Twenty Seven Years

  Chapter 207 Living with Workers

  December 23rd, noon

  Villac, Keating, Piaf and other transfer members of the Equality Association hid in the truck, covered them with some irrelevant goods, and arrived in the northern district of Laizein in multiple ways.

  The northern district of Laizein is the main manufacturing industry, and there are many factories on the outskirts of the city. The vigorous development of heavy industry here has provided support for the mechanization of the railway and textile industry, and has also become a powerful heart for the rise of a great power.

  Several trucks stopped in front of one of the small factories one by one. The workers who had been waiting here enthusiastically stepped forward and tore off the cloth covering the cargo compartment, allowing Verak and the others, who had to huddle together because of the crowding, to see the light of day again.

  The roar of machines running, the chimneys rising from the ground and emitting thick smoke, and workers gathering in twos and threes to smoke at the gate of the factory.

   What catches everyone's eyes and fills their ears is the normal state here, and it is the world in the eyes of a considerable number of low-level people.

   "Comrades, we have arrived!"

   "Everyone get out of the car!"

   "Everyone, help the comrades in the car to carry their luggage down."

  The workers around the truck immediately got busy.

  Villac leaned forward, and handed his own, Keating's, and Piaf's boxes to the worker in charge of picking up: "Thanks."

   Seeing his appearance, the worker was stunned for a moment, and slowly caught the box.

"This is Comrade Verak, he looks exactly like Chairman Chris." A burly middle-aged man stepped out from among the workers, "I'm Andre, the director of this processing factory, and I'm also the director of our equal. The person in charge will be here."

"Hello, hello." Verac shook hands with Andre in the car, then waited for the others to finish moving the boxes, helped Keating and Piaf out of the car, and came to Andre, " Let me introduce to you, this is Comrade Keating, and this is Comrade Piaf."

   "I have dealt with Comrade Piaf many times." Andre and Piaf looked at each other with a smile, then turned to Keating, "This is the first time meeting Comrade Keating."

   Keating and Andre also shook hands.

"Comrade Morais asked me to settle you down and organize the sixth training class here as soon as possible." Andre said with a smile, "I have heard that you have carried out a lot of work in the West District in full swing. Come to us this time, take care of our worker brothers more.”

   "Of course." Keating nodded.

  Andre commanded the scene: "Hubert, you lead people to move the luggage of the new comrades to the staff dormitory. Oliver, take everyone to follow me into the factory."

"OK!"

"clear!"

  There were two responses from around, and the work of the workers became obviously more orderly.

   "Everyone, come with me." Andre saw that everyone got out of the car quickly, and took Verak and others to the factory first, "Did you encounter any problems on the way?"

   "I ran into an investigation, but you know that the current patrol guards are all paid for their work. If you give the money, you will let it go." Verak said.

Andre took it very seriously: "This is how it is now, the whole thing is rotten. Those patrol guards didn't pay attention to arresting our people at all. They rushed to stand guard as if they had never seen money. If you encounter a car, stop it, give money to let it go, if you don’t give money, you will be accused, and everyone and the car will be impounded.”

   "It provided us with a good cover, but it also caused great inconvenience to other citizens." Verak said.

   "That's right." Andre took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to Verac and Keating, "Do you smoke?"

   "No smoking." Verak shook his head, he had quit smoking for a long time.

   Keating has never had a cigarette addiction, so he waved his hand and declined.

  Andre only gave it to Piaf, and walked into the gate of the factory smoking a cigarette.

  The factory does not look big from the outside, but it is spacious enough inside, with several production and processing lines and complete facilities.

"Because I want to welcome you over today, I temporarily stopped the work I was doing." Andre led a few people into it, "As long as our factory is controlled by the Equality Association, it will work in three shifts secretly. work on the eight-hour day proposed by the Wellanders."

   "Robert." Verac remembered that this person was mentioned in the letters between Francis and Chris before, and he blurted out immediately.

   "Yes, this is the person who mentioned it." Andre also remembered the person's name after hearing Verak's words.

   Keating also seems to have an impression of this person: "It's just that although Robert proposed it, this system has not prevailed in Wellland."

   "I don't know, anyway, we have good feedback here, and the working hours of the workers have been greatly shortened." Andre didn't know that much.

   "Where are we going?" Piaf asked while smoking a cigarette.

   "Just ahead, almost there." Andre pointed to the front, speeding up a little.

After not walking far, Andre took them to an open area in the factory, and when the dozens of transferred members arrived, he stood on a high place and said, "Comrades, welcome to come here. I know that everyone is an outstanding talent in all aspects, and Comrade Morais has always been striving to give everyone the best conditions. But now it is a special period, in order to ensure everyone's safety, I can only come here temporarily to avoid the limelight."

  The workers, whose number was two or three times that of the transferred members, surrounded the periphery, looking at the excellent talents of the Equality Society that Andre called, including Verac and others.

Most of the members of the Equality Association who lived in the terminus of the Morais faction before were special talents with special skills and could make great contributions to the Equality Association. Therefore, Morais, who knew how bad the factory environment was, specifically told Andre , asking him to ensure the most basic living conditions for these people.

"Our conditions here are indeed very difficult. The staff dormitories are small, the food is not abundant, and even the air is not as fresh as in the West District." Andre received instructions from Morais to mobilize everyone first to prevent everyone from living in a difficult environment. Negative emotions can be contagious to each other in the environment, "But everyone, please believe that our comrades, workers, have tried our best to give you the best things."

   "No need to do this." Verak said, "Everyone is a member of the Equality Association. There is no one who is special and who is ordinary. We are what you are."

   "That's right, if we want to fight side by side, we don't need to be so careful." Piaf also said loudly, "No matter how hard it is, we will bear it together."

  The statement of the two made it difficult for some people who could not accept the environment here to complain.

  Villac’s contribution is huge. As Piaf is a woman, they all accept the environment, so how dare they ask for something special.

"Thank you for your understanding." Andre was not very good at talking, so he had to bow to everyone, "Everyone is here, just continue to concentrate on taking care of your work. If you have any questions or requests, please come to me at any time. I will try my best to satisfy everyone. Then I will stop talking nonsense, and let everyone settle down first, and have a hot lunch."

  After Andre briefly spoke, he organized the workers, helped the transferred members carry their luggage, and headed to the staff dormitory.

Others may indeed have a good background before and have not experienced too much hardship, but Verac is not so fragile. He is capable and needs help from other comrades to move things, so he took the initiative to take two boxes from a worker .

   Keating and Piaf also took back their boxes after seeing this.

  This behavior has infected more people. Everyone was embarrassed by the difficult conditions and the workers kept all the good things for themselves.

   Such behavior makes workers feel respected.

This group of people who do not account for a high proportion of the Equality Association but play a vital role are not hypocritical. Although they come from different backgrounds, they have proved through simple practical actions that they are all on the same path. They are willing to share joys and sorrows for a better Strive for a better tomorrow.

   "This is the staff dormitory." Andre arrived at the door of the staff dormitory with almost fifty transferred members.

   It is said to be the door, but it is actually the stairs leading to the basement.

  Andre went down first: "It's damp, dull, and full of bugs here. Please be patient."

   "Teacher, be careful." Verak followed Andre with his luggage.

  Going down the stairs and entering the basement, the air was really stuffy. The discomfort just kept building as more and more people came in.

   "New **** men, all live in the five rooms vacated on the right. Female comrades, live in the two rooms vacated on the left." Andre led the people to settle.

   There are eight people in the room on the right.

  The room on the left is a five-person room.

  The fifty transferred members were quickly settled into their respective rooms and beds, and began to pack their luggage.

   "Can people lie on this bed..."

  In the room where Veraker and Keating were, a clean-looking young man wearing glasses didn't know how to lay a mattress on the dirty and greasy bed.

"Comrade, stick to it." Verak said to him, setting an example while making the bed skillfully, "I just passed by the room where other workers live, and they don't even have enough beds, and some of them can only sleep in the on the ground."

   "Well..." The young man saw that Veraker had a calm face, and he didn't feel any discomfort here, so he had to bite the bullet and pack it up. "But I think the air must find a way to circulate more, otherwise it will be full of germs."

   "Well, I'll think of a solution when I'm done cleaning up." Verac is also a newcomer, but facing other people who don't adapt, he has to take some responsibilities, so he complied with the young man's request.

  Andre came out of other rooms and came to the room where Veraker and Keating lived: "Comrade Veraker, how are you doing? Can you adapt?"

"Yes, Mr. Keating and I have both been in prison, and the conditions there are much worse than here." Verac smiled. After making the bed, he stuffed the suitcase under the bed, put books, Diaz and others His study materials were placed on the only dilapidated desk in the dormitory.

"Forgive me." Andre looked at the appearance of the desk, embarrassed, "There was no desk at first, and we used the extra space to install beds. Comrade Morais said, we must ensure your working environment. We I just dismantled a bed from these five dormitories, and made a few desks by hand..."

   "It's okay, it's fine." Keating didn't want to make Andre feel guilty, and said generously, "As long as it works, we are not so hypocritical."

  Andre still nodded a little ashamedly: "I will arrange for some better desks as soon as possible."

   "Don't be so troublesome, we've already caused a lot of trouble when we came here, so you can do whatever you need to do, and we can solve problems by ourselves," Keating said.

   "Yes." Verak pointed to the six young comrades living together, "They all have hands and feet, and we can solve them ourselves."

   "Then I have to do something. If Comrade Morais knows that I have neglected you, he will not spare me." Andre joked.

   "If there are any problems we can't solve, we will definitely come to you, don't worry." Verak said.

   "Okay, then you guys clean up first, I'll go see how the food preparations are going in the cafeteria." Andre left.

   In order to take care of Keating, Verac left him the lower berth: "Teacher, can you adapt here?"

   "Don't worry." Keating didn't care.

"I didn't mention your request to Andre just now because they haven't solved it for so long, and I guess they can't think of a solution for the time being, which will only increase their pressure." Verak explained to the comrades who previously complained about the bad environment, " I'll figure it out."

   "It's okay, just bear with it." The comrade pushed his glasses, not wanting to bother anyone.

  Villac saw that he hadn't put on the quilt for a while, so he stepped forward to help: "Let me do it."

"…thanks."

   "It's nothing, help each other, you can also watch how I put on the quilt, and then you can try to do it yourself." Verak turned sideways, leaving a place for the young man to watch how he put on the quilt.

   Keating packed up. Seeing Veraker's enthusiasm for helping others, he smiled slightly, and went to pack up other comrades who were not able to survive.

   It didn't take long for the eight people's luggage to be settled.

   It's just that after settling down, everyone was still standing, and didn't lie down to rest for a while.

  Verak wiped the sweat from his forehead, and put his hands on his hips: "The wall is full of stains. When we come back from dinner, let's clean it up."

   "Okay." Several people said in unison.

  In the initial stage of the transfer, it is normal for everyone to be uncomfortable. Verak also hopes that through his own ability, everyone can integrate here as soon as possible and continue to work.

"Then let's go up and get some fresh air." Verac and Keating took the people in the dormitory out, and saw that most of the other dormitories were not cleaned up, but there were enthusiastic workers who came to help tidy up, so they didn't intervene. what hand.

When the young man who had just been appeased by Verak walked up, he took a special look at the dormitories of the workers, and found that, as he said, each room was more crowded than theirs, and the conditions were worse: "I really didn't expect that the environment is so bad. Can break through my cognition again and again..."

Hearing this sentence, Veraker, who was walking in front, stopped and said back: "So I think the meaning of Morais's arrangement for us is not only to avoid danger, but also to let everyone who has a good background but devoted himself to the revolution experience it deeply. Know exactly what we're fighting for."

  (end of this chapter)