Reborn in 1977, starting with severing ties with family.

Yingzi remained silent this time, seemingly acquiescing to Jiang Sen's words.

On the third day, we finally reached the pool where we had bathed last time.

Yingzi stopped and handed the basket to Jiang Sen. "I can only take you this far."

Jiang Sen turned around, looking at Yingzi with eyes full of affection, "Yingzi, wait for me!"

Yingzi looked at him for a while before softly humming in agreement. She then pulled a hunting knife from her boot and handed it to Jiang Sen before turning and leaving. She quickly disappeared from sight.

Jiang Sen laughed and shouted, "Yingzi! I'll be here in a few days, waiting for you!"

Oroqen women always carry a hunting knife for self-defense, with a scabbard made of animal hide.

He didn't know if giving a hunting knife was a custom of the Oroqen people, but he believed it was a token of love from Yingzi.

He tucked the hunting knife close to his waist and turned to walk back.

"Old Cripple!?" Jiang Sen was overjoyed. Seeing the old cripple standing by the pool, he ran over. "What are you doing here?"

The old cripple chuckled as he looked at him, then glanced into the woods. "I've come several times already, thinking you didn't want to come back."

"How could I?" Jiang Sen grinned. "Come on! I've missed you all so much."

The two returned to the camp, spent the night in the hunter's hut, and returned to Squad Six the next day.

Everyone from Class 6 was there.

"Jiang Sen!" Fu Chunsheng saw Jiang Sen return and quickly stood up to run over and take the basket from him. "You've been gone for more than half a month, we were so worried about you! You seem to have gained weight!"

"Really?" Jiang Sen smiled and touched his face, then saw Sui Zhongliang. "Squad leader, I'm back!"

Sui Zhongliang looked at him with a smile, "How are you? Have your injuries healed?"

"All done! Look!" Jiang Sen stretched his arms and kicked his legs. "All done!"

Then, seeing the other educated youth beside him, he thought of the other who had sacrificed his life, and his expression became somewhat dejected. "Only a few of us are left."

Originally, including the old cripple, there were only eight people in Class Six.

Wang Haiyang is gone, one person has been sacrificed, now there are only six people left.

"A few more people will be sent over from the farm headquarters in a couple of days," Sui Zhongliang said, feigning nonchalance. "We're just waiting for you to come back! There's great news!"

Jiang Sen was a little confused. What great news was it?

"Go and see!" Fu Chunsheng pushed him into the house. "The team leader came in person. He was thinking of sending you to the farm headquarters, but who knew you'd been gone for so long, so he brought it to you."

Sui Zhongliang took out his medals, bonuses, and food coupons. "This is a commendation from the division headquarters for you. You are awarded a first-class merit!"

It was actually a first-class merit!

Jiang Sen was somewhat shocked and looked up to ask, "Where's Wang Haiyang?"

"He too, but he's no longer here. The commendation was sent to his unit. And Wei San from the Fourth Battalion, the three of you are the same!"

Jiang Sen nodded, feeling that Wei San deserved the most credit for capturing Xiao Ma and Lu Xiu last time.

After all, he had followed them for so long and had actually sabotaged their operation.

"If there are no problems, come down the mountain with us tomorrow. We need to go through the formalities at the team headquarters and farm headquarters."

“There’s more!” Fu Chunsheng said, “If we don’t take all the mountain produce we’ve gathered these days, we’ll have nowhere to even step!”

Jiang Sen: "..."

Looking at the warehouse full of sacks, Jiang Sen didn't know whether to laugh or cry; he was speechless.

Too much!

More than ever before.

Yes, he hasn't sent anything to Beijing for a month or two.

The next day, the entire sixth class went down the mountain, with two people on each sedan chair to transport the mountain goods down the mountain.

The old cripple also carried a burlap sack.

Upon arriving at the team headquarters, Zhang Jianjun treated everyone to a meal and reiterated Jiang Sen's commendation, even inviting Jiang Sen to speak.

Even though it was just a formality, the scene was very formal, attracting even barefoot doctors to come and watch the spectacle.

After spending the night there, the sixth squad drove two horse-drawn carts to the farm headquarters.

Upon arriving there, Li Chaoyang even held an award ceremony.

"Although it's a bit late, the ceremony must go on!" Li Chaoyang said with a smile. "After all, this is the first time since our headquarters was established that anyone has received a first-class merit, and three people have received it at the same time! Come on, let's give them a round of applause!"

The applause was enthusiastic, and Jiang Sen felt his face stiffen from smiling.

After another speech expressing their determination, the ceremony finally came to an end, followed by a big meal.

Wild boar stew with potatoes!

Everyone else ate with relish, but Jiang Sen didn't seem to notice, because he ate almost every day in the mountains.

He had already started to miss Yingzi.

After overcoming numerous hardships, he finally met her. From then on, no matter what, he did everything only for this woman.

He secretly vowed that in this life, he would only have Yingzi as a woman; all the others were just skeletons in the sand, and even if they stood naked in front of him, he wouldn't even glance at them.

Not to mention this and that.

"Jiang Sen, there's a letter for you!" After dinner, Bai Wenqu brought over a stack of letters and handed them to Jiang Sen. "Knowing you were injured, I kept them all for you, in case someone else took them or lost them."

"Thank you, Uncle Bai!"

Jiang Sen took the letter, walked outside the field headquarters, sat on a rock, and slowly read it.

There were letters from Aunt Zhao and Wang Haiyang, as well as one from Wang Jianguo.

Aunt Zhao said that the street factory had openings and asked him if he wanted to go back to the city.

They also went on to talk a lot of other trivial things.

Wang Haiyang's training in the army was very tough. It was probably a classified unit, as they didn't even have an address, only an email address.

He also said that the government would soon have a new policy that would allow him to boldly trade mountain products.

Jiang Sen recalled that by the end of the year, the policy of comprehensive reform and opening up would be fully proposed, and the rural household contract responsibility system was the best example. Many people took advantage of this opportunity and became rich first.

As expected, Wang Haiyang's family was no ordinary people; he received the news in July.

Wang Jianguo was admitted to Kyoto University, but he didn't have a chance to meet Jiang Sen before leaving. After returning to Kyoto and settling down, he wrote a letter to Jiang Sen.

Jiang Sen has three of them.

Wang Jianguo talked a lot about school, and asked Jiang Sen if he wanted to take the college entrance exam. He said he could send him the materials, and that if Jiang Sen returned to Kyoto, he should definitely look for him.

After reading their letter with a smile, continue reading below.

Among them were Ho Chi Thanh and Da Shanzi, who were alumni of a university in the south.

I hope that if Jiang Sen ever goes to the south, he will definitely go and find them.

To Jiang Sen's surprise, Shao Jiajia also wrote him a letter.

Jiang Sen paused after opening the package and glancing at it for only one glance.

"Comrade Jiang Sen, it's as if we're meeting in person. Since leaving the Great Northern Wilderness, I've been constantly reminiscing about my time there. Especially remembering your heroic act of risking your life to rescue me fills me with everlasting gratitude. You are a trustworthy comrade, and I sincerely hope to become your most reliable revolutionary comrade-in-arms. Looking forward to your reply! Sincerely, Shao Jiajia!"

The letter was dated below the signature, suggesting it was written shortly after the author returned to Kyoto.

This is a love confession letter.

When seeing Wang Haiyang off, they ran into Shao Jiajia and a few others who were going to university.

Jiang Sen immediately sensed that there was something different about the way Shao Jiajia looked at him compared to others.

So he pretended to be slow to notice, hoping that the girl would forget about him after a while.

Unexpectedly, she not only didn't forget, but also took the initiative to write a love letter.

Jiang Sen took a deep breath, put the letter away, and silently said to himself: I'm sorry, it's not that you're not good enough, it's just that there's no room in my heart for you anymore, because that place has already been filled by another woman.

He had no intention of replying.

After collecting all the letters, he headed towards the supply and marketing cooperative.

As soon as Ma's wife saw him, she immediately came out from behind the counter and closed the door.

"What's wrong with you, kid? You got injured so easily! How long have you been gone? I thought you were lying to me!"

Jiang Sen quickly smiled apologetically, "I'm sorry, Sister Ma, I'm here now. How's the harvest of the mountain goods going?"

Sister Ma pulled open the warehouse door and said, "See for yourself!"