Reborn in 1977, starting with severing ties with family.

Watching Zhao Guangming and Sun Wenge, dressed in their new clothes for the New Year, get into Luo Yongcai's car.

The villagers and the educated youth all wondered if something had happened.

Hu Zhiqing said with a smile that it was probably because the award had been issued and they had gone to receive it.

Regardless of what they are like.

This time, Zhao Guangming was determined to resolve the issues concerning the educated youth and the villagers.

After discussing with Hu Zhiqing and others, they offered the positions of deputy village chief, village director, and deputy militia captain to the educated youth.

Jiang Sen and Wang Haiyang unsurprisingly became militia members.

A few days later, he would formally receive a gun, carry it on his back, walk around the village, and then return the gun to the authorities.

Wang Haiyang told Jiang Sen, "We've received a letter from Kyoto saying they want as many mushrooms as you have, at one cent per pound! They also want other mountain products; if you have any, they'll charge us according to market prices."

After being reborn, Jiang Sen had no intention of doing business. He only wanted to find Yingzi and settle down here with his wife and children.

But the opportunity came on its own, so let's seize it!

At this point, who would complain about not having enough money!

Zhao Erhu and his two companions were quite capable; they brought over several burlap sacks from the village and filled five sacks.

Taking advantage of the fact that the village chief and secretary had left, Jiang Sen and Wang Haiyang quickly asked Zhao Erhu to bring his donkey cart over, and they went to the team headquarters with sacks in hand.

After sending the items, the two happily drove the donkey cart back home.

The once clear sky suddenly turned cloudy, and then the wind started to blow.

The temperature had only been rising for a few days after the last heavy snowfall when the wind picked up and the temperature dropped instantly.

"What kind of lousy weather is this?" Wang Haiyang muttered, shrinking his neck.

Jiang Sen's heart skipped a beat; snow was coming.

There are still so many things we haven't had time to do. If it snows heavily, not only will the crops in the fields not be harvested, but our current living conditions will also be unsuitable!

"Giddy up!" He spurred the donkey cart to speed up.

Back in the village, they handed the donkey cart to Zhao Erhu and ran back home with Wang Haiyang.

When they arrived at the village committee, Hu Zhiqing was not there, so they hurriedly ran to the educated youth settlement.

In the past few days, Zhao Guangming has also re-planned the living arrangements for the educated youth.

It involved expanding outwards along the edge of the village, designating many residential plots for the educated youth to build houses the following spring.

But building a house also costs money. A house with only a kitchen and one room costs at least twenty or thirty yuan.

If it includes a side room, it will cost fifty dollars.

Therefore, many educated youth discussed pooling their money to build a shared room.

Jiang Sen and Wang Haiyang didn't get involved; they're leaving in the spring, so there's no point in building houses here.

When I arrived at the educated youth settlement, I saw Hu Zhiqing talking to a few people.

These people are the newly formed team leaders, each managing thirty to forty people.

"Hurry up and try to harvest as much as possible before the snow comes! I'll arrange for a few more female educated youths to gather firewood!"

"The firewood from the farm hasn't arrived yet. We can't just wait around. We need to gather all the firewood together now!"

"Also, I'll contact the team headquarters to send the stored food away as soon as possible, and what's left must be enough to ensure everyone can survive the winter."

"Okay, let's go!"

After everyone had left, Jiang Sen, who had been waiting nearby, walked over.

Seeing that Hu Zhiqing had made all the arrangements, he didn't mention the snow. Instead, he asked, "Captain, I'll take a few more men into the mountains to try and dig up some more wild vegetables and mushrooms."

"I was just about to talk to you about this!" Hu Zhiqing looked up at the increasingly thick clouds. "Judging from this, this snow is going to be heavy. Take your men and provisions and set off now."

Jiang Sen nodded. "Okay! Let's go back and get some useful tools, then we'll meet here later."

Jiang Sen and Wang Haiyang returned to their residence and put their coats back on.

Hats, gloves, and scarves should also be packed in the backpack to protect against sudden temperature drops in the mountains.

Wang Haiyang asked, "Is there such a rush? Can't we go after it snows?"

Jiang Sen wasn't surprised at all; Wang Haiyang had absolutely no idea about the weather in Northeast China.

"Winter comes early here. We're still wearing vests during the day, but we might be wearing padded coats by the afternoon. Let's hurry up and go!"

When the two returned to the educated youth settlement, Hu Zhiqing had already gathered everyone.

Of the fifteen people, four were female educated youth, including Sun Guohong and Shao Jiajia.

They were also dressed for winter, carrying baskets on their backs and small rakes.

There were also a few male educated youths, carrying sickles, which they could use for both work and self-defense.

In the canteen, the wild vegetable buns were already steamed. Everyone took two and put them in their lunchboxes. They filled their water bottles with hot water and then set off.

On the way, Jiang Sen asked them if they all recognized wild vegetables and mushrooms.

Some people said they only recognized a few common ones, and didn't recognize the others.

Jiang Sen then assigned each person he knew well to bring along someone he didn't know well.

In the end, he and Wang Haiyang each took a different person: one with Shao Jiajia and the other with Sun Guohong.

Once inside the mountains, the sky had turned a hazy yellow.

As the old saying goes, it snows when the sky is yellow and it rains when the sky is dark.

This looks like heavy snow is coming.

Jiang Sen specially found several common wild vegetables and distributed them to everyone, asking them to dig them up according to the shapes.

Especially mushrooms. Jiang Sen said that pine mushrooms, hazel mushrooms, and red mushrooms are the most abundant, and you only need to pick these three types.

Do not pick any other mushrooms, especially those you don't recognize, to avoid picking poisonous mushrooms.

After agreeing on the terms, they continued walking in, and when they reached a certain point, they parted ways.

Jiang Sen took Shao Jiajia with him, and while they were digging for wild vegetables, he taught her which ones were edible and which ones were not.

When Shao Jiajia saw the wolfsbane flower, she suddenly remembered that on the way to the forest farm, she had almost given the wolfsbane flower to everyone to eat.

He laughed and said, "Jiang Sen, do you remember when we first arrived? I dug this up thinking it was wild vegetables and almost caused everyone to get poisoned!"

Jiang Sen said, "Didn't you say someone told you this was edible?"

Shao Jiajia paused for a moment and said, "Lu Xiu said it! I still don't understand why she told me it was a wild vegetable and that it was delicious."

Jiang Sen did not respond.

Shao Jiajia suddenly looked up at Jiang Sen and asked, "Do you think she did it on purpose?"

Jiang Sen didn't even look up, deftly digging for wild vegetables, and said, "Whether you did it on purpose or not, you should be more careful in the future. You believe everything other people say!"

He recalled Shao Jiajia's tragic end in his previous life and couldn't help but add, "Especially the people in the village, no matter who they are, especially the men, if you encounter someone alone, leave immediately and never be alone."

Shao Jiajia smiled, "I understand!"

Jiang Sen sighed inwardly. That was all he had to say. He would leave the rest to fate.

"Whizzing……"

A strong wind, carrying a whistling sound, swept in.

They all found a sheltered spot to hide for a while, and ate the wild vegetable buns when they had a chance.

Jiang Sen frowned slightly, staring at the sky.

The clouds, which had been a hazy yellow, grew darker and hung low in the air.

The strong wind came and went quickly; it stopped before we could finish our steamed buns.

A snowflake falls, and then more and more fall, becoming denser and denser.

Jiang Sen shouted, "Alright, that's enough, let's go back!"

Someone asked, "It's only noon. Even if it's snowing, can't we dig a little more and go back later?"

Jiang Sen knew someone would do this, so he said, "Judging from the heavy snow, if it gets late and a blizzard blows, we might get lost and not be able to get back!"

"No way……"

Jiang Sen glanced at him, said nothing, picked up his basket and left.