Reborn in 1977, starting with severing ties with family.

The two jumped onto the carriage, cracked their whips, and sped off forward.

Suddenly, a stone flew over and hit the pony on the forehead.

He cried out "Ouch!" and his body swayed as he fell off the carriage.

Lu Xiu was startled and quickly went to pull the brakes on the carriage.

The carriage traveled quite a distance before finally coming to a stop.

Lu Xiu jumped down and ran back, asking, "How are you?"

Xiao Ma covered his forehead, his fingers filled with blood.

He hissed twice in pain and immediately turned his head to look in the direction from which the stone had flown.

The woods over there were so dense and dark that you couldn't see anything.

"Giddy up!" With a low shout, the carriage was driven away.

Lu Xiu hurriedly tried to get up and chase after him, but Xiao Ma stopped her.

"We've been spotted! Get out of here right now!"

Lu Xiu helped him up and led him into the woods to the side.

This place is very close to the forest farm.

Not far past the bend in the mountain pass, there is the fourth shift's timber yard.

If there's a problem with the tracks here, the train definitely won't have time to react, and then something terrible will happen.

Lu Xiu and Xiao Ma finally reached the forest in waist-deep snow and leaned against a tree to catch their breath.

This year's snowfall is exceptionally heavy, especially in the forest area, where the entire mountain is enveloped in snow.

The mountains are blocked by heavy snow. If the snow only reaches knee-deep, then the term "blocked mountains" is not even appropriate.

They walked in places where the water was waist-deep, and in some places it may have been even deeper.

Especially in low-lying areas or deep pits, where the water can be over your head, once you're trapped, there's no way you can get out.

"The carriage is gone, where do we go?" Lu Xiu asked.

Little Horse chuckled. "Come with me, I know a safe place. Let's go!"

The two set off again, but despite being dressed warmly, their waist-deep snow caused their lower limbs to freeze after a while.

After a short while, Lu Xiu spoke again, "I... I can't walk anymore!"

Little Horse turned his head and said fiercely, "If you can't walk, then wait to die! Let's go!"

Lu Xiu shuddered, took a breath, and continued walking forward.

Gradually, the two disappeared completely into the mountains and forests, leaving only two deep snow tracks.

More than an hour later, three horse-drawn carriages came from the other side of the valley.

The bus was filled with people, some in military uniforms and others in patched cotton-padded jackets.

Everyone looked very serious.

The driver of the first carriage was none other than Li Chaoyang, and sitting in the carriage was a person whose temperament was completely different from the others—it was Wei San!

It turned out that the person Jiang Sen had asked him to keep an eye on was Xiao Ma.

Today, all the educated youth stayed at home. Jiang Sen and Wang Haiyang went to the livestock farm with Sui Zhongliang and Dashanzi.

Wei San felt that Xiao Ma and Lu Xiu would definitely not let this opportunity pass and would surely meet again.

He made up an excuse and came out, squatting not far from where Xiao Ma lived.

It's pitiful that such a renowned fitter would do something like this.

He was caught stealing by Jiang Sen, and he promised to listen to Jiang Sen from now on.

When he arrived at the Fourth Brigade, he was very low-key at first, but after a while, he couldn't stand it anymore.

So he went back to his old ways, stealing chickens from villagers twice.

He had his fun, but it sparked two fights, both of which ended up at the farm headquarters.

He only behaved himself for a few days after seeing that Jiang Sen had also arrived.

Unexpectedly, he ended up doing so much with Jiang Sen.

Thinking about it, it doesn't seem so bad.

Wei San was lost in thought when Xiao Ma came out of his residence.

He looked around and then quickly walked out of the educated youth settlement.

Wei San followed at a distance, and soon saw him meet up with Lu Xiu.

He instinctively wanted to find Jiang Sen, but then he remembered that Jiang Sen had gone to the livestock farm, so he had to continue following him alone.

He followed the two men to the team headquarters, and as he was wondering what was going on, he saw them go to the dilapidated house at the very back of the headquarters.

Lu Xiu and Xiao Ma never imagined that their every action had been observed.

He was also a thief.

After they left, Wei San went into the dilapidated house, glanced inside, and then came out.

He knew that Luo Yongcai had a good relationship with Jiang Sen and Wang Haiyang, and he also saw him chatting and laughing with the farm manager.

They should be able to trust them.

Jiang Sen never explained who to contact if Xiao Ma took any action and he wasn't around.

Going to Luo Yongcai was entirely his own decision, and Jiang Sen wouldn't blame him.

Coincidentally, Luo Yong went to sleep right after the meeting.

He had no idea where Luo Yongcai was.

Having no other choice, he had no choice but to continue following them alone.

Luckily, the little horse stole a horse-drawn carriage; if it had been a tractor, jeep, or truck, he really wouldn't have been able to keep up.

But it also exhausted him quite a bit.

After traveling about forty li, the carriage suddenly stopped, and Xiao Ma and Lu Xiu went to the toilet.

Wei San seized the opportunity, crawled under the carriage, and followed it to the railway tracks.

As the carriage stopped, he finally let go and rolled to the side.

He watched helplessly as the two finished setting up their things on the tracks and prepared to leave. He was too exhausted to do anything else, so he picked up a stone from the side of the tracks and threw it at them.

When the horse was hit, Lu Xiu got out of the carriage to help it up, while Wei San used the last of his strength to jump back onto the carriage and head towards the forest farm.

Before this, the things Jiang Sen and Wang Haiyang did had already been arranged by their superiors.

Li Chaoyang led his men to oversee the forest farm, and recalled Sui Zhongliang to guard the farm headquarters.

Local forces have also made arrangements for other important locations.

But they never imagined that the spies would actually try to blow up the railway tracks.

Wei San's message arrived just in time. Li Chaoyang immediately gathered his men, drove a carriage, and had Wei San lead the way to get there.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the entire twenty-meter-long railway track was covered with explosives, along with a bundle of custom-made detonators.

"Xiangzi! Demolish it immediately!" Li Chaoyang ordered. "You two stay here, the rest of you come with me into the mountains to chase after them!"

Wei San wanted to go too, but he was forced to stay behind.

Xiangzi said, "Don't worry, they can't run away!"

After saying that, he squatted down in front of the timer and remained motionless.

Wei San was terrified. What if it exploded by accident?

The traces left by Lu Xiu and Xiao Ma were very obvious, and Li Chaoyang and his group chased them all the way into the mountains.

The situation here is urgent, and things are not peaceful at the Fourth Detachment either.

It was also because Jiang Sen and Wang Haiyang had been away for several days that Zhao Erhu began to get a little restless.

Erluzi went to his maternal grandmother's house with his mother and didn't come back.

Hei Zi was also forced by his father to husk corn at home.

He wandered around the village alone, and before he knew it, he had arrived near the educated youth settlement.

Suddenly, he hid behind a tree and secretly peeked at the two people who appeared in front of him.

Shao Jiajia and another female educated youth were carrying basins back from washing clothes by the well.

At a fork in the road, the two waved goodbye, and Shao Jiajia walked to the right alone.

This side road is not long, less than twenty or thirty meters long. On both sides are trees and weeds of varying heights. Usually, you can see the place where the educated youth live at a glance.

The snow has now been shoveled to both sides, reaching about a person's height, blocking the view and leaving a narrow path for one person to walk on.

Shao Jiajia was humming a song as she walked when someone walked towards her. She thought it was another educated youth going to the well, so she didn't pay any attention.

But she soon realized something was wrong.

"What? It's you? Get out of the way!"

Shao Jiajia disliked Zhao Erhu very much, especially the way he looked at her.

That day, when we were having dinner at his house, my behavior was so obvious that it was hard not to think the worst.

So when Jiang Sen told her to avoid the villagers and not to be alone, she overheard him and went to listen.

But today, back at the educated youth settlement, near the well not far behind the house, I ran into this bastard!

"If you don't move aside, I'll call for help!"