Reborn in 1977, starting with severing ties with family.

It doesn't need to be explained too clearly; everyone knows they're being asked to get off the bus to use the restroom.

Everyone got off the bus, looked around, and automatically split into left and right groups, walking towards the cornfield next to them.

There were only four female educated youth; the rest were men.

After relieving himself, Li Chaoyang hadn't left yet. Holding a water bottle and munching on a cornbread, he mumbled, "Have a bite to eat first. We'll be able to have something hot when we get to the farm!"

After saying that, he ignored everything else and turned to walk towards the front of the car.

Jiang Sen took out the cornbread that Aunt Zhao had given him from his bag and handed one to Wang Jianguo.

Wang Jianguo's fried dough cakes and Jiang Sen's steamed buns were all eaten before they got off at Sankesong.

Without any hesitation, he took it and took a big bite, asking, "I still have water in my kettle, would you like some?"

Jiang Sen took it, drank a sip, handed it back to him, and continued eating his corn tortilla.

The others were also nearby, eating the dry rations they had brought in small groups.

Jiang Sen glanced around and saw that several people seemed to have run out of food, hiding from others and drinking water from their own water bottles.

He looked away, and as soon as he turned his head, he met Xu Lanlan's gaze.

He paused for a moment, then turned to look into the distance.

Xu Lanlan seemed to have nothing left to eat, and she stood there with another female educated youth.

The female educated youth was holding a wild vegetable cornbread. After hesitating, she broke it in half and handed it to Xu Lanlan.

"Just eat whatever you can find; there will be food when we get to the farm."

Xu Lanlan reached out and took it, saying, "Thank you, Comrade Zhao Xiaoying. From now on, we must help each other. All difficulties are just paper tigers!"

Jiang Sen wanted to laugh but held it in. He gestured to Wang Jianguo, finished his cornbread, and climbed onto the truck.

Take as much rest as possible when you have time. Once you arrive at your destination, you'll catch your breath before having to walk a long way to the lower-level units.

In the past, when educated youth were sent to the countryside, they were all brought to the farm headquarters together, and then people from the production brigade below would come and take the educated youth assigned to them back.

When we arrived at the farm headquarters, the best we could hope for was a hot meal, which was really just an extra bowl of corn porridge.

They're all fresh out of the pot, so they'll definitely be very hot.

After a while, Li Chaoyang walked over from the front and said, "Get in the car, let's go!"

One by one, the educated youths climbed onto the truck. Li Chaoyang lifted the rear panel of the truck with a "click" and then fastened the safety bolt with a "creak".

The car started moving, and Jiang Sen said to Wang Jianguo, "Take a good rest. We'll be assigned to different places when we get there, and we don't know how far it is. Eat as much as you can when it's time to eat."

Wang Jianguo already trusted Jiang Sen a lot, so after hearing his words, he nodded and closed his eyes.

Jiang Sen crossed his arms, closed his eyes, and leaned his head back against his luggage.

He could feel a gaze fixed on him, and it took a long time for the feeling to gradually disappear.

He knew who it was, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

The truck rattled along for nearly five more hours before Jiang Sen opened his eyes amidst the astonishment of several educated youths.

We've arrived at Hongqi Farm.

After getting off the truck, the first trucks that had driven out were neatly parked in an open space.

Directly in front of them came two rows of wooden lattice houses, with a few tin words pasted on the wooden archway in the middle: "Red Flag Farm"!

We're finally back!

Suddenly, an untimely voice came from the doorway, "Jiang Sen, Wang Jianguo, over here!"

Feng Chao seemed very excited and waved to Jiang Sen and the other man.

Jiang Sen's good mood was completely ruined, and the joy on his face vanished instantly.

He picked up his luggage and said to Wang Jianguo, "Let's go!"

Upon approaching, Feng Chao seemed to have forgotten the unpleasantness on the train and warmly led them inside.

"I've been here for a while, just waiting for you. I was worried you wouldn't know the way and wouldn't be able to find the place. Come on, I'll take you to the cafeteria first!"

Jiang Sen didn't say anything, and Feng Chao didn't mind either, continuing to enthusiastically introduce them.

"This is the farm headquarters. There's a supply and marketing cooperative over there, and a medical clinic. The mailroom and the medical clinic are together. You'll send anything here, and letters from home will also come here."

Li Chaoyang beckoned the other educated youth to follow, glancing at them with his eyes.

"Everyone, catch up. Go to the canteen for lunch first. If you need anything, buy it at the supply and marketing cooperative next door. The brigade below will come to pick you up later!"

Those seventeen or eighteen-year-olds, their curiosity dispelled much of their previous despair and frustration.

Many people have never seen a log cabin or a horse-drawn carriage.

No one has ever seen such a large forest and mountain range.

The air was so fresh, completely free of the noise and dust of the city.

Everything here has a primitive feel to it.

The canteen was at the very back, a long row of wooden houses. As soon as you opened the door, you could smell the aroma of food and the smoke from burning wood.

The kitchen is right inside the door, separated by a counter-like structure where several large pots are steaming.

Three men wearing large white aprons were busy at the workbench behind the large pot.

Further inside, in a spacious area, there were several large wooden tables and long benches.

There was still some bark on it that hadn't been completely removed.

Those who arrived earlier, and those who hadn't eaten yet, sat inside and turned to look towards the door.

"Clang, clang, clang!" Li Chaoyang tapped the edge of the pot with a large ladle. "Put your luggage down and come line up for your food."

Another period of busyness and chaos ensued.

Jiang Sen didn't run inside. Instead, he pulled Wang Jianguo to a window seat and put their luggage down.

Feng Chao followed them, offering to help and showing them how to get their food.

But Jiang Sen seemed very familiar with the place and didn't give him any chance at all. He took out a lunchbox and led Wang Jianguo to the right side of the kitchen.

"Hold on tight!"

The man making the corn porridge was a middle-aged man in his fifties, neither fat nor thin, and not very tall. He had many more wrinkles on his face than people his age.

My hands were covered in calluses and cuts, as rough as sandpaper.

"Thank you, Uncle!" Jiang Sen said with a smile. The man inside laughed and tapped the edge of the pot. "Next!"

Afterwards, Jiang Sen led Wang Jianguo two steps to the left, where the chef handed over two cornbreads that were bigger than their faces and placed them on the lid of the lunchbox.

"Next!"

Finally, near the door, Li Chaoyang stood to the side, talking to the chef inside while eating his lunchbox.

When the chef saw Jiang Sen and Wang Jianguo coming over, he picked up a piece of pickled vegetable from a brown jar for each of them.

He didn't call on the next person, and continued talking to Li Chaoyang.

"If we don't go down until tomorrow, where will we find a place to stay?" the cook said.

Li Chaoyang sniffed and took a sip of porridge. "Before you leave, tell them to come and pick you up today."

"Traveling through the night?"

"What else? Let them sleep in your cafeteria?"

"Get out of here!" the cook said. "Why don't you just say you're going to sleep at your place!"

"Ha ha……"

"You're saying that every year they send in kids this big, too weak to carry anything, what can they do!"

"Do you have any idea?"

No! You do?

You'll get the hang of it as you go!

Jiang Sen overheard something after getting his food.

He had known all along that Li Chaoyang was the kind of person who knew there were difficulties but never said there was no way to overcome them.

It seems that no matter how difficult the task, it's no problem for him.

In his previous life, he didn't have much contact with Li Chaoyang. Due to his mood, he rarely interacted with others and kept a low profile for a long time. Most people didn't even know that Jiang Sen existed.

Even when he went back to the city to get a letter of introduction from the farm headquarters, the accountant had to think for a long time before he remembered who he was.

Feng Chao should have finished eating long ago, but he didn't leave. He sat at the table watching Jiang Sen and Wang Jianguo eat, talking non-stop.

"When I got here, I asked around and found out that we had come here separately by car, but we had to separate again to get off at the new destination."

Jiang Sen ignored him, but Wang Jianguo looked up and asked, "Re-divide?"