Reborn in 1977, starting with severing ties with family.

Jiang Sen knew that this was the brigade headquarters, and their accommodation was not here.

But other people don't know!

Thinking they had arrived at their destination, everyone was happily looking around. Jiang Sen even heard Sun Guohong whisper, "Before coming here, I heard that the forest farm was the most difficult place, but this place is very nice! The houses are also quite good, and there's even a canteen."

"The toilet's over there!" That was Shao Jiajia's voice. "Do you want to go?"

The three female educated youths were talking as they ran toward the dry latrine made of wooden planks at the top.

There's only one wooden enclosure... a men's restroom, and you can only go in one at a time. One person goes in while two others wait outside, keeping an eye on things to make sure no one gets in.

Zhang Jianjun glanced at it and let Luo Yong leave before continuing towards the cafeteria with his men.

Bai Qiang strode over to Jiang Sen, a hint of surprise in his eyes, and asked in a low voice, "Jiang Sen, is this the forest farm? Wasn't it supposed to be the most difficult place? It looks about the same as the headquarters, just smaller!"

Before Jiang Sen could speak, Ma Weiguo spoke up, his tone carrying an indescribable smugness.

“When Kyoto assigned us to the Red Flag Farm, they said it was a model farm, so how could the conditions be bad?”

Jiang Sen chuckled inwardly, thinking, "I'll say that when you're assigned to the educated youth settlement later!"

It wasn't far to the cafeteria, and Zhang Jianjun kept greeting people passing by.

Those people looked at Jiang Sen and his group with great curiosity.

He even jokingly asked Zhang Jianjun, "Captain, are these all newcomers?"

“Yes!” Zhang Jianjun replied without elaborating further.

"We're short-staffed over there, don't forget!" The man glanced at Wang Dajiang.

He and Jiang Sen were the tallest, but once you looked at them, you would be drawn to Wang Dajiang's size.

What the forest farm needs most are strong and healthy people.

But what they didn't know was that Wang Dajiang was all show and no substance; he looked fat but was actually quite weak!

Upon entering the cafeteria, I saw several people sitting at a table, smoking and chatting.

Everyone stood up when they saw Zhang Jianjun come in.

"The captain is back!"

"Captain, have you brought the person back?"

As they asked the questions, everyone was sizing up the people behind Zhang Jianjun.

However, the three female educated youths who came in afterward stunned them all.

The three female educated youths immediately became a little shy and hid behind Jiang Sen and the others.

Zhang Jianjun walked over, turned around, looked at Jiang Sen and the others, and said, "The old regimental commander assigned seven people to us! They're all here. You can take them back after we finish eating."

Jiang Sen was fine, but he saw his former boss, Sui Zhongliang, the squad leader of the second squad.

I wouldn't say we had a very good relationship, but I took good care of him. It's a pity I don't know how to repay him in my past life.

It's his own fault. In his past life, he was always troubled by his family's problems and didn't interact with many people. After finishing his work, he would stay in his own place and not go out.

At most, when I need to send something, I just need to tell Sui Zhongliang and go to the brigade headquarters.

There are five shifts in the forest farm, each responsible for different tasks.

Logging, cutting branches, placing logs, transporting, and doing odd jobs.

"Doing odd jobs" is an internal term; externally, it's called "logistics."

It means that after others finish their work, they go to collect the leftover firewood, chop wood, carry water, deliver work orders, do repairs, run errands, etc. In short, everything except logging is handled by logistics.

In his previous life, Jiang Sen was assigned to the second class, where he was responsible for cutting branches.

The loggers felled the big trees, and they were responsible for cutting off the branches and twigs. Then the carpenters carried the logs down the mountain.

"It's collapsing down the mountain!"

"The mountain is collapsing!"

"Hengshan is falling!"

The shouts and chants seem to still echo in our ears, stirring our blood.

"Go get your food!" Zhang Jianjun pointed to the cafeteria window.

Jiang Sen and the others took their lunchboxes and came to the window one by one.

The chef inside bent down and looked up at each of them, giving them generous portions.

A large lunchbox of potato and cabbage soup, and two cornbreads.

After finishing his meal, Jiang Sen went to an empty table, sat down, and began to eat.

Although they traveled by carriage for the next two days and stayed in hunters' huts at night, with plenty of food and clothing, they were exhausted and the horses were worn out.

It's already 2 PM. I haven't had lunch yet, and I'm starving.

The others weren't much better off; even the three female educated youths were wolfing down their food.

When educated youth arrived in the Great Northern Wilderness, their first meal, whether at the farm headquarters or the team headquarters, was never charged; it was always paid for through public accounts.

If you want to eat there again, you'll have to pay for it yourself with food coupons.

After Jiang Sen finished eating, he went to a water tank at the back of the canteen, scooped some water, shook it in his lunchbox, opened the back door, and splashed the water out.

Seeing this, the others followed suit and washed their lunchboxes. Then they didn't know what to do and just stood there watching Zhang Jianjun.

Jiang Sen then walked to the canteen window, took out a dollar and ten jin of grain coupons, and said, "Master Jiang, buy flatbreads for everyone!"

The head chef inside immediately smiled and pointed at him with his rice spoon, "You're so particular!"

People who come here often buy some food to take to their classes.

People in the class would exchange food coupons or money with him, saving them the trouble of steaming the food themselves or traveling a long distance to buy it.

Needless to say, some people had neither money nor food stamps. The generous ones would just give them one, while the stingy ones could only watch helplessly.

Many newly arrived educated youth didn't even think about these things, or they wanted to buy more to take with them, but they couldn't bear to spend the money.

When they arrived at the classroom and saw the living conditions, their faces turned green.

When Ma Weiguo saw Jiang Sen buy twenty or thirty cornbreads in a small flour sack, he secretly said to Wang Dajiang, "These must be reincarnated starving ghosts!"

Wang Dajiang was also puzzled, but he didn't like Ma Weiguo saying that.

He said, "If they want to buy it, why are you so concerned?"

Zhang Jianjun saw that they had all finished eating and also noticed that Jiang Sen had bought a lot of cornbread. He knew what was going on, but he didn't say anything.

He simply said, "You all come here!"

The door opened, and several heads popped out, grinning as they looked inside.

The main focus is on the three female educated youth.

You should know that in the forest farm, women are a rare commodity, even rarer than dragons on the mountain.

Lu Xiu lowered her head and hid behind Sun Guohong, muttering, "Why is everyone looking at me?"

Sun Guohong glared at the door and said, "Ignore them!"

Shao Jiajia simply turned slightly to the side without saying a word.

Jiang Sen came over carrying half a bag of cornbread. When he saw the heads at the door and the reactions of the three female educated youths, he knew what was going on.

He didn't say anything, standing silently in front of Shao Jiajia.

“This is Tong Changshun, the class monitor of Class 1! This is Sui Zhongliang, the class monitor of Class 2! This is Zhang Shaowen, the class monitor of Class 3, Lu Changqing, the class monitor of Class 4, and there is also a class monitor of Class 5, Class 5?” Zhang Jianjun shouted outside.

One of the heads at the door answered, "The fifth squad leader went to the farm headquarters to deliver firewood!"

“Oh, right! You’ve met him before, he’s that short, fat guy, the one who drives the horse-drawn carriage, his name is Liu Hongjun!” Zhang Jianjun finished speaking and then looked at the squad leaders, “Alright, seven people, do you want to choose yourselves or do they want to choose?”

The educated youth looked at each other, all bewildered. They had to divide it up?

Jiang Sen didn't say anything; he felt that he didn't care which class he went to in this lifetime.

Several heads at the door started talking all at once.

"Squad leader, we need someone to start the fire!"

"Squad leader, none of us have anyone to do the laundry!"

"Monitor..."

These words clearly implied that the squad leader wanted a female educated youth to come over.

But the class monitor wouldn't think that way.

The class was full of rough, unrefined men who cooked, cleaned, and did their own laundry. They weren't exactly clean, but that wasn't a problem.

But what he lacked even more were strong laborers to do the work.

They all pretended not to hear.

Zhang Jianjun said, "Let's draw lots then!"