Reborn in 1977, starting with severing ties with family.

Ten people, all in a chaotic mess, ran towards the cafeteria with their luggage on their backs.

The three female educated youths were dragging their feet and kept dropping things.

Seeing this, Officer Ma shook his head, muttering, "With a face like this, how can they work?" and walked back.

Breakfast consisted of corn porridge, pickled vegetables, and cornbread.

Jiang Sen and his group of ten received better treatment than the others, including an extra free breakfast.

Li Chaoyang, Zhang Jianjun, and another unfamiliar middle-aged man were already sitting inside eating. By the time the ten people finished getting their food and sat down to eat, they had finished eating and were standing next to the kitchen smoking and chatting.

There was only one chef in the kitchen today, and he was talking to the two of them, with laughter coming from time to time.

Jiang Sen quickly drank the corn porridge and put the cornbread and pickled vegetables in his lunchbox.

Upon seeing this, Wang Jianguo, who had already taken a bite out of his cornbread, also put it into his lunchbox, just like Jiang Sen.

Others seemed to have noticed that Jiang Sen had put away a tortilla last night, and seeing him doing the same thing this morning, they also secretly put it away.

As Li Chaoyang and the others were talking, they glanced at the ten people, seemingly discussing something.

Jiang Sen had seen prison guards do this frequently.

However, most of the prison guards were watching to see if any of them were secretly up to something.

Jiang Sen couldn't guess what Li Chaoyang's purpose was.

His purpose in coming here was twofold: first, to find that woman; and second, to settle down and live a peaceful and stable life here.

He had a miserable life in his past life, so he didn't have much ambition in this life. He just wanted a wife and children, a warm bed, and to be able to tell stories to his grandchildren when he got old. That would be enough for him.

Therefore, after arriving here, he has kept a low profile, neither standing out nor falling behind.

After the meal, Li Chaoyang didn't let them go out to line up; instead, he started taking attendance in the cafeteria.

"Those whose names are called, step forward and take your luggage! Jiang Sen!"

Jiang Sen was surprised that he was the first one called. He glanced at Wang Jianguo, picked up his luggage, and stood in front of them.

"Shao Jiajia!"

Well, we were on the same farm in our past lives, and now we're together again.

"Lu Xiu!"

It was that innocent, pure girl who always put on a pitiful, bullied look and timidly stepped forward.

"Wang Dajiang! Bai Qiang! Ma Weiguo! Sun Guohong!"

It turns out the guy with the thick eyebrows and big eyes is named Sun Guohong.

Jiang Sen was somewhat taken aback that all three female educated youths wanted to go to the forest farm.

In my past life, there were only two female educated youths on the farm, who helped an older educated youth cook for everyone. This time, there's one more.

Of them, only Shao Jiajia was with him in his previous life; he didn't know Lu Xiu or Sun Guohong.

Jiang Sen waited for Li Chaoyang to continue, but unexpectedly, he stopped here.

There were ten people, but only seven were selected before the selection stopped.

Wang Jianguo was somewhat anxious, and Jiang Sen was also puzzled. He exchanged a glance with him and told him to calm down.

Li Chaoyang glanced at their reactions, then at the remaining three people.

He said, "The seven of you will go to the forest farm with Captain Zhang! The remaining three will go to the livestock farm!"

It's a livestock farm!

Wang Jianguo's face turned pale instantly.

Jiang Sen's mind raced.

Why was he assigned to the livestock farm?

Could it be that he was implicated because of his parents?

It must be so.

If the parents or grandparents of educated youth sent to the countryside had special status, they would also receive corresponding "care"!

"He's the head of the livestock farm, his surname is Wu. The three of you will go with him in a bit!"

After Li Chaoyang finished speaking, he stopped talking to them and turned to shake hands with Zhang Jianguo and Captain Wu to say goodbye.

"I've handed everyone over to you; my mission is complete!"

"Alright, then let's not waste any more time, let's set off now!"

"Let's go early, lest we run into wolves again and have two of us snatched away. Next time we'll have to assign you more people. Alright, let's go!"

Zhang Jianjun glanced at the seven people, his expression turning serious, and said, "The road to the forest farm is very long. If anyone doesn't want to go, say so now!"

No one would say they don't want to go now.

If educated youth arrive here and disobey leadership or assignments, there are only two possible outcomes.

They were either sent to a livestock farm or exiled back to their hometown.

Sending someone back to their place of origin would have serious consequences, constituting a serious violation of policy. Being lazy, unwilling to accept re-education from poor and lower-middle peasants, and sabotaging the construction of the motherland's border regions would be considered a serious ideological problem.

As for being sent back, they wouldn't even be given jobs like cleaning toilets; they would only be sent to even more distant places.

For example, the Great Northwest!

Seeing that no one spoke, Zhang Jianguo turned to Li Chaoyang and smiled, "Commander, I'm leaving!"

"Take care on the road! Come over next time, let's have a drink together!"

"Yes, sir!" Zhang Jianjun stood at attention without saluting, then turned to Jiang Sen and the others and said, "Follow me, let's go!"

Wang Jianguo panicked, and Jiang Sen turned to him and mouthed, "Don't worry, it's alright!"

Others may not understand livestock farms, but Jiang Sen does.

It was more than 100 kilometers away from the farm headquarters. It was far from the reach of the authorities. Although it was tough, no one cared. As long as the cattle were well raised, there were basically no other problems.

But the premise is that the cattle must not die.

The incident happened so suddenly that Jiang Sen followed Zhou Jianjun outside before he could even speak.

Zhou Jianjun didn't say much, and strode forward with his hunting rifle on his back.

Jiang Sen remembers that there were two roads to the forest farm: one that could be traveled by horse-drawn sleds, and the other that followed the railway tracks.

Judging from the direction, Zhou Jianjun was going to lead them on the horse-drawn sled route.

This road is shorter, but it goes through a forest.

The railway tracks are built along the mountains, winding around and making the distance even greater.

The seven people, all seventeen or eighteen years old, were carrying luggage, suitcases, and backpacks, and had no extra hands or strength to help the three female educated youth.

They hadn't gone far when Shao Jiajia and her friends fell behind.

There was a male educated youth who seemed eager to help, constantly looking back.

Jiang Sen remembered that when Li Chaoyang called roll, he seemed to call him Bai Qiang.

At this point, showing sympathy is tantamount to suffering more yourself.

After leaving the farm headquarters, we walked north along the road and entered the woods after more than an hour.

Jiang Sen followed closely behind Zhang Jianjun.

He had walked this road before, but that was in his past life.

Now, walking this path again feels both familiar and strange; if he doesn't keep up, he can't guarantee he won't get lost.

In August, the Greater Khingan Mountains are covered with dense forests, lush grass, and strong trees, and various animals and birds can be seen everywhere.

The young intellectuals from Kyoto were so captivated by what they saw that they couldn't take their eyes off them.

After climbing up a mountain ridge, Zhang Jianjun stopped and looked back.

The seven men managed to walk the length of a company, a long, sparse line.

Especially the three female educated youths, and Bai Qiang, I don't know when they went to help.

They walked along, helping to carry things, and kept dropping them on the ground. They were moving very slowly; if they had walked any faster, they probably wouldn't have been seen anymore.

Zhang Jianjun frowned, cupped his hand to his mouth, and shouted, "Speed ​​up!"

The three female educated youths panicked even more. They wanted to walk forward quickly, but they felt that their luggage was heavy and things kept falling out.

Jiang Sen understood.

They must have opened their luggage last night.

When they came from home, their families helped them pack their luggage, but after they opened it themselves, they didn't know how to pack it properly, or they couldn't pack it tightly.

The last female educated youth walking was none other than Bai Lianhua Lu Xiu. Suddenly, her luggage came undone, and she burst into tears in her anxiety.

Bai Qiang seemed to be comforting her, and even squatted down to help her with her luggage.

The more anxious you get, the worse it gets; you tie it up and it comes undone, then you tie it up again and it comes undone again.

Zhang Jianjun's brows furrowed into a knot. He said, "Let's rest here!" and strode back.