[The Shawshank Redemption] Converted

In the early morning of the second day, Byron sat at his desk early, but it was not to catch up with the progress of the design drawings.

After all, the renovation project of Elizabeth Elementary School, located next to the Longfellow Arboretum, has entered the final stage; and the Augusta city-wide community library plan is still in preparation.

He gently unfolded the stack of drawings on the right side of the desk, and examined the filled-in annotations one by one.

Byron couldn't help but think of the "Bible" that he put in the photo.

Yesterday, he went to Andy's cell alone in the name of investigation.Lifting it up and weighing it, Byron, who is particularly sensitive to the weight of materials, noticed something strange.

After opening it, as expected, the photo of father and son in the pocket of his uniform was not the first "visitor" in the book - Mr. Hammer, who was six inches tall, took the lead.

And Captain Hadley, who had a sharp gaze, scanned the room and found many lifelike stone carvings on the bedside and by the window. Their existence provided a legal use for the stone hammer.

The dinner time for the prisoners was coming to an end, and Byron didn't stay in the cell much, but he already knew the banker's little hobby to kill time.

People can't stand talking, while Byron was thinking, Andy knocked on the wooden gate.

Hearing the voice, Captain Byron Hadley inevitably felt a little nervous, but this nervousness permeated his cold and tough facial features, which only added luster to his majestic aura.

Speaking of it, he was only thinking about things just now; otherwise, with his outstanding five senses, how could he have missed Andy Dufresne's particularly brisk footsteps in the corridor?

"Good morning, Mr Hadley"

From the deep gray eyes of the opposite officer, Andy found a trace of expectation.

"Hmm..." Byron couldn't see whether his trick yesterday worked or not.

The empathetic banker did not deliberately set up suspense. He pointed to the newly placed photo frame on Byron's desk, looked at the fat cub who was somewhat similar to himself, and said with a smile: "I didn't know before, you still have Such a lovely son, really endearing, no wonder you think of him all the time"

Speaking of his son Archibald, Byron's tone was even softer: "He is not yet two years old, and he is just curious and active. Compared with other children in the childcare center, he is very well-behaved, but I often Can't care about him..."

The friendship is shallow and the words are deep. Byron sincerely regards Andy as a confidant who is hard to find, and he just made no secret of his family situation-the family who sent the child to care these days has hard-to-recite scriptures.

Andy didn't go into the details of why Byron needed someone to take care of his son, but just comforted him: "When you take turns off, you can always accompany him... Just kidding, when I'm still outside, I don't need to take care of my son. Son, I'm afraid I won't be able to spend any time with him."

This statement is half true and half false. Andy is not a person who completely abandons his children to his wife, but every second counts in the financial industry. In many cases, he cannot help himself and inevitably neglects his family.

When Byron heard this, he felt that he really couldn't open the pot. After all, Andy, who was opposite, didn't even have a child, but was trapped in a cage with no end in sight.

But Andy didn't let the atmosphere of disappointment spread, and quickly brought up a new topic: "Sir, I have benefited a lot from being your assistant for the past few days, but I have always had a doubt in my heart..."

Meeting Byron's calm gaze of "asking casually", Andy squeezed out a shallow dimple at the corner of his mouth: "Mr. Hadley has the ability to be an architect, why do you stay here?"

In fact, from the Warden Norton to the prison guards who are familiar with Byron, there is no one who has not been suspicious: "What is it to go to the prison to hide and relax without doing a high-paying and high-status job?"love eccentric very'

Byron reached out his hand to touch the small photo frame containing Archie's photo, and replied: "This way, the time is more flexible, and there is no need to travel. I... am a little worried when I am far away from him."

Thinking of the group photo that he kept in the small iron box under the bed, Andy was not surprised at how much this loving father valued his family.

He looked at the photo frame in Byron's hand and thought: "If Linda and I have a child, I'm afraid... everything will be very different"

What Andy didn't see was that Byron's hand was still pinching the metal edge of the photo frame, but his gaze had already quietly landed on him—he was also worried about leaving his friend alone in Shawshank, where the dark tide was surging.

When the sister gang headed by Burgess was able to see the light of day again, they found that there was no need to worry about being retaliated for leaking the secrets—the special business of Benson's traffickers disappeared completely, and the rest of the territory was divided up.

This cleansing of weeds and roots was naturally the work of Warden Norton.

In just a few days, the entire Shawshank's underground trading channels took on a new look, and all kinds of commodities were handed over to "innocent" sellers to coordinate and supervise each other, with high quality and low price.

If the changes in the underground world are due to the warden, then the changes on the surface are all brought about by the "point system" proposed by Captain Hadley.

There are no idlers in the prison. There are corresponding positions in the timber factory, steel factory, laundry room, and medical room. The salary is the same, but the level of hard work is different.

Therefore, after the new prisoners get a little familiar with the "rules of the game", they will try their best to find a better job for themselves.At the turn of spring and summer, it is an exclusive privilege for veterans to take the opportunity to go out to work.

But all of this has undergone earth-shaking changes after the introduction of the "point system" - no matter what position, each has a set of formulas for calculating points based on workload.

As for the utility of points, on the one hand it can be used for ranking.

Calculate at the end of each month, those in the top 30.00% have doubled their free time; while those in the bottom third can only watch other people play freely while they themselves have to carry out physical training under the supervision of prison guards .

Points, on the other hand, can be redeemed for rewards.

What the underground sellers can provide is nothing more than daily necessities and not too much contraband; and Byron, as the captain of the guard, has the right to give the prisoners relatives the opportunity to visit and communicate with the outside world.

Which of the "residents" of Shawshank dared to refuse the arrangement of the chief?However, the new system has been implemented for more than a month, and most people agree with it very much, and they are more active in their work.

Since the implementation of the new system, the total prison income has increased by 15% year-on-year, and it has also successfully blocked the mouth of Warden Norton. For him, anyone who is conducive to "income generation" will be accepted.

In fact, Byron had long scoffed at Shawshank's "big pot rice" management, but the prisoners were not his employees, so why bother.

Now, Byron is determined to stay in the captain's position for a few more years, and he still needs to borrow the hands of the warden for many things. Naturally, he has to find ways to feed Norton's insatiable mouth.

It is borrowed from the "integral system" of labor points in the era of the planned economy of the motherland, but to avoid falling into the trap of egalitarianism and to truly promote labor enthusiasm, an effective evaluation system is needed.

Fortunately, most of the labor in the prison falls into the category of "measured by piece". Whether it is steelmaking and logging, or laundry and cooking, three or two supervisors are set up in each area to determine the daily workload of each person.

Of course, tempering a steel plate is far more difficult than processing a basket of potatoes, and the integral coefficients have their own differences.As a result, prisoners no longer devote themselves wholeheartedly to positions where they can be lazy and idle.

Many prisoners who missed their families volunteered to go to steel mills and quarries to sell their strength; the assassins who were eager to communicate with the outside world had no intention of bullying their inmates.After all, Captain Hadley said that everyone is free to fight and fight, but as long as they are caught by patrol guards, the points will be cleared.

Because of this, even if there are no stabs to make trouble for those prisoners who are thin and weak, and work hard, it is difficult for them not to fall into the punished area.

However, they are not upset about this—the prison guards earnestly implement the training plan assigned by the captain. Even if their muscles are sore for a while, they will be able to find it after a few days. The real improvement in physical strength and the increase in points for the next month are just around the corner.

Andy Dufresne is also a member of the "underachievers". After all, after recovering from the strained arm, Byron has no way to keep him by his side, and the banker is unwilling to accept such maverick preferential treatment.

But Captain Hadley, who kept his word, still took the time to "start a little treat" for his friends.

The fighting skills he taught to Andy, combined with the physical training during labor intervals, although it can't make a man with six-pack abs overnight, at least he has the power to protect himself.

One day, after evening roll call, Andy was doing his usual push-ups on the wall below the window.

It was early spring, and the night breeze was slightly cool, blowing away the profuse sweat from Andy's body along the cracks in the iron bars.

'48... 49! 50! 'Closing to the limit, Andy clasped his hands on the wall tightly, who would have thought that he had just finished the last one, and fell back to the bed driven by gravity, but grabbed a piece of the wall with his hands.

Holding the stone up to his eyes, he closed his palms together and opened them again, only a few broken pieces and a large handful of stone chips.

Andy picked up the debris and looked at it. After a long while, he turned and jumped to the head of the bed, shaking the pages of the book with trembling fingers, picked up the stone hammer, ran to the wall where there was no one, and hit hard.

The tip of the hammer wedged into the stone wall in an instant, and he stroked his chest with his right hand. Feeling the rapid beating of his heart, Andy gently pulled back, and a layer of wall skin the size of half a palm fell down.

After repeating this several times, Andy's rationality gradually recovered. He took a deep breath to suppress the turbulent excitement in his heart, held the hammer, looked out the window at the hazy night sky, and sat quietly until dawn.

The author has something to say:

Who is Linda?

Full name Linda Collins Dufresne

Who else can you say...

The author is using the time lapse method again

By the end of this chapter, it was early spring 1948

In the movie, Andy buys a hammer in 1947

But didn't start digging until 1949 to buy the poster

Here is a relatively reasonable bedding

Let Andy start digging early

I hope everyone will continue to indulge my magic reform hahaha

ps: In order to ensure the quality, there is only one update this week, and it is all because the Chinese New Year is too lively 233

I will try my best to add updates next week, you are not allowed to make nests! ! !