Reborn in 1977, starting with severing ties with family.

Wang Haiyang was shocked by Jiang Sen's tone and the way he looked at the mountains.

It was as if the people standing in front of him were not his peers, but rather his father's generation. Looking at the place where he had struggled in his youth, he felt extremely nostalgic.

"you……"

"Jiang Sen! Wang Haiyang!"

Sui Zhongliang's voice interrupted the two men, who turned to look at him as he beckoned to them.

The two walked over, "Squad leader!"

"Come in and talk!"

They followed Sui Zhongliang into Zhang Jianjun's office.

There were several people sitting inside.

Zhang Jianjun, Sui Zhongliang, Tong Changshun, Zhang Shaowen, Lu Changqing, Li Hongjun, and several other squad leaders were all present.

Zhang Jianjun pointed to the stool next to him, "Move the stool over and sit here."

Jiang Sen and Wang Haiyang were both somewhat puzzled.

What do the class leaders need to do in their meeting?

“We just discussed it!” Zhang Jianjun said. “In light of the previous incident of wolves attacking the forest when the heavy snow came, the forest farm is planning to set up a forest protection team! It’s like the militia of the brigade below, patrolling the mountains to protect the safety of the forest farm personnel, promptly detecting dangers, issuing early warnings, and ensuring that the work of the forest farm is not disturbed.”

After hearing this, Jiang Sen was secretly overjoyed. This meant he could openly go to find Yingzi.

“We already have an emergency response team, but they are usually in different classes and only come together in emergencies.”

"However, if a situation like the one with Shift Two were to occur again, the drawbacks of hastily mobilizing personnel would become apparent, such as wasting time and insufficient staff. Therefore, we have decided to establish a forest ranger team with fixed personnel, essentially adding a sixth team!"

“I also discussed this matter with the farm manager, and he agreed. He also said that if more educated youth come this year, they will be given priority to be assigned to our forest farm, so that there will be no shortage of personnel in each team after people are transferred out.”

"Because Comrade Luo Yongcai, the deputy captain, has been transferred to the Fourth Brigade to temporarily serve as captain, and the official appointment is expected to be made in May. Therefore, the position of deputy captain is temporarily vacant. Liu, the leader of the Second Squad, has been promoted to squad leader. Comrade Sui Zhongliang will no longer serve as the squad leader of the Second Squad. Starting today, he will serve as the squad leader of the Sixth Squad and lead the forest rangers."

Jiang Sen listened for a long time, but didn't hear anything related to him and Wang Haiyang.

But he already had a guess in his heart that the two of them would probably go to Class Six with Sui Zhongliang.

Sure enough, Zhang Jianjun mentioned them in his next sentence.

"Because several educated youths were added to Class Two later, Jiang Sen and Wang Haiyang, you two will go to Class Six with your class leader. The others will be drawn from various classes and will report for duty later."

Jiang Sen and Wang Haiyang both nodded.

They had nothing to say about that.

"If you have no objections to this arrangement, go pack your things first, and you'll go up the mountain with your class monitor later."

Jiang Sen and Wang Haiyang got up and went out.

Once outside, Wang Haiyang couldn't help but excitedly pump his fist.

Do you know what it means to establish a separate forest ranger team?

"what?"

"Gun! We can fire a gun!" Wang Haiyang gestured as he aimed and fired. "That's so exhilarating!"

Jiang Sen was also excited, but he was much more composed than Wang Haiyang.

"You have a gun for self-defense, not for shooting indiscriminately."

Wang Haiyang said, "Of course I know, but it doesn't affect my hunting!"

Jiang Sen laughed, "You've forgotten one thing."

"what?"

"We can run all over the mountains and pick whatever good things we can find!"

“That’s right!” Wang Haiyang said. “I’m already looking forward to it. I can already imagine our future, which will definitely be the envy of others.”

Jiang Sen didn't care whether others envied him or not, but that wasn't what he wanted.

Even if he makes a lot of money in the future, he will remain low-key.

Shoot the first bird!

A short while later, Sui Zhongliang came out, called the two men, and went to the next room.

After they returned, they stayed at the team headquarters.

“We won’t go up the mountain for now. Once some red bricks are delivered from outside, all three work teams on the mountain will build new houses. Then we can find a place to build one too.”

Wang Haiyang asked, "Aren't we supposed to be patrolling the mountains? If we build a house, will we be able to come back every day? Is that enough time?"

Sui Zhongliang laughed, "There are hunter's cabins in the mountains too."

"Oh!"

Jiang Sen really wanted to ask when the guns would be issued, but after thinking about it, he didn't ask.

No one else came, so even if we gave them guns now, there would be nowhere to fire them, and carrying them around would be cumbersome.

After staying at the team headquarters for two more days, eating his fill three times a day, Jiang Sen felt he had gained weight. Finally, everyone from Class Six had arrived.

To Jiang Sen's surprise, there was even an old cripple who cooked for the fourth shift.

But it wasn't surprising; once inside the forest, no one knew it better than him.

Moreover, despite being blind in one eye, he was a master marksman.

There were also several other young educated youths from other work groups, all of whom were very energetic.

That's how Class Six was formed, with eight people including Sui Zhongliang.

Among them, Jiang Sen was particularly impressed by a man named Fu Chunsheng.

He was transferred from Class 4. He had a baby face, a small tiger tooth when he smiled, and bright, dark eyes, just like Pan Dongzi in the movie "The Shining Red Star".

He introduced himself as being from Tianjin, and when he spoke, he always said "ma, ma," which was particularly amusing.

Everyone lived in one house, with Sui Zhongliang and the old cripple living next door.

Three days later, several large trucks arrived at the team headquarters and unloaded the red bricks on the open ground in front of the headquarters.

The snow on the mountain began to melt after several sunny days, flowing continuously down the ravines.

At the timber yard, a ditch was dug to divert snowmelt from the mountain into the river in front.

Class One, Class Two, Class Three, and the newly established Class Six—everyone is temporarily not required to cut down trees; they are all carrying bricks up the mountain.

This job...

Damn, I'm exhausted!

On the first trip up the mountain, some people stayed behind to start laying the foundation, while the rest continued to carry bricks back and forth.

No one complained of being tired, because no one wanted to live in Xierenzhu anymore.

Sui Zhongliang chose a spot near the spring, between Class 1 and Class 2.

The old cripple and he stayed on the mountain to lay the foundation, while Jiang Sen led everyone back and forth carrying bricks.

They worked like this for over a month before they finally had enough bricks to build the house.

Jiang Sen and the others were very happy to see the house gradually taking shape.

Cut dry weeds and mud, and chop wood to make roof beams.

They managed to build a new house in just half a month.

Moreover, the kitchen is still inside the house.

There's a warehouse in the back, and there's even a kang (heated brick bed) in the room!

The place is surrounded by green mountains and clear waters; it's such a wonderful place that even a god wouldn't trade it for it.

The spring where water is drawn every day is located on the side.

The surrounding mountains and fields are full of food.

Before moving into a new house, you need to heat the kang (a traditional heated brick bed) for a few days to dry it out; otherwise, the kang and walls will be damp, and people living in it are prone to getting sick.

The old cripple no longer kept a stern face and remained silent as before; a smile finally appeared on his face.

Jiang Sen still made time to help the old cripple and cook for everyone.

It was called cooking, but it was really just about building a fire, putting the lunchbox on top to boil some wild vegetable soup, and baking some cornbread or something.

He also wanted to go around and see what food was available.

In spring, when everything comes back to life, the wild vegetables are eaten as soon as they sprout a tender shoot.

Of course, the rations they brought from the team headquarters were enough to last them for three months.

We should eat sparingly then.

Today, after everyone had eaten, they had nothing to do, so they sat in a row in front of the house, looking at the new house in front of them.

Sui Zhongliang said, "It will be a few more days before we can move into this house. Since we have nothing to do now, let's go down the mountain to buy some necessities and pick up the gun while we're at it."

Fu Chunsheng said, "What do you want to buy? We have everything here!"

Jiang Sen laughed as soon as he heard him speak, as if he were listening to a stand-up comedy routine.

Sui Zhongliang chuckled and mimicked his accent: "You have everything? Where's the pot? Where's the pan? You have nothing! How are you going to cook?"