Reborn in 1977, starting with severing ties with family.

After leaving the manager's office, the two went to the canteen.

When you're out on official business, it's considered a business trip and can be carried on credit.

But today we have sorghum rice and stewed potatoes with meat. Although there isn't much meat, it's still a meat dish.

Luo Yongcai paid for one for each of them out of his own pocket.

After eating, Jiang Sen himself was surprised at how much he could eat.

A lunchbox of sorghum rice, a lunchbox of stewed potatoes and meat, plus cabbage and tofu soup, and two pieces of pickled vegetables—all were eaten up.

After eating, the two returned to their lodgings, called two other people, and went to the supply and marketing cooperative together.

Each member of the second squad received a new military overcoat, a pair of cotton shoes, and socks. After returning home, the entire squad underwent a complete makeover.

The two who came along were all grinning from ear to ear, and there were also a few people from the team headquarters who were happy.

Sister-in-law Ma's face was beaming with joy.

While the three of them were tidying up, Sister Ma quietly spoke to Jiang Sen.

"We haven't finished talking yet!"

Just a short while later, Jiang Sen heard new news.

We will be requesting a few more people from other brigades to supplement the forest farm, because they say there have been additional tasks assigned from above.

Jiang Sen was not surprised by this; the weather changed suddenly, and many large timbers needed to be transported out as soon as possible.

only……

Jiang Sen glanced at the clouds outside, where the sun was no longer visible, and felt somewhat worried.

It's probably too late.

Another piece of news that made Jiang Sen even more worried was that Shao Jiajia had been transferred to the three lower-level teams.

In her past life, Shao Jiajia's incident happened in the Third Brigade, not this early.

It was in the second year after we arrived here that the forest farm transferred all the female educated youth away.

Perhaps because I was reborn with these butterfly wings, the wind I was blowing was a bit off-center, and too many things didn't follow their original trajectory.

Sun Guohong went to the Fourth Brigade.

As mentioned earlier, only the reclamation team of Xiangyang Brigade and the forestry brigade are directly managed by the brigade headquarters; the other brigades have been integrated with the local villages.

When the educated youth arrived there, their household registration would also be settled in the village.

Fourth Brigade...

Besides the forest farm, Jiang Sen was also assigned there for the last six months because he had been disciplined for fighting with Feng Chao.

The population there is quite diverse, with people from all over the country.

The village is controlled by two families.

The Zhao family and the Sun family.

The village was in constant chaos, with fights between educated youth and between villagers. On other days, villagers would fight each other.

I wonder what happened to Sun Weiguo and Bai Qiang, who stayed behind at the forest farm.

Sister-in-law Ma wanted to continue gossiping when she saw several vehicles starting up outside the farm headquarters.

The division commanders escorted Liao Zhongyi into a car and drove away.

Li Chaoyang waved goodbye to them.

Surprisingly, he didn't go to pick up the educated youth this time.

It's possible that the matter of Liao Zhongyi caused a delay because of the arrival of people from the division headquarters.

Luo Yongcai and the other two tied up the things they bought with rope. There were three big bags, and each of them carried one bag as they walked out.

"Sister-in-law Ma, I'll come find you again later. I'm leaving now!"

"Go for it!"

After putting the package back at their lodgings, the group started chatting since they had nothing else to do.

“We have to wait another day!” Luo Yongcai said. “The new educated youth will arrive tonight, and we’ll take them back with us.”

The two people who came along didn't care at all; staying at the farm meant they had food and drink without spending any money, and they didn't have to do any work.

“If the heavy snow comes early this year, we’re probably in for a tough time!” one of them said.

Another person was also somewhat worried, "Vice Captain, could we buy some strong liquor to take back?"

Luo Yongcai said, "Go ahead and buy, buy as much as you can!" As he spoke, he took out two yuan from his pocket, "Buy as much as you want!"

The two of them went out laughing and joking.

Luo Yongcai felt that it wasn't interesting to just talk to Jiang Sen, so he said, "Come on, I'll take you to see the headquarters!"

Jiang Sen was very familiar with this place, but he didn't refuse his kind offer. "Let's go!"

The two went out, locked the door, and walked in the other direction.

Jiang Sen immediately understood; he probably wanted to go hunting.

Hunting is fine, why bother with the idea of ​​"strolling around the farm headquarters"?

"Should we tell the manager?"

Luo Yongcai took the gun in his hand and said, "No need. If we hit anything, we'll share half with him later."

The mountain behind the farm headquarters is not high; it slopes down to a large hill, which protects against blizzards and cold fronts from the north.

The valley is teeming with prey, mostly small animals.

Things like rabbits, foxes, and pheasants.

Perhaps it was Liu's fight with the bear that awakened Luo Yongcai's urge to stay put after arriving at the farm headquarters.

Two men went into the mountains to hunt wild game, while the other two went to the supply and marketing cooperative.

Sister Ma said, "Shaodaozi? It was gone a few days ago. The old men who drink have a better nose than the tigers in the mountains. They come as soon as they smell it, and it's sold out in a day."

The two were somewhat unwilling to give up.

When will there be another one?

"I don't know! This time it was because the delivery truck broke down on the road, and our truck happened to be passing by and helped us out. They gave us a barrel as a thank you."

The two were very disappointed and went back with their heads hanging low.

After they left, Li Chaoyang arrived.

He held up an empty wine bottle. "Sister-in-law, come on, fill it up!"

"It's all gone in just a few days? Just wait! You guys are all experts at drinking!"

A short while later, Li Chaoyang left with a bottle of wine in his pocket, all smiles.

A little while later, the rest of the team arrived.

"Sister-in-law Ma!"

"Oh! You've come to pick up the educated youth so early? You said you wouldn't arrive until tonight!"

"Come early and go early, in case the weather changes! Do you still have any strong liquor? Give me two jin!" As he spoke, the man took out a small earthenware jar from his bag.

"I've saved it for you! Just wait!"

Then another one came...

It wasn't that the two people at the forest farm were the problem, but rather that Sister Ma was judging people when she sold things.

They probably didn't even understand themselves why everyone else could buy alcohol but they couldn't.

That's because of a small incident that happened a long time ago, so small that they themselves have forgotten about it.

When they first arrived, they came here to buy things with other educated youth. It was just the two of them, and they didn't address Sister Ma at all. After buying the things, they didn't say a single polite word. Sister Ma thought they were very impolite.

This small matter is why they can never buy the things that aren't displayed openly here.

In the evening, Luo Yongcai and Jiang Sen returned looking disheveled.

But they were carrying four pheasants, two rabbits, and Luo Yongcai was also carrying a small wild boar, which was struggling and squealing.

They went straight to the canteen and traded a pheasant for white rice and large chunks of braised meat.

The others were tied with ropes so they could be taken back with them when we returned.

As a result, before they even reached their lodgings after eating, they were swarmed by people from other brigades and their food was all taken!

They didn't rob everything; they even left them a baby wild boar.

Luo Yongcai and Jiang Sen looked at the little wild boar, who was also confused. Was it not the most valuable one?

"This was originally intended for the farm manager!" Luo Yongcai looked at Jiang Sen, his mouth moving for a long time before he finally managed to utter a sentence.

Jiang Sen blinked, "How about..."

"Row!"

Before Jiang Sen could say anything, Luo Yong immediately pulled him back to his lodgings. After discussing it with the other two, they tied the wild boar up twice more, gagged it, stuffed it into a basket, and covered it with some random things.

"All done!" Luo Yong clapped his hands.

"Vice Captain, you went hunting?" one of them asked. "We were unlucky; we sold out of liquor!"

"Sold out?" Luo Yongcai asked suspiciously. He had seen several people from the brigade drinking in the canteen earlier, and he had also taken a couple of sips.

Jiang Sen raised an eyebrow, as if he understood something.