Reborn in 1977, starting with severing ties with family.

The more Zhao Erhu looked at Shao Jiajia's angry face, the more he liked her.

He felt embarrassed by Shao Jiajia's scolding and didn't want to upset her.

But when he thought of what his father had said to him that day, "If you're so capable, just act like an old bachelor, make it a fait accompli, and she'll obediently come home with you, won't she?"

Suddenly, evil thoughts arose in my heart.

“Go ahead and yell!” he said, adopting a shameless attitude. “I’ll just say you seduced me, and we’ll see who’s more shameful.”

"You..." Shao Jiajia was furious. How could this person be so shameless?

"Get out of my way!" she shouted, forcing her way through with the basin in her hand.

But Zhao Erhu stretched out his hands and blocked her way, refusing to let her pass.

"Hey! Hey! Hey hey! I can't get through!" he said with a grin, making a face at Shao Jiajia.

Suddenly, voices came from behind.

Shao Jiajia looked up in that direction, but Zhao Erhu covered her mouth, picked her up around the waist, and ran ahead.

The basin in Shao Jiajia's hand fell to the ground with a thud, startling people not far away.

Mao Jun and Lao Zhang, followed by Sun Guohong and the Sichuan girl, ran over.

They didn't see any people, but they saw a basin on the ground.

"This belongs to Shao Jiajia!" Sun Guohong picked up the basin and the clothes scattered on the ground. "Where is she?"

"Shao Jiajia!" Old Zhang shouted, "Something must have happened! You all hurry back and get help. I'll go after her with Mao Zhiqing!"

Sun Guohong and the Sichuan girl turned around and ran back.

Mao Jun and Lao Zhang followed the snow path forward.

Mao Jun's heart was pounding, and he kept muttering to himself as he chased after them.

"What are we going to do? This is terrible! Could it be that wolves from the mountain have come down?"

"Oh dear! What's going on, Shao Jiajia!"

Old Zhang was much more composed than him, his eyes searching everywhere.

When we got to the well, it was very damp there, the snow had all melted, and there wasn't a single footprint in sight.

"You go over there, I'll go over there!" Old Zhang said, and he and Mao Jun split up to continue the chase.

They chased after him while shouting.

If you keep walking in the direction Mao Jun went, you'll eventually reach the road leading into the mountains.

If you keep walking in the direction Old Zhang is heading, that's the direction towards the village.

Not long after they parted, Sun Guohong and the Sichuan girl arrived with a group of people.

"What about people?"

"Where did it go?"

"They must have split up to chase them! Let's split up and chase them too!"

The educated youth split into two groups and chased after the enemy in different directions.

Soon, the group caught up with Mao Jun.

Mao Jun said, "There aren't any here! There are no footprints in the snow. Turn around, turn around!"

The group turned back to search.

Another group caught up with Lao Zhang, but the village was just ahead.

For convenience, many educated youth and villagers would travel back and forth from here.

The footprints on the ground were messy, and it was impossible to tell whether they were left just now.

It cannot be confirmed whether the missing Shao Jiajia was taken away by a person or a wild animal and left from here.

For a moment, no one knew what to do.

If they go into the village to look for someone, and things go wrong, the hard-won friendly atmosphere might just go back to what it was before.

Just as everyone was discussing the matter, Mao Jun arrived with his men.

"Did you find it?" Old Zhang asked quickly.

Mao Jun shook his head, "There are none over there! There are no footprints either in the direction of the mountains."

Everyone turned to look at Jiazi Village.

They all knew in their hearts that there was a high probability that Shao Jiajia had been abducted to the village.

This has happened before; at least three female educated youths ended up having no choice but to marry villagers.

If Shao Jiajia were to encounter a similar situation, the consequences would be something no one would want to see.

She'll either die or get married.

"What should we do?" someone asked.

"Let's go into the village and search!"

"Yes! They've done this kind of thing before."

"The captain's not here, Lao Zhang, you make a decision!"

Old Zhang was also furious with the person who took Shao Jiajia away. Why did the accident have to happen when Hu Zhiqing wasn't around?

If a conflict breaks out with the villagers, everyone will be punished, and life will be even more difficult afterward.

"Don't panic, everyone!" Old Zhang said. "Mao Jun and I will go find the village chief first. You all wait here and don't make any rash moves! Understand?"

“I’ll go with you!” a female educated youth stepped forward. “Before, it was Shao and I who were washing clothes by the well. It must have happened when we separated.”

"Okay, you're coming with us! Everyone wait here!"

Old Zhang led Mao Jun and the female educated youth into the village, and after many twists and turns, they found Zhao Guangming's house.

Zhao Guangming didn't put on a show; he was currently in a honeymoon period with the educated youth and was very friendly.

"What?" He was startled when he heard that a female educated youth had gone missing. "When? Has anyone seen her?"

Old Zhang, who had been a little uneasy, felt relieved after seeing his attitude.

"She was washing clothes with Shao Jiajia at the time. After they came back, they separated about 20 or 30 meters away from where they lived. Then Mao Jun and the others heard the sound of a washbasin falling to the ground. When they ran over, she was gone."

"Yes, yes!" Mao Jun nodded repeatedly.

After hearing what the others said, Zhao Guangming's eyes flickered a few times, and he said, "Then what are we waiting for? Let's go look for them! In this heavy snow, what if it's a wolf from the mountain that comes down and carries them away? You go into the mountains first to look, and I'll send people to follow you right away!"

Old Zhang, Mao Jun, and the female educated youth were quite moved when they heard this. They kept thanking him and quickly left his house to meet up with the other educated youths before splitting up to look for people again.

After they left, Zhao Guangming's face darkened. "Da Hu! Da Hu!"

Da Hu lived in a separate wing room on the east side of the courtyard, which was specially built for him to marry a wife in the future.

He came out of the house, put on his hat, and asked, "Dad! What's up?"

Where is Erhu?

"They've gone out, haven't they? I didn't see them!"

"Go find him and bring him back!" Zhao Guangming said in a low voice. "A few educated youths came to me just now and said that a female educated youth was missing, that little girl surnamed Shao. After you find Erhu, lock her up first and let Erhu come back."

Zhao Dahu was stunned for a moment, then quickly agreed and turned to walk outside.

Zhao Guangming stood at the door, looking into the distance, slowly took out a cigarette, lit it, and took a puff.

……

Jiang Sen and his companions returned from the livestock farm laden with their spoils.

Since they had stayed overnight, Wang Jianguo and his team specially helped them collect two nets of fish. The tractor was carrying six large baskets, full of fish and shrimp.

The group was overjoyed and sang songs all the way back.

They stopped briefly at the team headquarters, left a basket of fish, and asked the driver to help bring the rest back.

When they arrived at the educated youth settlement, Jiang Sen jumped off the tractor and helped Hu Zhiqing and the others unload the large baskets.

Wang Haiyang lit a cigarette for the driver, gave him some fish and shrimp, and after seeing the driver off, he came back and helped them carry the large basket into the canteen.

After they came out, they looked around and found that no one else had come out.

"Where did everyone go?" Hu Zhiqing muttered to himself. "Never mind that for now, I need to hurry back and change my clothes; I smell like fish!"

After returning to their lodgings and changing their clothes, the group went back to the cafeteria, only to find that there was still no one there.

This is strange.

"Could they be planning some kind of joint construction project again?" Dashanzi asked.

Ho Chi Thanh shook his head. "That shouldn't be the case! Even if it's a joint project, there should be at least two people staying here!"

Jiang Sen said, "Why don't we go to their house and see for ourselves?"

Hu Zhiqing said, "You and Xiao Wang go and take a look. Dashanzi and I will stay here to clean the fish."

"Okay!" Jiang Sen agreed and was about to leave when he saw someone rushing back from the village.

"Captain, you've come back! Something's happened!"