Red Star News Reporter | Cai Xiaoyi Editor | Zhang Xun Editor-in-Chief | Deng Haoguang It's one o'clock in the afternoon, and there are still two hours before takeoff. Xiaoying is still sitting on the old sofa where she often broadcasts live broadcasts, wondering whether to go to

Red Star News Reporter丨Cai Xiaoyi

Editor丨Zhang Xun Editor-in-Chief丨Deng Haoguang

It was one o'clock in the afternoon, and there were still 2 hours before takeoff. Xiaoying was still sitting on the old sofa where she often broadcast live broadcasts, wondering whether to go to Zhejiang. A few days ago, she was invited to attend an e-commerce conference and wanted to make up for the regret of not taking Dabao to Shanghai last time.

Many people also advised her not to go, for fear of causing other troubles. In the past few days, some netizens have uncovered a video of her talking about giving up her two children for adoption during a live broadcast. Some netizens have uncovered that her husband once said that he and his youngest daughter Xiaobao were playing bad guys. For a time, topics such as "Internet celebrity Xiaoying's house collapsed", "Is Internet celebrity Xiaoying's betrayal of her fortune" and "Civil Affairs Bureau's response to putting her child up for adoption" were frequently searched.

▲The village where Xiaoying lives

In the face of the uproar of public opinion, Xiaoying, who lives in the mountains of Yunnan, fell into a kind of self-doubt, "I feel now that I am not suitable for going to the city, only suitable for it. At home, in the countryside."

As time passed, she raised her head and asked the reporter, "Do you think I should go?"

Visit: The village was once a provincial-level poverty-stricken village.

It is less than 100 kilometers north of Kunming City. kilometers is Xundian County. The Shanghai-Kunming Railway and several expressways pass through the county. After taking off the label of a poor county in 2018, it also became a demonstration county for the beef cattle industry in Yunnan.

In addition to the beef cattle brand, Xiaoying’s family, which has become popular this year, has also become a reason for many e-commerce merchants and tourists to visit Xundian. The profile of the account @小英家 wrote, "Recording real life, from the mountains of Yunnan, two children in 1996, no parents-in-law, no education, farming and raising cattle at home."

Friday afternoon, different from the recent hustle and bustle on the Internet , the villagers squatted quietly in front of the door picking corn, watching over the cows grazing and the chickens wandering around. In front of Xiaoying's house, Dabao, a fourth-grade student, and Xiaoying's brother's two children were washing Xiaobao's pink bicycle on the sink.

▲Samples placed on the first floor of Xiaoying’s house

In the afternoon, people came to Xiaoying’s house one after another. Village chiefs and community leaders paid attention to online public opinion and came to learn about the situation. The first floor is filled with samples, and guests are all in the living room on the second floor. Earlier, in response to public concerns about whether the Internet celebrity Xiaoying was a prostitute and whether she had given her children up for adoption, the Xundian County Civil Affairs Bureau, Women's Federation, and Propaganda Department responded to public concerns and said that multiple departments are cooperating to verify the matter.

Many villagers in the same village as Xiaoying said that they would also watch Xiaoying’s videos in their spare time. In their opinion, Xiaoying did not suffer misfortune. The life shown in the videos was basically the same as her life in the village. Xiaoying's family also lives in the village all year round, feeding cattle, doing farm work, doing housework, and drinking sweet wine brewed in the village.

▲ There are cardboard piles in front of Xiaoying’s house. Xiaoying said that she can save money by selling scraps.

As for putting children up for adoption, many villagers recalled that the only two girls they often saw were Dabao and Xiaobao, and they didn’t know if there were other children.

A local villager revealed that Xiaoying had been married to the village for nearly ten years, and Xiaoying often passed by their house while doing farm work. She remembered that Xiaoying gave birth to more than two children. "The eldest daughter and the second child were both girls. The second girl was later given away, and then Xiaobao was born, also a girl." Currently, the eldest child in Xiaoying's family is My daughter is studying in the village primary school, and Xiaobao is also studying in the village kindergarten.

A villager recalled that many years ago, before the new house of Xiaoying’s family was built, the economic situation was really bad. She once visited her home as a guest. “There were no toilets. I tried to find a dry toilet outside, but it was so dirty that there was no room. ”

▲The village where Xiaoying’s home is located

Red Star News learned from the local street office that Xiaoying married here about ten years ago.The village where he is located belongs to the Caohaizi Neighborhood Committee of Jinsuo Street. It was once a provincial-level poverty-stricken village. There are 230 households in the village and a population of 831 people. The majority of them are Yi people. The number of registered poor people accounts for 96.5% of the village's population.

Around 2016, with the help of the government, local villagers built about 226 new resettlement houses with uniform shapes and white facades painted with characters of the Yi people. They were later rated as "China's ethnic minority characteristic villages".

A staff member of the local government said that the living conditions of Xiaoying's family are much better now, but she lives in a mountainous area and needs to do farm work on weekdays. There may be problems with her personal living habits and hygiene habits. The local government is also constantly communicating with Xiaoying. Help it change.

"I am not suitable for going to the city, so I am suitable for staying in the countryside."

After moving back, Xiaoying's family lived in the upper row of the village. After the road surface hardens, the car can drive directly to the door of Xiaoying's house.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, Brother Zhang received Xiaoying's husband's request from Shanglaru to drive Xiaoying to the airport from the county town. Brother Zhang introduced that he is a friend of Shang Laru. Today Shang Laru is working on a live broadcast to help farmers in an electronics industrial park in Xundian County and can't get away.

Less than two hours before the plane took off, Xiaoying was still debating whether to attend the Zhejiang E-commerce Creators Conference. She was sitting on the old sofa where she usually broadcasts, and next to her was the headlight she used for live broadcasts. Her figure is as thin as in front of the camera, and her face is tanned by long-term sun exposure.

"Before this public opinion, I would definitely be willing to go see the outside world." Xiaoying told Red Star News that through short videos, many cooperators would come to her home to find her, "I can see their What kind of people are they like? I have also come into contact with many excellent people." Her voice was a little hoarse and she coughed from time to time.

The organizers have already booked hotels and air tickets. Xiaoying's original idea was that many netizens in the comment area questioned her favoritism for her younger daughter. This time she wanted to make up for Dabao's regret of not going to Shanghai. She only had to take one day off on Friday plus three days of weekends, and would not delay the child. study.

As the doubts on the Internet intensified, Xiaoying retreated and had no idea about the trip to Zhejiang. "Public opinions seem to have started one after another after I went to Shanghai." She fell into self-doubt. After struggling for a while, she said, "I am not suitable to go to the city, so I am suitable to stay in the countryside." In the public opinion in the past few days, , she came to a conclusion, "I myself was born in a rural area, and I would have nothing to do in a big city."

responded to the question: There is no script

Normally, Shang Laru works in the county. After becoming popular, Xiaoying raised her alone. The cows and chickens couldn't be fed, so her brother and sister-in-law came to her house a month ago. "I usually help her share some of the work, feed grass to a few cows, and a few chickens." Xiaoying's brother said.

▲Brother and sister-in-law and Xiaoying

According to Brother Zhang, Xiaoying has been in a bad state for the past two days after public opinion appeared on the Internet. He said that Xiao Yingfa's works are all real and have not been sold badly. The family has always lived in the village. "In rural areas, it is generally comfortable and convenient, and the environment is inevitably a bit dirty."

He recalled, The couple have not graduated from junior high school, and they publish video works entirely based on life experience. "There is no script, no team, and no plan for the future. Most of the products sold during the live broadcast are also agricultural and sideline products from the village." In his opinion, Xiaoying's life was really hard before, and her account only became relatively popular in March and April this year. , life has improved. In a latest video released by

in the early morning of the 20th, Xiaoying is seen loading corn leaves into a car during the day, and squatting at home with her brother and sister-in-law to pack pecans at night. She captioned it, "I want to say something but don't know what to say, so I'll just let nature take its course." She said this was her response to a series of recent controversies.

Xiaoying told Red Star News that what she couldn't figure out was why there were so many doubts on the Internet in the past two days. She didn't hide it before. "Old fans know this. I said this myself a long time ago." Ying said that she did not have a script, and many speculations on the Internet were unrealistic, and some were over-interpreted or even distorted.

Local: Multi-department investigation will issue a report

In the videos released by Xiaoying, most of them record her daily life in rural areas. Xiaoying who appears on the scene is always busy with work, while Shanglaru is more like a hands-off shopkeeper with two daughters.

Most of the netizens who follow Xiaoying are moved by her joy in hardship. "Hey, sisters..." After hearing this familiar opening line, old fans knew that something was going to happen to Xiaoying's family again. Many fans jokingly said that the three busiest things in Xiaoying's house are Xiaoying, the oil cleaner, and the washing machine.

"Life is messy, but it doesn't stop her from loving life." An old fan recalled that Xiaoying claimed in her early videos that when she first got married, she lived in a cowshed without a roof, but she thought it was very romantic and she could look up when she looked up. To the stars. Today, Xiaoying’s Douyin fans have exceeded 5.8 million. “It is not easy for a rural woman to make it today.”

▲Xiaoying’s most popular video

Xiaoying’s most popular video was hers on August 3 this year Taken on the meadow, she is wearing a red skirt, her arms are open, and the mountain breeze is blowing into her sleeves. She wrote, “Ten years ago, wearing pink high-heeled shoes and following Shang Laru, he took me home to live in a cattle pen for the first time, and also took me to play in the mountains. Later, I came to herd cattle. Place. The environment has not changed at all. In order to chase the cow, I ran one mountain after another. "

In Xiaoying's video account, this is what she calls her husband. In Yi language, this word means "goodbye". Netizens summed up the love story between Xiaoying and Shang Laru in one sentence, "They used mountains to tempt me, and they used mountains to trap me." During a live broadcast, a fan asked her if she regretted following Laru. Xiaoying replied, "Sometimes I think that eyes are for looking forward, not backward. Maybe you close your eyes and can't see anything, but when you open your eyes, you can see what's in front of you." "

Xiaoying said that the relevant departments are investigating the issue of putting the child up for adoption. She will not respond at the moment. "My mind is too hot right now and I don't know how to talk about this matter. I will explain it to me one by one later. The fans gave an explanation. "

reporter noticed that Xiaoying had previously responded in the live broadcast room, "I don't want to go into too much detail, I can only say that this matter is true, she is a little girl." She told fans, "I am. There is no way to face it, and I will tell you everything about my past. You can’t bear it. I just want to move forward.”

The above-mentioned person in charge said that the child Xiaoying mentioned was placed for adoption. What happened before 2018, "according to her statement, the two children now are the eldest daughter and the youngest, and there are others in between."

According to reports, the government has arranged for multiple departments to verify, because it involves the public security settlement , whether the civil affairs department had adoption agreement procedures at that time, and the health department needs to confirm the birth certificate and admission certificate with the hospital at that time. The county will publish the specific investigation situation based on the materials from various departments and respond to public concerns as soon as possible.

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