Reborn in 1977, starting with severing ties with family.

This time, Lu Xiu didn't whine and cry. Instead, she smiled and said, "The captain agreed, and I also recognize wild vegetables!"

Jiang Sen found it amusing. "Knows wild vegetables?"

Let's learn about the poisonous plant, Gelsemium elegans!

He quickened his pace, completely ignoring him.

Wang Haiyang felt uneasy, but didn't say anything; after all, they weren't there to see him.

"Wang Haiyang!"

"..."

Wang Haiyang turned around, and Lu Xiu asked with a smile, "Your family is from the Kyoto Military Region compound, right? I have a classmate who is too, his name is..."

"Don't know him!" Wang Haiyang rolled his eyes, turned around and left. "You'd better go back to picking corn!"

Lu Xiu was furious. Before she could even say her classmate's name, she said she didn't know her, clearly not wanting to hear her try to establish a connection.

The two people in front of me are walking very fast. If I don't catch up soon, I won't be able to keep up.

But she was unwilling to go back like this.

Gritting her teeth, she quickened her pace and caught up.

Wang Haiyang glanced back and said to Jiang Sen, "Hey, she's still following us."

"Ignore her! Keep walking!"

As they talked, the two entered the woods, winding their way through the trees until Lu Xiu arrived, but they had already disappeared from sight.

She wanted to continue, but she didn't dare. If she went back like this, she didn't know how many people would laugh at her.

She absolutely has to get Jiang Sen under control!

Otherwise, the things we need to do might not be able to be accomplished.

Since leaving Kyoto, she has tested many people, but Jiang Sen is the most suitable.

But he just won't give me a second glance, this is tricky!

She hesitated for only a moment before stepping into the woods.

Fortunately, Jiang Sen and Wang Haiyang left footprints, so she followed them.

She walked for almost an hour without seeing the two of them. The surroundings were completely silent, and she began to feel a little scared.

What if we encounter wolves?

"Jiang Sen!" she began to shout, "Wang Haiyang! Where are you?"

There was no response from the woods, only her echo, and soon silence returned.

"Jiang Sen!"

"Wang Haiyang!"

"Wait for me!"

"where are you?"

Lu Xiu walked deeper and deeper, until he didn't even notice that there were no more footprints under his feet.

Jiang Sen and Wang Haiyang hadn't actually gone very far; they had just gone in circles and were now picking mushrooms not far from Lu Xiu.

I found this patch of mushrooms yesterday, but since I had a lot of other things to carry, I only picked a few to take home.

They came prepared today, carrying a cloth bag in their basket, a 50-pound sack of flour, which Wang Haiyang brought; it turned out to be filled with a lot of food.

After picking the mushrooms, the two sat on the ground, strung them together with straw rope, and hung them on the tree. In no time, they had more than ten strings hanging up.

In just one day, mushrooms can lose a significant amount of moisture by drying in the sun.

There's no need to take these back. After they're all dried in a couple of days, you can put them in a bag.

I brought the bag today because I want to take some back and send it to Wang Haiyang's friend in Kyoto.

The two of them also heard Lu Xiu's shouts.

Jiang Sen sighed, "They're like a persistent ghost!"

Wang Haiyang asked, "I'm just wondering, with your attitude, why is she so fixated on you?"

"The devil knows!"

I think she's interested in you.

"That's not a good point!"

"Then what do you mean?"

"The devil knows!"

The two chatted back and forth, their hands working at a brisk pace.

Soon, the flour sack was full.

Jiang Sen weighed it in his hand. "How are you going to get it out?"

"I'll go to the production brigade tomorrow while they're at work."

After eating something, the two began picking wild vegetables and mushrooms, filling their baskets.

They didn't notice that Lu Xiu's voice had stopped.

Soon, the basket was full.

Wang Haiyang asked, "Going back?"

Jiang Sen glanced at the time on his wristwatch; it was only 2 PM.

"It's still early, let's go see if we can find any pheasants or rabbits."

Wang Haiyang wholeheartedly agrees with this.

The two men, carrying baskets on their backs, walked forward and soon saw a pheasant being chased around by a fox, squawking loudly.

"A fox!" Wang Haiyang's eyes lit up. "What a fine fox pelt! It would be so warm to make a hat, scarf, or gloves out of it!"

Jiang Sen said, "It can be exchanged for a lot of money and food coupons."

"It does not matter!"

"What's important?"

"Catching them is what matters!"

Jiang Sen looked at him, and Wang Haiyang also looked at him.

Jiang Sen asked, "You know how to catch foxes?"

"No, can you?"

"No guns!"

"..."

In the end, the two abandoned the fox and set their sights on the pheasant.

The pheasant was chased and flew around wildly, but it couldn't fly far and soon got tired. In the end, for some unknown reason, it suddenly landed in a bush and disappeared.

The fox sniffed around the bushes, and soon another pheasant appeared not far away.

The fox abandoned this one and went to the other.

"Let's go!" Jiang Sen got up and ran towards the bushes.

When we got there, we learned why the fox had given up.

The bushes were all thorny, with only a small gap in the middle, about the size of a palm, where a pheasant nest was located, and there were actually several pheasants inside.

Two large ones, a male and a female, a couple.

There are also five or six slightly smaller ones, which must have been hatched and raised to this size, and are about to leave the nest.

Very good!

While pheasants can indeed use this nest to protect themselves from foxes and wolves, it's practically a ready-made chicken coop for two-legged animals.

"A rope!" Jiang Sen said to Wang Haiyang, then reached in and pulled one out.

The chicken flapped its wings, sending feathers flying everywhere, before the two men tied its feet with rope.

Next, following the same method, soon Wang Haiyang, adorned with a string of colorful pheasants, strode confidently with Jiang Sen on the way back.

Today's harvest was great, much more than the meat from two rabbits.

The two chatted and laughed as they walked back, and soon returned to the educated youth settlement.

Today it was Mao Jun's turn to stay in the canteen to cook. As soon as I got to the door, I heard him complaining.

"How can I cook without sugar! Oh well, I'll just have to make do!"

"Brother Mao!" Jiang Sen called out.

He called the more friendly people "brother," while he would only call those he didn't get along with "educated youth" or "comrade."

Mao Jun poked his head out, his eyes wide open. "Oh my, you raided the pheasant's nest! Hurry, hurry, kill it! I'll go wash some potatoes right now. Oh, chicken stew with mushrooms, it's so delicious!"

Jiang Sen and Wang Haiyang did not refuse. They went to the nearby livestock shed, picked up a sickle, and slaughtered all the pheasants.

Mao Jun boiled water, and the three of them sat at the entrance of the canteen, plucking chicken feathers together.

Jiang Sen disliked the smell of killing chickens and scalding them, so he found a large basin and washed wild vegetables and mushrooms.

With three people working together, cooking becomes much faster.

When the educated youth returned from work, they could smell the fragrance even before they reached the place.

They all beamed with joy as they guessed what they would be eating that day.

Ho Chi Thanh also smiled.

The two educated youths sent by the farm headquarters to help with the harvest were really good. As soon as they arrived, they improved the food for the farmers, which is much better than just working hard.

Everyone gathered around the cafeteria entrance to get their food.

Pheasant, mushrooms, and potatoes—two large pots, enough for all these people.

The usual porridge has been transformed into wild vegetable buns, which seem to taste much better than before.

While they were eating, Hu Zhiqing suddenly asked, "Hey? Didn't Lu Zhiqing go with you? Where is he?"

Jiang Sen was taken aback. "We didn't need her, so we brought her back."

"Huh? Didn't you tell her to come and tell me you wanted her to come along?"

"..."

"What about people?"