Chapter 453 Living off one's parents and children

Even though it wasn't the first time the villagers of Qiaojia Village had seen the six bodyguards accompanying Qiao Qiao, they were still secretly terrified every time they saw them.

He wondered what kind of family background this little girl had that allowed her to afford so many bodyguards.

Speaking of which, Qiao Changdong is really lucky.

For most of his life, he was supported by his parents and siblings and never did a proper day of farm work.

At the time, everyone was secretly thinking that Qiao Changdong was only living a comfortable life because his parents spoiled him. Just wait and see, once those two old people are gone, they don't believe that his older brothers and sisters will still take care of him like this!

His hard times are yet to come!

And what was the result?

He got incredibly lucky again!

Not only did he pick up a little girl at the village entrance, but he also made a small fortune thanks to her. Now, thanks to this little girl, he has defied the odds and changed his fate in just six months.

He became a "super-rich man" who could build houses of several thousand square meters, donate roads, and donate medical equipment!

He sponged off his parents in the first place, and now he's sponging off his children!

He seems to have encountered all the good things in the world.

They've thought about it more than once: why didn't they find Qiao Qiao back then?

Now, when they look at Qiao Qiao being carried by the tortoise, they feel that the little girl is radiating golden light from head to toe!

If it weren't for the six bodyguards accompanying her, they would have really wanted to snatch this precious girl back!

Qiao Changdong had no idea that in just a short while, his precious daughter had been coveted by the villagers, who were secretly plotting to snatch her back.

He was the last to leave the Qiao family compound. After locking the door, he jogged after Qiao Qiao, but stopped halfway through.

He saw several gardenia trees in full bloom growing in front of the ditch in front of the door.

These gardenia trees were planted by Qiao Changdong himself, in the year he brought Qiao Qiao back with him.

At that time, he was carrying the crying Qiao Qiao and wandering around the village.

When we arrived at the door of a house in the village, it was the perfect time for gardenias to bloom. The little one was still in swaddling clothes and couldn't see outside.

But as if she had smelled that rich fragrance, she stopped crying immediately. Instead, she became mischievous, constantly sniffing the air with her little nose.

When Qiao Changdong saw it, his heart melted. He bent down, picked a branch for her, and waved it in front of her.

Sure enough, the little guy stopped crying and kept moving his head from side to side as his hand moved, straining his little nose to sniff the fragrance.

They look incredibly cute.

Afterwards, Qiao Changdong took a pound of white sugar, broke off several old branches from that family's house, and planted a row of cuttings in front of his own door.

Gardenia trees are very easy to grow. They can basically be planted directly in the ground, watered initially, and then left alone to thrive.

So now, three years later, these cuttings of gardenia trees have grown up and formed a long row in front of the Qiao family's courtyard. You can smell their particularly strong fragrance whenever you pass by.

He has also planted quite a few cuttings in his new house.

Qiao Changdong picked three newly opened flowers, rinsed off the small insects with well water, and then decorated the woven basket bag in front of Qiao Qiao.

Qiao Qiao really loved the scent of gardenias. Looking at the gardenias that Qiao Changdong had cleaned of the little bugs, she brought her little nose close, took a sniff, and immediately showed a happy expression.

She sniffed for two seconds, then remembered something, her eyes lit up, and she picked up a flower and offered it to Pei Yiyang beside her.

"This is for you, big brother Sui Sui."

As soon as Qiao Qiao finished speaking, the pink bubbles above her head appeared as expected.

The little person inside the bubble, dressed in a pretty dress, also held a flower and offered it to Pei Yiyang, with a note next to it: "Giving the most fragrant little flower to my favorite big brother."

My favorite older brother?

The Qiao family boys were immediately displeased.

Meng Zihuan even shouted out, "Little sister, you said yesterday that I was your favorite brother!"

Fu Yu remained silent, glancing at Qiao Qiao, then at her forehead, and then at Pei Yiyang, whom she had labeled as her favorite older brother, her lips pressed tightly together.

"Thank you, it smells wonderful." Pei Yiyang accepted it with a gentle smile and even straightened her slightly tilted hat.

The little girl, who had disturbed her brothers' nest, wasn't flustered at all. Instead, she readily fluttered her long eyelashes at her brothers, acting coquettishly.

The little voice said sweetly, "Brother, I want more flowers to fill the little basket to the brim."

The little girl seems to be growing younger than ever; she's gotten shorter and smaller, and her baby fat is more pronounced. She's a tiny, fair-skinned little thing, like a little rice ball come to life. What older brother could resist her adorable antics?

They immediately followed Qiao Changdong's example, each picking a large bunch of gardenias, rinsing them with well water, and then crowding around to fill the gaps in her small basket.

They were very careful during the process, as if afraid of damaging the small basket bag in front of her.

Qiao Qiao also really likes this little basket bag.

It was woven for her by Qiao Changhong when he had some free time at home, using palm leaves that hadn't yet unfolded. She especially liked it.

And inside this bag, there was no food or drink, but all sorts of little animals that Qiao Changhong had woven for her from palm leaves.

They have everything: little rabbits, grasshoppers, hedgehogs, birds, and more.

Despite being a rough and uncultured man, Qiao Changhong is not talkative at home and spends most of his time working on the farm.

But he is actually very skillful with his hands, and the little animals he makes are all very lifelike.

Every year after Qiao Qiao came to the Qiao family, when the palm leaves sprouted buds, he would take some time out of his farm work to weave many small animals and place them in a row on the high table at home, as if waiting for someone to take them.

At first, Qiao Hai didn't know this and thought it was belated fatherly love, so he wanted to take it away to play with.

Qiao Changhong glared at him several times for this, and only then did he realize that it was made for his sister to play with, and not the belated fatherly love he had thought!

Oh, speaking of which, Qiao Hai and Qiao Xu only found out after Qiao Qiao came to the Qiao family that their father had such skillful hands, able to weave small animals out of palm leaves.

Later, the boys saw that their sister really liked these little animals, and that she treasured every time Qiao Changhong made them for her. They also wanted to learn from Qiao Changhong to make their sister like them.

What did their father/third uncle say at the time?

He said, "Wait until I die, then I will pass this skill on to you."

"..." The Qiao brothers.