Turning Antagonist to Protagonist: He is Both Soft and Fierce-Chapter 79 - 74: Tingfan Will Surely Be Blessed With Many Children and Much Happiness

Chapter 79: Chapter 74: Tingfan Will Surely Be Blessed With Many Children and Much Happiness

Seeing this, Lin Qiao didn’t say anything further and then went to check on the shrimp. It was almost dry, and after sun drying it today, it could be sealed in the jar.

"Sister-in-law, let me do it," Song Tingfan approached her obediently.

Lin Qiao glanced at him with a smile, "Go take a nap, I’ll call you later."

"I’m not sleepy."

Song Tingfan quickly glanced at her, then at the jujube tree, and said, "Sister-in-law, I’ll cut the branches, so they won’t drop dead leaves."

Recently, as autumn set in, the jujube tree was shedding a lot of leaves. A gust of wind would scatter them all over the yard, and several times they even blew into the dustpan.

"Little Uncle, it’s too high. If you don’t go, I’ll call Uncle Wang next door to help cut it." Lin Qiao wasn’t reassured; the jujube tree was still quite tall, and Song Tingfan was young with little experience. It wouldn’t be good if he fell.

Besides, Uncle Wang from the Wang Family grows trees and knows how to cut branches. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

Thinking of this, she added, "Uncle Wang from the Wang Family has experience. He can also help fertilize the jujube tree, so it will grow bigger next year and we can brew some jujube wine."

Song Tingfan instinctively felt that his sister-in-law thought he couldn’t do it. He pursed his lips, feeling a bit sullen, "Sister-in-law, I can handle it."

Before she could reply, he returned to the main room, fetched a wooden ladder, and swiftly climbed the tree with a machete, starting to cut the branches.

Seeing him doing it, Lin Qiao couldn’t say anything else, thinking to herself that the young man might be small, but his stubbornness was not lacking at all.

Like a stubborn little rabbit.

Thinking of this, she chuckled but quickly stifled it, "Little Uncle, take it easy, don’t fall."

His sister-in-law’s concern eased some of the inexplicable emotions of the teenager, "Okay."

Lin Qiao moved the sun-dried items to prevent them from being contaminated with tree debris.

In about fifteen minutes, the jujube tree was bare. Song Tingfan came down the ladder, but in his haste, kicked a branch below and fell forward.

Seeing this, Lin Qiao instinctively reached out to catch him, but she wasn’t strong enough to hold him, and both of them ended up on the ground.

Lin Qiao’s back hit a branch with a "hiss." Before she could do anything further, the boy beside her got up, his eyes full of worry and urgency, "Sister-in-law, where did you get hurt?"

Lin Qiao shook her head, "It’s nothing, you get up first."

At this moment, Song Qin and Song Rong came over, quickly helping them up. Song Qin asked worriedly, "Did you get hurt anywhere?"

"I’m fine. How about Little Uncle?" Despite what she said, Lin Qiao touched her back.

Sigh, she thought, getting hurt shouldn’t be for nothing; at least she should earn some ’feelings’ from the young man.

Song Tingfan obviously noticed, and hurriedly reached to touch her back, "Sister-in-law, did you hurt your back? Let me see."

As he tugged at her collar, Lin Qiao was momentarily stunned, but fortunately, Song Qin reacted quickly and stopped his hand, "Niu Niu, you can’t do that."

She didn’t think much of it, nor was there much to think about.

Niu Niu was just worried about his sister-in-law.

Realizing what he was doing, Song Tingfan immediately let go, blushing with embarrassment yet still anxious, "Sister, sister, sister..."

He stammered, unable to get the next word out.

"Little Uncle, it’s nothing." Lin Qiao quickly waved her hand to comfort him, ignoring the tugging of her clothes.

Song Qin, still worried, took her inside to check her back. It was a bit scratched, but fortunately, there was no bleeding.

"Qiao’er, I’ll borrow some white wine from next door for you to apply."

"Granny, it’s fine, it doesn’t hurt." Lin Qiao took the opportunity to increase her likeability, her eyes slightly watery.

Song Qin naturally saw this and felt a deep heartache, "Silly child, you don’t need to be strong in front of Granny." With that, she stepped out.

No sooner had she left than Song Tingfan rushed in, his handsome face a picture of ’guilt,’ "Sister-in-law..."

It was all his fault for not looking before coming down the ladder.

"Sister-in-law, next time, don’t catch me. It’s okay if I fall, but you can’t fall."

Lin Qiao pulled him to sit down, giving him a gentle chiding look, "How could I, as your sister-in-law, watch you fall without helping?"

She certainly didn’t want to end up missing an arm or a leg.

"Sister-in-law, I..." Song Tingfan felt even more guilty, a touch moved.

"Alright, it’s okay. I’m not a porcelain doll; falling once won’t break me." Lin Qiao affectionately ruffled his hair, noting how nice and smooth it was, black and shiny.

Song Tingfan obediently lowered his head for her to touch, his gaze downcast, saying seriously, "You’re not a porcelain doll, but I would still feel sorry for you."

Seeing his sister-in-law injured, he just...

He couldn’t explain it.

He didn’t want his sister-in-law to be hurt.

"Little Uncle feels sorry, so does Sister-in-law. Even more than you do, Sister-in-law wants to protect you." Lin Qiao, preoccupied with scoring points, didn’t think deeply about his words.

His sister-in-law truly cared for him, not just his imagination. This thought lit up Song Tingfan’s eyes like stars twinkling in the night.

At this moment, Song Qin entered with the wine, seeing Song Tingfan inside, she lovingly asked him to step out, "Niu Niu, go out for a while. Granny will apply the wine for your sister-in-law."

"Okay." Song Tingfan cast a worried glance at Lin Qiao before leaving the room. After the door closed, he stood still outside.

Soon, Lin Qiao and Song Qin came out, noticing the ’guardian at the gate.’ Song Qin found it amusing and teased, "Niu Niu, your eyes are almost glued to your sister-in-law."

Lin Qiao chuckled as well, glancing at the sky. It was getting late, "Little Uncle, go to class."

Seeing she was fine, Song Tingfan nodded and went inside to grab a cloth bag. Before leaving, he handed a piece of sugar to Lin Qiao, "Sister-in-law, eat this."

The young boy seemed to be trying to please her.

The sugar in her palm seemed like the young boy’s pure, unadulterated heart. For a moment, Lin Qiao felt something different in her heart, though she couldn’t pinpoint what.

In the end, she attributed it to a mother’s satisfaction.

...

The Li Family was exceptionally thick-skinned. Likely feeling ’cheated’ out of two tables worth of food at noon, they brought their full moon child to visit in the afternoon.

Initially, Lin Qiao had closed the door and was doing embroidery with Song Qin in the main room when the granddaughter of the Wang Family came to inform them, advising them to lock the door and stay silent.

Lin Qiao asked the Wang Family’s granddaughter to lock the door from the outside and help unlock it after the Li Family left.

Main room

Song Qin strained to hear what was happening next door, but she couldn’t make out much. She murmured discontentedly, "The Li Family really seems desperate for money. Who brings a child to ask for money after a full moon celebration?"

There’s a tradition in the village that when a full moon child visits, you should give them a money gift for blessings of many children and prosperity.

But generally, after receiving a gift, people wouldn’t bring the child to collect more unless the family asked, wanting to share the joy and wish for children.

"Granny, we can just ignore them." Lin Qiao also felt that the Li Family was unusual.

At this time, a woman’s voice came from the door, "Oh, the Song Family went out. I didn’t see the door locked earlier!"

Then Old Mrs. Wang’s voice chimed in, "The Song Family mentioned they had things to do in the afternoon, so they’re probably gone."

"Then I’ll come back later."

After this voice faded, the courtyard door opened, and Old Mrs. Wang, a bit cross, said, "The Li Family is just like maggots, always inching their way in." She handed the key to Lin Qiao.

Lin Qiao admired the Li Family’s audacity, "Granny Wang, don’t be mad. Just avoid interacting with them in the future."

This time, Old Mrs. Wang was truly infuriated by the Li Family’s shamelessness. She nodded, "She said she’d visit your house again later."

"Just don’t give it to them."

"But that’s not okay either, since a full moon child visiting requires a money gift. Otherwise, it could harm your descendants’ fortune. If it were just you, it’d be fine, but there’s still Tingfan."

Lin Qiao herself didn’t believe in these things, but when it involved the young man, she had to believe regardless.

With a helpless expression, wanting to do what’s best for the young man, she said, "We’ll give two cents then."

"Well, that’s all we can do."

Old Mrs. Wang knew how hard it was for her to save money and comforted, "Tingfan will surely have many children and great fortune in the future."

Spending two cents for many children and great fortune would indeed be worth it.