Reborn in 1977, starting with severing ties with family.

At 3 p.m., Jiang Sen and Wang Haiyang started walking back.

The basket was full of wild vegetables and mushrooms.

Each of the two held a rabbit with its limbs bound.

"Haha! Rabbit!" Wang Haiyang was as happy as a child the whole way. "I never thought I'd get to eat rabbit meat! But there are just too many people; I doubt there will be enough for everyone to have a bite!"

I was just overjoyed, but now I'm a little worried.

Jiang Sen said, "You can boil it into soup or chop it up and cook it into porridge. How much do you think each person can eat? There are seventy or eighty people. Even if there's a little bit of grease, they can be happy for half a day."

Wang Haiyang asked, "Since you found the rabbit hole, why did you block one up and smoke out the other? Were there rabbits over there too? They didn't come out."

"Don't you know the saying 'a cunning rabbit has three burrows'?" Jiang Sen said. "A rabbit has three burrows, just in case it wants to escape. If you block one, and another has smoke coming out, then you're left with only the last one. Where do you think it can run to?"

"Oh, so that's it!"

Jiang Sen felt somewhat helpless. Many city kids didn't know such common sense; only the farm kids living near the mountains knew these things and knew how to catch them.

"Hey! What about what I told you last time? What have you thought about?"

Jiang Sen paused for a moment, then remembered what Wang Haiyang had said about mushrooms.

"We can only do it secretly now," Jiang Sen said. "And the quantity can't be too large, otherwise someone will notice."

“No problem!” Wang Haiyang said. “We’ll send some back first, and once we get news from Kyoto, we can stockpile a lot. As for whether people pay attention or not, you don’t need to worry about that.”

Since Wang Haiyang said that, Jiang Sen understood that Wang Haiyang had connections.

Now that they've caught two rabbits and gathered so many fresh wild vegetables and mushrooms, the educated youth certainly won't object to the arrangement of going into the mountains every day.

Picking mushrooms has become much easier.

Gradually, they came to see the houses of the educated youth, and both of them stopped talking.

That evening, with fresh wild vegetables and mushrooms, as well as two rabbits, the educated youth were excited.

They all smiled at Jiang Sen and Wang Haiyang, praising them.

Although it was just a simple porridge for dinner, with chopped rabbit meat, wild vegetables, and mushrooms, everyone was exceptionally satisfied and ate much slower than usual, savoring every bite.

After the meal, everyone said goodbye to Jiang Sen and Wang Haiyang before heading home.

Lu Xiu dawdled, and in the end, only Jiang Sen, Wang Haiyang, and Hu Zhiqing remained.

Jiang Sen planned to ask Hu Zhiqing why they hadn't gone to gather food when there was so much to eat in the mountains.

Before he could even speak, Lu Xiu arrived.

"Jiang Sen!" She lowered her head slightly, a hint of shyness in her voice. "I wanted to say a few words to you."

Jiang Sen's smiling face turned cold.

"What?"

Can we talk over there?

"No! Say what you have to say here."

"But, I only want to tell you."

“Lu Zhiqing, you need to understand that there is a difference between men and women. If any unpleasant things get out, it will be bad for you. It’s better to say things to your face.”

Wang Haiyang watched this scene with great interest.

Ho Chi Thanh had already frowned.

This Lu Xiu is a real handful. She even knocked on the door of a male educated youth in the middle of the night yesterday.

Now he's here again, trying to pull Jiang Sen away to a secluded place to talk.

I've never seen such a shameless lesbian; she doesn't know how to avoid suspicion at all.

Lu Xiu felt a little wronged, and tears began to well up in her eyes again.

Jiang Sen was speechless. Was this the same trick again?

"If you're going to cry, go back and cry! It's like I've done something to you!" Jiang Sen wasn't buying it at all, and pulled Hu Zhiqing away, "Captain, let's go back!"

Wang Haiyang gave Lu Xiu a half-smile, "Oh my! This is so funny!"

After saying that, he left.

Watching the departing figure, Lu Xiu bit her lip and stomped her feet twice. Her face was no longer filled with grievance, but with resentment.

When they returned to Hu Zhiqing's home, another educated youth was already there.

This man is named Mao Jun. He's from Shanghai. He looks rather shabby, like a countryman, and he speaks in a soft, gentle tone.

"You're back! The congee tonight was so delicious!"

"We'll be able to eat here often from now on!" Jiang Sen said without any modesty. "I was just about to ask the team leader, why didn't you guys go and get more food when there's so much to eat in the mountains?"

"Oh dear, let me tell you, it's not that we don't want to go, but if there aren't many of us, we'll run into those bastards Zhao Erhu over there. There were two educated youths there, and look, they broke their legs! Who among us dares to go!"

Wang Haiyang picked at his ear and said, "There's something I still can't figure out."

Several people looked at him.

He said, "When Jiang Sen and I first arrived, we ran into a few thugs at the village entrance and got into a fight. We knocked two of them down, and one ran away, saying that we had killed someone. The whole village came out to settle accounts with us, but someone went to check and said that the two men were fine, so they brought us here."

"Is that so?" Hu Zhiqing was somewhat indignant. "This is outrageous! I'm going to the brigade tomorrow; this matter cannot be left like this."

The matter is not complicated; they are used to being bullied.

Now, as long as they are careful, Erhu and his men won't dare to come over easily.

It's best not to be alone.

However, going to the brigade to complain is not a solution. As Hu Zhiqing mentioned before, they had complained more than once, but in the end, things would return to normal after a few days.

After hearing what Wang Haiyang said, Jiang Sen suddenly realized that something was wrong.

That is, the villagers, including the village chief and the secretary, have not yet seen Erluzi and Heizi, who were knocked unconscious by the two of them.

Why did it just fizzle out?

Wang Haiyang continued, "We knocked the two men unconscious. The village chief didn't even bother to check on them. Then, when the people who went over said that neither of them was injured, his attitude changed. He led us to the village committee and had some militia captain bring us here."

Hu Zhiqing nodded. "So that's how it is! No wonder he abandoned you all that day. That militia captain is Zhao Dahu, the village chief's son. Erhu, whom you beat up, is his second son. Do you think he'd have a good attitude towards you?"

"Huh? You beat up Zhao Erhu? Wow, you guys are amazing!"

This person spoke with a Shanghai accent and a hint of a Northeastern accent, which was strange and funny.

“Then you’d better be careful when you go back up the mountain,” Hu Zhiqing said. “Zhao Dahu has a gun, and Zhao Erhu and his gang are no pushovers either; they all have knives.”

"Don't worry!" Wang Haiyang said, "If they really dare to fire, I'll think highly of them."

Jiang Sen also comforted him, "We won't go to the other side of the village, we'll just stay on the mountain behind our educated youth settlement, we won't go far."

Hu Zhiqing knew that saying anything more would be useless; he had given a reminder, after all, the congee was just too delicious today.

Nothing was said that night. The next day, under the eager gaze of many educated youth, Jiang Sen and Wang Haiyang set off again to collect mountain products.

Before they had gone more than a few steps, Lu Xiu caught up from behind, carrying a basket on her back.

"Jiang Sen, Wang Haiyang!"

Jiang Sen genuinely disliked her. People who weren't familiar with him would call him Jiang Zhiqing or Comrade Jiang. Only those who were familiar with him or had a good relationship with him would call him by his name or Xiao Jiang.

Who does she think she is?

It's like a dog skin plaster.

Jiang Sen stopped and looked back, and saw Lu Xiu carrying a basket on her back and holding a small rake for digging potatoes, running towards them with a joyful expression.

"What are you doing here?" Jiang Sen asked irritably.

"I've already spoken to the captain, and I'm going to dig for wild vegetables with you guys today!"

"No need!" Jiang Sen turned and left. "Go do whatever you want!"