Reborn in 1977, starting with severing ties with family.

"It seems that leaving Jiang Sen to cook at the camp was the right decision!"

After the meal, Da Liu summarized it in one sentence.

Everyone applauded, encouraging Jiang Sen to keep up the good work so that everyone could work even harder in the future without any worries.

Jiang Sen felt a little embarrassed by what was said, and nodded modestly with a smile.

"I just do whatever comes to mind, as long as you don't mind."

"They're much better than us!" someone shouted. "If I were in their shoes, I'd only know how to make a mess of porridge."

"Ha ha……"

The only time we can chat together after dinner is when we can all get together and communicate.

It was only a short while before everyone had to pack up and prepare for bed.

After everyone left, Jiang Sen began to clean the stove, wash the pots, and collect the dried mushrooms and wild vegetables.

When they returned, they brought back a lot of firewood, which they piled up haphazardly in front of the woodpile at the back.

Sui Zhongliang and Da Liu sat on the steps by the door, smoking and talking.

When Jiang Sen finished packing and was about to leave, he was stopped by him.

"Jiang Sen, come over here and have a chat!" Sui Zhongliang beckoned to Jiang Sen and handed him a cigarette.

Jiang Sen took a puff and felt much more relaxed.

"You've been here for two days now, are you feeling okay?" Sui Zhong asked.

Jiang Sen came all the way from Kyoto to the forest farm without resting all day. He even cooked for everyone, leaving no room for complaint.

The key point is that he didn't talk much, but he did everything he was supposed to do, and he even brought back so many wild vegetables, mushrooms, and nuts.

"good!"

Jiang Sen is still the same two words.

Da Liu laughed and pretended to kick him, "I only need to say two words to you, can't I say one more?"

Jiang Sen laughed, "It's really not bad!"

"Alright! Two extra words!" Liu shrugged.

Sui Zhongliang laughed heartily, "Giving you two extra is already giving you face." He looked at Jiang Sen, "I ran into the third squad leader today and asked him about it. He said he's going down the mountain to the team headquarters tomorrow because it seems there's a bit of a blockage at the bottom of the log path. He doesn't know what the problem is. I'll have him ask the team headquarters if they've received any notification about the weather changes."

Jiang Sen understood. He must have taken Sui Zhongliang's words that morning—that he was worried about the weather changing and asked them to bring back some firewood—to heart.

“When I went to pick you up, the team leader said that another group of educated youth would be coming at the end of the month. I wonder if there are any as capable as you.”

Jiang Sen scratched his head. This was a compliment, but he couldn't respond!

"They're probably all more capable than me!"

Da Liu disagreed, saying, "I've never seen a man cook as well as a woman!"

That must be a compliment to him!

Jiang Sen smiled and said, "I'm alright!"

Sui Zhongliang said, "If the heavy snow comes early, we won't have time to set up camp here."

Da Liu asked, "After this batch of tasks is completed, there will only be a few days left, right?"

Sui Zhongliang shook his head. "If the heavy snow really comes early, we'll definitely have an urgent mission, and the timber needs to be transported out as soon as possible!"

Da Liu also fell silent.

If the snow isn't too heavy, their work won't be greatly affected.

What I fear most is a blizzard or a downpour.

Back then, let alone logging, people could even lose their lives.

"Then what should we do?" Liu was a rough and tough guy, good at fighting, but not good at using his brain.

Sui Zhongliang was also thinking, and he had completely forgotten that Jiang Sen was still beside him, and that he was the one who had called him over.

After Jiang Sen finished his cigarette, seeing that they were all silent, he said, "Why don't we wait for the Third Squad Leader to reply before we talk about it?"

“Yeah, why worry about this now? Let’s go to sleep!” Da Liu got up and went into the house.

Jiang Sen also stood up. "Squad leader, I'm going back now!"

Sui Zhongliang nodded, still deep in thought.

It wasn't that he particularly trusted Jiang Sen, or that whatever he said went.

He also noticed the changes in the weather over the past few days.

Heavy snow blocking the mountain is no joke; if you don't prepare in advance, anything can happen, so he has to be cautious.

Back in the tent, everyone lay down, each snoring in their own unique way.

Dashanzi looked up at Jiang Sen again, "You're back? Go to sleep early!"

Jiang Sen grunted in response, put down the bedding, and glanced at the camphor wood chest. Why hadn't he made a move yet?

He took off his clothes, crawled into bed, and closed his eyes.

Two more days passed, and Sui Zhongliang finally received the news from the third squad leader.

As expected, the higher-ups notified the farm headquarters that there was a possibility of localized blizzards in the Northeast region.

Jiang Sen only remembered that the heavy snow was almost taller than a person, and he also knew that the heavy snow lasted throughout the entire winter that year.

Especially in December, even major cities like Harbin were hit by heavy snow.

This blizzard brought unimaginable disaster to countless people.

Having been reborn in this year, I have no choice but to do everything I can to get through it safely.

In Northeast China, most ordinary families have heated kang beds. Why don't we remind the squad leader to have them get one too?

But who knows how to build a kang (heated brick bed)?

Although the heated kang (a traditional heated brick bed) is the mainstay for families in Northeast China to get through the winter, building a heated kang is a skill.

If it's not done properly, it will produce smoke and won't burn properly; in severe cases, it will even bubble.

Bubbling means that the smoke from the heated brick bed cannot escape. If too much smoke accumulates under the bed, it will cause the bed to "explode" and leak smoke everywhere.

After much deliberation, Jiang Sen mentioned his suggestion to Sui Zhongliang.

But Sui Zhongliang sighed and looked up at the sky, "We've thought about this for a long time, but after asking around, we found that there are only a few people who know how to build a kang (heated brick bed), and they've already been transferred to state farms."

This matter was somewhat unsolvable, until Da Liu said, "I'll mention it to the team leader later, maybe we can borrow it for a few days! Or we can find some villagers from the surrounding villages to come and take it over." That finally ended the conversation.

During the day, Jiang Sen roasted the dried nuts in a large pot. When the workers left for work, he gave each of them a handful to put in their pockets. They could eat one whenever they had a spare moment, and it would keep them full.

The water tank is full, and I chop some firewood every day when I have a spare moment. The dried wild vegetables and mushrooms have already filled two bags.

Jiang Sen decided to do laundry today.

I went back to the tent to get a bar of soap, then grabbed my clothes, put them in a bucket, and set off.

He also brought his treasured kitchen knife.

Because he kept thinking about those two pheasants.

Setting a trap is fine, but you have to be vigilant; if you wait too long, it might become food for something else.

After washing his clothes at the spring and laying them out to dry on a rock, Jiang Sen took his cleaver and went into the woods to cause trouble for the pheasants.

Sneaking up to the pheasant's house, he suddenly discovered another nest of eggs.

He picked up the wild eggs without any hesitation, but the pheasant flew over and clucked at him.

Jiang Sen pointed the cleaver at them and said, "You're lucky you ran fast!"

He wasn't in a hurry and continued deeper into the area. To his delight, he discovered several more pheasant nests and collected over thirty wild eggs. He was overjoyed and forgot all about the pheasants, taking the eggs and heading back home.

They put the dried clothes into the bucket, added the wild eggs they had been carrying in the clothes, and started walking back.

Along the way, we picked and chose a lot of fresh wild vegetables.

Those dried ones will be kept for winter.

Back at the camp, he cooked and ate four of them before starting to prepare dinner.

There were plenty of wild eggs this time, so he decided to cook them according to the number of people. Although they weren't very big, he was satisfied to be able to eat one.

Suddenly, he heard the sound of grass coming from the side of the wooden house. Was someone there?

He immediately put down what he was holding, picked up the kitchen knife, and hid in front of the wooden house, secretly looking back.

A large, dark figure was staggering upwards.

Bear!

Because there are often people here, animals like tigers, leopards, and bears stay far away and rarely appear.

How come it appears here?

He noticed that the bear would take a step, then stop and eat something on the ground.

He looked down at the ground and his pupils shrank sharply. It was this thing that had attracted the bear!