Reborn in 1977, starting with severing ties with family.

That night, everyone packed their things, wrote letters, and mended clothes.

Sui Zhongliang and Da Liu were talking under a tree not far from the wooden house.

Jiang Sen was also packing his things, secretly keeping an eye on Liao Zhongyi's movements.

It seems that since he came back, this kid has been very low-key and hasn't been making sarcastic remarks like he did a few days ago. Jiang Sen has never tolerated him and will occasionally retaliate.

He brushed them off with a laugh, saying they were "too easily amused."

Afterwards, Jiang Sen didn't hold a grudge. Even when others realized that he had deliberately bullied Jiang Sen, they didn't say anything because Jiang Sen didn't react.

The less trouble, the better.

But after what happened tonight, several people looked at Liao Zhongyi with some suspicion.

Liao Zhongyi kept his head down as he wrote the letter.

After a peaceful night, Jiang Sen got up early again the next morning and specially steamed two extra pots of wild vegetable and nut buns.

After Sui Zhongliang and his men left, Da Liu came out carrying a hunting rifle.

"Jiang Sen! Liao Zhongyi!" Da Liu called out their full names, which was quite unusual. "Get ready, we're setting off too!"

Liao Zhongyi agreed and went back to the tent to get his things.

Jiang Sen slung his bag over his shoulder, then his basket, and also his wine bag. He hoped to buy some more strong liquor if he had the chance.

The basket on one side contained mountain produce and letters that the educated youth wanted to send back home. The other basket contained bear skin and roe deer skin, which Da Liu gave to Liao Zhongyi.

The bear and roe deer hides together weighed several dozen kilograms. Liao Zhongyi glanced at Jiang Sen's half-full basket of goods, said nothing, and resignedly picked it up.

Da Liu was carrying a large piece of bear meat wrapped in straw, intending to leave it for the third shift when he passed by.

Sui Zhongliang took the portion meant for Class One.

Even though they're both just one leg, it's still a symbolic meaning.

They kept more for themselves, placing it in a large pit they dug out of the wooden house to use as a cellar.

Of course, they wouldn't forget to give the captain his share.

There are also two bear paws.

Why two? Because of a bear's four paws, only the two upper paws are the fattest.

Before noon, when they arrived at the third shift, there was no one at the camp, so Da Liu put the bear meat in a water bucket and soaked it in water.

One reason is to prevent wild animals from smelling the odor and coming over; the other is to prevent it from spoiling.

There's no need to leave any notes or anything; Sui Zhongliang will definitely inform the third shift when he leads his team to work.

The three of them continued on their journey.

Liao Zhongyi was finding it hard to keep up; the basket on his back was just too heavy.

He glanced furtively at Da Liu walking ahead, then quickly caught up with Jiang Sen.

Judging from everyone's reaction yesterday, it seems that no one doubts him.

And because the squad leader specifically asked him to go to the team headquarters with him, he became even more certain of this idea.

"Xiao Jiang!" he called out with a smile. "Well, the road is too far, and my basket is too heavy. How about we take turns carrying it for a while?"

Jiang Sen glanced at him, a slight smirk playing on his lips. "No!"

Watching Jiang Sen stride forward, a hint of hatred flashed in Liao Zhongyi's eyes. This kid was so quiet and didn't say a word; he thought he was easy to bully.

I never expected it to be a smelly and hard rock.

Then don't blame me for dealing with you again.

He continued walking, and when he reached the bend in the mountain road and entered a small path, and Da Liu's figure disappeared from sight, he suddenly pounced on Jiang Sen.

As if tripped over something, he pushed forward with both arms, exclaiming, "Jiang Sen, what are you doing?"

From the moment he opened his mouth to say he wanted to change his basket, Jiang Sen guessed that this guy was up to no good, so he kept a close eye on his movements.

Just as his pace suddenly quickened, he also quickened his pace, turned around, and took a side path. Just then, Da Liu heard the shout and turned around.

A figure flew directly past the intersection of the side road.

It's flying!

Liao Zhongyi never expected Jiang Sen to dodge.

His intention was to give him a hard push, as the lowest section of the mountain path was extremely steep, and a fall would result in serious injury or even permanent disability.

Then he pretended to fall again. When Da Liu returned, he said that Jiang Sen suspected him and tried to push him down, but he fell down and Jiang Sen rolled down.

The plan was wonderful, but reality was harsh.

As a result, he missed his target, lost his footing, and with the added force of gravity, he tumbled downhill.

Da Liu was startled and quickly ran back, chasing after the path along the edge of the mountain road.

Jiang Sen cried out in pain for Liao Zhongyi, "Ouch! Tsk! Ouch!" and followed after him down the hill.

They also found a bear skin and a roe deer skin along the way, both with intact heads and antlers.

After catching up to Liao Zhongyi, Jiang Sen felt a pang of pain for him. "Ouch, how did you fall like that? Ouch, it must hurt a lot!"

Liao Zhongyi was lucky; he wasn't crippled or injured, but when he rolled down, the exposed flesh was all scraped and chafed.

His face, stung by wasps, was even more swollen, and his mouth looked like it had something... in it, yet he could still speak.

He raised his hand tremblingly, pointing at Jiang Sen, "He...he...want to...kill me..."

Liu frowned. "What nonsense are you spouting? Can't you even stand up?"

Finally, Liao Zhongyi was helped to the team headquarters by Da Liu and Jiang Sen.

Upon arriving at the team headquarters, he was thrown into the central medical room, where a barefoot doctor in his sixties slowly applied medicine to him.

"What have you done? You fell like this, tsk tsk tsk, if you're disfigured, you'll have a hard time finding a wife! Ugh!"

This "pui" wasn't an insult; he spat it onto a dried, dark patch of ointment, then rubbed it with his finger and, with a "smack," stuck it to Liao Zhongyi's waist.

"Ouch..." Liao Zhongyi's head was raised high in pain.

Over at the cafeteria, the cook was grinning from ear to ear, holding a piece of bear meat. "Look at this leg, the bear must have weighed at least 200 pounds!"

Da Liu chuckled, "This thing went to wreak havoc on the camp, and Xiao Jiang ran to find us. When I got back, I took out my gun, 'bang!' One shot, and hey, just one shot, and this big guy was dead! Hehe..."

Zhang Jianjun sat down with a smile, and after listening to his words, looked at Jiang Sen and asked, "Have you gotten used to things these past few days?"

Jiang Sen nodded, "It's a habit!" He took the basket over, "This is what the deputy squad leader skinned, and there's also a roe deer skin. The squad leader told us to bring it down to exchange for some food rations. Everyone's food rations have been ruined by the bears."

"There's roe deer skin too?" Sui Zhongliang got up to look, and the cook came out as well.

I was shocked to see two such perfect furs.

"We don't have much stuff here. I'm going to the farm headquarters to pick up the next batch of educated youth. Why don't we go there and exchange our things?"

Da Liu chimed in, "I can't leave the mountain, why don't you let Xiao Jiang go with me? I have to go back."

Zhang Jianjun then looked at Jiang Sen, who immediately said, "I'm fine with anything."

"What do you mean, 'okay'?" Da Liu said. "Captain, I have something to report to you! This bear attack on the camp was deliberate!"

Zhang Jianjun's expression turned serious. "What's going on?"

The chef pulled Jiang Sen into the kitchen, saying, "Let them talk. Come on, you eat first!"

Da Liu reported that someone had used a wild beehive to lure a bear to the camp, and that Jiang Sen had lost a lot of things.

Zhang Jianjun asked, "Have you caught them?"

Da Liu laughed, "He's in the infirmary! I told him he was fine this morning, but halfway there he said he had diarrhea. He didn't come back to work for a long time, and then he got stung on the face by wasps. His face was swollen like a pig's head, and everyone laughed at him for a while. When I got back, I found a wild beehive on the ground."

As he spoke, he took out the piece of wild beehive that Sui Zhongliang had kept from his pocket.