Quick Transmigration: I Actually Became a System Bug

Ji Han, carrying his newly assigned carrying pole and bucket, silently followed behind the squad leader, whose brows were furrowed and who occasionally sighed helplessly. The two walked one after the other to a field.

"Look, do you see? Our team's task today is to water the wheat field. The areas on the right have all been watered by the team members, and the areas on the left haven't been watered yet. How much do you plan to take?"

"Let me make it clear beforehand: you must finish the amount you're paid for today. Don't be greedy. If you haven't finished by the end of the day, you'll have to work overtime tonight to continue. You can leave only when you're finished!"

Ji Han is neither short of money nor stupid, so why would he take on more tasks? He decisively accepted a task that guaranteed at least four work points. Even so, he was afraid that his pampered body, which had never suffered hardship, wouldn't be able to handle it.

Just as Ji Han reluctantly picked up the buckets and carrying pole to fetch water from the river, a voice suddenly came from the side.

"Ji Zhiqing, do you need any help?"

Ji Han turned his head and saw several teenagers standing beside his field. Well, although he was also a teenager now, these children were clearly younger than him. Ji Han couldn't bear to see them like this, mainly because carrying water was such a tiring job.

"Thank you, but I don't need your help right now."

"But why did you all decide to come and help me?"

Without even asking, Ji Han knew that these children came from poor families. After all, the clothes they wore weren't just patched; they were made up of patches. Their shoes were even worse; in this weather, all of them had their toes sticking out.

Most importantly, the wooden sticks these children were carrying were clearly for carrying water, so they were obviously prepared!

Upon hearing Ji Han's refusal, the light in the children's eyes visibly dimmed. In the end, it seemed that the eldest child who appeared to be the leader answered Ji Han's question.

"Well, actually, every time a new educated youth comes to work, we ask some people for advice, since you city folks don't really know how to farm."

Whoosh! Ji Han felt as if an arrow had struck his chest!

"Moreover, we would ask your families about your family situation in advance. I heard from my grandma that among your group of educated youth, you and that other educated youth were the richest."

"However, the educated youth group was assigned to digging today, and we're too weak to do that right now, so..."

Although the child didn't finish speaking, Ji Han instantly understood the meaning behind his words. Should he thank these children again? Thank them for their recognition of his wealth and good-for-nothing nature?

"You can't do digging, but you can do watering?"

Hearing the doubt in Ji Han's words, the children puffed out their chests in protest.

"Don't look down on kids! Don't underestimate us just because we're young. We do a lot of work every day. We feed the chickens and geese at home, we cut the pig feed for the team, and we even water the family's private plot when the adults don't have time!"

"We can do it!"

Ji Han: Okay, he underestimated me.

"So how much do you usually charge when you help the educated youth with their work?"

"Shh! Don't talk about charging, we're not allowed to charge now! Talk about changing! Changing! Do you understand?"

"You're still a sent-down youth! How come you know less than us!"

Ji Han...

Ji Han lowered his voice and bent down to speak in the child's ear.

"So how did you all exchange them? What did you use to exchange them?"

Seeing how many questions Ji Han was asking, the boy thought his job was going to be successful. To keep this seemingly wealthy client, he answered patiently.

"That depends on what you want to exchange. Generally, the educated youth exchanged firewood and vegetables the most. Some would also come to our house to exchange for chicken eggs or goose eggs."

"Of course, besides those, there is also the exchange of labor, which means we help you educated youth with your work. It's simple: we get paid according to how many work points you do. At the end of last year, our brigade calculated that one work point was worth two cents."

In other words, if Ji Han were to give all four work points worth of work to these children today, he would only need to pay eight cents. That's such a... good deal!

There is just one thing,

"Since you can help me with the work, why don't you just go to your respective teams and get the work? Isn't that the same thing?"

The kid who was leading the group gave Ji Han a look that said, "Why are you so stupid?"

"Why else? Of course, it's because we can't get any work by ourselves! We're too young, and the team won't assign us any work. If we do the work for you, we can all work together to finish it. The team won't let so many of us share one job."

Uh, that makes sense!

"How about this? It wouldn't be right for me to do nothing on my first day. How about I do some work first, and then ask you to help me when I can't anymore?"

The lead child gave a perfunctory reply.

"Sure, we'll just wait for you here at the edge of the field."

Huh? Ji Han looked at the bare ground, then at the sky.

"Why don't you wait at the foot of the mountain? At least there's some shade there. If you stay here, it'll get too hot in no time."

The child grinned, then immediately straightened his expression and waved his hand quickly.

"No need, no need, you go quickly. You probably won't be able to work before the sun gets hot."

Ji Han... Do all country kids speak so directly?

Amidst the distrustful gazes of the children, Ji Han carried the bucket and the carrying pole and walked away. After reaching the riverbank, Ji Han carefully selected a large rock that looked like a good place to stand. Once he had a firm foothold on the rock, he put down the bucket and laboriously carried the full bucket of water up the river.

Then, turning his head, he saw the man next to him simply swing an empty bucket over a carrying pole into the water, give it a push with his arm, and lo and behold, the bucket of water was easily hoisted up. As the man finished filling the bucket and turned to leave, he specifically reminded Ji Han…

"Young educated youth, you've never carried water before, have you? Judging from your appearance, it's obvious. The first time you carry water, don't fill the bucket so full, so it doesn't sway all over the place when you walk. If you're not strong, fill it halfway; if you're strong, fill it more than halfway."

After saying that, the elder brother picked up his water buckets and walked away leisurely. If Ji Han didn't know that both buckets were full of water, he would have suspected from a distance that his elder brother was carrying empty buckets.

Heeding advice to eat his fill, Ji Han decisively poured out half of the bucket of water he had just brought up. Well, it's the first time, so let's start with two half-buckets.

Even so, as Ji Han walked along the road, the water in the buckets still sloshed around, splashing out a lot of water. By the time he reached his assigned location, both buckets were almost empty.

Even the children shook their heads when they saw it.