Chapter 721 New Year's Eve
With all the reports completed, Su Xia now has nothing to do and is free to relax.
February 11th is New Year's Eve.
The second phase of the fleet decisive battle ended, the abyss was destroyed - the eye of the storm also ended. It was rare to see it happen again and again, but it was really rare to see it happen again and again. In this case, why go to work during the New Year? Su Xia slept until nine o'clock in the morning, then hugged Akagi and slept for another half an hour before slowly getting up.
"I brought you the steak...do you want me to cut it for you?"
"The sweet and sour spareribs are out, but the garlic spareribs are still a bit..."
"I really don't know what's so good about foie gras. And caviar, too. And truffles."
Now Su Xia has the opportunity to taste delicacies that were previously out of reach.
“But the lobster is really good.”
"These are shrimps, right? I've peeled them for you. Ah, open your mouth..."
After accompanying Akagi to finish breakfast, or rather feeding Akagi, she looked at her phone and saw that it was already past ten o'clock. She waited until Akagi and Kaga slowly left the cafeteria. She didn't know if it was because she was too full and had to walk slowly, or because she was always dignified, but Su Xia decided to sit in the kitchen.
When I came to the kitchen, I saw everyone working hard.
Today there are far more than a dozen employees busy in the kitchen, and there are many people helping out in the kitchen.
Su Xia saw Lexington, saw Blücher, and Prince Eugen was also helping in the kitchen...
Su Xia thought about it and realized that when Mutsu and Colorado saw him, they just said hello and that was it. Zuikaku was also called to help. Her job was to help carry things. It would be better not to disturb everyone while they were working. She stood there and left the kitchen.
When Su Xia left the kitchen, she saw a group of lolita playing with firecrackers in the square.
Su Xia walked over and saw Willy holding a lighter and lighting a firecracker and placing it on the ground. Mahan immediately took an iron can that was originally used to hold coffee to cover the firecracker. A few seconds later, accompanied by a loud bang, the iron can flew up to the height of three floors. All the lolis cheered immediately and fell to the ground soon after.
Su Xia tiptoed behind Cushing, who was watching, and hugged the cute blonde loli, saying, "What are you doing here?"
There is no doubt that this dangerous way of playing with firecrackers is absolutely not allowed.
Ma Han was the fastest. When she heard Su Xia's voice, she immediately ran towards her motorcycle Alfred, rode on her motorcycle and kept honking the horn to remind everyone to make way and ran away immediately. She didn't care that her sister was caught by Su Xia. In short, it's better to let a friend die than to let me die.
Mahan was the fastest, Willy was not slow either, and Lafite followed suit...
Anyway, a large group of lolis scattered like birds and beasts.
Only Cushing was held by Su Xia and couldn't run away. God knows how desperate her expression was.
"Cushing," Su Xia said, "What are you playing?"
Cushing looked around but couldn't see Su Xia standing behind her.
Cushing stammered, "I just watched. I didn't play."
"Really?" Su Xia asked doubtfully.
Cushing nodded repeatedly.
Su Xia just smiled, with no intention of letting Cushing go. It wasn't that she didn't trust Cushing, but the girl's body was so soft that she just wanted to hug him more. She waved at Lafite, who was hiding on the pillar and looking over here furtively, and said, "Lafite, come here."
Rafi turned and started to run.
"Run, run for me." Su Xia said, "If you can run on the first day, can you run on the fifteenth?"
Lafite had no choice but to walk to Su Xia, stopping every step.
"Cushing said she didn't know." Su Xia looked at the girl with two tufts of unruly hair that looked like cat ears, "Rafi, you know what? I want to know what game you are playing."
Rafi lowered his head, hesitant and vague.
We should be happy during the New Year, and Su Xia has no intention of teaching anyone a lesson.
After all, he also set off firecrackers so late when he was a child, so it’s better to say that he was neither too late nor too late.
"Such a fun game——" Su Xia paused, "but you didn't even call me."
When Rafi heard Su Xia's words, he raised his head and blinked in confusion.
Next, Su Xia asked Lafei for firecrackers and lighters, and it had been a long time since she last played with firecrackers - it was probably fifteen years ago.
Even if all the ship girls are superhuman, they might not be hurt by a 381. Besides, they often go to the battlefield and have no problem facing bullets and shells. A small firecracker is nothing at all. However, Su Xia was still worried and thought it was better to guide than to block. So she played with firecrackers while teaching everyone how to play with them.
"If it's lit, you have to throw it away. You are not allowed to hold it in your hand until the last moment. You can only throw it where there is no one. You are not allowed to throw it at people. If you find one, send it to eat your London sister's cooking... You definitely don't know how many sumptuous dishes your London sister has prepared for tonight's New Year's Eve dinner."
"You can only blow up plastic or iron cans, not porcelain cans, because if they break, the pieces may fly everywhere... Even if it's a plastic tube or iron can, you still have to be careful."
"The fact that a firecracker has not gone off does not mean it is a dud. It could just be that it hasn't gone off yet. You can't just assume it is a dud and pick it up casually because it hasn't gone off."
In any case, after Su Xia played a few games with Lafite and Cushing, all the lolita who had run away came back, and even more.
Everyone played firecrackers happily together.
"Let's go fry some fish." Willy has quite a few tricks up his sleeve.
This proposal was immediately agreed upon by everyone.
"We used to fry fish every day. Aren't you tired of it?" Su Xia asked.
"That's different." Rafi was the first to react. What Su Xia meant by fried fish was - to act as a destroyer for anti-submarine operations.
Anyway, they arrived at the dock.
Willy first lit a firecracker and threw it into the water. I don't know if the firecracker was not powerful enough or it sank too deep, but only a dull sound could be heard, followed by a few huge bubbles, and then nothing happened.
Lafite squatted by the dock, looking at the rippling sea, muttering, "There are no fish."
"Just blow up another one and we'll have it." Ma Han lay on Su Xia's back and hugged his neck. She knew very well the difference between men and women.
Willy lit another firecracker and threw it into the water.
"Still no." Cushing tucked her long hair behind her ear, which had fallen down because she bent over the water.
"I know." Willy said suddenly, clapping his hands.
"What do you know?" Su Xia asked.
"The firecrackers aren't powerful enough." Willy jumped up and down excitedly, "I'll get the big one."
"Stop right there." Su Xia had a psychological trauma from Willy lighting firecrackers, and he didn't want the garrison to fly into the sky during the New Year.
"O'Bannon, keep an eye on Willy and don't let her light firecrackers." Su Xia gave the order.
"Yes." O'Bannon answered very simply.
Willy felt very aggrieved. She clearly did nothing. She pouted.
"I know where Sukhbaatar hides the bait for fishing. It's inside the container." Kiat raised his hand and said, "We'll make a nest first, wait until all the fish gather together, and then throw firecrackers at the place where we made the nest."
Kiat's suggestion was very good and everyone applauded.
Only Su Xia smiled bitterly and said, "Just have fun, there's no need to be so utilitarian."
"I never play games for the enjoyment of the game, but for the enjoyment of winning." Rafi suddenly said, "The same goes for fried fish."
When Su Xia heard what Lafei said, she looked at the orange-haired girl in surprise.
"What's the matter?" Rafi asked.
Su Xia didn't explain, but just reached out and hugged her, ruffling her hair.
"Let's try something else." Looking at the seagulls circling overhead, Kiat had an idea. "We can stuff firecrackers into bread sticks, light them and feed them to the seagulls. When the seagulls take the bread sticks away, they will explode with a bang. That must be fun, right?"
"This is not good." Su Xia said.
"It seems a bit bad." Jiate also felt that her idea was not good.
Only O'Bannon was puzzled as to why frying fish was allowed but frying seagulls was not, as it was obviously very interesting.
While Su Xia was happily frying fish with a group of lolis, Helena stood behind them without them knowing.
"Ah, when did Helena come?" Su Xia saw Helena, who was holding her chest with her hands to support her plump upper body, and then saw the dark-skinned girl standing next to her. She had beautiful white hair with a few strands of red hair mixed in. She had a slender figure and was full of Indian style. "And Phoenix."
Phoenix, the fifth Brooklyn-class light cruiser.
The Phoenix was unscathed during the attack on Pearl Harbor, even though it was anchored in the center of Pearl Harbor. In the subsequent wars, her name continued to bring her luck, and she encountered many air raids, kamikaze attacks, and submarine attacks, but she was able to escape danger many times until the war was won.
The Phoenix in the game has not been transformed, but it still has skills. The skills are a bit bad, so it doesn't have any chance to attack. But it's nice to have a beautiful and unique character. Anyway, Su Xia likes it very much.
"What are you doing?" Phoenix asked curiously.
Su Xia didn't know how to answer. Was he childishly taking a group of lolis to fry fish for fun?
"Fried fish," Rafi answered Phoenix.
"I want to play, too," Phoenix said.
"Then let's play together." Su Xia said.
"What are you playing for?" Helena said, "I want to ask you, Admiral, everyone is busy, have you finished your work?"
"Hang up lanterns and put up red couplets," Helena said, "Everyone wanted to help, but you wanted them to do it, and now you're not going."
"Go now, go immediately." Su Xia stopped and saluted.
Having said that, it was almost noon and we were ready to have lunch. Hanging lanterns and pasting couplets would have to wait until the afternoon.
After lunch, today's lunch was quite simple, because the highlight was all on the New Year's Eve dinner in the evening. Su Xia did not sit in the cafe and prepare for a nap as usual. After lunch, he took a group of lolis to hang lanterns and post couplets.
Mahan and Cushing brought in a stepladder while Lafite was taking down the lanterns, including round lanterns and beautiful palace lanterns.
"Admiral, look at these lanterns. They are so beautiful." Rafi likes lanterns.
"Yes, it's beautiful." Su Xia put the stepladder in place, and Taylor and Sullivan were responsible for holding the stepladder and climbing up. The garrison was quite large, and it was obvious that everyone's work was not easy. As expected, they should not slack off in the morning. "Lafite, give me the lantern. I want to hang it up."
"Which one?" Rafi asked.
"Round, red lanterns." Su Xia had already discussed with Yixian how the garrison should be arranged.
Rafi picked up the lantern and was about to hand it to Su Xia, when he suddenly said, "Admiral, let me hang it."
"Can you hang it?" Su Xia asked.
Rafi stood up, raised his head, stood on tiptoe, raised his hands high, gestured for a while, and then suddenly became deflated.
"I'll hand you the lantern, Admiral, you hang it up." Rafi said, making the next best option.
It took a lot of effort, and of course everyone's help was needed. Su Xia and a group of lolis only had to be responsible for the lanterns in the cafeteria, and the rest of the places were left to everyone else. Otherwise, the garrison was quite large, and with only a few of them, they would definitely not be able to do it. Finally, all the lanterns were hung up.
Now it’s time to post the couplets.
The couplet was handed over by the Royal Ark who came to join in the fun.
Su Xia opened the couplet and took a look at it. His expression suddenly turned a little bad.
"Admiral, hurry up," said the Royal Ark, "Any problem?"
Su Xia looked at the crooked calligraphy on the couplet and said, "Royal Ark, I want to ask you, answer me honestly, did you write this couplet?"
"The constellations wrote those words," Royal Ark said, "but I picked the couplet."
Su Xia was about to speak but stopped, and said: "Good, what a good pair of Crouching Dragon and Phoenix."
After pasting the couplets and the word "Fu", she then pasted the window paper-cuts. The window paper-cuts were not bought from outside, but cut by Scharnhorst herself. I have to say that compared with the unreliable Royal Ark and Constellation, her craftsmanship is quite good. The window paper-cuts she cut are surprisingly realistic and there is no problem pasting them on the windows.
The preparations were completed, and the entire garrison finally had a bit of a New Year feel.
Su Xia went to the cafeteria and saw that the head maid Shengyu and her maids had put together the tables to form several long tables. After all, it was the New Year's Eve dinner, so everyone should sit at one table. The problem was that one long table could not accommodate so many people from the garrison.
Su Xia went to the kitchen and saw that the sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner had been prepared and placed on the kitchen table. It was terribly gorgeous. The Spring Festival was mainly the responsibility of the fishery administration. Of course, the Spring Festival was also everyone's Spring Festival, and everyone helped. Speaking of Chinese people sometimes really like to save face, Yixian was definitely firing on all cylinders, and Ninghai and Pinghai must have been overloaded.
The color and aroma alone were enough to make one's mouth water, so Su Xia tasted some secretly.
The taste was so good that Su Xia was about to reach out again, but after thinking it over, she decided to wait until the New Year’s Eve dinner.
After working for the entire afternoon, climbing up and down to hang lanterns and couplets, Su Xia sweated a lot. She quickly went to take a shower and took her clothes to the big bathhouse to wash.
As the sky gradually darkened, delicious dishes were served on the table. After Yixian and others who had been busy in the kitchen all day came back from taking a shower, everyone gathered in the cafeteria and began preparing for the New Year's Eve dinner.
