Reborn in 1977, starting with severing ties with family.

The people in the mountains hurriedly made their way to the camp.

Jiang Sen lay in his room, calmly contemplating recent events with his eyes closed.

He and Wang Haiyang had been making a lot of money smoothly.

At first, he was indeed worried that if something went wrong, he might end up taking the blame.

But gradually, he figured out Wang Haiyang's character and solid background, so he stopped worrying.

Now Wang Haiyang has returned to the city ahead of schedule and introduced his childhood friend to him so they can continue their small-time money-making business.

After arriving at the farm, he was constantly thinking about finding Yingzi.

But one thing after another disrupted his plans.

We finally found him, but before we could properly repay Grandpa Yingzi, he passed away.

He took Yingzi out of the mountains and applied for marriage.

Although all of this came a little late, it made him extremely satisfied.

When people are satisfied, they easily become complacent.

Therefore, he didn't know who was making trouble for him.

Count them one by one from the beginning.

The first one was Liao Zhongyi, the second was Feng Chao, then Lu Xiu, the Zhao family...

After much thought, Jiang Sen gradually settled on one person.

During the day, he ran into Accountant Zhang and wondered how he had offended him.

Later, after learning about Zhang Shuibing's fate from Sister Ma, Accountant Zhang probably held a grudge against Jiang Sen for this incident.

Whether it was robbery on the way or because of Zhao Erhu, Jiang Sen's shadow was behind it all.

If the hatred cannot be attributed to those above, then it can only be attributed to Jiang Sen.

Every time I came to the headquarters to mail something and pick up a remittance slip, Accountant Zhang could tell just by paying a little attention.

Jiang Sen sat up abruptly, stared into the pitch-black night, and smiled, "It's you!"

His suspicions were not unfounded.

Everything he does will benefit those around him who are on good terms with him, so they certainly won't report Jiang Sen and cut off their own source of income.

Only the accountant Zhang and his son, especially Zhang Shuibing, suffered at his hands and were eventually sent to a labor camp.

The labor camps on this side of the farm are located in Nehe, further north, where the temperature can drop to minus forty or fifty degrees Celsius in the coldest winter.

Regardless of whether Jiang Sen was directly responsible or not, he was indirectly involved.

You're Accountant Zhang, right?

Jiang Sen lay back down and closed his eyes.

The next day, someone brought food.

Jiang Sen said, "I need to go to the toilet."

The man said, "Wait!"

The person left; they probably went to give a report.

You can't just lock someone up in a room and not let them use the toilet!

A short while later, Officer Ma arrived with a male comrade from the division headquarters.

"Let's go!" said Secretary Ma as he opened the door.

Jiang Sen asked, "Do you have any paper?"

Secretary Ma took a newspaper out of his pocket and handed it over.

Jiang Sen took it, rubbed it in his hands, and walked towards the toilet.

Officer Ma and his companion followed him. When they arrived at the restroom, Jiang Sen went in alone while they waited outside.

Squatting on the toilet, Jiang Sen unfolded the crumpled newspaper and looked at the news on it.

After a while, he came out.

Back in his room, the food on the table was a little cold, but he didn't mind and sat down to eat.

Officer Ma looked at him and chuckled, but since there were people around, he didn't say anything and closed the door.

Jiang Sen realized something while in the toilet.

That is, he needs to find an opportunity to make a phone call.

But since there were other people around, he couldn't say anything to Manager Ma.

After eating, he pushed the lunchbox aside, picked up the manuscript paper, removed the cap from the pen, and began to write and draw.

At noon, someone brought him lunch again.

He handed over his lunchbox and said, "Could you please tell the manager that I have something to report to him?"

The man looked somewhat embarrassed and turned to look at the people from the division headquarters.

The people from the division headquarters said, "You can tell me anything."

Jiang Sen said, "That's fine, I'd like to make a phone call."

"You cannot contact the outside world until the issues are clearly explained."

Jiang Sen nodded, "Then forget it!" After saying that, he looked at the person who brought the food, "Then you should tell the manager that I'm fine and don't need to worry."

People are gone.

Jiang Sen threw down his pen and lay down on the kang (a heated brick bed) again.

He wasn't sure if the person who delivered the food would go to Li Chaoyang.

He had never seen this person before, and he didn't know whether he was one of Li Chaoyang's men or one of the division's men.

The person who delivered food to Jiang Sen was a newly arrived educated youth who stayed at the farm's canteen because of some family connections.

If we're going to count, he should be considered one of Li Chaoyang's men, but his connections are with the division headquarters.

Lin Ying still chose him to deliver meals to Jiang Sen.

So, it's really hard to say whose side he's on.

Meanwhile, the educated youth who delivered the food returned to the canteen, and the people from the division headquarters also left.

The cafeteria chef asked, "How is Xiao Jiang?"

The young educated youth hummed in agreement and said, "He wanted me to go see the farm manager, but the people at the division headquarters said to talk to him if there was anything wrong. Jiang, the educated youth, said he wanted to make a phone call and didn't agree."

After hearing this, the head chef of the canteen said, "Just do your job. Go to the back and get a few cabbages. We'll have pork and cabbage stew with vermicelli for dinner."

After watching the young educated youth leave, the head chef wiped his hands and went out as well.

A little while later, they returned, the young educated youth carrying cabbage.

"Wash it, cut it, I'm going to go buy some pork!"

After the head chef finished speaking, he went out again.

The pork was in another warehouse. After entering, a large pit was dug down into it, which was a large vegetable cellar.

It contained fresh meat.

The head chef went to Li Chaoyang's office first. Lin Ying was also there, but he stayed at the door and didn't go in.

He asked, "Director, tonight we're having pork and cabbage stew with glass noodles. What else could you arrange for the division leaders?"

Previously, the head chef made the menu for the cafeteria himself, but today he asked Li Chaoyang for it.

After years of getting to know each other, Li Chaoyang understood that he had something to say to him.

He stood up and said, "I'll go with you to the storeroom to see what good stuff we have. We'll make a lot tonight. It's not easy for the people from the division to come all this way, so they should try some of our mountain food."

Lin Ying quickly smiled and said politely, "Director Li, no need to be so polite, just eat the same food as everyone else."

"It's alright, it's all harvested from the mountains and doesn't go into the public accounts. We rarely get to eat it, so we're just taking advantage of Sister Lin's kindness to have a drink today."

Lin Ying didn't refuse and said with a smile, "Alright, I'll try it too, I won't stand on ceremony with you."

Li Chaoyang followed the master craftsman to the warehouse.

The master chef whispered a few words to him.

Upon arriving at the warehouse, the door was opened, and the head chef went in alone. Li Chaoyang looked around and then walked towards the back of the building.

Jiang Sen was lying on the kang (a heated brick bed) reading the newspaper pasted on the ceiling when he heard someone knock twice on the back window.

He jumped up and saw Li Chaoyang standing outside, pointing to the latch.

Jiang Sen knelt down and shuffled over, unlocked the latch, pushed open the window, grabbed the railing, and said, "Manager, could you help me make a phone call?"

Li Chaoyang asked, "You want to find Wang Haiyang? He's in the army, we can't get in touch with him. We'll have to think of other ways now. But don't worry too much, even if it turns out to be true, your merits are still there, at worst they'll just cancel each other out!"

Jiang Sen said, "Thank you, Director! I didn't expect things to turn out this way. I had Fu Chunsheng take my backpack back; it had over four thousand yuan in it. We'll just give it to the farm management later. I didn't ask you to contact Wang Haiyang. I have a phone number here; the person on the other end is Luo Jianshe. He said he and Wang Haiyang are childhood friends, and if anything happens, just contact him. Could you please tell him for me? If he doesn't care, then forget it. If he has a plan, then we'll see if we can get through this time!"

Li Chaoyang took the note Jiang Sen handed him. "Okay, you wait."

"Manager, wait a minute!" Jiang Sen called out to him, "Do you even know which bastard is behind this?"