The end of the world: I am linked to a mobile lottery store

Chapter 636 Buying Spring Festival Couplets
They all like to talk the talk, making one plan after another, but each one is more difficult to implement than the last.

No wonder everyone loves to indulge in wishful thinking; it's the least costly thing to do.

People asked: 【How so?】

Lu Li explained: "[Because there are just too many zombies, let's eliminate some of the lower-level zombies first, otherwise even dozens of cities won't be enough to contain them.]"

"That makes sense," Elder Shen and the others agreed.

After further discussion, Mr. Shen informed the base's senior management of the quarantine plan.

After further discussion within the base, it was ultimately decided to proceed with both plans simultaneously.

The various bases were using purification agents to clear out the low-level zombies around them.

The central base is selecting cities to determine where the zombies will ultimately be moved.

Both are done at the same time.

Meanwhile, Luli also provided a potion that mimicked the taste of human flesh and blood.

This will allow us to gather the zombies together and make the purification potion work more effectively.

……

Day six at the Southwest Base.

Today, the usual customer traffic has finally returned, and customers are chattering about what happened at the base these past two days.

Lu Li listened with great interest.

What kind of threesome story is this? It's about two men having an affair, only to be caught in bed with another man.

The wife couldn't stand it, but didn't want to break up, and the person who cheated also didn't want to break up.

After all, he's always been supported by his wife, and the mistress can only provide some negligible emotional support; she can't afford to support him.

But the mistress was also head over heels in love with the cheating man and refused to leave no matter what, even after being beaten half to death.

Even now, the cheating husband is still protecting his mistress, which infuriates the wife.

Upon hearing this, Lu Li eagerly asked, "And then? And then?"

"Then, the three of them lived happily ever after."

It's just like the ending of a fairy tale.

But after listening to the whole story, it didn't feel like a fairy tale at all.

The original wife was completely innocent, having been cuckolded for so long while her husband was out hunting zombies to support his affair.

He might even be keeping a mistress all along. Goodness, he's shouldering everything by himself.

Lu Li felt inexplicably sorry for the original wife.

They've already cheated on each other, what's the point of keeping them together? It's like celebrating the New Year!

Speaking of which, it's almost Chinese New Year, it's already mid-December?
I wonder if people in the apocalypse still have the concept of celebrating the Lunar New Year?
Before Lu Li could think about it further, she went back to listening to the customers chatting.

Next, we'll talk about mass parades through the streets.

"Wow, that was a huge scene, so many people."

"That's right. I had just stepped out that day and thought something had happened. It gave me a fright."

"I was thinking that zombies had entered the base, and everyone was running out."

"Haha, after asking around, I was really impressed. Who spread the rumor?"

"Did you guys see someone assassinate the base commander the other day? Wow, it was quite a scene!"

"I saw it. Luckily, the base chief is an eighth-level ability user, otherwise he would really be dead there."

Lu Li clicked her tongue in amazement. Listening to these people chat was really interesting, and she felt a sense of atmosphere.

During lunch, Luli asked, "Do you usually celebrate the Lunar New Year?"

The younger group was all taken aback, "Chinese New Year? What's this?"

Chu Lisheng was one of the older people in the group, but he still took a while to recall.

He then slowly shook his head, gave a bitter smile, and said, "I was so hungry before that I had no interest in celebrating the New Year. Before I knew it, ten years had passed."

“Yes, this calendar is newly issued, starting from the day the apocalypse began,” Shen Bing added.

Oh~ Luli is also watching the post-apocalyptic new calendar.

There's no Gregorian or lunar calendar here, just a bunch of random calendars. There's only a post-apocalyptic new calendar, and it's December 14th now, time for the New Year.

No matter how things were handled before, as long as Lu Li is there, we have to celebrate the New Year.

Say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new year.

Abbreviation: Farewell to the old year and welcome the new.

But there's nothing particularly special about the ceremony; I just want to have a New Year's Eve dinner with my loved ones, set off fireworks, and stay up all night.

Quietly awaiting the arrival of the New Year.

Lu Li quickly skipped over the topic and quietly started making plans in her mind.

……

Today is the day I leave the Southwest Base.

Lin Jun came to see them off, his eyes and face filled with reluctance, but there was nothing he could do but watch them slowly disappear into the distance.

Lu Li did not go to the next base, but returned to the central base.

The Chinese New Year is approaching. After working for half a year, I should go back to my hometown and have a good rest.

For now, let's just consider the central base as our old home.

When the RV stopped outside the central base, Shen Bing and the others were surprised and exclaimed in unison, "Shouldn't we be heading to the Artemisia argyi base?"

Lu Li waved her hand dismissively, "Let's go next year."

Before the apocalypse, Lu Li would go back to her hometown half a month in advance to relax and wait for the New Year.

The days before the Lunar New Year are also her favorite.

The whole family went shopping for New Year's goods together, bought Spring Festival couplets to put up, fried crispy pork, fried tofu, and prepared all kinds of delicious food to welcome the New Year.

Just thinking about it makes me feel happy.

This tradition must continue, even in the end times.

The happiest people when they learned that Lu Li had returned were Elder Shen and his group, as well as the residents of the Central Base.

They all rushed out to welcome the new shops, mainly to see which new stores had opened and to make the most of the opportunity.

He Luo also arrived. He stood in the RV and looked around.

Hmm, it seems like things have changed, but it also seems like they haven't.

He smiled and said, "Old Shen is still busy, so he asked me to come and say hello first."

Lu Li said nonchalantly, "Hey, we're already so familiar, why bother greeting each other?"

"By the way, do you celebrate the Lunar New Year?" Lu Li asked the same question to different people.

He Luo is a bit older, and when she talks about the Chinese New Year, her mind is full of memories.

After a long pause, he said with difficulty, "Sigh, nowadays, how can we afford to celebrate the New Year? In the past, the whole family would go out to buy New Year's goods, like melon seeds, peanuts, candies... We would buy a whole bagful to entertain friends who came to pay New Year's visits."

But when it comes to the Chinese New Year, he seems to have endless things to say, his words filled with longing for the past.

Lu Li silently kept it in mind.

In the days that followed, Lu Li stayed at the central base.

Lottery shops and other stores remain open as usual, and the residents here are just as enthusiastic.

Residents of various bases also noticed, "Hey, why are these products now available on online supermarkets?"
Spring Festival couplets, paper-cut window decorations, fireworks and firecrackers, red lanterns, melon seeds, peanuts, candies...

Everything related to the Chinese New Year, and the prices are quite cheap.

This is a separate section, which Lu Li specifically noted.

With the New Year approaching, why not buy some Spring Festival couplets to put up?

Everyone then realized that it was a new year, and the eleventh year of the apocalypse was about to begin.

But in the past, people didn't have this sense of ritual, so they were a little unaccustomed to it at first.

But this also stirred up memories that were buried deep in the hearts of many people.

It's December 28th now, three days before the Lunar New Year.

Today, Lu Li directed Shen Bing and the others to clean the entire first floor of the RV, inside and out.

They were also told to remember to clean when they got back, saying it was to sweep away the bad luck of the past year.