Reborn in 1977, starting with severing ties with family.

With food in his mouth, he shouted "Welcome!" and the scene of him spraying crumbs and rice particles everywhere amused everyone.

After a burst of laughter, everyone was in high spirits.

"Jiang Sen!" Someone sitting a little outside waved to Jiang Sen.

Jiang Sen looked over and saw that it was Lu Xiu.

"..."

Didn't Sister Ma say she was going to the Third Brigade?

How come he's in the Fourth Brigade too?

Jiang Sen didn't want to have much to do with her, regardless of which brigade she was in!

Jiang Sen waved to her as well.

The person next to Lu Xiu immediately pulled her aside and asked, and Lu Xiu answered with a smile, glancing at Jiang Sen and Wang Haiyang.

"Did you come with this person too?" Wang Haiyang asked.

"Yes!"

"We all came together, and we were all men."

"You're envious of this too?"

The two whispered among themselves as they ate, Jiang Sen's eyes scanning the crowd once more.

There were about seventy or eighty people, the oldest being in his thirties and the youngest about the same age as him. There were a few familiar faces, who should have come in the same batch.

Suddenly, someone nodded to him but didn't say hello.

It's Wei San!

The thief on the train.

This Fourth Detachment is truly full of hidden talents!

Everyone was eating and chatting together.

Jiang Sen learned from this that the village's fields were on the other side, separated from the educated youth's fields by the road leading into the village.

The other side was all fertile farmland, while the fields belonging to the educated youth were all barren, including wasteland that was later reclaimed.

It's clear they were being bullied badly by the village.

After the meal, Jiang Sen and Wang Haiyang became familiar with everyone.

After tidying up, Hu Zhiqing said, "You only arrived today, and we should let you rest, but time is tight and the task is heavy. We are also afraid that another heavy snow will make this winter difficult for us."

Wang Haiyang said, "We're not tired. Tell us, what do you want us to do?"

"That's good... Here's what we'll do! You might not be familiar with the work in the fields, so just follow the female educated youth to pick corn. They'll pick it, and you can carry the corn out. That will save a lot of time."

"no problem!"

Jiang Sen naturally didn't say anything and followed Hu Zhiqing toward the cornfield.

Most of the female educated youth, about twenty or thirty of them, all walked in that direction.

As they walked, they would steal glances at Jiang Sen and Wang Haiyang from time to time, and several female educated youths would blush with embarrassment from being teased.

Shao Jiajia leaned closer and said, "Jiang Sen, are you really leaving now that you're here?"

Lu Xiu also came over, "Jiang Sen, it's great that you came to the Fourth Brigade. We weren't familiar with them here, but now it's great! We can ask you for help if anything happens!"

Jiang Sen thought to himself, "Thank you!" but smiled and said, "I didn't expect you all to be in the Fourth Brigade. I only found out when I saw Sun Guohong at the educated youth settlement."

Lu Xiu smiled, her eyes crinkling, and kept glancing at Wang Haiyang. "Did he come with us too? I've never seen him before."

Before Jiang Sen could speak, Wang Haiyang said, "I've only been here a few days. If you need anything, just let me know."

Lu Xiu smiled and nodded, "Okay!"

Shao Jiajia's smile faded slightly, and she said to Jiang Sen, "I have a lot of work to do, I'll be going now!"

"I'm leaving too!" Lu Xiu waved with a smile and went ahead to catch up with Shao Jiajia.

Jiang Sen could clearly sense that Shao Jiajia disliked Lu Xiu.

It must be because of Lu Xiu's incident that she was implicated in the logistics team as well.

Wang Haiyang whispered to Jiang Sen, "Hey, they all look pretty, especially Lu Xiu, she's so gentle and delicate, like a woman from Jiangnan."

"You'll know later."

"What do you mean?"

"Means nothing."

“You’re implying something!” Wang Haiyang grabbed Jiang Sen’s arm. “What’s our relationship? Just say what you want to say.”

Jiang Sen didn't want to say it at first, but thinking that the two of them would become partners in reselling mushrooms in the future, he said, "Do you know what a pure and innocent woman is?"

"White lotus? A white lotus that grows on a snow-capped mountain?"

"It's the kind of woman who looks delicate and beautiful on the outside, always pretending to be pitiful, but in her heart she's scheming against you and taking advantage of you every minute of every day."

"Huh?" Wang Haiyang was somewhat incredulous. "No way! It doesn't look like it!"

Jiang Sen was too lazy to waste words with him and quickened his pace, saying, "Believe it or not."

The cornfield is quite large, but because it was reclaimed land that hadn't been properly cultivated, the corn stalks weren't growing very well, and the ears of corn were small.

The female educated youth carried a basket on her back, walking along the furrows while breaking off pieces and throwing them into the basket on her back.

Once the basket is full, return to the field, put it down, and replace it with an empty one.

There were two oxcarts at the edge of the field, with two drivers and people unloading the corn from the baskets onto the carts and then placing the empty baskets aside.

Hu Zhiqing led them to the car and said, "Take the empty baskets over so they don't have to walk so far, and then carry the corn over. Is that alright?"

This is no easy task, which is why he asked, "Can you do it?"

“Okay!” Jiang Sen said, and together with Wang Haiyang, they stacked the empty baskets, carried them on their backs, and walked towards the cornfield.

As he walked, Jiang Sen shouted, "I have empty baskets here. If anyone's basket is full, just call out."

"I'm full!" someone shouted, and a female educated youth walked out of the cornfield with a "whoosh".

He was around twenty years old, and there were two red patches on his face from the cold. His gauze gloves were so tight that his fingers were sticking out, and they were full of holes.

Her face flushed slightly, and she didn't dare to look at the two of them.

Jiang Sen took the basket from her back and carried it himself, while Wang Haiyang handed him an empty basket.

After telling Wang Haiyang, Jiang Sen carried the basket on his back and walked back.

When he returned, Wang Haiyang also came back carrying a basket on his back.

The two smiled at each other and went their separate ways.

Soon, the food they had eaten was completely digested, and their stomachs were rumbling, but no one stopped eating.

Jiang Sen carried the basket for the eighth time before he saw Lu Xiu come out to change it, and he didn't fill it as much as the others.

He didn't know what to say, so he replaced the basket with an empty one and continued transporting the goods back.

Lu Xiu didn't go back. She stared at Jiang Sen's back for a while before turning around and disappearing into the cornfield.

As dusk fell, Hu Zhiqing banged on a board at the edge of the field and shouted, "That's a wrap!"

Then everyone gradually came out carrying their baskets.

When Jiang Sen walked back over to the field, he saw that it was planted entirely with potatoes and cabbages.

Many potatoes were dug up before they were fully grown.

If the ground freezes and becomes hard, digging becomes extremely difficult.

The oxcart made two or three trips back and forth carrying corn. On the last trip, it was less than half full before it slowly made its way back.

When Jiang Sen returned to the educated youth settlement, he saw the driver unload the ox and pull it to a cowshed not far from the side of the canteen. Inside, a hunched-over man crawled out from a pile of straw and fed the ox with straw.

This person looks to be in his sixties or seventies, but is actually only around fifty years old.

He was someone who was demoted and had problems.

He lived in the cowshed.

No one paid any attention to him, and he didn't say anything either.

Sun Guohong emerged from the kitchen with a dark expression, holding a large ladle, and announced, "Dinner's ready!"

In the educated youth settlement, cooking was done collectively, although some wanted to cook for themselves.

But after working so hard every day, nobody wanted to move. It would be better to put the food rations together and eat from the same pot.

Ho Chi Thanh said, "We didn't know you were coming, so will the higher-ups send you your rations?"

Jiang Sen said, "We brought it, we'll give it to you in a bit."

Hu Zhiqing was a little embarrassed. "I didn't mean anything by it. Everyone's food rations are very tight, and we don't have much each month."