Turning Antagonist to Protagonist: He is Both Soft and Fierce-Chapter 169 - 164: I’ll Find a Good Match for Sister-in-law
Seeing his reaction, Lin Qiao knew she had guessed right and nodded with a smile, "Okay."
After eating one or two egg pancakes, she glanced at him and asked tentatively, "Why did you come back?"
Song Tingfan tugged at the hem of his clothes and whispered, "I forgot to say that the peach blossoms at home have bloomed."
Ran back just to say the peach blossoms bloomed? Lin Qiao was taken aback for a moment, then laughed aloud, "Really?"
Song Tingfan really came back to tell Madam Tingfan about the silver coin under the pancake, but he stuttered, "Truly... really."
Then went to see Madam.
A hand rubbed his head, and the woman’s voice was gentle with a soft smile, "Alright, we’ll go home early tomorrow morning and make peach blossom cake for you."
The young man’s shy eyelashes trembled two or three times.
"Let’s go..." let’s eat.
"Madam..."
Both of their voices rang out at the same time, Lin Qiao stared at him, "What’s the matter?"
Madam treated him wholeheartedly, he couldn’t be selfish, couldn’t let her remain unmarried, the young man said lowly, "If you’re happy, I’m happy too, but I hope Madam marries a good man, who will care for you and treat you well..." Saying it made his heart ache.
He couldn’t tell if he was reluctant for her to remarry, or afraid others wouldn’t treat her well, or maybe it was something else.
Sure enough, he cared about her remarrying, Lin Qiao replied seriously, "I haven’t thought about those things, now I just want to raise you."
The villain’s matter hasn’t been resolved well, she can’t think about her own affairs.
Sigh, she didn’t want the final outcome to be a pair of ill-fated lovers meeting their demise.
She most disliked such plots, without exception.
"But I don’t want Madam to be alone." Song Tingfan had seriously thought about it, ever since Aunt Lin told him, he seriously considered it.
It wasn’t early anymore, if they waited, the noodle stalls outside would close, Lin Qiao casually replied, "Then at that time, my uncle will find someone for me."
"Okay, I’ll find someone good for you, Madam." Song Tingfan agreed immediately, firmly keeping this matter in mind, he would definitely find someone good for her.
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The next day, after 7 a.m. to 9 a.m, Song Tingfan had already gone to study, Lin Qiao was afraid he would be scolded by Mr. Cheng, so she specially took him to the school, explaining a bit to Mr. Cheng.
The peach tree at home was in full bloom, with a few already fallen on the ground, Lin Qiao took a ladder and placed it against the tree trunk, carrying a basket she climbed the peach tree, holding the trunk with one hand and picking peach blossoms with the other.
She promised Song Tingfan the peach blossom cake had to be made.
Song Qin was worried the ladder would slip, helping her support it, "Qiao’er, what are you picking peach blossoms for?"
"Making peach blossom cake, Grandma, you don’t need to hold it, it’s fine, the ladder is stable." Lin Qiao said as she picked.
"Widow Song, what are you doing with the peach blossoms?" Niu Er stood not far away looking at her half hidden figure, then ran to the door watching her.
Lin Qiao ignored him, Niu Er was already used to it, thick-skinned he said, "Call me brother, if you do I’ll help you pick them!"
His tone was flippant, giving an unpleasant feeling, Song Qin was afraid others would hear and see, so she went over to close the door, unexpectedly Niu Er stuck his foot on the threshold, refusing to let her close it.
He roguishly said, "Grandma, don’t close it, after all I’ll be your granddaughter-in-law’s man."
"Don’t talk nonsense!" Song Qin absolutely wouldn’t let her granddaughter-in-law marry this kind of person, always aimless, marrying him wouldn’t lead to a good life.
Niu Er was really shameless, Lin Qiao rolled her eyes, then said to the dogs in the yard, "Lai Cai, Jinbao, bite him."
"Widow Song, you’re really ruthless, actually..."
Niu Er leaned against the door, words unfinished, the two dogs charged over, he wasn’t stupid, of course he turned and ran.
"Damn, stupid dogs, if you keep chasing me I’ll beat you to death!"
Watching Niu Er chased by the two dogs until his shoes fell off, Lin Qiao raised an eyebrow.
Serves him right!
No one knew where Lai Cai and Jinbao chased Niu Er off to, only when Lai Cai and Jinbao came back with a shoe each in their mouths, eagerly showing off to Lin Qiao in the peach tree.
"Throw them in the river."
Lin Qiao pointed them in the direction of the river, the two dogs ran off cheerfully, quickly returning.
Soon Mrs. Wang Zhu came in holding her child, laughing nonstop, "Madam Tingfan, your dogs chased Niu Er into the paddy field and made him take a mud bath."
"The funny part was he fell in his own family’s field and crushed the seedlings, his dad chased after him and beat him up."
Seeing her arrive, Lin Qiao climbed down the ladder with the basket, "Looks like I’ll have to give Lai Cai and Jinbao a big bone at noon."
"Hahaha, exactly!" Mrs. Wang Zhu looked at her basket, then added, "Planning to make something delicious again?"
Lin Qiao explained, "The fields at home have been managed, with nothing to do I’ll make some peach blossom cake." to entertain the kids.
Hearing "peach blossom cake", the child in Mrs. Wang Zhu’s arms joyfully said, "Want to eat cake."
"Call me aunt, do it and I’ll give you some." Lin Qiao bent over and reached out to tease him.
The child "spinelessly" called out, "Auntie, auntie."
Lin Qiao chuckled, "Alright, once it’s done I’ll give you some."
Mrs. Wang Zhu felt a bit awkward eating for free, thinking about her husband idling at home she said, "It’s not safe for a woman to pick peach blossoms, I’ll go get my husband to help."
"It’s okay, I’ll do it myself."
"Ah, why be so polite, Dazhi! Dazhi!"
Soon the short and skinny Wang Dazhi came running over, "What’s up? Yelling unnecessarily!"
"Where am I yelling unnecessarily? You always talk nonsense all day."
Mrs. Wang Zhu glared at him, quickly looked at the peach blossoms and said, "Go help Madam Tingfan pick peach blossoms."
"What are you picking peach blossoms for?" Wang Dazhi asked looking like he had no interest.
Mrs. Wang Zhu kicked him, "Go quickly, a grown man being so wishy-washy."
"You’re not wishy-washy, you gossip from one end of the village to the other, without stopping." Wang Dazhi laughed as he teased her, then took Lin Qiao’s basket and deftly climbed the peach tree.
"Mind your own business!" Mrs. Wang Zhu "hmphed".
Despite the "domestic squabbles," the couple usually got along well, Wang Dazhi always helped with everything, so Mrs. Wang Zhu had a more leisurely time.
Lin Qiao smiled, "Then I’ll go boil some water."
"I’ll go with you." Mrs. Wang Zhu followed with the child into the kitchen, and there she chatted with Lin Qiao about what had happened in the village recently.
Lin Qiao received the latest village news, hearing that a family had divorced, she said in surprise, "Really separated?"
Here, a divorce for a woman is equivalent to a death sentence.
"Really, that man is really no good, found a new sweetheart outside and insisted on the divorce."
Mrs. Wang Zhu talked about the matter with mocking disdain, "These men, after looking at the flower at home for too long, even the crap outside smells sweet."
Lin Qiao agreed wholeheartedly, "Did she go back to her maiden home?"
"Go back where, nowhere she can go back to." Mrs. Wang Zhu sighed, a bit pitifully added, "Yesterday she jumped into the well and died."
Lin Qiao sighed deeply, "Why couldn’t she think things through?"
"How could she think things through, being divorced, unable to go back to her family, not allowed to stay with her husband’s family, penniless." Mrs. Wang Zhu shook her head in disappointment.
