Reborn in 1977, starting with severing ties with family.

After finishing their meal, they were supposed to go out and wash their lunchboxes, but no one spoke. Even the three female educated youths kept their heads down, holding their empty lunchboxes without moving.

Jiang Sen ignored them, scooped up some water, and opened the door.

"Ah..." Lu Xiu let out a low scream again, which she then covered with her own hand.

Jiang Sen snorted and walked out. He didn't go far, washing the lunchbox less than three meters from the door.

He put the lunchbox on the windowsill, walked to the tree in front, took out a cigarette and started smoking.

Ma Weiguo swallowed.

He also smokes, but he only has two packs in his luggage. He got them from his father before he came, saying that he would be dealing with leaders here.

He couldn't bear to take it out.

Seeing Jiang Sen smoking, he couldn't resist and wanted to go over and smoke one, but he was too embarrassed!

He was almost killed by Jiang Sen with an axe before, so anyone who isn't stupid wouldn't go up there now.

Zhang Jianjun also washed his lunchbox and walked to Jiang Sen's side.

Jiang Sen didn't move, but he took out a cigarette and handed it to him.

Zhang Jianjun hesitated for a moment, then took out a cigarette, lit it, took a puff, and said, "You should also save your energy!"

Jiang Sen didn't say anything, but simply handed him the remaining half pack of cigarettes.

Zhang Jianjun wanted to refuse, but seeing Jiang Sen's expression, he couldn't bear to. "Thanks!"

The two men smoked in silence, observing the movements in the surrounding woods.

After a while, Zhang Jianjun asked, "You used to..."

Jiang Sen had already guessed it; he had begun to doubt himself.

The excuse that I knew about wild vegetables, which was taught to me by a neighbor who had served in the military, no longer holds water.

When people tell you about all sorts of wild vegetables, and that you need to wear leg wraps for long journeys, it's barely believable.

However, his attitude towards the wolves and his intent to kill people, which was bloodthirsty and insane, was hard to explain.

He thought for a moment and said, "Before I came here, something happened at home, which made me not very comfortable with anyone."

"Oh? What happened? Can you tell me?" Zhang Jianjun asked, but fearing he might not want to talk about it, he added, "You don't have to tell me if you don't want to."

Jiang Sen gave a wry smile. "There's nothing I can't say."

He recounted what had happened at home.

After hearing this, Zhang Jianjun felt very uncomfortable.

Such a good young man was bullied like this by his stepmother and younger brother. No wonder he reacted so violently after being betrayed.

He patted Jiang Sen on the shoulder and said, "Don't think about it anymore. Once you're here, just work hard and build up the frontier. Maybe if you perform well, you can be transferred to the state farm!"

The agricultural reclamation sites were originally the Production and Construction Corps, but later became various state-owned farms.

Dongfanghong Livestock Farm, Xiangqian Machinery Factory, Jianshe Forestry Farm, Shengli Sheep Breeding Farm, and so on, were all farms that received state salaries—farmers!

Many educated youth wanted to be assigned there, but the government didn't just send anyone who wanted to come; they transferred the best talent from all over the country.

Jiang Sen recalled that the forest farm and the reclamation team were directly managed by the farm headquarters, but less than two years after he left, they became state-owned.

He missed it.

More than a hundred educated youths arrived at Sankesong with them, but half of them were taken away halfway to other farms.

Those people would be managed together with the local villages. The team headquarters only set up an office for educated youth, and people would only go there when they needed to handle something.

The forty-odd people from Kyoto were all assigned to the Red Flag Farm. It must be said that this was because of preferential treatment from above.

Although the lower-level brigades are managed together with the villagers, each brigade leader is responsible for their affairs.

In comparison, the forest farm and the reclamation team were better, at least in terms of work points and food.

Especially in the forest farm, they could go out hunting and eat meat from time to time.

But it was bitter, truly bitter!

The difference lies in the fact that one is a group of educated youth sent to support the Great Northern Wilderness, arranged by higher authorities, while the other is a group of educated youth sent to the countryside.

Different names mean different properties.

Jiang Sen recalled these events and thought about it. He concluded that it must be because most of the people who came were children of workers.

After Zhang Jianjun finished speaking, Jiang Sen simply nodded silently, took the last puff of his cigarette, extinguished the butt, crushed it twice with his foot, and let out a long sigh.

"I'm fine! I just want to work hard and get some exercise!"

Zhang Jianjun sympathized with him, but between men, saying too much is pointless.

They went to the restroom next door, and then walked back together. As soon as they entered the house, they saw several people standing on the ground, staring at each other.

Zhang Jianjun frowned. "Hurry up, it'll be dark soon!"

Seeing that he and Jiang Sen had returned from outside and the wolves had not appeared, the group went out together to wash their lunchboxes and go to the toilet. After they finished, they ran back quickly.

At night, the arrangement was the same as always: the three female educated youths slept on the kang (a heated brick bed), while the male educated youths and Zhang Jianjun found a random spot on the floor to lean against.

It's almost the Ghost Festival (August 15th of the lunar calendar). The weather is fine during the day, but it gets a bit cool at night.

Leaning against the pile of firewood, Jiang Sen recalled his past life when he came to this place.

There will be a heavy snowfall at the end of August, so heavy that it will block the mountain and catch everyone off guard.

The crops couldn't be harvested in time, so the educated youth braved the heavy snow and harvested them with their bare hands in the fields.

Because of heavy snow blocking the mountains, the firewood from the forest farm was not delivered to the various brigades in time, resulting in a lack of heating for the entire winter.

In the end, we had no choice but to burn straw, but straw doesn't burn very quickly. With so many people and so many companies, the straw ran out very fast.

Many people fell ill, and even more suffered from frostbite.

Jiang Sen wondered if he could find an opportunity or excuse in his lifetime to remind everyone to prepare earlier.

But he only thought about it; he wasn't that kind-hearted. All that kindness had long since vanished in prison.

He could only take care of himself, stock up on more food and vegetables, and at worst, he could help Zhang Jianjun stock up on some as well.

He treated Zhang Jianjun differently.

When he came here in his previous life, he was caught in a heavy snowstorm that blocked the mountain pass. He almost froze to death on the way, but Zhang Jianjun saved him.

He wiped his body with snow in the snow, poured a few mouthfuls of strong liquor into his mouth, then wrapped him in his own military overcoat and carried him all the way to the forest farm.

We will repay both our debts of gratitude and our grievances!

This is Jiang Sen's most steadfast principle.

The three female educated youths unpacked their luggage and put it down. Last night, they slept fully clothed, but were woken up by the cold in the middle of the night.

They need to cover themselves with blankets tonight.

Jiang Sen also felt the change in temperature and thought to himself that in about ten days, the heavy snow would arrive.

Seeing this, the other educated youths were also tempted, but then hesitated when they thought about having to painstakingly pack their luggage the next day.

Jiang Sen ignored them, took out a cotton-padded jacket from his suitcase, and after thinking for a moment, took out another military overcoat.

He had a few clothes in his suitcase, covering the food underneath; he didn't want everyone to see them.

He handed the military overcoat to Zhang Jianjun, who was dressed in thin clothes, saying, "Captain, you can use this!"

Zhang Jianjun said, "You cover me up, I'm fine!"

Jiang Sen pulled the cotton-padded coat over himself and pulled his legs up. "I'm fine like this, you can use it!"

Zhang Jianjun did not refuse again.

When he came out, the daytime temperature was still 28 or 29 degrees Celsius, and the nighttime temperature was 17 or 18 degrees Celsius. This temperature was very comfortable for him, so he didn't bring much. He thought that it was August, when the temperature was the highest, and the trip would only take half a month.

Unexpectedly, on the first day of his return journey, he noticed that the temperature was dropping.

Especially today, the daytime temperature was only around 23 or 24 degrees Celsius, but as soon as the sun went down at night, the temperature dropped to around 10 degrees Celsius.

He was getting a little anxious; with this temperature, it was clear the weather was about to change.

Could it be that the heavy snow will come so early this year?