Chapter 276 Lunar New Year's Eve Feast (Part 1)
The day of the Little New Year.
The base had a festive atmosphere reminiscent of the Chinese New Year.
When Yun Zhao woke up in the morning, he saw red lanterns hanging on the street downstairs, strings of them like burning flames, creating a particularly festive atmosphere.
This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the end of the Dark Ages.
Humanity has rediscovered its long-lost traditional culture, and judging by this momentum, Dawn Base plans to hold a grand event this year to lead humanity out of the shadows.
She stood by the window for a while, then opened the door and went to the bathroom to wash up.
This winter, while staying at the base, we gradually added a lot of things to our home.
The empty room across the street has been transformed into a playground for little bluebirds. A newly customized bird stand stands by the window, and the floor is covered with a thick plush carpet with several colorful little toys scattered around.
Two phoenixes are playing inside.
The little bluebird was very domineering and wouldn't let the fire phoenix touch its frame at all.
Fire Phoenix wasn't annoyed and just played with her red ball on the carpet.
Yun Zhao bought four colored balls and divided them beforehand: the red one was for the Fire Phoenix, and the blue one was for the Little Bluebird.
Fire Phoenix just does its own thing.
The two phoenixes were each doing their own thing, and they seemed to be getting along quite well.
Relieved, Yun Zhao turned around and went into the bathroom to wash up, changed his clothes, and took the two phoenixes to the next room for breakfast.
The hallway was bustling with activity.
Laughter and conversation continued to fill the air.
The aunties were chatting while drying the sausages they had made next door.
The sentries ran back and forth, taking the smoked cured meat inside to dry, occasionally interrupting the aunties' chatter, only to be teased by them, and then scratching their heads and responding with a sheepish smile.
The children were excitedly peering out from the doorway when they heard it open and called out sweetly.
"Sister Yun Zhao!"
School is on holiday and won't reopen until after the New Year, so these kids rarely have time to play and they've almost all gathered here.
Yun Zhao responded with a smile.
Hearing the commotion, everyone came out to greet them.
The town's sentries, in particular, all carried brand-new rifles on their waists.
These were the equipment that Yun Zhao had bought a few days ago.
Upon receiving the new weapons, they were as excited as children. That very night, they ran to the twelfth floor and knocked on the door, saying that they would consider it a loan and repay her when they went hunting in the summer and earned enough points.
Yun Zhao was going to help out at the counseling room today. Afraid of being late, she went into room 1201 to have breakfast after saying goodbye.
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Because we were having a get-together in the afternoon.
Yun Zhao finished everything by 4 PM.
Today, her teammates from Team Zero came to pick her up.
The rabbit's eyes lit up the moment it saw her, and it took off running towards her. "Sister Yun Zhao, the captain couldn't come, so he sent us to pick you up."
As soon as they met, Rabbit couldn't wait to complain to her, "You have no idea how tiring it is for us to train new recruits. The captain actually set up assessments for each group. If the assessment results are not satisfactory, both the instructor and the trainee will be punished."
Rabbit only joined Team Zero last year.
Because of her brother, her training and induction assessment were personally overseen by the captain, and she never participated in the Sentinel Training Camp.
So the rabbit originally thought that being an instructor was a very prestigious thing.
Who knew that being an instructor was even more tiring than being a trainee? It required constant vigilance, understanding each person's abilities and their mental attack methods.
Moreover, there is an assessment every three days.
The team leader set extremely high evaluation standards, and every time a bunch of people were punished.
"Duan Xi was punished yesterday."
The rabbit pulled her along, chattering away, "The captain punished him by making him take the new recruits to the agricultural research institute on the back mountain to help with fertilization. He spent the whole morning in the fields and came back smelling terrible."
Yun Zhao: "..." With that sense of smell, how could the sentry possibly stand it if he went to fertilize the fields?
etc.
I think He Xiang is in his group?
With a resentful look in his eyes, Duan Xi said listlessly, "Yesterday's assessment was on mental and physical combat and emergency response capabilities. There were two teams competing, and the losing team was punished along with all members, including the instructors."
Yun Zhao remained silent.
His team has a sloth in it; no wonder they can't win in actual combat...
Duan Xi sighed, "Even though the captain is in our group chat, we don't dare to slack off and chat in the group."
I wanted to create a small group, but I felt it wouldn't be good to exclude the team leader.
All they do all day is train, train, train.
He's really looking forward to a mission right now, to kill a gatekeeper and vent his frustration.
Yun Zhao subconsciously replied, "No wonder no one has been talking in the group lately."
"Get in the car first, we can talk more when we get to the training ground," Tao Haohao called out, opening the driver's side window.
The rabbit helped the person into the car.
Yun Zhao looked around and noticed that someone was missing. He asked, "Where's Song Liang?"
Tao Haohao replied casually, "Old Song is capable and does more work. He went over to help the team leader prepare dinner a long time ago."
With so many people, the dishes for the eve of the Lunar New Year must be very plentiful.
The team leader can't handle it all by himself.
Yun Zhao couldn't help but sigh, "It's still better to be good at nothing."
All you need to do is bring your mouth and sit and wait to be fed.
Duan Xi strongly agreed with this point; the captain dared not let them into the kitchen.
Yun Zhao: "How is his brother-in-law?"
"It's alright, there's a problem with the muscles, but rehabilitation training will help them recover," the rabbit replied.
The rabbit said, "His sister is very pregnant now, but she's keeping it a secret and hasn't dared to tell anyone."
Duan Xi sighed, "Luckily you intervened. Otherwise, if the other guides had been cleaning up the mess, even if he had survived, he would probably be crippled."
Yun Zhao: "So, does Song Liang go to the hospital to take care of you every day?"
Duan Xi shrugged. "I don't know, I haven't asked in detail."
Yun Zhao said "Oh", and then said, "I brought you cured meat and sausages. I put them in the captain's car this morning. You can take some back with you later."
Her teammates were unaware that she had bought meat to prepare for the New Year.
Upon hearing that there would be cured meat and sausages to eat, they all became excited and thanked them with smiles.
Tao Haohao: "That stuff is good, it can be stored for a long time. We can bring some with us on missions, and make some sausage rice or something, it will definitely taste good."
"My aunt got it done this year too."
Duan Xi then remembered and said, "I'll bring some for you tomorrow too."
Every year, Minister Duan would personally make some cured meat and sausages. The quantity wasn't large, and Duan Xi would take them out as a side dish each time. They would last until the beginning of spring and then be completely eaten up.
While chatting, the car had already arrived at the training ground.
It's been snowing a lot lately.
The site was covered with thick snow, a vast expanse of white as far as the eye could see.
When they arrived, they saw Qi Ling sitting at the door of his small house with a small stool in his hand.
He was still wearing a black cloak that covered his entire body, and his exposed hands were covered with black gloves. He was sitting there, engrossed in writing something.
I saw Yun Zhao and the rabbit get out of the car.
Qi Ling held the notebook in his hand, stood up with a worried look on his face, and said, "Good morning, officers."
"Why does this sound so awkward to me?"
Tao Haohao scratched his head. "We'll be teammates from now on, so let's stop calling each other officers and just call each other by our names."
Qi Ling looked listless and responded subconsciously.
"What’s wrong with you?"
The rabbit was very curious about him and leaned closer to ask, "Is today the Little New Year? You don't seem very happy."
Qi Ling assumed they were unaware, and with a bitter face, she complained to them, "I was just doing the accounting, and I already owe Captain Xie more than 10,000 points."
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