Ba, but An Yongkang handles the technical and specific matters. Besides farming and vegetable cultivation, they also have a livestock farm, currently raising pheasants, rabbits, and fish, all provided by Ye Yunyi. Xiao Fang has many responsibilities, so she has an assistant. The warehouse was previously supervised by Xiao Fang and Liu Qingguo, but later, with the introduction of exchange services, Ye Ma and Zhao Ma took over the exchange business.
Zhao Yong's responsibilities were relatively simple and clear: he had a personal guard of 15 people and a protection team of 3 teams of 30 people, for a total of 45 people.
When there are no regular tasks, everyone participates in production and construction. Wages are calculated based on the work done. Because of the increased number of staff, just like before the apocalypse, everyone pays property management fees. Fees are also required for using the bathrooms, market, reading, and medical care, all to maintain the villa area's operation.
In order to hold the New Year's Eve banquet and the wedding banquet, Ye Yunyi invited the management team, Liu Qingguo, Yuan's father, and An Yongkang to discuss the matching plan of supplies.
Currently, we have 50 pheasants, 10 roosters, and 40 hens, with 100 chicks currently hatching. We also have 20 rabbits, 6 of which are pregnant. There are plenty of fish, both in the river and in the fishponds we've dug. As for vegetables, we've built some greenhouses, and the variety is quite good. We harvested sweet potatoes previously, but the wheat and soybeans are not yet ripe. Our staple food mainly comes from what we collected earlier.
If the entire villa area were to handle it, the financial burden would be quite heavy. We're really poor.
Are Hong Huier and Yang Jing planning to hold a wedding banquet?
“They weren’t originally planning to hold it, mainly because everyone is not well-off these days, and they couldn’t afford to hold it for nearly 200 people,” Xiaofang said.
“Actually, it’s possible to combine New Year’s Eve and the wedding banquet. But if we set this precedent, it will be difficult for other weddings to arrange it together,” Wang Zixiang said.
"Yes, that's true. But it's alright, as long as it's clear. The main thing is that this is the first time Kaiyuan has held both New Year's Eve and weddings. In the future, if we encounter New Year's Eve or any other festival, we can refer to this for weddings," Ye Yunyi said.
"Sister, I think this is a good idea. Let's make a proposal: everyone can contribute a certain amount of wages or equivalent supplies to participate in our New Year's Eve dinner. For example, we can budget the total cost, with the villa area contributing 60-80% and them contributing 20-40%. We can also draft a menu and charge per person," Zhao Yong suggested.
"That's a great idea," Xiaofang praised, giving Zhao Yong a thumbs-up.
Zhao Yong smiled slightly after reading it. He continued, "This is just a personal suggestion, mainly addressing our current shortage of supplies, but the best outcome would definitely be for the villa area to provide everything."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"There are only 7 days left until Lunar New Year's Eve. Xiaofang, could you help Master Liu draft a menu based on the current number of people in the community? The main meat should be fish, and we need to make sure we have enough chicken and rabbit to keep for fire. If possible, we can increase the number of animals we raise. We'll prepare 80% of the supplies for the villa area. For the remaining 20%, we'll organize the security team to go to the back mountain again tomorrow to see if there are any unexpected surprises."
"Okay," Liu Guoqing and Xiaofang replied.
The next day, Ye Yunyi and Zhao Yong led the guard team up the back mountain. They hadn't been to the back mountain for a long time, and the mountain path they had previously walked out of was once again covered by weeds.
Having been undisturbed by humans for a long time, the animals on the mountain were quite happy and their population was thriving. They had only been up the mountain a short while when they had already shot several pheasants and rabbits. But the people didn't seem particularly happy, since they already had all that. Someone remarked, "It's a pity it's not summer; in summer we could hunt a few snakes to try."
"Enough already, you'd be scared to death if a snake actually came out," someone retorted.
Yes, it would be good to raise some new species, like goats, wild boars, ducks, geese, anything would be fine. Ye Yunyi thought to herself.
They continued uphill, reaching halfway up the mountain, when suddenly they saw the grass shaking wildly, as if some large animal was swaying.
Zhao Yong waved his hand, and everyone fell silent and found a place to hide nearby.
One of the brothers, nicknamed Monkey, climbed up a nearby tree and shouted, "Quick, chase after it! It's a wild boar! A wild boar!" His voice was filled with undisguised excitement.
"Wild boar!" Without any prompting, everyone swarmed forward, surrounding the wild boar from all sides. Seeing itself surrounded, the wild boar panted heavily, its mane standing on end.
It's huge! It looks like it weighs about 400 pounds. It's true, animals and plants thrive even without humans.
Suddenly, the wild boar charged at the thinner-looking brother. The brother's eyes gleamed with excitement, showing no fear. He drew his bow and shot an arrow at the boar's head. As that arrow pierced the boar's skull, other arrows followed, riddling the boar with arrows, turning it into a pincushion. Before it could even reach the brother, the boar collapsed, defeated.
Everyone was excited about hunting down the wild boar. They gathered around to touch and examine it.
Ye Yunyi and Zhao Yong exchanged a smile; having a team is great.
Ye Yunyi gave Zhao Yong a thumbs up. They were able to coordinate on their own without anyone giving them instructions, which showed how good Zhao Yong's training was.
With the wild boar in hand, they searched the vicinity again and found a sow and several piglets.
This time they didn't shoot him, but instead went to great lengths to capture him alive.
Doesn't this mean there's a new type of meat?
This back mountain is truly a treasure trove.
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