Turning Antagonist to Protagonist: He is Both Soft and Fierce-Chapter 125 - 120: Little Uncle, Come Kiss Little Aunt
"Sis-in-law, I don’t want it."
Song Tingfan shook his head obediently, and before Lin Qiao could say anything, Lin Ping eagerly raised his hand, "If Little Uncle doesn’t want it, I want it, I’ll use it to buy candy for Little Aunt."
"Use Little Uncle’s red packet to buy candy for Little Aunt? Why not use your own?" Lin Qiao reached out and pinched his little face, probably because her hand was cold, his eyes squinted.
Lin Ping thought for a moment, "I’ll buy candy for Little Aunt with all of it, and Little Aunt will make stir-fried meat for me to eat."
Little Aunt cooks so well, he can eat two large bowls every time.
"Give me a kiss, and I’ll make it for you."
Lin Qiao bent down, turned her cheek to him, signaling him to give a kiss, Lin Ping happily gave a "smack".
"I want a kiss too."
Lin An ran over and gave a kiss, probably thinking since he kissed, Little Uncle should kiss too, he waved to Little Uncle, cheerfully saying, "Little Uncle, come give a kiss."
Lin Qiao and Song Tingfan were both stunned, finally reacting, Lin Qiao couldn’t help but laugh, Song Tingfan’s face blushed red.
He stammered, "Can’t... kiss."
Mrs. Lin Wu just arrived at the door, happened to hear Lin An’s innocent words, "What are you talking about, child?"
"I didn’t say anything wrong, I just asked Little Uncle to kiss Little Aunt." Lin An didn’t understand the issue, his big eyes filled with tears, looking like he had been wronged by his mother.
Afraid his mother didn’t hear, he repeated, sobbing, "I just asked Little Uncle to kiss Little Aunt, I didn’t say anything wrong."
"Didn’t say anything wrong, didn’t say anything wrong." Lin Qiao quickly comforted him, gently explained further, "Little Uncle is grown up now, can’t kiss Little Aunt, others will gossip."
Lin An sniffled and replied seriously, "I’m grown up too."
Lin Qiao: "..."
Why does every little child think they’re grown up?
Mrs. Lin Wu is already used to her son saying things that are hard to reply, she bent down to pick him up, changing the topic, "Don’t leave your Little Aunt standing outside, she might get sick later."
"Little Aunt, Tingfan, come in quickly and warm yourselves, don’t catch a chill." Saying this, she led Lin Ping through the gate.
Lin Qiao and Song Tingfan followed them inside.
Living Room
Lin Han was discussing with Song Rong about the sturdiness of different types of wood, planning to replace the house beams after the New Year, as they’ve been infested by bugs, covered with tiny holes.
Seeing Lin Qiao and the others arrive, he instinctively grinned and pointed to the chairs, gesturing for them to sit.
It hadn’t been too cold while playing earlier, but now their hands were a bit stiff from the cold, Lin Qiao sat down and warmed her hands over the stove, then turned her head to look at the standing Song Tingfan, "Little Uncle, sit."
Song Tingfan waved his hand, "I’ll go help Auntie." He said and headed towards the kitchen.
Lin Han quickly called him, "Tingfan, no need to help, there are already so many people in the kitchen."
But Song Tingfan ran fast, probably not hearing his words.
Song Rong chuckled, "Let him go, doing more is a good thing."
"Tingfan is truly a good kid, whoever marries him in the future will be lucky." Lin Han admired him, Tingfan was indeed quite excellent, every time he came over, he would voluntarily assist.
Lin Qiao felt it was inappropriate to sit any longer, she stood up and said to them, "I’ll go take a look in the kitchen, too."
The kitchen was indeed crowded, except for Lin Han in the living room, everyone else was in the kitchen, Song Tingfan was already seated, tending to the fire, with Lin An and Lin Ping on his left and right.
Li Guifen was cooking, Lin Xushi and Mrs. Lin Wu were washing dishes, Lin Sheng was scaling fish, Lin Ping was washing vegetables.
Everyone was busy.
She walked over to where Mrs. Lin Wu and Lin Xushi were, rolled up her sleeves to help wash dishes.
Li Guifen glanced at her but said nothing, though she didn’t like her daughter working, she couldn’t let her daughters-in-law feel upset.
After the previous incident, Mrs. Lin Wu felt embarrassed towards Lin Qiao, though she usually didn’t treat her well, but Little Aunt was willing to help during hard times.
"Little Aunt, go warm yourself by the fire, there aren’t many dishes left."
Mrs. Lin Wu nodded, "Not many dishes left."
"I played in the snow earlier, my hands are stiff, it’s nice to dip them in hot water." Lin Qiao said while washing.
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Lin Wu and Lin Xushi said nothing further, the kitchen was silently bustling, Lin Sheng glanced at Lin Shan, who understood, and spoke up, "Guihua, didn’t you say you’d give some flower pastries you bought the other day to Little Sister and them?"
This was indeed true, Mrs. Lin Wu bought some flower pastries, four pieces for Lin Qiao’s group.
Each flower pastry costs five cents, typically purchased only during New Year festivities.
Mrs. Lin Wu "Oh-ed" and quickly wiped her hands to retrieve them, soon bringing three flower pastries in and handed one to Lin Qiao, "Little Aunt, eat it."
"Thank you, Second Sis-in-law."
Lin Qiao wiped her hands and took one, breaking off a small piece, then gave the larger piece to Lin An and Lin Ping, indicating them to share it, "Eat." She then handed the smaller piece to Song Tingfan.
"Little Aunt, they have some, you eat yours."
Mrs. Lin Wu promptly gave Song Tingfan a piece, then split the remaining piece in two for Lin An and Lin Ping, she laughed and explained, "They just ate half a piece in the morning, eating too much could hurt their teeth."
"Big Sis-in-law, Second Sis-in-law, have some too."
Lin Qiao wanted to share further, Mrs. Lin Wu quickly waved her hand, "Little Aunt, we’ve eaten, you have it."
Lin Qiao distributed again, handing them some, then fed a piece to Li Guifen’s mouth, who paused slightly, realized, and ate it, grinning widely, "Tastes good."
Her daughter wants to be close to her.
Lin Qiao ate the last bit, indeed it was nice, not overly sweet, it dissolved upon entering her mouth, "Flower pastry tastes pretty good."
Upon hearing this, Li Guifen instantly replied, "If it tastes good, in a few days I’ll have your father buy some from town, one for everyone at home."
Lin Sheng heartily agreed, "Tomorrow, I’ll go buy, the pastry shop will be open."
Mrs. Lin Wu scrubbed a dish, "Buy plenty."
While they chatted, Song Tingfan took out the hanky Lin Qiao made him, carefully wrapped the pastry in it, and tucked it into his chest.
Sis-in-law likes it, he saved it for her.
Lin Qiao was listening to the Lin Family chit-chat, unaware of Song Tingfan’s actions.
With more people, chores were done quickly, and soon dishes were on the table.
Lin Qiao carried dishes to the living room, placed them down, saw Song Qin beckon, she walked over, before speaking saw Song Qin hand her two pieces of flower pastry, softly saying, "You and Niu Niu have some."
The Song family’s elders were indeed kind-hearted, occasionally bringing back treats given by the village, sharing with her and Song Tingfan.
Lin Qiao felt a warmth inside, "Grandma, let Granddad and you have them, Little Uncle and I just had some."
"Don’t care for sweets, take them quickly and enjoy." Song Qin showed her loving kindness. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚
Lin Qiao accepted, divided one into halves, giving to the eagerly gazing Lin An and Lin Ping.
Then handed the other pastry to Song Tingfan, "Little Uncle, have this." Without waiting for his reply, she placed it in his hands and went to the kitchen to bring more dishes.
