I think the story is it’s the grandmother’s land. All her kids went to the metropolises at first & their kids stayed with the grandparents, then do the same, head out. Liziqi did the same but felt disconnected in the cities, lifeless.

I think the grandfather died & any relatively nearby relatives in the village had families to raise. So she came back to look out for the grandma and started documenting how she kept busy. If you watch all of the videos you see the true transformation of the land. That’s why it’s so emotional because all this just happened…and you watch it play out. You watched her figure out how to build that couch she just pulled in…

She’s just doing her thing… but seeing how her doing so lights the grandmother up… there’s nothing like it.