Chapter 35 Chapter Thirty-Five

On a moonless night, Shuang Geng came to see Huaibao with his concubine. Huaibao was asking his father to change the wound on his body at the moment.It was Shuang Geng who spoke first: Brother Huaibao, how is your injury?Be more open.While speaking, he knelt down to help Liao Laoqi change the dressing.Huai Bao recalled what he had done to Shuang Geng back then, and wanted to explain something. He just said: Shuang Geng, when you were dismissed——the words were stopped by Shuang Geng: What are you talking about those old things for? It's a blessing for me. If I'm still in office, I'll lose my skin if I don't die in this movement.Liao Laoqi was afraid that the two of them would be unfavorable to Huaibao if they talked about this topic for a long time, so he hurriedly asked: Shuang Geng, I heard that you are trying to grow new wheat, but is it true?Shuang Geng replied: Yes, old man. I have bred several high-yielding varieties. Did some testing on the ground.It's just that the current chaos is like this, and good varieties can't be promoted...

He didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, just sat silently on a chair, occasionally glanced at Huaibao, and then left quickly, before leaving, he just nodded to Liao Laoqi.Huaibao guessed that the cowardice was angry at himself for the fact that Shuang Geng was withdrawn back then, alas, please forgive me. Huaibao has lived a peaceful life these days, but the news about Jinberry from the county broke his heart.The first news was that Jin Berry became the concubine of Meng Xin, the deputy commander of the rebellion. Later, it was said that she became the captain of the county Mao Zedong Thought Propaganda Team, and later it was said that she married Meng Xin.Every piece of news was like a knife on his heart, and he had to grit his teeth for a few days to survive.

This period of time was also precisely the stage when the rebel organizations in the county seat criticized the "capitalist roaders" most actively, frequently, and severely. It was at this stage that Secretary Qi of the county party committee was criticized to death. A layer of goose bumps suddenly appeared, and a kind of fear from the bottom of his heart kept him awake for several nights. After that, the situation began to change. The rebels began to fight among themselves, and gradually developed into armed struggle. People were concerned about whether the organization could win the armed struggle, and the capitalist roaders were gradually forgotten by people.

One night, Shen Jian came to visit Huaibao and saw that he was bored reading those Red Guard tabloids, so he said, why don't you use this opportunity to study, it will be useful if you have a chance to come back in the future!Huaibao felt that this made sense, since he was idle anyway, why not find some books to read, maybe it will be useful in the future!In his heart, the desire to resume his post and regain power has never been lost. Huaibao has been reading since then, and the books he read mainly fall into two categories: one is historical books about political power struggles, which he found from his father’s old books hidden in the middle wall; He quietly borrowed books on the law of regime change and management methods at home and abroad from Shen Jian.Reading the first type of books made him see how many schemings, strategies and blood and tears the people of all dynasties and dynasties have exhausted to maintain or seize power.Reading the second type of books allowed him to understand how the form of political power changes continuously with the development of human production methods, and understand the various conditions that power rulers should possess.It was the first time for him to study systematically and carefully like this. He felt that he had a better understanding of "politics" and how to gain power. He was eager to return to politics as soon as possible.