A tree rat poked its head out of a branch and looked left and right. The midday forest was flourishing and noisy, with the sound of the wind, the sound of leaves, and the sound of apes climbing not far away. And in the sense of smell of the tree rat, which is far keener than that of humans, it can also smell the scent left on the trunk of the forest by the owner of this forest, the forest tiger.

The tree mouse blinked, and his long beard trembled. It was a little hungry, and underneath the tree, on a fallen leaf, there were a few of its favorite nuts. These nuts are the main food of the tree mouse, and it only needs to come down from the trunk, pick up one of those nuts with its short forelimbs, and then use its hard, sharp front teeth to crack open the same hard nut shell to eat the delicious nuts.

In normal times, the tree is always full of nuts, and the tree rat only needs to pick up a few and eat them. But today, I don't know why, the nuts under the tree are gone, and the only nuts that the tree rats can see are the three nuts that have been deliberately placed together.

The tree rat's long whiskers moved again, and he was discerning the smell in the air. Although Lin Hu's smell was strong, it was not its enemy. The beast of the mountains couldn't look down on its tiny body. The tree rat sniffed for a few seconds, confirmed that he was not in danger, and took action. It sprinted down from the branch where it had rested, sprinted along the trunk, and leaped to the ground near the ground, leaping beside the three nuts. As soon as they got to the nuts, the tree rats immediately noticed the taste of the nuts. That's the food that makes it salivate. At this moment, the tree mouse let down all its vigilance, opened its little paws, and stepped forward to pick up the nuts and feast on them. But at this moment, a thin rope bounced up from under it, tied it by the waist, and hung it up.

The tree rat's simple brain circuitry doesn't know it's called a trap, but it can sense that its life seems to be in great danger. It struggled and screamed desperately, but in the end it could not change its fate. Two huge creatures approached from a short distance away and picked up the rope that hung from it.

"Yes, you can learn to make traps for a short time, Lonagan, you're still very smart."

Old Orion Dane Vikander's praise was sincere, but Cassie Lonergan was not happy. He shook the tree mouse in his hand. The little furry creature looked more like a pet than food.

"Just a little bit of meat, you can't even manage a meal, what can you do?"

Cassie Lonergan is now really feeling the pressure. There are more than 2,000 mouths waiting for him to eat, and this kind of pressure is unimaginable for those who have not experienced it. He had used all the means he could think of to raise food, but he could not stop his revolutionary ranks from slowly falling into a food crisis.

"If you want to catch a forest tiger, you must first learn to catch a tree mouse", the old hunter Dane Vikander quoted a common saying among hunters, which is easy to understand. Cassie Lonergan looked at the old man who had been following them lately and smiled helplessly.

"I understand the truth, but ......"

"Come on a little bit", the old Orion is now really on Cassie Lonergan's side. These people are all hard-working people like him, and they will raise their banners to rebel when they can't survive. From the bottom of his heart, the old hunter didn't care about those things, and he only knew that the officials who went into the mountains to collect taxes didn't have a good impression. It's just that he lacks neither the courage nor the idea of resisting. Although these people in front of him were tired and depressed, they had at least taken a step that he did not dare to take. Although he didn't understand what communism and class struggle were, in his eyes, these people in front of him were born to be his allies.

"Uncle Vikander," Cassie Lonergan looked at the old Orion and came up with a new idea, "Can you buy us some food?" We don't have much money left, but we still have some and should be able to buy some food. ”

"Yes," Vikander did not refuse, "but there is not much food in our village, most of it is grown and eaten by home, and many people make a living from hunting." If you really want to feed your 2,000 people, you have to go out of the mountains to buy food. I've heard that a lot of people out there are looking for you. It is estimated that it will not be so easy to go out and buy food. ”

Cassie Lonergan sighed, he knew the old Orion was telling the truth. Buying food is too risky, and problems can arise at any time. However, if you don't buy grain, you can't get food in a short time by growing it. Although everyone now relies on hunting and can barely wrap their stomachs, but wrapping their stomachs is not the purpose of his revolution in pulling up this team.

The old Orion saw that Cassie Lonergan had begun to fall silent again, knowing that the leader was still worried about the problem of food. Although he sympathized with these people, he couldn't conjure food out of thin air, so he had to comfort them. Cassie Lonergan learned to hunt with the old hunter for a long time, until it was dark, and then he took his today's harvest - four tree rats and a hare, and said goodbye to the old hunter and returned to the cave.

At this time, the warriors who went out to hunt had come back one after another, and some of them had a good harvest, while others had no harvest. Tara and Hansen and Yarrow Lynch are arranging for food. In order to ensure that everyone could eat, they had to redistribute the food they had hunted to ensure that those who contributed and harvested as much as they could eat as much as possible, and that others did not starve to death. Fortunately, although this near-primitive distribution method is inevitably unfair and subjective, everyone's spirit is not bad. In the past few days, the people who are not strong-willed, or who simply participated in the uprising, have almost gone, and the rest are some staunch believers in communism. Moreover, they are all working people with good physical strength and endurance, and it is not too troublesome to manage.

Cassie Lonergan was a little relieved to see what she saw. He finished his supper with everyone before he took out an old book from his backpack that had been worn out and had many pages to be lost, and spread it out on his legs.

"Today, we're going to talk about surplus value."

Cassie Lonergan's voice rang out, and the comrades around him gathered. Although life has been difficult recently, everyone cherishes the study and discussion time in the evening, and everyone who can participate will participate. It's just that because there are too many people, Cassie Lonergan can only teach separately. His small class has an audience of just over 20 people.

"Chairman Lonergan," he had said just a few words, before someone raised his hand and asked, "Does the book say how we can find food in the mountains?" ”

The man's question led to a burst of laughter, and everyone knew that he loved to joke and didn't mind. Cassie Lonergan was also amused by the man, and he laughed twice and opened his mouth to talk back.

"Mead Ward, if you could memorize this book, you wouldn't starve."

"Cut ......"

Mead snorted, but there wasn't much mockery. He sat down and urged Cassie Lonergan to hurry up. Lonergan smiled and continued with the remainder value analysis. Although these theories are somewhat boring and difficult to understand, the content is related to the lives of workers and the nature of exploitation, and everyone listened carefully and discussed them very lively. At one point, it even reminded Cassie Lonergan of the time when he, Chairman Kaber Luya, and Vice Chairman Patrick Gahan were all there, discussing "On Capital" in that cramped dormitory. Although a year has passed, those events seem to be just yesterday's events, and I remember them vividly.

The discussion and theoretical study after dinner lasted for an hour. After that, everyone began to return to their sleeping places one by one to rest. And the comrades in charge of the sentry have also begun to patrol. It was only at this time that Cassie Lonergan had time to have a brief meeting with his two companions.

"Chairman Lonergan, we don't have much money now", Yarrow Lynch sat down and said bad news, "I sent a few comrades out to buy medicine before, although it was difficult, but I also bought it." Grain is not good, the volume and weight are too large to be transported. Moreover, we don't have much money in our hands, and we have been consuming a lot recently, so if it goes on like this, it's not okay. ”

"yes, and the returns from farming are very slow. Now farming takes up a lot of our manpower, everyone is hungry and tired, and we can't see a return in a short time, it's very hard", Tara and Hansen said the truth. It was already difficult for these workers to learn how to farm, and with the harassment of the enemy and the constraints of economic conditions, it was not easy to open up the land in the woods.

"Chairman, how can we win the victory of the revolution and mobilize the working class of the whole country to revolt together?"

Yarrow Lynch finally asked that question. This question has been discussed several times after the small revolutionary contingent fled into the forest, but the answer has never been found. It's just that this is the first time that the three leaders of the team have spread out together to put this issue on the table.

"I ......," Cassie Lonergan said, looking at his companion and moving his mouth, but he thought of the words of the old Orion, Dane Vikander.

"If you want to catch forest tigers, you have to learn to catch tree rats first, don't you?"

"That's the truth, but everyone came out with you, originally wanting to do a great job and promote the communist armed movement throughout the country, but now, instead they start farming and hunting every day, what is the difference between this and farmers and hunters? If the revolution is just like this, you might as well go back and continue to be workers, or have a stable wage. ”

Tara and Hansen are more familiar with Cassie Lonergan and speak more casually. Cassie Lonergan frowned, but didn't speak. He was also aware of this problem, but there was no good solution.

"It's definitely impossible to go back, we've rebelled, and the government is definitely arresting us. So, we've run out of options. Moreover, even if the conditions are difficult, we are still following the guidance of "EZVIZ". Although the team of more than 2,000 people is not large, it is already one of the best forces in the surrounding area. If we can avoid the enemy's advance and hold out in this valley, we may have a turnaround. ”

Although he said that he was talking about a turnaround, Cassie Lonergan himself did not believe much, and the difference between what he wanted and his current situation was so great that he himself began to doubt the possibility of the victory of the revolution.

"It's not okay to just hide," said Tara and Hansen, whose expressions were serious, "Our purpose is revolution, and we can't win by hiding in the mountains and hunting and farming." We have to get out, we have to go out and mobilize the working class, we have to mobilize more people to stand up with us and stand up against this fucking government! ”

"If you want to resist, you must let everyone see the hope of victory", Yarrow Lynch did not agree with Tara and Hansen, "We are the way we are, there is no possibility of victory, how can we convince everyone to join the revolution?" You pull a guy down the street and say, 'Go, brother, die with me,' do you think he'll listen to you? ”

Tara and Hansen were choked by Yarrow Lynch's example, and were speechless for a moment. Cassie Lonergan frowned and pulled out a few new "Fluorite" from his bag. It had been translated into Fern with the words of his comrades who had recently been entrusted with the purchase of medicine, and it was about the war that Elena had been going through recently.

"Elena, how did you succeed?"

Cassie Lonergan has thought about this question countless times, and although "Fluorite" introduces Elena's current situation, it does not introduce Elena's family history in detail. As a fellow revolutionary, although Elena's situation is also shaky, she also looks much better than Cassie Lonergan's. Cassie Lonergan wanted to know how that man got to this point.

"We don't know," Tara and Hansen shrugged, "I heard that their leader was a serf at first, and later joined their death squad, and rebelled with a team of also serfs. We are all a bunch of workers, and we are certainly not as good as them to fight. ”

"It shouldn't be that simple......"

Cassie Lonergan frowned, thinking. The mimeographed copies of "Fluorite" wrinkled in his hand. Looking at the words on it, Cassie Lonergan suddenly had a new idea.

"Can we get in touch with Elena?"

"Huh?"

Tara and Hansen and Yarrow Lynch were surprised at the same time. In their world, the once small town of Revaderen was all they had, and it was a great thing to be able to visit Ferndingen once in a lifetime. As for going abroad, going to a distant place in a distant country, it seems impossible to them.

"I've decided!"

Cassie Lonergan stood up, hope burning back in her eyes.

"You are right, it is impossible to achieve the victory of the revolution by hiding in the mountains and forests to hunt and farm. I'm going to Elena, I'm going to see Gastens, I'm going to ask him face-to-face how our revolution can succeed! ”