Yanzi

Yan Zi is from Fujian. She is elegant and handsome. She has a strong interest in plants, history and culture, and treats people warmly and sincerely. She often sells handmade products at various markets, and she can be seen at the March Street Market. The main group activities she leads include picking mushrooms, picking pine cones, and dyeing by the stream. She is already an expert in picking mushrooms and is loved by many customers. This year she drove a van around. She left home at a very young age and lived in Lhasa and Lijiang for several years. She is very hardworking and sets up a stall every March Street day to sell some Lijiang cloth and second-hand books she bought from other markets. But she doesn't like others to introduce her as a good partner because of her hard work, "That's to make me work for free."

She is a good storyteller. Every time we go camping, I always listen to her stories about her hometown by the campfire and get me hooked. There are also some stories about her travels in those years, but unfortunately she didn't write them down. She said many of them are other people's stories, which are private and she is embarrassed to write them down.

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"When I was little, I had an idea that I must go see the world. I don't know why, but I just wanted to go see it."

"I've never been afraid of separation, and I don't even know why others cry when they break up. When I see someone leaving, I just feel envious. If I like him, then there's a chance we'll see each other again in the future."

"When other people's cats come to my house and meow, I find it so annoying! They are not cute at all. My own cats will be different."

"When I kill pigs, they scream and I feel pity for them. But I can kill fish, and I also feel pity for them, but I still kill them."

"I don't believe in God or any religion, but when I'm in a scary situation, I'll chant something like 'Oh Amitabha' to comfort myself."

"When I was little, I loved going up the mountain to pick things, but my grandfather didn't like me bringing those things home. Only once did I pick a sweet-scented osmanthus tree and plant it at the door of my house. This time he didn't pull it out. Later, when I grew up and moved, he said he wanted to move the sweet-scented osmanthus tree with me because it was planted by Xiaoyanzi."

"I like people who grow flowers and plants at home. I always think that people like that must be romantic people living in their homes."

"Every time I want to write on the official account, I end up deleting it after writing it. I feel ashamed to express myself, so in the end I can only write simply like posting on WeChat Moments."

"I don't dare to express myself authentically because I'm afraid that others will see that I can't do it."

“I can’t do a job like a journalist. Sometimes I want to take some documentary photos, but I can’t help but retouch them and shoot them from beautiful angles.”

"Do you know why we like you? Because you have something we don't have, we are too greasy." Yan Zi said this to Yang Mi.

Swallow | "Beautiful Creature"

Xiao Jing | Conversation in the car

Weed Scene | Swallow