Past Events in the Wasteland

The story background of the novel unfolds from the Boxer Rebellion in the late Qing Dynasty to the founding of New China. The time span is relatively long and there are many characters involved. The hero and heroine Liu Wenlin and Liu Ying are a pair of childhood sweethearts. After they came out of the wilderness, their respective life paths have undergone great changes. Liu Wenlin entered the official career and joined the Kuomintang. He cracked down on bandits and purged officialdom. During the Anti-Japanese War, he resigned himself to serve as an official of the puppet government, fighting wits and courage with the Japanese army. During the War of Liberation, he secretly joined the Communist Party of China. In 1948, during the battle to liberate Weixian County, he instigated the rebellion of the Fourth Security Regiment defending the city and made great contributions to the liberation of Weixian County. After Liu Ying walked out of the mountain village, she married Zhou Qing, a son of a wealthy family. Unfortunately, she married an inhumane and suffered all kinds of humiliation. Fortunately, I had the courage to leave my family and join the revolutionary tide. Sneaking back to Linqu many times to contact Liu Wenlin, he gradually embarked on the revolutionary road. The plot of the story is quite tortuous and has ups and downs. The fate of the protagonist is also bumpy. But the ending is perfect. This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.