Reborn in 1977, starting with severing ties with family.

The old cripple watched the two children bustling around, feeling gratified. He sat down, took out a cigarette, lit it, and let out a long sigh.

However, when night fell, he absolutely refused to stay in the side room and insisted on staying in the side room by the door.

“I can’t just eat and do nothing, wait to die! You can let me stay here and watch the door for you, at least I’ll be of some use! Otherwise, I’m just a useless person, right? I’m not comfortable living like this!”

"This is your own home, how could you stay here? Your room has already been prepared."

"If you keep doing this, I'm leaving!"

Despite all attempts to persuade him, Jiang Sen had no choice but to agree.

He dialed Li Chaoyang's number and told him that Old Cripple had arrived. Then he handed the phone to Old Cripple and let the two of them talk. He then went with Yingzi to prepare dinner.

That night, because the side room by the main gate hadn't been cleaned, the old cripple spent the night in the side room and told Jiang Sen that he absolutely had to move to the side room the next day.

The next day, after breakfast, Jiang Sen went out and installed a television and radio in the side room, and also ran a telephone line from the main house.

Then, they specially arranged for someone to put heating on this place as well.

Yingzi took the old cripple to buy new clothes and shoes.

This time, the old cripple couldn't stop him; he knew he couldn't stop him anyway.

If they forcefully prevented him from doing it, Jiang Sen wouldn't feel comfortable letting him live in the side room and guard the main gate.

For the past two or three days, Jiang Sen hasn't gone to the company; he's been busy at home tinkering with the side room.

The old cripple didn't say anything, just smiled and watched him fuss while smoking.

Yingzi didn't care; every day after cooking, she would call the old cripple over to eat.

That evening, Jiang Sen had a few drinks with the old cripple, but not much, and then they chatted for a long time.

The old cripple told him a lot about what happened after he left.

Many of the educated youth from the farm have returned to the city. Those who haven't returned have mostly settled there and don't plan to leave.

The livestock farm set up a rice experimental base, and the rice cultivation was very successful.

Jiang Sen had known about this for a while.

There were also changes at the division headquarters, which led to changes at the farm as well.

Many teams withdrew, and those who stayed behind joined up with the locals.

The farm retained the forest farm and Xiangyang Brigade, which were then incorporated into the state-owned farm and renamed Hongqi State-owned Forest Farm and Hongqi State-owned Farm.

Li Chaoyang became the director of the forest farm, Zhang Jianjun was transferred over to become the deputy director, and Luo Yongcai was transferred back from the Fourth Brigade and appointed as the director of the forest farm.

Some of the other brigade captains and squad leaders who were married stayed where they were, while others were transferred to state farms or the division headquarters.

There's also Accountant Zhang.

Jiang Sen never expected to hear news about him again.

Because the division headquarters repeatedly investigated the farm's "speculation and profiteering" activities.

In the end, no real evidence was found, but instead, the problem of Zhang, the accountant, embezzling funds was discovered.

From the time he became the farm accountant until his misconduct was discovered, he embezzled more than a thousand yuan and was sentenced to death.

He never imagined that his son, who had been sent to a labor camp, would survive and that he would die before him.

If he had known that the whistleblower letter he wrote would ultimately get him into trouble, would he have regretted it?

Then there's the farm's supply and marketing cooperative.

Officer Ma resigned and, together with his wife, took over the supply and marketing cooperative. Their life is getting better and better.

There were also many stories about the sixth squad of the forest farm.

A week later, the old cripple had become familiar with his surroundings. Every day, whether he had something to do or not, he would either go out with Yingzi to stroll around the farmers' market or play chess and chat with the old men by Houhai Lake.

Jiang Sen also found some free time, finished registering the old cripple's household registration, and then rode his bicycle to the company.

Around New Year's Day, almost every family begins to prepare for the New Year.

Especially this year, with the market gradually opening up, the demand for New Year's goods has increased significantly.

As soon as I arrived at the company, I saw several large trucks parked at the entrance.

Wang Jianguo is leading his men to unload the goods.

"So many?" Jiang Sen parked the car and jogged over to help.

He feels that carrying a sack is not as easy as it was back in the Great Northern Wilderness.

He clicked his tongue. "You haven't been exercising enough!"

"Manager, stop moving it, take this!" Wang Jianguo handed Jiang Sen the purchase order.

"Come on, your physique is even smaller than mine!" Jiang Sen didn't respond and continued unloading goods with his employees.

The driver came over and asked Wang Jianguo, "Is this your general manager? He seems like a nice guy, working this job with you guys!"

Wang Jianguo laughed and said, "Then you don't understand him! If he really puts his mind to it, all of us combined wouldn't be as capable as him!"

"Really?" The driver clearly didn't believe it.

"You came back from the Great Northern Wilderness, are you sure?"

The driver was filled with respect. "No wonder! You're an educated youth, amazing! Alright, I won't just stand there watching, it's kind of embarrassing. I'll help you unload the goods, it'll be faster!"

One of the drivers came over to help, and the others, feeling embarrassed to stand by smoking and chatting, also came over to help unload the goods.

After several trucks had finished unloading their goods, Jiang Sen dusted himself off and said to Wang Jianguo, "Give these workers a few packs of cigarettes. They helped us unload the goods, we can't pretend we didn't see it."

"Alright, you should go back and rest now!"

Jiang Sen doesn't actually need to worry about this; Wang Jianguo will handle it just the same way.

He called over the administrator and asked him to get some cigarettes. A driver gave him two packs, thanked him repeatedly, and saw the driver off before returning to his office.

"Quite a lot of goods today!" Jiang Sen poured him some water. "Sit down and rest for a while."

Wang Jianguo said, "This time there are two train cars. If it weren't for the shortage of train cars, they could have sent another one."

Jiang Sen nodded, then turned to look out the window. The employees were organizing the warehouse and taking inventory.

"It seems the place is a bit small," he muttered. "Hey, we talked about seeing if there was a bigger warehouse last time we were building something, any news?"

"He came yesterday and mentioned that there seems to be an empty warehouse near the train station, and he's going to look for someone there, but there's still no result!"

"Hurry up and get someone to take the goods away! There's no more room!" Jiang Sen saw that the warehouse door was being squeezed shut by several young men before it could be locked.

Wang Jianguo glanced at it as well, "It seems like there's a bit too much."

“Here’s what you’re doing!” Jiang Sen said. “Tell the employees to send out New Year’s goods in advance. If they feel it’s not enough and want to buy more, give them the goods at cost price, but each item cannot exceed ten kilograms, and this can only be done once a year.”

"That's a good idea!"

Johnson did this because he was afraid that his employees would have no restrictions on purchasing goods at cost price and would resell them.

If their own relatives and friends want to buy cheaper food, they won't say anything, regardless of how much each family can eat.

I'm afraid some people might have ulterior motives and try to sell it at a high price later.

Wang Jianguo told the accountant and administrators about Jiang Sen's decision, asked them to quickly calculate how much each person would receive, and then left the company with Jiang Sen.

The two then went to a nearby shop to eat noodles with soybean paste.

As they ate, the topic of the venue came up again.

Jiang Sen said, "The place is still too small! We'll ask the construction department if we can find any other place besides the warehouse near the train station."

Wang Jianguo said, "I did hear some news. There used to be an elementary school behind our school, but it was abandoned. The area wasn't very big, but it wasn't small either. If it were demolished, only one or two buildings could be built on it. Leaving it would be a waste. So Kyoto University is hesitating about whether to buy that land. Many organizations have come to see it. The location is not bad, but the size is a bit awkward. The Education Bureau doesn't have the money to build it themselves, so it's just sitting there."

Jiang Sen's eyes lit up. "Eat quickly! After we finish eating, call Jianshe. I know that place; we must take it!"

That place will become the famous Zhongguancun in the future, and the land prices will rise accordingly.

If we don't seize this opportunity now, we'd be complete fools!