Reborn in 1977, starting with severing ties with family.

It's already getting dark, and even though there's a car, I'm not going back.

Wang Haiyang was the one who sent him away.

"Was this person like this before?" he asked Jiang Sen.

"You didn't see it on the train here, he was just walking back and forth like a rooster, that's how he stood out."

Wang Haiyang laughed, "Tell me, what has he been doing?"

Jiang Sen didn't bother to mention it. "You'll see for yourself later. Anyway, we're not leaving today. Come on, let's go for a walk."

Having eaten and drunk their fill, and with nothing else to do, the two headed out of the farm headquarters.

Before I even reached the gate, I saw Feng Chao return.

It seems they couldn't find a ride.

"Don't you have a car?" Wang Haiyang asked deliberately.

"No, they said there's one more in the middle of the night, a delivery van to Sankesong. If you want to go back, wait until tomorrow and see if there are any vehicles going down there."

Wang Haiyang said, "It's okay if I don't have a car. It's only about a hundred kilometers. I can walk back."

As they were talking, they walked past Feng Chao.

Jiang Sen saw that his face had turned pale.

When he left the brigade, he walked back.

"Hey, where are you going?" He caught up from behind after a short while. "There will definitely be a bus tomorrow. You don't know, if we walk back, and something happens and we are delayed, we won't get there in a whole day."

"It's alright! We're young, a few steps will be good exercise."

The more Wang Haiyang said this, the more anxious Feng Chaoyue became. She was about to say something when the post office door opened and Xiao Ma came out.

"Little Ma!" Jiang Sen waved.

Xiao Ma ran over with a smile, "Jiang Sen, when did you arrive?"

"You've only been here a short while, and your injuries are already healed?"

"It's just a scrape, look! It's fine!" Xiao Ma rolled up his sleeves, revealing several wounds that had already healed and scabbed over.

Wang Haiyang hissed, "That's a pretty serious injury! Luckily it's just a superficial wound and the bone wasn't broken, otherwise my arm would be ruined."

Little Horse chuckled, "Everyone says I'm lucky! I didn't freeze to death after getting lost, and I'm alright even after being scratched by wolves!"

"They're really lucky to be alive!" Jiang Sen said sincerely.

I'd completely forgotten about Little Pony before, but now I've remembered him again.

He wondered whether he should tell Li Chaoyang about his suspicions, but he had no evidence.

Xiao Ma said, "I sent some things home. Would you like to send a telegram or write a letter home?"

"Jiang Sen!"

Just then, the post office door opened, and Bai Wenqu, holding up a letter, called out to Jiang Sen, "There's a letter for you!"

"Here it comes!" Jiang Sen hurried over, thinking to himself, "Could it be that Wang Jianguo has written to me again?"

After receiving the letter and expressing my gratitude, I glanced at the address and saw that it was sent from Kyoto.

It was Aunt Zhao!

He quickly opened it to take a look.

Aunt Zhao first thanked Jiang Sen for sending her the mushrooms, then complained that he shouldn't have sent her so many and should have kept more for herself.

It was all out of concern.

Jiang Sen smiled as he looked down, but as he looked, his smile faded.

Aunt Zhao told him that Jiang Dayou and Bai Jing had been approved to go home, but they still had to continue sweeping the streets.

The equipment factory is also preparing to take back the house; they are looking for a new place to live.

Jiang Lei was sent to a labor camp in Northwest China.

And then there's Huang Liping, who discovered she's pregnant!

The higher-ups took care of her and didn't let her clean the toilets; instead, they arranged for her to go to the street match factory to paste matchboxes.

Many of the regular employees at the match factory didn't know how to paste matchboxes; their job was to pack and package the matches.

Those who were unemployed would go back to collect materials, take them home, glue them into boxes, and then take them to the match factory to be paid according to the quantity.

Ten of them cost only one cent.

Jiang Sen had a classmate whose mother was unemployed and whose father worked as a laborer.

My mother made matchboxes at home to supplement the family income.

I often worked by candlelight until the wee hours of the morning, and my eyes were ruined.

After telling them the news, Aunt Zhao said "Serves them right" several times, and told Jiang Sen to take good care of himself and to go back to see her when he had time.

She also said she sent him some handmade insoles and a sweater.

After reading the letter, Jiang Sen let out a breath, stuffed the letter back into the envelope, and put it in his pocket.

He opened the post office door. "Uncle Bai, do I have a package?"

Bai Wenqu looked at him through his glasses. "Packages? There aren't any this time. We're going to Sankesong tonight, so we might bring them back."

"Thank you, Uncle Bai."

"Kid, there's no need to thank me!"

Jiang Sen came out and saw Wang Haiyang and the other two still talking and waiting for him not far away, so he walked over.

"Did your family write you a letter?" Xiao Ma asked with a smile.

Jiang Sen nodded, "Mm!"

Seeing that he was unwilling to say more, Xiao Ma didn't ask any further questions, and pointed to the supply and marketing cooperative, "What do you want to buy?"

Jiang Sen actually had something to buy; he wanted to buy some more strong liquor.

In just two days, he and Wang Haiyang went to the mountains and drank their last bit of liquor, one sip at a time.

"Go and see!"

Feng Chao perked up and said, "I heard the supply and marketing cooperative got a batch of milk candy, and it's quite expensive."

Is this an implication that Johnson should buy some?

Jiang Sen didn't say anything, but opened the door and went inside.

Sister Ma was knitting behind the counter when she looked up and chuckled, "Oh, you just left and you're back again? Didn't you go to the Fourth Brigade?"

Jiang Sen laughed and called out, "Sister-in-law Ma!"

She put down the sweater, stood up, and asked, "What do you want to buy?"

Feng Chao stared expectantly at Jiang Sen, but Jiang Sen handed him the wine flask instead, asking, "Is there any more?"

"You drank pretty fast!" She glanced at the others, winked at me, and said deliberately, "There's not much left. Let's see if we can fill your cup."

As she spoke, she went inside.

Feng Chao quickly asked, "Jiang Sen, what are you going to do?"

"Shaodaozi!" Jiang Sen didn't hide it; everyone would smell the alcohol soon.

"Huh? There's still wine? Someone came to buy some, but they said they were out."

Jiang Sen turned to look at him and said indifferently, "Didn't Sister Mao just say that there was only a little left?"

He stopped talking and went to look at the things in the counter.

Wang Haiyang walked over, glanced at Feng Chao, and whispered to Jiang Sen, "Aren't you afraid others will find out?"

Jiang Sen smiled, "What's there to be afraid of?"

"That's true, who have I ever been afraid of?"

After getting the wine, they didn't chat much with Sister Ma, thanked her, paid the bill, and then left.

As soon as I came out, I saw Zhang Shuibing riding a bicycle over there.

Judging from his appearance, he seemed to have traveled a long way and was covered in dust.

Zhang Shuibing looked at them, said nothing, turned a corner, and rode into the gate.

“Isn’t this Accountant Zhang’s son?” Feng Chao chuckled.

"You two know each other?" Xiao Ma looked at him strangely.

Zhang Shuibing has a bad reputation; anyone who knows him is practically an equal.

Feng Chao then vividly recounted how Li Chaoyang chased after Zhang Shuibing with a shovel.

Little Ma burst into laughter.

Wang Haiyang laughed heartily and asked, "This kid's got a lucky life. Director Li doesn't tolerate any nonsense, yet he managed to get away!"

Jiang Sen said, "There are plenty of rotten fish and shrimp everywhere. Just stay away from him in the future."

“Yeah, anyway, we have nothing to do with him!” Xiao Ma added.

Who are you talking about?

To everyone's surprise, after Zhang Shuibing entered the gate, he didn't go inside, but instead stopped the car and stood inside the gate.

He overheard everything they said.

Jiang Sen and Wang Haiyang were not afraid and ignored him completely, walking straight inside.

Xiao Ma hid to the side of the two and walked in as if he hadn't seen him.

Feng Chao smiled apologetically and said, "Sorry, we weren't talking about you!"

Zhang Shuibing reached out and shoved him away, saying, "You're always showing off! Get out of my way!"

After saying that, he strode forward and blocked Jiang Sen's path, "Hey! You're Jiang Sen?"

Jiang Sen looked back and forth. "You... know me?"