The owner of the voice was Tang Xinyi.
Chen Ming opened the door and said helplessly: "Chief, doesn't the party start in the evening? Why are you in such a hurry?"
It's too early in the morning to go to the travel department.
Tang Xinyi glanced at him and said, "Are you all young soldiers? Let the chief of staff set up the venue and make sufficient preparations before welcoming you?"
Chen Ming immediately understood that this was the same principle as holding a party in school, where students were asked to decorate the venue themselves, wait for the leaders to speak, and then applaud at the end.
After calling out to Chen Ming's dormitory, she knocked on the doors of other dormitories in the Information Department one after another.
"Get up, get up, let's go!"
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Under Tang Xinyi's enthusiastic urging, the group set off in a mighty manner.
A military vehicle was already parked downstairs waiting.
Before everyone got on the bus, they all turned around and waved happily to the two unlucky guys upstairs.
Those two people have to stay behind to be on duty.
Originally there were four unlucky guys, but two of them were already on day shift in the computer room, and these two went there in the evening to take over the night shift.
The two men stared at the trucks driving away one after another, with sadness written all over their faces.
Working overtime during the Chinese New Year is not scary. What is scary is that when your colleagues are celebrating, you are the only one working overtime miserably.
But there is no way around it. There must be someone on call in the computer room 24 hours a day. This is a hard and fast rule that even Tang Xinyi cannot change.
The two of them are really unlucky. If they want to enjoy the Spring Festival, they can only wait until the first day of the Lunar New Year next year to change shifts.
The sufferings of the world are different. When people are sad here, they are singing happily over there.
The vehicle that took them to the brigade headquarters was a truck with two rows of benches in the back for them to sit on.
Colleagues from the Information Department squeezed into the car together, while Tang Xinyi sat in the front passenger seat.
Everyone in the group had smiles on their faces, although they knew they would have to work after that.
But it’s the New Year, so it’s not shameful to do some work.
Although the journey to the travel department is not far, it still takes some time to drive there.
In order to kill the boring time in the car, everyone sang a few songs together at Chen Ming's suggestion.
As the song sounded, their bodies swayed with the shaking of the car, and the smiles on their faces never stopped.
Chen Ming looked at them and had a wild thought in his mind: it would be nice if we could eat hot pot in the car...
"We were eating hotpot and singing songs when we were suddenly robbed by bandits!"
Thinking of the movie scene he had seen before his rebirth that was worthy of being nominated for World Heritage, Chen Ming could not help but laugh out loud.
The comrades were still singing, and even though they were all tone-deaf, they were singing the military songs that were most familiar to each other.
But the scene was extremely joyful.
Songs one after another drifted out from the speeding military vehicles, adding a bit of New Year's joy to this lonely military-controlled area.
After three or four songs, the car finally arrived at the brigade headquarters.
After entering the brigade headquarters, everyone shut up at the same time.
Their crappy singing is okay to embarrass themselves in front of their own people, but it would be really embarrassing if they showed it to others.
At Tang Xinyi's urging, everyone got out of the car.
Chen Mingcai discovered that there were many military vehicles going in and out, pulling in groups of people.
Not only their information department, but also many small government agencies with relatively small staff came. They gathered together to chat and discuss everything, making it very lively.
In order to cater to the atmosphere of the Chinese New Year, the brigade department is decorated with lights and colors everywhere. As soon as you enter here, the atmosphere of the Chinese New Year is overwhelming.
Tang Xinyi stood in front of them, watching them chatting happily, and smiled from the bottom of her heart.
"Alright, someone will come over to assign tasks to you. Just follow their instructions. Don't be lazy like you are at home. Work more conscientiously. I'm going to have a meeting first."
Tang Xinyi gave instructions to everyone, and after that, she followed the officers from other units to the meeting room.
The officers who are in charge of their units will hold a Spring Festival report meeting today.
Just like the year-end summary of many companies, it gives a general report on the various things done this year.
Not long after Tang Xinyi left, an officer in casual uniform with the rank of captain on his shoulder straps came over.
"You are from the Information Department, right?" He checked a piece of paper in his hand and asked Chen Ming and others.
After seeing everyone nod, he continued, "Your task is to help in the kitchen. The kitchen is over there."
As he spoke, he pointed out a location to Chen Ming and others.
Everyone went to the place he pointed.
In the Information Department, that was at home, it was okay to occasionally cheat with the good-looking section chief, but now that they were at the brigade headquarters, none of them dared to make trouble.
If this gets to the section chief's ears, it will definitely give them a 'new start' in the new year.
The kitchen is not far behind the canteen. It is a bungalow, but it covers a large area. As soon as you approach it, you can smell the smell of fireworks.
When I entered the kitchen, there were only seven or eight people inside, but they were all very busy, wishing they had three heads and six arms.
Boiling water, chopping stuffing, rolling out dough, making dumplings, etc. are all waiting to be done.
As soon as they entered the door, a man wearing a chef's hat and standing in front of the stove shouts to them, "What are you still standing there for? Come and help!"
Everyone rushed forward to take action.
Help wash vegetables, cook, and make dumplings.
Although there are more people, there are more things to prepare, and one person is in charge of multiple places.
"Chang Heng, have you finished washing the dishes? We don't have enough bowls for kneading the dough. Hurry and bring one over."
"Lin Guang, do you have any dough left? We are in an emergency!"
"Boss, there's not enough meat filling!"
"Don't make any noise, it's being chopped!"
In the kitchen team, there were constant shouting and screaming, wishing they could teleport.
I was busy from morning to evening, with only ten minutes or so for lunch.
After the work was almost done, everyone walked out of the kitchen exhausted.
"It turns out that working in the kitchen is so tiring."
Lin Guang looked at the flour powder all over his body and couldn't help but sigh.
The task assigned to him today was to knead the dough and let it rest, and his hands basically never left the flour.
Chang Heng raised his red hands and said, "I feel like I have lost all feeling in my hands."
He is responsible for washing vegetables and dishes.
At the beginning, it was fine because there was still hot water in the water tank and I could still wash with hot water.
But later on, the hot water in the water tank ran out and they had to use cold water.
His hands had been soaked in cold water all day, and not only did they become red, but they also became wrinkled.
Even Xiong Dahe, who exercises regularly, couldn't help rubbing his shoulders.
He was muscular and strong, and as soon as he entered, he was spotted by the person who was chopping the stuffing. The person pulled him over, gave him a kitchen chopping board, and asked him to chop the stuffing.
After a day, the knife had many cuts on it.
Chen Ming looked at their dusty and dirty faces and couldn't help but laugh: "Okay, let's find a place to clean up."
After a busy day, everyone is basically covered in dust and dirt.
If he went to a party wearing this look, people who didn't know him would think he was from a border guard unit stationed in some remote mountainous area with scarce resources.
Tang Xinyi, who had just finished a meeting, was about to go to the kitchen to find them.
The two parties met.
When she saw them, Tang Xinyi was stunned.
"I told you to help in the kitchen, but you went to fight for me?"
Seeing their appearances one by one, she couldn't help but speak out.
Everyone looked at each other, and then nodded repeatedly.
The kitchen is a battlefield without gunfire!
Led by Tang Xinyi, several people came to the reception room of the brigade.
The size of the brigade's reception room is much smaller than that of the military headquarters, but it is enough for everyone to tidy up their appearance.
After working for a while, everyone stood in front of Tang Xinyi with a refreshed look.
"Let's go to the Great Hall for the New Year's Eve dinner!"
Led by Tang Xinyi, a group of people rushed towards the conference hall.