Quick Transmigration: Refusing to Be a Victim's Child

As Shao Linshen emerged from the black market, the young men who had been keeping watch noticed that his two baskets of goods were gone. They guessed he had made a good haul, exchanged a few jokes, glanced behind them, and secretly winked at Shao Linshen, then smiled and said:

"Looks like you made quite a bit of money this time. You'll have to treat everyone to a good meal. How about you wait until we finish our work here before we leave together?"

As if sensing something, Shao Linshen tilted his head slightly without looking back, gratefully raised his hand and punched the other person's shoulder, waving to indicate that he had a solution.

He replied, "Sure, but I have something to do right now. Let's meet at the usual place at noon."

After saying that, he carried the iron pot on his back and walked around the alley for more than half an hour. When he saw that no one was around, he put the iron pot into his space and stored it away.

In those days, iron products were scarce. Buying an iron pot required not only industrial coupons but also a lot of money, which led to the emergence of a new industry of "pots on credit".

Shao Linshen dared not wander the streets with an iron pot on his back.

"Brother Shen, the little tail is catching up."

A fat rat darted out from the corner, squeaked a few times, and led Shaolin Shen into a dilapidated courtyard.

Once the man and the mouse had hidden themselves, several hurried footsteps sounded outside. The sound lingered around the area for a few moments before finally disappearing into the distance, accompanied by curses and swearing.

Shaolin Shen waited a while longer before letting Pangu Banner go out to check things out. Only when it was completely safe did he crawl out from the corner.

He patted the dust off his clothes, looked up and saw that the sky was gradually brightening. Without wasting any more time, he followed his memory and walked towards the grain station.

When he came out last night, he specially changed into the same outfit he wore when he rescued people last time: a gray undershirt, a military green jacket, and dark blue cloth pants.

In an era where dark colors such as black, blue, and gray are the dominant colors for clothing, owning a military green jacket is a very fashionable thing.

This outfit was specially prepared by Shao's mother for the original owner to wear when he went to meet his relatives. Unexpectedly, this kid was reluctant to take it off after putting it on, and even ran to the county to show it off to some of his friends. On his way back, he saw someone slip and fall on the roadside, hitting his head on a stone and bleeding profusely.

The original owner was a kind-hearted person. He didn't care about getting his clothes dirty and carried the person to the hospital. Fortunately, the rescue was timely and the other person was lucky enough to save his life.

Unfortunately, the original owner was afraid of being nagged by Shao's mother if she went back too late, so she ran away before the other person woke up and saw what she looked like.

He Xinlian, however, benefited from being known as the wife of her savior and landed a temporary job.

Outside the grain depot.

Shao Linshen stood awkwardly at the door for quite a while, until the old man guarding the door couldn't help but ask him what he was there for.

He kindly reminded Shaolin Shen that if his family ran out of food, he would have to borrow some from relatives and friends to tide him over, and then come back earlier at the end of the month to queue up for more food.

"If all else fails, you should go out and wander around the streets more. The young man looks so clever, he should be quick-witted too."

This old man was practically implying that Shaolin should go to the black market to buy some expensive grain; he was a kind-hearted fellow.

With someone responding, Shao Linshen breathed a sigh of relief and quickly seized the opportunity to say:

"No, sir, you've misunderstood. I'm not buying grain. I just heard from my sister-in-law that you're hiring workers here, and I'd like to come and give it a try."

"Who told you that? Young man, you've probably been scammed."

The old man was wearing a drab gray military uniform, covered in patches, but his aged face still looked full of energy.

Upon hearing Shao Linshen's words, he immediately sat up straight from the bench and raised his hand to shoo him away:

"Go away, don't bother me. If we really needed to hire, we would have posted notices outside. I haven't heard of any staff shortages at the station recently."

Of course, I won't go into detail about how much of this notice was fake, since even if it was posted a few minutes before the interview, it still counts as posted, right?

Shao Linshen didn't refute it. Seeing that someone in the courtyard had gone inside after listening, he obediently turned around and slowly prepared to leave.

"Wait a minute."

Inside the grain depot courtyard, a heavily pregnant woman called out to Shao Linshen:

"Young man, come here for a second, I have something to ask you."

Upon hearing this, Shao Linshen turned around and saw the woman approaching. He cracked his knuckles, feigning an innocent and honest demeanor, and asked, "Big sister, what do you want to ask?"

"Your surname is Shao?" the woman asked.

“Yes.” Shao Lin nodded deeply.

"Did your sister-in-law tell you about the job opportunities here? Did she send you here?" The woman's voice deepened as she saw him nod.

Shao Linshen didn't care whether she was happy or not, he just kept nodding.

Upon seeing this, the woman unconsciously frowned.

Ever since her father-in-law fell and was saved last month, her family searched for the person for a long time. When they found out that the person was a villager from Niutou Village surnamed Shao, they specially gave her job to that person's wife because her family was large and life was hard.

The woman on either side was heavily pregnant and was at home preparing for childbirth. After giving birth and returning to work, they would use the excuse that she was hardworking to keep her at the grain station.

This can be considered as repaying the person who saved his life.

But the woman never expected that someone from the Shao family would come knocking on her door again, brazenly asking about work at the grain station entrance.

When did a job become so easy and worthless?

The woman pursed her lips to suppress her anger, and after a while she pointed to the side, indicating that Shao Linshen should go and talk to her nearby.

After the two had walked some distance from the grain station gate, the woman spoke:

“Your brother saved my father-in-law, and our whole family is grateful to you. We are willing to find a job for your family, but that doesn’t mean you can keep asking us to find jobs for the Shao family because of this kindness.”

After the woman finished speaking, she rummaged in her pocket, took out a pile of paper money, counted it haphazardly (about a dollar's worth), and stuffed it all into Shao Linshen's hand, telling him to hurry home.

“My father-in-law was seriously injured in his fall last time and is still recovering at home. He is also very short of money.”

After saying that, the woman stared at Shao Linshen, silently urging him to leave.

If things were really as the woman thought, Shao Linshen felt that he was too shameless.

Unfortunately, everyone was deceived.

So, under the woman's puzzled gaze, Shao Linshen decisively returned the money to her, waved his hand, and said directly:

“I understand what you mean. I don’t know what you mean by saving my life. My sister-in-law has never mentioned it at home. She told me that they were hiring workers here, and she was hired because she was educated enough.”

I figured I'd finished junior high, so I thought I'd give this a try at the grain depot. I really didn't mean anything by it.

Without waiting for the woman's reaction, Shao Linshen turned around and strode away.

After walking several meters, he seemed to remember something, turned his head to look at the woman, and hesitated:

"As far as I know, my brother hasn't been to the county town recently. Please verify the details of the rescue you mentioned carefully. Our Shao family isn't the kind of family that would take credit for something. Don't blame us if something goes wrong later."

Upon hearing this, the woman's expression immediately changed.

Seeing that Shaolin was walking further and further away, he quickly called him back.

"Please wait a moment!"