After returning to Splendid Garden, with the help of bodyguards, I carried all the supplies and luggage to the twelfth floor.
I haven't been back for a few days, and the community has not changed much, but the originally warm twelfth floor suddenly became cold and damp.
Chen Yuanyuan was about to give some supplies to Chu Man, but Chu Man quickly refused.
"No, thank you very much for taking me to play with you!" Chu Man said.
"Take some, Aunt Yan and Uncle Chu aren't going either, give them a taste." He Yuehua said.
With the insistence of everyone on the twelfth floor, Chen Yuanyuan let Chu Man take a box of supplies home.
Zhang Linlin and Grandma He each took a fish and a portion of rabbit meat to Tangtang's family and 1104's mother and daughter, and went to the Chu family to pick up Suisui.
The people who stayed on the twelfth floor were not idle either. He Yuehua took some ingredients from Chen Yuanyuan and prepared to cook a simple pot of seafood noodles.
Chen Yuanyuan was busy putting back the materials he had put away before departure, while Liu Feiyang reinstalled the disassembled generator.
Although there are neighbors on the eleventh floor to help guard the door, we still have to be cautious in the end of the world. Even if it is a bit troublesome, safety must come first.
After He Yuehua cooked the seafood noodles, several people were almost busy. The heating in the house slowly started operating. They ate seafood noodles in 1202 to drive away the chill in their bodies.
Suisui, who hadn't seen them for a few days, immediately got angry and bit her finger lightly when she saw Chen Yuanyuan. She used to leave her at He Yuehua's house, but now that she's fine, she's just a cat at home.
In the next few days, life returned to its normal pace, and among the four little rabbits brought back, unexpectedly, one of the female rabbits was pregnant.
A small place was moved to He Yuehua's house, a small nest was built, and Grandma He was responsible for raising rabbits.
Originally, they wanted to send a pair to the eleventh floor for them to raise, but Chu Man and the others said that they would only share a pair after they gave birth to little rabbits.
A few people spent the last day of 2023 on the twelfth floor. There were no crowds of people on the streets on New Year's Eve, and no one set off fireworks in the dark night sky.
Chen Yuanyuan specially invited Pan Zhaofa and Pan Zhaoli to have hot pot together. He originally invited Locke, but he didn't expect that he had been staying on the island since Christmas Day and planned to return to the institute after the New Year.
On New Year's Eve, Chen Yuanyuan specially prepared a lot of ingredients for a feast. After taking out the dragon fish, Grandma He was shocked.
"Hey, dear, this fish is bigger than me, an old woman." Grandma He said.
"Can you catch this fish?" Chen Yuanyuan asked.
"I know how to cook, but I probably won't be able to cut it if it's so big." Grandma He said.
In the end, it was Liu Feiyang, the only strong man on the twelfth floor, who took action with a knife in one hand and a hammer in the other to split the nearly 200 kilograms of fish.
After dividing the various parts of the fish, Chen Yuanyuan decided to cook one fish to eat more, and everyone divided the work and started to work together.
First, pick up the tenderest fish belly, cut the remaining fish into large pieces, marinate it with galangal, minced garlic, red pepper and a lot of sea salt. Grandma He deep-fries the fish pieces and then seals them in oil. Grouper salted fish.
He Yuehua is responsible for the fish head. Cut half of the fish head into small portions and marinate it. Heat the oil and sauté the onions and garlic until fragrant. Then add the marinated fish heads and stir-fry until fragrant. Then add the secret sauce to make the jellyfish. Head pot.
After cleaning the remaining half of the fish head, pour it with yellow pepper sauce and red pepper sauce, and steam it into minced pepper fish head.
The thick fish skin is lightly oiled and then put into the Sichuan-flavored red soup prepared by Zhang Linlin to make boiled fish skin. The remaining fleshy fish skin is steamed with garlic vermicelli.
The most tender part of the fish belly, after Grandma He finished soaking the salted fish in oil, half of the fish belly was made into drum juice and steamed, and the other half was made into garlic-flavored fried fish belly.
Chen Yuanyuan is responsible for the fish tail. He grills the fish tail on a campfire until crispy, then stir-fries spices to make a spicy red soup, and adds the fish tail to create a grilled fish flavor.
Finally, the remaining fish scales and bones are not left out. They are all fried in hot oil until crispy. After adding seasonings, they are made into spicy and salt-and-pepper fried fish snacks.
Chen Yuanyuan looked at a large pile of dishes made from dragonfish, and after estimating how much everyone would eat, she packed some of the dishes and put them in the space. Even if she had a rich meal, she couldn't waste food.
When Zhang Linlin went to take three bottles of salted fish in oil and three portions of fried fish snacks to the eleventh floor, Pan Zhaofa and Pan Zhaoli also came to the eleventh floor as scheduled.
"Wow, it smells so good!" Pan Zhaoli could already smell the aroma of the food before he walked into the iron gate.
"You guys came just in time, we just finished cooking." He Yuehua said.
"My brother brought back some wine, let's celebrate." Pan Zhaoli handed a box of red wine to Liu Feiyang.
Liu Feiyang put the folding round table in the aisle, everyone brought the food to the table, and then sat down around the grilled fish.
"Thank you for the invitation. It's been a long time since I had a hot meal." Pan Zhaofa said.
In recent months, Xiangcheng's supplies have begun to be shipped to the Guangdong base one after another, so the two brothers' convoy has also made many trips, basically eating and sleeping outside.
"Eat more, and come over to our place to eat when you come back later," Chen Yuanyuan said.
Pan Zhaofa and Pan Zhaoli had no relatives. Every time they came back, the two brothers would just grab some food in the empty home. Occasionally, they would be dragged to the twelfth floor to eat when they were bumped into by Chen Yuanyuan and his group.
And after getting along with each other for this period of time, the people on the 12th floor have become more and more familiar with them. Even if Chen Yuanyuan does not know their status in the previous life, they are willing to make friends with them just because of their righteous character.
While they were eating, Pan Zhaofa mentioned the matter of the Guangdong base.
"I heard that the Guangdong base will receive survivors in mid-March next year. Do you plan to go there?" Pan Zhaofajian asked.
"Go, but can't you go after the New Year?" Chen Yuanyuan remembered that Zheng Jiayu said when she was on the island, she would go after the New Year.
"In the first half of the month, we will arrange for special personnel and scientific research personnel to go in. We were entrusted with escorting people from the institute at the end of February. I just want to ask you if you want to follow the convoy. We can take care of you then." Pan Zhaofa said.
"Haha, the people you escort might be us!" Zhang Linlin laughed.
"Ah? Do you work in a research institute?" Pan Zhaoli asked.
"Almost, almost. We also submitted the application form through the relationship between the institute." He Yuehua said.
"That's good. There will be three convoys escorting us in batches. Let's see if we can take your group." Pan Zhaofa said with a smile.
"Can you also be the first batch to enter the base?" Chen Yuanyuan asked.
"We have a spot for the second round, but we may give it up." Pan Zhaofa thought for a while and told Chen Yuanyuan his future plans.
Next, they want to continue operating the fleet. If they settle at the base, not only will they have to register for entry and exit, but their house will be taken back if they don't live there for a long time, so they may only settle near the base.
"Our home is also your home. Just look for us when you return to Guangdong City in the future." Chen Yuanyuan said with a smile.
A few people were drinking and chatting, and they realized that it was almost New Year's Eve after Zhang Linlin reminded them.
"Three, two, one! Happy New Year!"
But even in the dark night, I could hear cheers rising and falling, perhaps celebrating that I could survive this year's suffering.
