It was still dawn, and at the first rooster crow, Charlie Harry got out of his bed. It is said to be a bed, but in fact it is just a bed lying on a straw mat on the ground. However, for Charlie Harry, who is about to be freed, this temporary accommodation on the factory floor is enough to satisfy him. Alasko Warren, who had escaped from Theo Matthias's house with him, had risen earlier than he had stood at the door of the workshop, brushing his teeth with a willow branch with an enamel cup. It is said that this is the habit of their leader, Gastens Warren, and is being promoted in the Plains of Elena. Charlie Harry tried twice, and the winter willow branch dipped in cold water and put it in his mouth, it was unusually cold, but it did refresh the mind and dispel the drowsiness of waking up early.

"Brother Harry, we're moving to a new house today, how about we get over early?"

It is not for nothing that Alasko is so excited, after Ivan Zinke's acceptance, except for a small number of rooms whose doors need to be readjusted, the house that the serfs have been fighting for half a month is already ready to move in. Gastens made the serfs and soldiers who participated in the construction of the house the first to move, and today, the day they moved.

"Okay, are you packed?"

Charlie Harry smiled happily as he reached out and kicked a package on the ground, "Mine has been packed, how about you?" ”

"Huh? When did you get it? ”

Alasko had a betrayed look on his face, and as he spoke, he reached out and took Charlie Harry's package, "Hey, so light? Don't you want anything? ”

"Who said that it is not okay to divide the house first and then come back to get it? You idiot! ”

Charlie Harry smiled, at the first Communist Party General Congress, which ended the other day, he was responsible for organizing and leading the serf brothers who were freed. In fact, he had become the leader of the ranks of serfs decided by the party. Although he was also the leader of the serf team when he was in Matthias's house, at that time, he had to try his best to meet the demands of the landlord while trying to protect the rights of the serf brothers. But now, he himself represents the interests of the serf class, and he also serves the organization established for the liberation of the serf class.

"Yes, then I'll go first!"

As if inspired by Charlie Harry's approach, Alasko didn't take anything and just ran out. Charlie Harry waited in the workshop for a while, and when the forty or so serf brothers in the workshop got up, beckoned everyone to pack up their beds, and led the team to the accommodation. The land, which was formerly a gravel field, is now a lodging area named by Gastens as the Liberation Zone. When Charlie Harry arrived with the serfs in his workshop, there were already many people gathered in the open space in front of the accommodation. Most of these people were serfs and workers who participated in the subdivision today, and some were townspeople who heard the news, and Zinker Warren was maintaining order with the town's policemen, and a half-man-tall platform made of crates was placed in front of the site.

"Hey, Charlie Harry!"

Someone in the crowd shouted, it was Finby Warren, the leader of the Elena factory who had fled with more than sixty serfs after Gastens had captured Theo Matthias. He and Charlie Harry don't deal with each other very well, and they always drag on the work arranged by Charlie Harry.

"Good! You're here too! ”

Charlie Harry saw that it was Fimby, and secretly raised his spirits, and now he was the head of the serf team, and it was his duty to manage his own team. How to deal with this Fenby Warren, he hasn't figured it out yet, but the attitude must be there.

"Yes, these houses were built with great difficulty", Fenby Warren and Charlie Harry hammered their shoulders, "Now they can finally be divided, but I don't know how to divide them." ”

"It's good to divide it, everyone has a house, which is something that I didn't dare to think of in the past",

Charlie Harry's words were sincere, "The first thing to say is to divide the serfs and soldiers who participated in the construction of the house, and we all helped build the house at that time, there must be." ”

"There must be, yes, there must be, but houses and houses are also good and bad, don't you think? I don't want to be in the house on the side, how cold it is. ”

Finby Warren blocked Charlie Harry back with a word. He is also right, Anken Reyne's winter is particularly cold, and in order to maintain the temperature, many people use pyroxene for heating in their homes. But pyroxene is cheap, and it also costs money, and if the money is not enough, people have to endure the cold. Now these houses to be distributed to everyone are all long strips of townhouses, and the houses in the middle are more insulated because they are sheltered by houses on both sides. The houses on both sides are directly blown by the cold north wind in winter, which is more likely to be cold. So, if you can, you don't want a house on the side.

Charlie Harry didn't answer Finby Warren right away. This companion, who was born as a serf like him, although he was a stranger, was also strong and strong in building a house. It seems understandable that he wants to divide a middle house.

"Everyone, everyone!"

Zinker Warren walked up to the stage and reminded everyone present with a loudspeaker, "Now I would like to invite our factory director, Gastens Warren, to speak for you!" ”

There was a round of applause around the platform, and when the applause stopped, Gastens smiled and walked onto the stage in his full major uniform.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I know that today is a big day for you, and I won't say much about it. This winter, everyone has had a very hard time, and they have to help us build a house, I want to say solemnly, thank you! Now the house is built, and all of us who participated in the construction of the house, as well as the fighters of the production regiment, have it! Those who did not participate in the construction of the house, the workers of the factory, too! However, the number of houses is limited, and for the time being, we can only give you a small room for four people, and when the situation is stable this fall, we will build a big house for everyone, okay? ”

Listening to Gastens' sincerity, and the house that had been repaired was laid out behind everyone, everyone began to applaud enthusiastically. This time, the applause was protracted and intense. It was a long time before Gastens pulled a piece of paper out of his pocket.

"Now, according to the name I read, start to come up and choose a room!"

Zinke took two policemen to the stage with a large wooden board with a bird's-eye view of the Liberation Zone. The serfs and workers, whose names were read by Gastens, began to choose houses one by one. As the leader of the serf ranks, Charlie Harry's name is very high. He stepped up to the stage with some surprise, took the charcoal pen that Zink handed him, and stood in front of a blank house with a bird's-eye view, remembering Finby Warren's words.

"Houses and houses are also good and bad, I don't want the house next to it, how cold it is!"

Charlie Harry's gaze swept from left to right on the map, and he soon saw what Fimby called "the houses on the side", and in contrast, he also saw the best of the houses arranged in a hollow pattern, in the middle. Now, the neat grids of these paintings are empty, like warm homes with open doors, waiting for him to own.

Why don't you choose a house with the best location?

When Charlie Harry hesitated, he suddenly remembered Gastens. Their leader, when building the house, also went into battle himself, helping to carry the wooden keel, without the slightest shelf of leadership. Although he can't come every day because of his busy schedule. But every day or two, he would go to the construction site and talk to everyone. Now, he hasn't chosen yet, how can he choose first?

"Boss, you haven't chosen yet!"

Charlie Harry turned around and tried to hand the charcoal pen in his hand to Gastens, but Gastens refused with a smile, "You are the ones who contribute the most to building the house, you choose first!" ”

Hearing this, and thinking of Gastens' usual work style, Charlie Harry suddenly understood a question he had asked Ivan privately after the meeting two days ago.

"Brother Ivan, how can I be a good Communist Party member?"

Charlie Harry, who had just learned that he had become a member of the Communist Party, was honestly terrified. Although he was ready to dedicate his life, as a rear officer, he couldn't die if he had nothing to do, so he threw this question that he didn't understand to Ivan.

"I don't know, but it's definitely right to do it with the head", Ivan scratched his head, thought for a while, his eyes lit up, and he thought of the answer, "I remembered, the head once said, a good leader must endure hardships first, and pleasures last, let's do this, it should be right?" ”

Recalling this sentence, and thinking of what Gastens did, this leader in power in the whole town, who had no better food, use, and housing than the workers or serfs, slept in the workshop with everyone, ate the same black noodles, and worked harder than anyone else, isn't this kind of leader the standard of a qualified Communist Party member?

Charlie Harry no longer hesitated, he stepped forward and used the charcoal in his hand to make a heavy tick on the house on the corner of the wooden board closest to the north. Seeing his choice, there was a low discussion in the audience, and people didn't quite understand why he chose this way. Seeing this, Gastens called Charlie Harry to him, first congratulated him on choosing a house, and then threw out the questions that everyone was concerned about.

"Charlie Harry, among so many people, you are basically the first to choose, why did you choose the most corner and northernmost house? How good are those houses in the middle, why don't you live in them if you pay so much for them? ”

"Boss", Charlie Harry was a little excited, but he still remembered all the rules of secrecy with the Communist Party, he took a deep breath, calmed down, and took the microphone from Gastens's hand.

"There are more people who work harder than me, and I bring everyone to you, and I must ensure that everyone is better than the original, and better than me! The house in the corner is the worst, but the worst house has to be inhabited. I'm young, I'm in good health, and I don't have a wife, so I don't choose it, do I leave it to those who need a middle house more? ”

"Very good, thank you for your dedication, and thank you for your choice!"

Gastens took the microphone and thanked Charlie Harry again. Immediately afterward, he began to call the next person according to the list. Charlie Harry could see from the order in which Gastens called people that, in addition to himself, the people Gastens called were both hard-working serfs and workers, as well as leaders of many small collectives. After these people came to power, some chose the middle according to their own ideas, and some chose the houses in the corners with bad locations according to Charlie Harry's ideas. The one that Charlie Harry chose, and soon the other three roommates also paid for the water, all of whom were serfs who escaped with Charlie Harry. Finby Warren also took the stage in the middle of the selection process, glanced at Charlie Harry in the audience, wrote his name in a room near the middle, and turned to get off the stage.

The house selection is still going on, and the people who have chosen the house have begun to look for their own houses according to the big picture. Charlie Harry and his new roommates were chatting as they walked, and they happened to run into Finby Warren.

"Hey, Charlie Harry", Fimby's voice was still so harsh, "you were the first to choose, but you chose such a broken house, did you get water in your head?" ”

"I didn't," Charlie Harry smiled, "I just think that the head himself didn't choose the best house and left the good house to us, shouldn't we also leave the good house to the brothers who work the most and give the most?" ”

"Didn't choose the head yourself?"

Finby Warren was stunned, he stopped where he was and looked sideways behind him, on the huge board, the houses were densely packed, most of them had their names already written. Finby Warren and Charlie Harry Warren were the ones who built the houses themselves, and they only had to glance at them to know that all the houses were on them, and Gastens didn't keep them for himself.

"He definitely won't live with us, he's the factory director, he's a big man, and he's definitely going to live in a better place."

Fenby Warren was a little disbelieving, and he muttered a few words casually, only to see Charlie Harry's somewhat angry gaze.

"The boss is not such a person! He's always left good things for the people below! We can bet that the head of the game will end up staying with us in a quadruple room and in these new houses! ”

"Hey, are you stupid? Is he the head of a big factory, or the head of the regiment, will he live in this kind of house with us? Fenby laughed when he heard it, "Bet on it, you will definitely lose, say, what to bet on?" ”

Charlie Harry said that the bet was originally a whim, and he didn't think carefully about what to bet on. But now that Fenby had asked the question, he suddenly had an idea and thought of a good bet.

"Bet on whether you will listen to me in the future! As you know, Master Gastens has put me in charge of the serf brothers, but sometimes you don't cooperate in execution. I hope that if I win the bet, you will cooperate with my work and serve everyone well! ”

"And what if you lose?" Fenby's face was a little red, and Charlie Harry didn't know if it was because he had punctured his usual little resistance.

"I'll give you the position of the person in charge!"

Charlie Harry didn't even think about it, and gave the answer. Fenby Warren looked at him, reached out and smacked him the shoulder.

"Okay, that's it!"

"Well, it's a deal!"

Charlie Harry and Fimby looked at each other, each with a belief in victory. And what the real truth is, they will soon know.