Reborn in 1977, starting with severing ties with family.

Back home, Jiang Sen closed the door and began packing his things.

I tidied up a bit before, but today I started searching through the house again.

He didn't want to leave anything good for Jiang Dayou and Bai Jing.

As it turned out, he actually found another box under Jiang Dayou's bed.

There were four bottles of Moutai liquor and two cartons of Daqianmen cigarettes inside.

"This is a good thing!" Jiang Sen grinned and took it for himself without any hesitation.

He walked around the house, saw the kitchen knife, picked it up, and stuffed it into the box.

Going to the countryside was tough. There was a lack of everything. Let alone a kitchen knife, many people probably didn't even touch one for several years. They used broken sickles as makeshift tools to cut vegetables.

The Red Flag Farm that Aunt Zhao chose for him was the place he had visited in his previous life.

Although it is a model farm, it is also the most difficult place, located on the edge of a small county town on the edge of the Greater Khingan Mountains.

In his past life, Jiang Lei played a trick on him, finding him the most miserable place.

In this life, it was thanks to the higher-ups that he was chosen to work at a model farm.

There's simply no way to reason with them.

However, Jiang Sen's goal was also there, after all, he had been there for three or four years and had experienced both the people and the events.

He currently has around two thousand yuan on him, which is a huge sum of money in this day and age.

In the 1980s, having 10,000 yuan was a remarkable achievement, let alone 2,000 yuan now.

He found a pair of underwear with two pockets sewn inside, one on the left and one on the right, which his mother had sewn for him years ago.

He left a few dozen yuan and a dozen kilograms of grain coupons in his shirt pocket, rolled up the rest and put them in his underwear pocket. When he left, he wore the underwear.

If people knew he had so much money, they'd probably be beheaded.

In this day and age, people die for wealth, birds die for food, and it's not uncommon for entire families to be killed for a single bite to eat.

Also, he wanted to buy a lot of things before he left.

Bring some medicines like aminopyrine, oxytetracycline, berberine, and cold medicine, especially if you get diarrhea and fever when you first arrive because of the change in environment. If you don't have any medicine, you'll just have to wait for God to provide it.

There are also cotton-padded jackets and trousers, scarves, gloves, cotton shoes, woolen socks, and the like.

These are all easy to find; you can buy them at the supply and marketing cooperative.

I still have a few old clothes, and I want to bring them with me.

what else?

By the way, matches and candles are also necessities. If you want to buy these things there, you have to go a long way to the farm's supply and marketing cooperative or the county town, and sometimes they are not even in stock.

There's no need to worry about food; the work points you earn each month should be enough.

Moreover, in the Greater Khingan Mountains, people rely on the mountains for sustenance, and there has never been a case of people starving to death.

Jiang Sen took out his notebook and wrote down everything he could think of to buy later.

It was 1977, and it wasn't until 1978 that the government proposed the policy of domestic reform and full opening up to the outside world.

Then, I can take advantage of this opportunity to trade some mountain products and live a peaceful life.

Early the next morning, Jiang Sen left home carrying a camphor wood chest, a satchel, and his luggage on his back.

He never expected to see Jiang Dayou and Bai Jing again.

The two men, dressed in worn-out work clothes, were sweeping up trash on the street with brooms.

A passerby spat out a mouthful of phlegm, nearly hitting Jiang Dayou.

Turning a corner, Huang Liping, wearing what might be her mother's old clothes, a mask, and holding a broom, stood outside the toilet, covering her nose and unwilling to go in.

Someone came out and shouted, "It's so dirty inside, how did you clean it?"

Huang Liping lowered her head, mumbled something hesitantly, and went into the restroom.

Jiang Sen's heart was now as calm as still water. He thought, "You should enjoy what's yours!"

There were many people in the square in front of the cinema. Special buses were arranged to take the educated youth who had gone to the countryside to the train station.

Red songs were playing from loudspeakers, red flags were waving in the square, and the educated youth who had been sent to the countryside were all adorned with a big red flower.

Aunt Zhao, carrying a cloth bag, squeezed through the crowd and found Jiang Sen.

"Take food with you on the way!" Aunt Zhao wiped away her tears. "Take good care of yourself when you get there."

Jiang Sen felt a pang of sadness. In his previous life, after going to the countryside and returning, he had never seen Aunt Zhao again. If he had the chance in this life, he would definitely come to see her more often.

"Don't worry!" Jiang Sen reassured him, "I can take care of myself. But you should take care of yourself too. I'll send you some local products when I get there."

Aunt Zhao burst into laughter through her tears and patted him on the shoulder. "You silly child, I'm already so happy to hear from you. Why send me any mountain produce? Even if you do, keep it for yourself. I've heard it's very hard over there..."

Seeing that she was about to cry again, Jiang Sen quickly said, "Aunt Zhao, I will definitely write to you. I'm leaving now, you should go back too!"

"Okay, I'll go back after you leave!"

There were Revolutionary Committee staff members on the train who were there to see them off. One of them leaned halfway out of the window and shouted, "Hurry up and get on the train! You'll miss it if you're late! We'll take attendance once you're on board!"

Jiang Sen stepped into the car, turned back to wave to Aunt Zhao, and then got into the car.

He finally embarked on his journey to the Great Northern Wilderness.

Most of the people seeing off the educated youth were family members. They ran alongside the car, waving their hands, and their cries blended together.

The people on the bus were also crying loudly, leaning out of the windows and waving to those below.

"Mom and Dad! I'm leaving!"

"Mom! I'm leaving now. Please take care of yourself!"

"Dad, I don't want to go, boohoo..."

Jiang Sen also leaned out.

I can't explain why, but my eyes just feel hot, my nose feels sore, and I feel waves of discomfort in my heart.

"I'm leaving now! Take care of yourself, Aunt Zhao!"

"Let me know when you get there, or you can call!" Aunt Zhao and the other people who brought the car ran a few steps after it, and only stopped when the car sped away, watching it slowly drive towards the train station.

This treatment was only given to educated youth in the Kyoto city area; those who lived far away or had connections in their families went directly to the train station.

On the bus, Jiang Sen learned that the officer who had driven them was surnamed Jiang, which sounded the same as his surname but had a different character. Jiang was the same as Meng Jiangnu, while Jiang was the same as Jianghehuhai (rivers, lakes, and seas).

Upon arriving at the train station, I took my luggage and followed Officer Jiang onto the platform.

"Line up properly, don't fall behind. There are forty-six of you in total. You'll have to change trains in Shenyang and get off at Sankesong Station. Someone will pick you up there! Don't get on the wrong train! Here are your train tickets, take them!"

As Officer Jiang handed out train tickets, he gave them instructions. Some educated youth who were about to go to the countryside were just arriving in the distance. When they saw this, they jogged over.

"What's your name... Oh, go to the back of the line, I'll call your name again later!"

"When you're away from home, you must carry forward the spirit of unity, not being afraid of hardship or fatigue, and take care of each other! Leaving your parents and home, you are independent individuals. Don't bring the bad habits you developed at home with you, or people will think that we, the educated youth from Kyoto, have low quality. Do you understand?"

"I heard you!" The voices of the forty or so educated youth were loud and clear, causing passengers rushing to catch the train to keep turning their heads to look at them.

Some people even applauded and cheered for them!

After Officer Jiang finished speaking, he looked around, called the roll again, asked if anyone hadn't received their tickets, and then led everyone to the carriage.

Most of the tickets in the entire carriage were reserved for them, with only a small fraction of the passengers remaining; the carriage was completely full.

Jiang Sen followed the crowd onto the bus. Based on his experience from his previous life, he didn't go too far to the middle because it would be inconvenient to use the restroom.