Reborn in 1977, starting with severing ties with family.

That evening, Jiang Sen ate at Aunt Zhao's house, and left behind ten yuan and ten jin of grain coupons.

This is already a lot; it's enough to cover more than half a month's food expenses for an average family.

Aunt Zhao declined for a while, but after hearing Jiang Sen say that she would be eating at her house for the next few days, she reluctantly accepted.

"Alright, I'll buy you something good to nourish you!" Aunt Jiang took out a piece of paper with a certificate written on it. "Take this!"

This is proof that he severed his father-son relationship with Jiang Dayou; it bears Jiang Dayou's signature and fingerprint.

Aunt Zhao said, "I never expected that you can know a person's face but not their heart. I took this to him to get his signature, and he signed it without saying anything! Don't overthink it. If you have any difficulties in the future, just ask the organization for help. The organization will help you! After you start working at the cotton mill, they will also assign you a dormitory. When you find a good girl to marry, the cotton mill will also give you a house, and you won't see them anymore!"

Jiang Sen smiled, nodded, and didn't say anything, but Aunt Zhao misunderstood.

"I told you, don't be sad, you did the right thing! Otherwise, who knows what they would have done to you! From now on, you must be self-reliant and strong. The country attaches great importance to the development of young people. You must also study hard and learn skills. When you get promoted in the future, you'll make them regret it!"

Jiang Sen continued to nod, but his thoughts had already drifted far away.

In the dense primeval forests of the Greater Khingan Mountains in Northeast China, a lithe figure holds a hunting rifle and aims at its prey.

A gunshot rang out, startling the birds into flight. The woman ran over, hoisted her prey, turned around, and smiled at Jiang Sen with a pretty face.

"Brother Jiang, look how fat this roe deer is! It's perfect for you to eat!"

The woman's large eyes shone like stars in the night sky, and her smile was as radiant and dazzling as the Milky Way.

Reborn, things took a turn for the better. Jiang Sen could have easily avoided going to the countryside, but for those eyes and that smile, he had to go!

That was the regret of his past life when he couldn't have the woman he loved. Because of Jiang Lei and the others' scheming, he got married to Huang Liping, which made him miss the woman he truly loved.

"Aunt Zhao, there's something else I'd like to ask you for help with."

Aunt Zhao smiled and said, "This child, just say what you have to say."

"I'd like to sell my job opening. Could you help me find someone who wants to buy it?"

"Sell your job?" Aunt Zhao's eyes widened. "Are you crazy! Where are you going to find a job these days? If you sell your job, you'll have to go to the countryside to work as a sent-down youth. Have you thought this through?"

“I’ve made up my mind! I want to respond to the national call to support rural development and go to the countryside to work!” Jiang Sen scratched his head, the scabbed area was a little itchy. “I’ll have to trouble you to help me register. I want to go to the countryside as soon as possible. My family is in such a state, there’s no point in staying.”

There was really nothing left for him to miss in Kyoto.

Aunt Zhao looked worried. "The job isn't a problem; there are plenty of people who need it. But your injury hasn't healed yet, and this team going to the countryside leaves the day after tomorrow. It's too rushed. I'll arrange for you to go in the next batch!"

"No, thank you." Jiang Sen sighed. "Tomorrow I'll go to my mother's grave, pack my things, and then leave with this group. I don't want to see them again, so I'll just leave!"

After returning from Aunt Zhao's house, Jiang Sen took out a camphor wood box. In his previous life, it originally contained his mother's things, but Jiang Dayou and Bai Jing took them all away. The only thing left was a family photo.

That was a black and white photo of the family of three taken when Jiang Sen was one year old. Jiang Sen has kept it tucked inside a book ever since.

Reborn, all that's left is this photo.

Jiang Sen looked at the photo for a while, put it into a red leather notebook, stuffed it into his backpack, and began to pack his clothes.

That evening, Aunt Zhao came to him and said that the job had been sold and someone was willing to pay 1,500 yuan.

It's not surprising that jobs sold out so quickly; these days, positions in state-owned enterprises are in high demand.

I'll do anything to buy it, no matter how hard I try.

The cotton mill was state-owned, a sure-fire job with guaranteed security.

Aunt Zhao said it was bought for her daughter by a man named Yang Qiming from the supply and marketing cooperative. The family has a son and a daughter; the son is in the army, and the daughter has no job and has to go to the countryside.

Jiang Sen's job was a godsend, especially since it was in a cotton mill, the kind of workplace most suitable for women, so Zhao Dama didn't even haggle over the price she quoted.

After finishing that story, Aunt Zhao added that the results of Jiang Dayou and his team's investigation had also been released.

Jiang Dayou and Bai Jing were deemed by their superiors to have committed misconduct, and were certain to lose their jobs. However, according to the new policy, they couldn't be criminally punished, so they were assigned to sweep the streets and clean toilets every day, and were also subjected to weekly public criticism and re-education sessions.

Jiang Sen was quite satisfied. This outcome was worse than sending them to jail. Good!

As for Huang Liping, although she was once Jiang Sen's girlfriend, since they did not obtain a marriage certificate, she was not considered married, which constitutes a morally corrupt issue.

The higher-ups sent her to a political education class and subjected her to a struggle session. After that, they assigned her to sweep the streets. Forget about her job at the food factory!

After saying that, Aunt Zhao shook her head and pursed her lips, "They got off too easy!"

"Where is Jiang Lei?" Jiang Sen asked.

Aunt Zhao snorted and said disdainfully, "Jiang Lei? Jiang Lei and Huang Liping's affair wouldn't have caused any major problems. At most, he would have ended up sweeping the streets like her. But he insisted on smashing your head with a brick to steal your brother's girlfriend and job. That was considered intentional assault, and he was sentenced to ten years in prison."

it is good!

Jiang Sen's goal was to make him experience what it's like to be in jail.

Ten years, though not as long as his life imprisonment in his previous life, Jiang Lei is not himself. Let's see if he can get through these ten years!

"That's a lesson for them!" Jiang Sen sighed. "We can't exactly have them executed!"

Aunt Zhao said, "It was only this year that the policy direction changed. If it had been two years earlier, they would definitely have been taken to be shot!"

The next morning, after eating, Jiang Sen went to the cemetery to pay respects to his mother and told her that he had avenged her.

After returning, he went to the neighborhood committee to get the necessary certificates and introduction letters for the township.

Aunt Zhao and other members of the neighborhood committee wanted to persuade him to leave in the next batch.

Jiang Sen quickly said, "Thank you everyone. I want to go with the group that came in August because it's summer now and the weather is warm. If we go in October, it will be snowing in the Great Northern Wilderness."

I passed away in October of my past life. By the time I arrived there, the mountains were already blocked by heavy snow, and I almost froze to death.

I must leave before that heavy snow arrives in my lifetime.

Aunt Zhao was still worried, but she also felt that Jiang Sen's words made sense. Since the decision to go to the countryside could not be changed, she nodded in agreement.

"Then you must take good care of yourself, okay?" Aunt Zhao instructed. "We've discussed your insistence on going to the countryside to support rural development, and we're all happy that you have such a strong sense of responsibility! So, this time we specifically chose the Red Flag Farm in the Great Northern Wilderness, which is a model farm. We hope that after you go there, you will shine and contribute to the construction of our motherland!"

"Aunt Zhao, don't worry! When I get there, I definitely won't let you down! Building the frontier and dedicating our youth to the motherland is the lofty ideal of us young people in the new era! We are willing to be a brick, ready to be moved wherever we are needed!"

Everyone can shout slogans, but the difference lies in who shouts them best and loudest.

Sure enough, the neighborhood committee members were very happy and applauded him.

Jiang Sen successfully obtained the letter of introduction and quickly took his leave to go home.