Chapter 454 Spoiled to the point of blossoming

Having easily resolved a major crisis, Qiao Qiao buried herself amidst the rich fragrance of gardenias, while the little figure remained hidden in a nest made of Pei Yiyang's hair, continuing its journey towards the Qiao family's paddy fields.

Fu Yu was still somewhat dissatisfied, but it was obvious that Qiao Qiao didn't care, so he could only suppress his displeasure, though he would occasionally glance at the top of Pei Yiyang's head.

His gaze was coming at him far too frequently. Not only Pei Yiyang noticed it, but even the little person nestled on his head looked over, with a question mark on his forehead, as if to say: "Smart brain, what are you looking at?"

Fu Yu, with her brilliant mind, pursed her lips and gave a cold snort, indicating that her brilliant mind was angry.

The paddy fields of the villagers in Qiaojia Village are basically all in front of the small ditch in front of their houses. It takes about ten minutes to walk around the ditch.

The four Qiao brothers were not all in one place; half of them were on the left side of the cement road leading into the village, while some were on the right side.

The few acres of paddy fields on the left side are adjacent to the Qiao family's own orange grove, which is why the Qiao family would carry large and small bags towards the paddy fields.

Because the Qiao family planned to set up camp for Qiao Qiao in the orange grove next to the paddy fields, building a simple picnic cottage.

The rice in Hongfeng Town is double-cropping rice.

Early rice is sown from late March to early April, transplanted around May, and harvested in July and August.

When Qiao Qiao and the others returned, Qiao Changhong and Qiao Changcai were turning over the soil and sowing seeds. Now, the seedlings have grown and need to be pulled up and transplanted into the paddy fields. This process is called rice transplanting.

Having grown up in the countryside, Qiao Qiao had never planted rice seedlings in a paddy field, neither in her past life nor in this one.

Even in her previous life, when she was eight years old, most children her age were already planting rice in the fields with adults, but she had never been to a paddy field.

During busy farming seasons, the Qiao family would take her to the fields with them, preparing snacks for her and letting her play on the ridges of the fields.

The only time I didn't take her with me was last year during the busy rice harvest season. I asked Chen Yulian to take her with me, but then something bad happened.

Her older brothers would also catch small loaches, grasshoppers, and frogs for her to pass the time.

This year, Qiao Qiao's treatment has been upgraded again, to the point that it's almost like a spring outing.

The villagers who passed by them were all stunned.

The ridges leading to the paddy fields were not wide, making it difficult for the tortoise to walk. It could only paddle across the fields. Fortunately, most people's fields had not yet been planted with rice seedlings, so even if they had, the big tortoise would go around the path and carry Qiao Qiao across.

As they walked, they attracted everyone's attention.

Many children were particularly interested in the giant tortoise and, ignoring their parents' calls, followed behind the giant tortoise carrying Qiao Qiao.

Some mischievous kids would try to grab a handful, but they were often stopped by the Qiao family boys before they could even touch it.

The little sister's big tortoise is unusually intelligent, almost like it has become a spirit. This is no secret in the Qiao family, and they are not afraid of it.

But people outside might not be so sure.

People can't see into each other's hearts; no one knows what threat these villagers might pose to their sister if they found out.

When the Qiao family members are away, they will provide cover for each other whenever possible.

It took another ten minutes or so to get from the highway to my own paddy field.

When the Qiao family arrived at their own paddy field, the surrounding households witnessed the following scene:

Inside the Qiao family, the six men who were supposedly bodyguards threw all their bags and packages on the ground.

One of them unfurled an enormous, multicolored oilcloth that was slung over his shoulder, and they realized that it was a large umbrella!

Another man carrying a large iron bar stuck one end into the ground, then pulled out an axe from somewhere and started hammering the other end.

Once the large iron rod was firmly planted in the ground, the other men went up and worked together to prop up the large umbrella on top of it.

The other villagers who were watching then realized that the large iron rod was actually the support pole in the middle of the large umbrella.

After the large sunshade umbrella was set up, the man carrying a bundle of dry straw spread the straw evenly on the ridge of the field.

After the straw was neatly and evenly spread out, someone else laid a small, square piece of floral cloth on top of the haystack.

After these preparations were completed, the large packages whose contents were previously unclear were opened one by one.

The large bag contained all sorts of snacks, fruits and vegetables, and small toys.

Even more outrageous, others also saw a bodyguard carrying a large foam box wrapped in a military green blanket and placing it under the umbrella.

When they lifted the army green blankets and opened the styrofoam box, they realized that it was actually a box of popsicles!

Once the floral fabric was laid out completely, Qiao Changdong picked up Qiao Qiao from the tortoise shell and placed her on a specially cleared area on the ground.

"..." everyone.

The Qiao family really spoiled their child so much that he became an exceptionally beautiful child!

The Qiao family, who doted on their children to an extreme degree, set up a makeshift refrigerator. The boys all crowded around, heads down, picking and choosing inside. Qiao Xu asked Qiao Qiao, "Little sister, what do you want to eat? An ice cream cone?"

The ice cream cone cup that Qiao Xu mentioned is a type of popsicle. It comes in a small plastic cup about the size of a small bowl and contains milky ice cream. It is also sprinkled with fine chocolate shavings and is the most expensive type of popsicle.

Qiao Qiao didn't answer, but instead leaned her little head in to look.

Qiaojia Village had no electricity, and apart from the Qiao family, no one else could afford a refrigerator, so the village store didn't sell popsicles at all.

If you want to eat popsicles normally, you have to wait for the vendors to ride around the village on bicycles with a foam box covered with a thick quilt on the back, calling out their wares.

This box of popsicles was all brought by Xiang Dongyan. There are seven or eight kinds of popsicles in it, some cheap and some expensive.

The cheapest one was an ice pop, which cost two cents each. It was a square plastic bag about the size of a fist containing sugar water, which was frozen solid. It was a popular and affordable popsicle for children.

Slightly better options like red bean popsicles, mung bean popsicles, and old-fashioned popsicles cost five cents each, which used to be the preferred choice for the Qiao brothers.

However, the Qiao family's sons are now living better lives and can eat ice cream with a milky flavor and chocolate chips for one cent each without any guilt.

Qiao Qiao and her brothers each chose a milk-flavored popsicle with chocolate chips and melon seeds, and ate it in small bites.