Reborn in 1977, starting with severing ties with family.

Yingzi started roasting the lamb, and when she walked, she felt a little... awkward.

Jiang Sen felt sorry for her and tried to help several times, but Yingzi chased him away each time.

"Go cool off somewhere else and stop causing trouble!"

Jiang Sen sat down helplessly.

Luo Jianshe joked, "Brother, you're so lucky!"

"Are you craving it?"

Are we talking about the same thing?

"Wipe your drool before you praise me!"

Luo Jianshe wiped his mouth, realizing he'd been tricked, and said with amusement, "You've gone bad!"

The two drank tea, waiting to eat roast lamb.

As they chatted, the topic turned to Jiang Sen's visit to Wang Jianguo earlier that day.

After hearing Jiang Sen say that Wang Jianguo studied international trade, Luo Jianshe immediately said, "We must retain this talent! Once the policy changes, this kind of talent will be in high demand."

Jiang Sen nodded, "That's what I was thinking too. I've invited him over this weekend to discuss the reunion of educated youth returning from the Great Northern Wilderness. You should come too, and see if he's suitable."

"The person you've chosen is definitely suitable!"

Luo Jianshe spoke lightly, and Jiang Sen wouldn't take it seriously.

But I won't embarrass him.

"Okay, after we get to know each other, let's chat more. Maybe he has some ideas that can help our company grow bigger and stronger!"

Luo Jianshe's eyes widened. "Well said! To grow bigger and stronger! What a powerful slogan!"

Jiang Sen: "..."

In my past life, every company on the street said the same thing, and people lined up at the entrance chanting slogans.

Before we knew it, it was the weekend. The weather started to get cooler, but it was still very nice.

Wang Jianguo arrived as agreed.

Upon seeing where Jiang Sen lived, he looked surprised.

"Come in!" Jiang Sen said with a smile.

"You really live here?" Wang Jianguo asked with some suspicion.

He clearly stated that he was the son of a worker at the equipment factory, lived in the factory compound, and had severed ties with his family. How could he possibly live in that family's old house?

As luck would have it, Wang Jianguo knew who originally owned the house.

But he didn't ask, and followed Jiang Sen into the courtyard.

"Come on, let me introduce you!"

Jiang Sen introduced Luo Jianshe and Wang Jianguo to each other.

“They’re all my good brothers, come, sit down and let’s chat!” Jiang Sen invited. “Yingzi, get some pine nuts!”

"Coming!" Yingzi replied, taking out a tray from the house with pine nuts, peanuts, and fruit candies on it. "You two chat, the food will be ready soon!"

“Yingzi, wait a minute!” Jiang Sen called out to her. “His name is Wang Jianguo. He came to the Great Northern Wilderness with me. Jianguo, she’s my wife. She’s an Oroqen from the mountains.”

"You're married?" Wang Jianguo quickly stood up. "Hello, sister-in-law!"

"Hello, please have a seat! You two chat, I'll go and get back to work."

After sitting down, Wang Jianguo was once again greatly surprised. "I said, we all went to the Great Northern Wilderness, but look at you, you made money and got married. And look at me and the others, there's simply no comparison."

Several people laughed.

Luo Jianshe said, "You're envious too, aren't you? We're all envious! Your wife is beautiful, kind, and capable—you couldn't find one like her even with a lantern! And she's fallen for him!"

After a few words, the two became acquainted.

As clever as Wang Jianguo was, upon hearing Luo Jianshe's name, he immediately guessed who his father was.

He didn't know if Jiang Sen knew, so he didn't say anything more.

He just thought to himself, no wonder Jiang Sen was able to start a company after returning; it turns out his friends are all people of that kind.

Osmanthus blossoms drifted down, and in the quiet courtyard, four people ate roasted lamb.

Knowing that Wang Jianguo had been to the Great Northern Wilderness, Yingzi specially prepared several Northeastern dishes.

He was moved to tears while eating.

"I lost my composure!" he laughed, wiping away his tears. "After coming back, I really missed the food there. You know, it was so tough back then, and the food was so bad, and now I still miss it."

Luo Jianshe said, "It's not surprising. My old man still occasionally has someone make some of that old-fashioned mixed rice porridge. I've tried it; it's bland and awful, but he loves it."

Jiang Sen said, "Isn't that right? Sometimes I still crave wild vegetable buns. And pine nuts and hazelnuts too, I'll bring you some later. You know, I used to eat them every day over there, but I didn't find them particularly delicious. Now that I'm back home less often, I'm craving them more and more."

The three of them sighed repeatedly. Yingzi looked at this person, then at that person, and shook her head.

ill!

Life is so good now!

With so much delicious food available, why would you want to suffer?

The three of them ate from noon until the moon rose high in the sky, chatting about everything under the sun.

After eating their fill, Wang Jianguo prepared to go back. Jiang Sen gave him a lot of local specialties from the Great Northern Wilderness.

He and Luo Jianshe saw Wang Jianguo off, and only after watching him get on the bus did he slowly walk back.

“Your friend is alright!” Luo Jianshe said. “I’ll ask him later. If he’s really willing, the company might actually grow bigger and stronger.”

Jiang Sen did not expect that Luo Jianshe would come to such a conclusion in just one afternoon.

“Okay, we just happened to have a reunion for educated youth scheduled for next week, I’ll ask him about it.”

Back at the gate, Luo Jianshe's car lights actually came on.

"Did you bring a driver?" Jiang Sen asked.

"Yes! After what happened last time, my father-in-law won't let me go out alone anymore."

"Why didn't you let anyone in when we were eating?" Jiang Sen glanced at the driver in the driver's seat, a very capable young man in his twenties, who looked at them expressionlessly.

“He won’t go in,” Luo Jianshe said. “Alright, I should go back now. Call me if you need anything.”

At the door, watching Luo Jianshe leave, Jiang Sen exhaled a breath of alcohol.

He turned around, pushed open the door, went inside, and closed it.

"Honey! I suddenly thought of a game, I'll teach you how to play!"

……

One week later, on the weekend.

In a newly opened restaurant near Kyoto University, a group of educated youth who had returned from the Great Northern Wilderness gathered together.

Wang Jianguo greeted everyone, and whether they knew each other or not, they all warmly embraced each other after mentioning which brigade they were in.

Sun Guohong and Shao Jiajia also came.

They have changed a lot. They are wearing fashionable wool coats, their hair is cut short, they look very energetic, and they have a more scholarly air about them.

"Didn't you say Jiang Sen was back too? Is he coming today?" Shao Jiajia asked, pulling Wang Jianguo aside.

Wang Jianguo said, "Of course I'll come. He was the one who suggested this gathering today."

"When will he arrive?"

"Soon!" Wang Jianguo glanced at the time; it was already 10:30. "He said he'd bring some things over."

As he spoke, Wang Jianguo walked out of the restaurant and looked around at both sides of the road.

Shao Jiajia followed them out and watched as well, her heart gradually racing.

She recalled Jiang Sen from the Great Northern Wilderness, who saved her like a ray of sunlight suddenly breaking through a crack in the darkness.

He was brave and loyal, leading everyone in a battle of wits against the villains.

He saved her without asking for anything in return.

Even after returning to Kyoto, when she mustered the courage to write him that love letter, it was like throwing a stone into the sea; in her heart, there was only him.

So many suitors, yet none could seem to replace his presence.

Today, I finally get to see him again. I wonder how he will respond to her love letter.

A jeep drove up from a short distance away and stopped in front of the restaurant.

The figure I had been longing for appeared.

He smiled, greeted Wang Jianguo, opened the back door of the car, unloaded several cases of liquor, and called over others to help.

He seemed unchanged, yet he also seemed to have changed, and he seemed to have lost sight of himself.

Finally, after everything was moved, the jeep drove away.

Shao Jiajia finally mustered up her courage and walked over, "Jiang Sen, you're here!"