Go back to the past to plant trees

Feng Cheng and Zhao Jinquan's days in Bashang were quite boring. After the saplings grew to a certain height, they didn't need to be taken care of as meticulously, and Feng Cheng had more free time every day.

Previously, Feng Cheng would read books in his spare time, but now he has six or seven hours of free time every day, and there aren't that many books for him to read. Moreover, professional books are also dry and boring. Even though Feng Cheng's concentration has improved a lot, he still finds it hard to concentrate after a while.

With more free time, and with Zhao Jinquan constantly fidgeting around like a tickle, Feng Cheng eventually decided to play Gomoku with him.

This thing is simple, easy to make, and easy to play. You'll understand it after I explain it twice.

But this only gave Feng Cheng more trouble, because Zhao Jinquan always wanted to play Gomoku with him, and his skill level was terrible; he was easily defeated by Feng Cheng. However, he still enjoyed it immensely, since he had nothing better to do than play Gomoku to kill some time.

But this made things difficult for Feng Cheng. While it was fun to dominate weaker opponents, doing it all day long would get really boring. It was better to just sit there and stare blankly.

Zhao Jinquan, however, was treating Feng Cheng like a boss, determined to defeat him. But with his skill level, how could he possibly beat someone like Feng Cheng, who possessed exceptional intelligence and could anticipate ten steps ahead?

Finally, Feng Cheng got fed up with him and reluctantly let him win a round, but this excited him even more. He felt that his skill level had improved and played even more enthusiastically.

This left Feng Cheng feeling helpless. Couldn't this newbie realize that he was letting the opponent win?

Finally, annoyed by him to no end and tired of playing Gomoku, Feng Cheng brought out Land Battle Chess and asked Zhao Jinquan to carve a board of chess pieces out of wood. It took Zhao Jinquan several days to finish making it, which gave Feng Cheng some peace and quiet.

Feng Cheng originally wanted to learn chess, but he felt that with Zhao Jinquan's intelligence, he would probably play chess as badly as he would play Gomoku, to the point that he wouldn't want to play anymore.

There are many ways to play Land Battle Chess. If you're lucky, you can win a few rounds in the hidden chess version. You can barely manage to play against a novice like Zhao Jinquan.

Feng Cheng knows many games, such as Ludo, Checkers, Monopoly, Three Kingdoms Kill, Werewolf, etc., but the fun ones require a lot of people, and the ones suitable for two people are too simple. Against an opponent like Zhao Jinquan, it would be really boring to play against him.

But no matter what, with these games, Feng Cheng's days became much more fulfilling, at least he had far less boring time each day.

And so, July slowly began to pass. During this time, Feng Cheng went down to the dam and borrowed a few more books. There weren't many professional books available in those days, and much of the content in the books Feng Cheng read was repetitive. For example, in the field of seedling cultivation, there were only a few methods, and they talked about the same things over and over again: how to cultivate seedlings, how to prevent disease, and so on.

Feng Cheng felt that once he successfully developed this all-light seedling cultivation method, he could publish several papers. With this achievement alone, he would gain some recognition in the field of forestry planting in China.

But the thought of those ten years that were not far off made Feng Cheng's teeth ache.

When the tree planting in the dam area is successful, I will definitely have to summarize my experience, publish papers, and even give speeches. This is not something I can refuse just because I don't want to. The forest farm, the provincial forestry bureau, and the Ministry of Forestry also need to summarize their seedling cultivation and planting experience and then promote it, because there are many places like Saihanba in the country, and they need Saihanba's tree planting experience to plant trees and create forests.

But once the paper is published, one can't shake off the title of intellectual, especially a senior intellectual, and will definitely be criticized.

But Feng Cheng couldn't just not do it because he was worried about getting a beating, could he? He couldn't delay planting trees on the dam just because he was afraid, could he?

Whenever he pondered, Feng Cheng couldn't help but think about the next ten years. There was no way around it; the internet portrayed those years as terrifying. Even though Feng Cheng came from a very prestigious and upright background, he was still extremely worried.

In the drama, the original owner chose to become a fire lookout at Wanghailou, choosing to stay away from the power center of the Forestry Bureau to avoid that impact.

But Feng Cheng knew he couldn't make that choice, because according to the timeline, he couldn't wait for the trees in Bashang to mature and the Wanghailou to be built. As the full-light seedling cultivation method was promoted, his influence in the forest farm would increase significantly, and being in a high position, he would inevitably be the first to be impacted.

The Wanghailou Pavilion can only be established after the Bashang Forest Farm has been established and the trees have been successfully planted and connected into a single forest. That would take several years, or even more than ten years.

Feng Cheng didn't know if he could wait until ten years later. He estimated he wouldn't be able to, because he still had Tang Qi as a weakness, which many people knew about, and almost everyone in the county forestry bureau was aware of it.

Therefore, Feng Cheng had to plan ahead. He didn't expect to get through safely, and he didn't mind suffering a little, but he couldn't be dragged to be criticized and denounced. That was the bare minimum. Feng Cheng wasn't sure if he could handle that scene, so it was best to avoid it for the sake of safety.

With more free time, Feng Cheng had more things on his mind. He would occasionally think about future solutions based on fragmented information he had come across in his future life and the current situation.

Although somewhat worried, Feng Cheng felt confident he could pass the test. After all, his parents were revolutionaries, and his background was perfectly legitimate. The only concerns were his status as a university student and the Tang Qi incident.

As long as you don't die, you can always turn things around. Feng Cheng knew where the future was headed, so he didn't feel hopeless or like those other people.

Last time Feng Cheng went down to the dam, he also went to the scrap metal recycling station. This time, Feng Cheng brought half a pack of cigarettes with him, just to get along well with the old man.

After accepting half a pack of cigarettes from Feng Cheng, the old man became much more enthusiastic and even let Feng Cheng go to other places to look for treasures. However, Feng Cheng didn't understand those things at all and didn't know what was valuable. In the end, he found a few books at the secondhand bookstore and bought them back.

The purchasing station also had some old letters, but having learned from his previous experience, Feng Cheng opened them this time and found more than a dozen letters from which stamps could be removed.

Better than nothing! Feng Cheng isn't too concerned about it now. He's come to terms with it. Collecting this stuff for too long is too much of a process, and he's not that interested in it. Whether he can even sell it in the 1990s is anyone's guess. So he'll look for some if he can, and if not, he'll let it go. He's not forcing it.

Anyway, he knew that the Monkey Stamp was a sure thing, something that would guarantee him 100% to make money, or even a lot of money. He just needed to buy a portion and save it at that time. As for the rest, he wouldn't force it or force it; he would let nature take its course.