Turning Antagonist to Protagonist: He is Both Soft and Fierce-Chapter 238 - 233: Silver Coin Saved for a Wife Given to Sister-in-law

Chapter 238: Chapter 233: Silver Coin Saved for a Wife Given to Sister-in-law

Then he cheerfully praised Song Tingfan, who helped capture the criminal, saying, "You’re a good prospect. Come to the government to register as a soldier this year!"

Although the frontier is a battlefield, being a soldier is not easy when there’s no war, and one’s entry depends on ability.

Moreover, soldiers receive a stipend every month, even in the most remote areas, it’s one tael of silver per month.

Song Tingfan nodded, "Okay."

"You have the ambition of a man." The government officer patted his shoulder, then gestured to other officers to take Song Ming away.

Suddenly, Song Tingfan ran after them, "How long can he be detained?"

"He can’t come out anyway; he’ll likely be exiled to the frontier soon." The officer didn’t keep him guessing and told him directly.

"Thank you, Lord."

Song Tingfan felt relieved, then quickly ran back to tell Lin Qiao, "Sister-in-law, they can’t come out."

Next to him, Li Guifen clasped her hands together in a gesture of gratitude, "Thank heaven they’ve finally been taken away."

Lin Qiao glanced at Song Tingfan. This child is very sentimental. In her dream, the young him wouldn’t have turned against his family, but now he could harden his heart to send his third uncle to prison.

This made her somewhat puzzled.

She thought for a long time but couldn’t figure it out, and after a while, she simply put it out of her mind.

After Song San and his wife were taken away by the government, Song’s second family’s life obviously went much smoother. The shop’s business got better as the weather got hotter.

Especially the cold noodles, selling two to three hundred portions a day.

If some hadn’t learned to make cold noodles and competed with them for business, it would have been more.

Once others learned the cold noodles, Lin Qiao started making meat sandwiches. A small shop with four people was exhausting, often not even having time to drink water.

This busyness continued for nearly a month. After sunset one day, there were not many people in the shop. Lin Qiao was covered in sweat, fanning herself with a palm-leaf fan, soon Song Tingfan also grabbed a fan to help her.

Li Guifen, wiping sweat off, glanced at the two with a smile. She had observed these days; Tingfan treated her daughter very well, "Tingfan, don’t spoil her, let her fan herself."

The young man was sweating profusely but shook his head honestly, "I’m not hot."

Li Guifen and Mrs. Wang Tan couldn’t help but laugh. These days, Mrs. Wang Tan noticed something, but she wasn’t a meddlesome person.

Lin Qiao fanned Song Tingfan a few times, "Already sweating and still saying you’re not hot, fan yourself, I have a fan."

As she spoke, she noticed his shoes were torn; these days he was delivering food in the afternoon.

She added, "The shoes are torn, buy a pair in the county tomorrow."

Saying this, she looked at Mrs. Wang Tan, "The day after tomorrow, the shop won’t open; Aunt, go home and rest. I’ll pay you as usual."

Mrs. Wang Tan was swift and diligent in her work.

She then gave her a month’s pay.

It was nine hundred cents per month, and when Mrs. Wang Tan saw she gave one tael of silver, "I don’t have Copper Coin to return, Boss, do you have change?"

"No need to return, the extra is for Aunt to buy shoes, buy a pair with soft soles for work; otherwise, your feet will hurt." Lin Qiao shook her head.

Mrs. Wang Tan was a bit delighted, "Thank you, Boss."

"You’re welcome, it’s getting late, not many people here, you may go back."

After she left, Lin Qiao took three taels of silver and handed it to Li Guifen, "Mother, go back soon."

To make it convenient for Li Guifen to travel back, she specifically asked Grandpa Zhou to accompany her back, and she naturally paid him for the delay.

"You should be polite with outsiders, not with me. If you give me money again, I’ll fall out with you." Li Guifen gave her a reproachful look, then placed the waist token on the table and urged Song Tingfan, "Tingfan, make sure your sister-in-law eats, if she won’t eat dinner, tell me tomorrow, and I’ll deal with her."

Recently it had been hot, and Lin Qiao didn’t have much of an appetite.

"Okay." Song Tingfan nodded seriously.

Lin Qiao was both amused and annoyed, "Mother, I’m not a child; you even asked the young uncle to manage me." As she spoke, she forcibly handed the silver to Li Guifen, "Mother, this is wages, you must accept it; with the extra, buy yourself a piece of clothing and get some wine for Dad."

Li Guifen couldn’t refuse, "You, girl, honestly, your father and I are not lacking Silver Coin; your father said I’m not allowed to take your money."

"Let Dad come to me himself to say that, I won’t send you then, Mother." Lin Qiao smiled, guiding her hand to the door.

Li Guifen was helplessly amused, "Alright, alright, be careful going to the county tomorrow, don’t lose Tingfan."

"Tingfan, keep a close eye on your sister-in-law, don’t let her wander alone."

"Okay, I’ll keep a close eye." Song Tingfan nodded in agreement.

Lin Qiao: "..."

Watching Li Guifen walk away, she turned to look at the boy much taller than herself, half-jokingly said, "Young uncle, I don’t look as grown-up as you."

Song Tingfan grinned, "I’ll protect Sister-in-law." As he spoke, he straightened his back. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

Lin Qiao couldn’t help but smile, "Alright."

They ate, washed up, then went up to the attic. The sky outside hadn’t completely darkened yet; Song Tingfan carefully took out a book to read.

This book was very expensive, more than two taels, bought by his sister-in-law for him.

Lin Qiao, on the other hand, took out the abacus and calculated the accounts for a while; they made thirty-two taels of silver purely this month.

She couldn’t help but "tsk tsk" in her mind, thinking doing business really brings Silver Coin quickly.

"Young uncle, we’ve earned thirty-two taels of silver this month; with the previous savings, we have a hundred and ninety-two taels now, enough to buy a courtyard in town."

She paused for a moment, blinking, "Then we can get a wife for you."

"I don’t want that, I’ll save on my own." Song Tingfan’s face was slightly red.

"What I save is also to save for you, if you don’t want it, I’ll be mad." Lin Qiao pretended to be angry, giving him a playful glare.

Hearing she’d be mad, Song Tingfan hurriedly nodded, "Okay."

By then, everything will go to Sister-in-law.

The two continued their broken conversations for a long time until the night quieted down; gradually, the sky outside showed the dawn.

Lin Qiao and Song Tingfan were early to catch the coach to the county. As the weather was hot, many took the early coach. The greedy coachman crammed it full, even squeezing two men in the middle.

Lin Qiao glanced at the fully loaded carriage, wondering if the horse would break down?

True to her guess, the carriage broke down midway, suddenly crashing forward. Song Tingfan reacted quickly, wrapping one arm around Lin Qiao’s waist and gripping the window frame tightly with the other, preventing them from tumbling out.

Others weren’t so lucky, heavily falling together, and a child among them cried out loudly from the weight on their back.

Lin Qiao quickly tugged on Song Tingfan, "Young uncle, get out through the window."

"Sister-in-law, you go first." Song Tingfan let her go out first, then climbed out of the carriage himself, and quickly ran to the front, trying to lift up the front of the carriage.

The veins in his arms bulged, showing how heavy it was.

Lin Qiao quickly ran over to help lift, seeing the people inside were too scared to move, she hurriedly shouted, "Hurry and get out!"