Reborn in 1977, starting with severing ties with family.

Jiang Sen put down his luggage, sat down, picked up his water bottle to drink water, and watched Zhang Jianjun walk up to Lu Xiu and Bai Qiang.

He seemed to scold her a couple of times, then squatted down and quickly tied up the luggage before carrying it on Lu Xiu's back.

Immediately afterwards, his loud shouts rang out, "Hurry up and catch up! Otherwise, you'll be wolf food!"

After he finished speaking, he strode back.

Jiang Sen quickly put the lid on the water bottle, took a few steps to the side, and poured water under the tree roots.

Others followed suit and stood aside to let the water flow.

Shao Jiajia and Sun Guohong, who had just caught up, blushed and quickly walked past with their heads down.

When Zhang Jianjun arrived, he didn't tell everyone to set off, but instead waited for Lu Xiu and Bai Qiang.

Jiang Sen walked back and glanced at the two people in the distance. He estimated that it would take them at least ten minutes to get here.

It was so slow, like two old people shuffling along.

He shook his head inwardly; if things continued like this, Bai Qiang would also be implicated.

He sat under a tree, casually plucked a sour grass, put it in his mouth and chewed it, completely unaware that he shouldn't know this plant.

"Why are you eating grass?" Wang Dajiang, an educated youth, looked at Jiang Sen in surprise.

Jiang Sen: "...Just chew on it for fun!"

Wang Dajiang swallowed hard. "Is it good?"

Jiang Sen didn't want to answer such a pointless question, but when he saw Wang Dajiang's expression, he thought he was hungry.

He plucked another one from the side, saying, "Try it."

Regardless of Wang Dajiang's shock and his sharing of this wild herb with others, Jiang Sen turned his head and squinted at the two people getting closer and closer.

He tried hard to recall what happened back then.

He seems to only remember the cold, the exhaustion, and the hardship; he has almost forgotten everything else. He only remembers some things when he sees people he went to the countryside with.

In the previous life, the educated youth who came together, this time it seems that only Shao Jiajia is in this group, and she doesn't know the others, and they haven't appeared since.

Not only are the people different from the original ones, but there are also many new people who weren't originally there.

For example, Sun Guohong and Lu Xiu.

In other words, once you arrive at the forest farm, the people and things there may have changed as well.

But the person who came to pick them up was Zhang Jianjun, the team leader of the forest farm, and that remained unchanged.

Jiang Sen was a little worried. What if that girl was gone too, and someone else appeared instead?

He began to recall what had happened after his rebirth.

He was supposed to be forced to marry Huang Liping, then give up his job, and then be kicked to this place.

But he changed the course of events. Jiang Lei was thrown into prison, and Bai Jing and her father Jiang Dayou also received their just deserts.

It seems that... many changes began around that time.

Lost in thought, Lu Xiu and Bai Qiang finally arrived at this place, dropped their luggage, and collapsed to the ground.

Lu Xiu looked at them with teary eyes, her aggrieved appearance was truly pitiful.

Jiang Sen turned his head away from them.

The other educated youths gathered around to comfort her, and Wang Dajiang and the one named Ma Weiguo even shared Lu Xiu's luggage and suitcase.

Bai Qiang was so exhausted that he opened the kettle and took a few big gulps of water, unable to even speak.

Seeing that Lu Xiu's luggage had been shared, but no one was sharing hers, she felt a little disappointed and couldn't help but look at Jiang Sen, who hadn't moved.

Jiang Sen didn't give him a chance to speak at all. He got up, slung his luggage over his shoulder, and walked towards Zhang Jianguo.

Seeing this, Zhang Jianguo said, "Alright, let's not waste any more time. We need to get to the hunters' place before dark, or we'll have to sleep in the wild!"

Sleeping in the wild meant a high chance of encountering wild animals, and none of the educated youth objected; they immediately set off to follow Zhang Jianguo.

Bai Qiang took a deep breath and struggled to stand up, only to find that Lu Xiu, who had shared the luggage, didn't wait for him at all, but instead followed Ma Weiguo away!

gone……

Bai Qiang stared in disbelief, then could only sigh and quickly catch up with the group.

Jiang Sen followed closely behind Zhang Jianguo.

He wouldn't meddle in other people's business, much less offer to help others carry their luggage out of kindness.

Because the forest farm is too far away, nearly 300 kilometers away.

They would have to walk there, which would take at least a week.

If you were to walk on flat ground empty-handed without rest, it would take three days and three nights.

We're now traversing the Greater Khingan Mountains, where the roads are difficult to travel, and we're carrying luggage. It'll take at least a week.

When he arrived at the forest farm in his past life, he felt like he was dead, let alone able to help others. He had to take care of himself first!

Zhang Jianjun did not say anything about what the other educated youth had done.

All experience must be learned through trial and error.

Once the door to special treatment is opened, it's too late to sew it back up.

The Greater Khingan Mountains region not only requires everyone to work together to overcome difficulties, but also requires individuals to have the ability to survive.

Especially after heavy snow closes off the mountains, if someone is always slowing others down when they need to go out to find food, they might end up killing someone.

These are lessons learned by those who came before them, through bloody realities.

After walking for several more hours, Zhang Jianjun waited and waited, but he was speechless at the state of this group of educated youth.

We've only walked less than twenty li (about 10 kilometers) this morning. At this rate, who knows when we'll reach the forest farm?

"Take a break! Hurry up and have lunch!" Zhang Jianjun shouted.

This is a relatively flat clearing on the mountain ridge, surrounded by forests. The sky is azure, with wisps of white clouds floating by, seemingly within reach.

Jiang Sen sat down on a rock and immediately spotted a mangrove tree in the woods opposite him.

The hawthorns in the mountains are already ripe in August.

He was overjoyed, looked back and forth, and then got up and walked to the other side.

The mangroves in the mountains are ablaze with red, clusters of bright red berries that make one's mouth water.

Standing under the tree, grab a branch, and you can easily pluck several bunches of fruit.

The others were curious, but no one dared to act on their own; they all looked at Zhang Jianjun.

Zhang Jianjun, with a cornbread in his mouth and a water bottle in his hand, smiled as he watched Jiang Sen picking fruit.

"Those are hawthorns, wild fruits unique to Northeast China. If you like them, go pick some!"

Everyone cheered and, forgetting their exhaustion, ran over.

Jiang Sen had already taken two pockets, and not wanting to take more, he made way for them.

He returned to his resting place and saw Zhang Jianjun next to him, who was smiling at him.

He grabbed a handful and stuffed them into his pocket. "Captain, eat these to quench your thirst on the road."

Zhang Jianjun paused for a moment and glanced at him.

Jiang Sen made this gesture as if they had known each other for a long time and often did it, even though they had only just met.

Jiang Sen realized this as well, thinking to himself: I was careless!

"Um, sorry, Captain, I used to do this with my friends at home, it's just a habit!"

Zhang Jianjun smiled, his doubts dispelled.

"Have some of your friends also gone to the countryside?"

"No way!" Jiang Sen recalled that he seemed to have not gone to find his friends since he was reborn.

Even after returning from my previous life in the countryside, I never saw them again.

I really don't know if they're working or if they've been sent to the countryside like me.

"I left first!" Jiang Sen quickly explained, "I don't know if they'll be sent to the countryside, and if they are, I don't know if they'll come to the Great Northern Wilderness."

Zhang Jianjun didn't ask any more questions, just said, "Hurry up and eat!" and started eating by himself.

Jiang Sen took out the cornbread from his cloth bag and ate it with hawthorns; it had a unique flavor.