Reborn in 1977, starting with severing ties with family.

When Jiang Sen arrived at his old house, he looked at the front door, which seemed to have been repainted.

"After they moved out, the factory assigned this place to a new section chief," Aunt Zhao explained. Afraid that Jiang Sen would be upset, she quickly opened her own door, "This is your home, come in quickly."

Nothing much has changed at Aunt Zhao's house, except that there's a new chicken coop in the yard with three hens lying inside.

Jiang Sen parked the car and took his things from the back seat.

"These were bought from the supply and marketing cooperative." Jiang Sen took out the firewood, rice, oil, and salt and handed them to Aunt Jiang.

"Why are you spending this money, kid? We have plenty at home!"

Jiang Sen chuckled and continued taking things out of the bag. "These are mushrooms, wood ear fungus, and dried vegetables that I brought back from the Great Northern Wilderness."

"This is a really good thing! If you like it, ma'am, next time you come, you can't buy these again, right?"

Jiang Sen nodded, "Okay, bring my wife next time."

"Wife? You're married?" Aunt Zhao was overjoyed. "You should have brought her today, so she could meet the parents."

"I didn't come from home, I'll come next time!" Jiang Sen explained, helping Aunt Zhao put her things inside the house.

"Where are you from, young lady? What do your parents do? How old are they? Do you have any siblings?"

Aunt Zhao started checking household registration information, which made Jiang Sen laugh.

“She is of the Oroqen ethnic group,” Jiang Sen said. “There was no one else in her family, so I applied for a marriage certificate and took her back to Beijing.”

"The Oroqen people!" Aunt Zhao didn't know much about ethnic minorities and had always thought they were primitive people living in the mountains.

"I'll ask you next time I see you!" Jiang Sen changed the subject. "What about Uncle Zhao?"

"He went to work. It's getting late, so we'll eat at home. I'll go make it now."

"No!" Jiang Sen quickly stopped him. "She's home alone. Next time, I'll bring her over to eat your specialty dumplings."

Aunt Zhao's eyes reddened again as she looked at Jiang Sen and shook her head repeatedly. "Tell me, what a good kid he is! Jiang Dayou is simply blind."

Jiang Sen's visit to see Aunt Zhao was primarily for two reasons; he also wanted to give her a heads-up.

It's better for her to bring it up herself than for me to ask.

He moved a stool and sat down with Aunt Zhao in the yard. After chatting for a while, they got down to business.

“Aunt Zhao!” Jiang Sen said, “What happened before I left was already upsetting. But as soon as I got back, they came to my door and even bullied my wife while I was away. They almost got into a fight.”

"What?" Aunt Zhao was furious when she heard this. "Doesn't he have any shame? Huh? He ruined his own son like this, and now that he's finally back, he's... Fine! Aunt Zhao will take care of this. You just live your life peacefully. If you have any troubles, come to me directly. I don't believe I can't deal with him in broad daylight!"

On the way back, Jiang Sen was in a great mood.

I bought a serving of braised pork offal and a serving of beef at the intersection to take home.

Upon entering the house, I saw that Yingzi had removed a paving stone in the backyard, and had already painted a circular raised area around it.

"Wife, what are you doing?" Jiang Sen put down his things and went over to see. "Are you setting a trap?"

"Haha, what is it?" Yingzi laughed uncontrollably. "I saw that roasting rabbits was too slow last time, so I decided to build a roasting stove here, put stones underneath, and put charcoal, or coal, wood or whatever on top of the stones. It'll be like a trap!"

"What if you don't use it normally? It looks terrible!"

"Look!" Yingzi picked up a wooden lid from the side. "Isn't this perfect? ​​When you're not using it, you can put flowers or something on it. When you need it, just grab it! Look, it's a baking stove!"

Jiang Sen gave her a thumbs up, "My wife is smart!"

Yingzi looked up at him and smiled.

Jiang Sen sat on the stone bench, watching Yingzi busy herself with a mixture of helplessness and amusement.

Who has such a nice house that they put a baking oven in the middle of the yard?

However, his wife liked it, so even if he tore down all the paving stones in the yard and planted vegetables, Jiang Sen would still say he did a good job!

My wife is my own wife, I'll spoil her myself, who cares about anyone else!

The two were working and watching when the phone rang inside the house.

Jiang Sen went in and took it.

Currently, only Luo Jianshe knows this phone number.

"Hey bro, I came to the company to see you before you left. You haven't eaten yet, have you? Come out and eat if you haven't, and I'll introduce you to some friends while I'm at it."

Jiang Sen glanced at Yingzi outside and said, "Okay!"

"You should bring your wife. It's just a gathering of a few people today, and everyone brought their female companions."

Jiang Sen was worried about leaving Yingzi to eat alone at home. After hearing Luo Jianshe's words, he knew that today's dinner party must have been attended by people he was close to, otherwise they wouldn't have brought their families.

But he misunderstood.

Luo Jianshe said that they all brought female companions, but he didn't say that they all brought their wives.

It was only after arriving at a hotel catering to foreigners that Jiang Sen discovered this.

Because two of the men were accompanied by girls who clearly had a shady, worldly air about them.

Yingzi's appearance attracted the attention of all the men present, while the two girls curled their lips in disdain.

One of the men was wearing a white shirt and gray trousers. His hair was parted in a 3/7 ratio and was so greasy that flies would slip on it and mosquitoes would do the splits. It looked like it had been soaked in lard.

He was extremely enthusiastic, "These must be the Jiang Sen brothers you were talking about? And this must be your wife? My name is Bai Wenjie, it's an honor to meet you!"

Bai Wenjie took the initiative to extend his hand to Yingzi.

Jiang Sen felt somewhat displeased and frowned slightly.

Seeing that Yingzi didn't reach out, he didn't mind. "Sister-in-law, come, sit here!" Bai Wenjie actually made his female companion give up her seat.

That girl was one of the ones who looked down on Yingzi.

She got up unhappily, sat down on the other side, and muttered, "If I had known I was going to meet country bumpkins today, I wouldn't have come."

Jiang Sen and Luo Jianshe's eyes turned cold at the same time.

Jiang Sen didn't say anything, but nodded and greeted the others before pulling Yingzi to sit in an empty seat.

Luo Jianshe casually pulled out the chair next to Jiang Sen and pushed the tableware on the table further in.

"Young Master Bai, you invited me here today saying you wanted to meet my supplier, Mr. Fang. What's this? Are you trying to impress me?"

Bai Wenjie's smile froze, and he quickly clasped his hands in a fist and palm salute, "Brother Luo, it was Xiao Jia who was being unreasonable. I apologize to you on her behalf!"

Luo Jianshe tapped his fingers on the table, staring at it without looking at him.

Those who follow Luo Jianshe are all shrewd and worldly-wise.

Seeing Luo Jianshe's attitude, one could tell that this wasn't something that could be accomplished simply by talking about it.

"Xiao Jia, quickly apologize to Brother Luo!"

"No! I can't be her brother!"

Xiaojia felt wronged and glared at Yingzi resentfully, but stubbornly said, "I didn't say anything wrong. You can tell she's from the countryside."

"Oh my god!" Yingzi hadn't said anything before out of respect for Jiang Sen and Luo Jianshe, but now she couldn't hold back anymore. "What kind of good person are you? You look decent enough, but what skills do you have that you look down on people!"

Xiao Jia immediately became furious, her face turning bright red. She slammed her hand on the table and stood up, shouting, "I look down on you! You country bumpkin!"

Jiang Sen had wanted to stop Yingzi, at least to give Luo Jianshe face, but upon hearing this, he didn't care anymore. He leaned back in his chair and watched the show with a half-smile.

Yingzi laughed, "Lots of people look down on me, who do you think you are?"

"You..." Xiao Jia's chest heaved with anger as she whined at Bai Wenjie, "Young Master Bai, look, she's bullying me!"

Bai Wenjie now deeply regrets bringing Xiao Jia along.

After all, he had many women around him, and Xiao Jia was relatively obedient.

I don't know what got into me today, but I actually started making enemies for myself.

His face turned cold. "Apologize!"