Reborn in 1977, starting with severing ties with family.

The educated youth's words startled Jiang Sen and the others.

Hu Zhiqing quickly asked, "What happened?"

“Shao Zhiqing is missing. Everyone went out to look for her, and the village helped search for her, but we searched everywhere and couldn’t find her. The village chief said she might have been carried off by a wild wolf coming down from the mountain! Old Zhang told me to come back quickly and see if you’re back yet.”

Where are they now?

"They're all looking for people, and now they're preparing to go into the mountains!"

Jiang Sen's heart skipped a beat. Despite all his precautions, he still couldn't prevent Shao Jiajia's tragedy from happening.

He thought quickly, recalling the news he had read in the newspaper in his previous life.

What did they say back then?

It seems they said a woman's body was found in a vegetable garden...

Which plot of land was it again?

It seems to be in the fields behind the village.

But what about before that?

Jiang Sen was in a hurry, and the more anxious he became, the less he could remember.

"Jiang Sen! Come on, let's go find someone!" Hu Zhiqing called to him.

Dashanzi quickly grabbed a shovel and followed Hu Zhiqing as they locked the canteen door to go find someone.

Seeing that Jiang Sen still hadn't moved, as if he was thinking about something, Wang Haiyang quickly walked over and asked in a low voice, "Do you know something?"

Jiang Sen slowly narrowed his eyes and said, "I noticed that the Zhao brothers looked at Shao Jiajia strangely before. If it was really them who did it, the person is probably in their house."

"What did you say?" Wang Haiyang exclaimed, turning to look at Hu Zhiqing and Dashanzi. "You can't just say things like that. If you're wrong, things will be beyond repair."

"No way! I know the village chief has a cellar. If Zhao Erhu did it, the person would definitely be hiding there!"

"Even if it's true, will they let us in? Didn't you hear that the village chief also led people to look for them?"

Jiang Sen suddenly looked up. "What did you say?"

"I said, the man who just came back said that the village chief said the person might have been carried off by wolves coming down from the mountain, and he's organizing everyone to go into the mountains to look for him!"

Jiang Sen's lips slowly curled up; it seemed he had guessed correctly!

"Captain!" he called out to Hu Zhiqing, "There are only four of us here, all of whom are trustworthy. Now I have a suspicion that I want to discuss with you..."

The four of them whispered among themselves for a while.

The educated youth who had just returned to call for reinforcements came out of the canteen after getting a drink of water and asked, "Team leader, shall we go?"

"Coming!" Hu Zhiqing agreed, then asked Jiang Sen somewhat anxiously, "Are you sure you can make it?"

Jiang Sen chuckled and retorted, "If he didn't know where the person was, why did he insist on organizing everyone to go into the mountains to search for them? How could he be so sure the person had been carried off by wolves?"

Hu Zhiqing thought for a moment, then finally nodded, "Alright, I'll listen to you this once! You two be careful! I'm going to meet up with the other educated youth now!"

Jiang Sen nodded in agreement.

Hu Zhiqing called to the educated youth who had brought the news, "Let's go! Take us to catch up with the others!"

Dashanzi, still a little worried, added, "Be careful!"

"Don't worry! I know what I'm doing!"

After the three left, Jiang Sen and Wang Haiyang ran straight into the village.

The village chief led a group to look for the person, and Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu would definitely follow along.

A guilty person must appear in front of others, for fear of being suspected.

Therefore, at the village chief Zhao Guangming's house now, if anyone is home, it's only his wife.

When they arrived near Zhao Guangming's house, the two did not go in first, but looked around and then continued walking.

We walked until we reached a house diagonally in front of us before stopping.

This is Erluzi's house.

Erluzi and his mother had just returned from their maternal grandmother's house and met each other at the door.

"Brother Jiang, we just entered the village and heard everyone saying they were going into the mountains to look for someone. Who's missing?" Erluzi asked.

His mother wasn't friendly to the educated youth either, but when she heard her son say that the two in front of her were different from the others and could help him make money, her expression softened considerably.

"Come on in! Come on in!"

“Auntie, no! We’re here to see Erluzi!” Jiang Sen said with a smile. “Last time he helped us earn fifty yuan, and we gave him thirty yuan, which is ten yuan for each of the five of us. I just wanted to ask Erluzi if he wanted to go to the farm to buy something.”

"What? How much did you say?" Erluzi's mother's voice rose eight octaves, and she slapped Erluzi across the face. "How can you say you only made five yuan? Where's the other five yuan?"

Erluzi was utterly wronged, and as he hid, he cried out, "It was just five yuan! Erhu gave me five yuan! It's true!"

"You're still making things up! I'll teach you to keep lying!"

"Oh no! Really! Stop hitting me!"

Erluzi hid behind Jiang Sen and Wang Haiyang.

Jiang Sen stopped her, "Auntie! Don't be angry! There might be a mistake! Erhu wouldn't lie to his brother. Maybe he forgot and will give him five yuan later?"

Erluzi stuck out his neck and said, "He also gave Heizi five yuan!"

Upon hearing this, Erluzi's mother immediately understood. She squinted, rolled up her sleeves, and said, "I knew it! That shrew must have embezzled the money! Let's go find her!"

Seeing that Erluzi's mother had run off to settle scores with the village chief's wife before even entering the house, Erluzi panicked.

"Brother Jiang, why are you like this? How am I supposed to play with Erhu now!"

Wang Haiyang laughed, "If you don't want to play with him, why don't you just play with us? If you can't get your money back, we'll just give it to you next time, won't we?"

"Really?"

"Really!" Jiang Sen said impatiently, "There's something I need you to do. If you do it well, I'll take you to make money from now on. How about that?"

"That's great! I didn't want to play with Erhu anymore, he always tricks me!"

“Okay, you can do it like this…” Jiang Sen whispered a few words to Erluzi, who nodded repeatedly.

"Okay, I'll go right now!" Erluzi took off running after his mother.

Jiang Sen waved his hand, "Let's go!"

He and Wang Haiyang went around to the back of Zhao Guangming's house, jumped over the earthen wall into the backyard, and tiptoed to Fangshan's side, looking ahead through the pile of firewood.

At the gate, the village chief's wife stood inside, while Erluzi's mother stood outside, hurling insults at each other.

Erluzi stood to the side with his head drooping.

"Your son takes the lion's share of the profits, while you treat my Erluzi like an animal? Huh? Have you no shame!"

"Pah! Don't you even know how stupid your son is? Giving him money is already doing him a favor. If I gave you a gold ingot, he'd treat it like a rock, and you still wouldn't be happy!"

"Pah! You dog, you can't say anything nice, you shameless bastard!"

"Pah! You're shameless! You didn't get any credit, but you still cause trouble! You make trouble again when you don't earn enough money! Everyone, come and see, see if there's anyone as shameless as you?"

"I bother!"

"I bother!"

Jiang Sen and Wang Haiyang were delighted to hear this, and crouched down as they entered the village chief's house.

"Where is the cellar?" Wang Haiyang asked.

Jiang Sen said, "Most houses are in the back. Let's go take a look!"

Passing through the central kitchen, there's a door at the back; outside that is where commonly used grains and miscellaneous items are stored.

"Here!" Jiang Sen found a wooden plank on the left, lifted it up, and revealed a dark hole.

By the light, you can see cabbages, radishes, and potatoes stacked against the wall below.

"Shao Jiajia!" Jiang Sen called out tentatively, then pricked up his ears to listen.

"Woo..."

"Screw rustle..."

A small noise was heard.

“Down there!” Jiang Sen said. “Wait for me, I’m coming down!”

After saying that, Jiang Sen jumped down, braced himself on both sides, felt around on the wall for a while, found a light cord, pulled it, and the light came on.

At the very back of the cellar, on top of the cabbage, lay a mattress. Shao Jiajia, bound hand and foot and gagged, was struggling.