Xu Xiaolan: A daughter starts a business to help her father regain his confidence

Many people said she could not raise chickens. A reporter went to find out the truth, and the result was surprising. Seeing chicken bones all over the hills, she said something astonishing. And she not only made money raising chickens, but also helped more than 100 local farming households get rich together. What exactly makes her chicken farming so different?

This is Xu Xiaolan's hometown. The reporter came specifically to interview Xu Xiaolan, but before meeting her, the local villagers said this to the reporter.

Villager: A lot of the chickens look like they have been frightened. If you ask me, if a person like that could successfully raise chickens, I do not think she can.

Villager: The way she does things does not look like chicken farming at all. She raises the chickens in a chaos of chickens flying and dogs jumping.

Xu Xiaolan's farm is in these mountains. The villagers' words made the reporter curious. When the reporter met Xu Xiaolan, she was leading her dog to the chicken farm.

Xu Xiaolan: Mama dog is here, letting the dog out, go, go, she wants some water, drink up, quick, do what you need to do, have some water and then we are off on a mission, there is a mission this afternoon. Ready? Let's go, let's go.

Xu Xiaolan: Comrades, charge forward, charge, charge, go, there, there, there, do not chase that one, go!

After entering the chicken farm, Xu Xiaolan's actions made the reporter even more curious. She actually had the dog chase and bite the chickens being raised.

Xu Xiaolan: Go, go, hurry, that chicken. Even so, it still cannot catch it.

Reporter: Are you not afraid it (the dog) will bite your chickens?

Xu Xiaolan: You see, it cannot catch them now. Go!

Reporter: How often do you do this?

Xu Xiaolan: I have to do it every few days, every few days.

Watching this scene of chickens flying and dogs jumping, the reporter could not help but think again of what the villagers said about Xu Xiaolan.

Villager: The chicken that runs looks very frightened, like the dog is about to catch it and bite it at any moment. If you ask me, if a person like that could successfully raise chickens, I do not think she can.

Xu Xiaolan: The crime scene is right ahead.

This was not all. Next, Xu Xiaolan took the reporter to see some things.

Xu Xiaolan: Look, from here on there are (chicken) feathers.

Reporter: There is also a broken egg here.

Xu Xiaolan: Look, there are also bones. No telling how long these bones have been here, probably a very long time, look. Here, look at this big frame of bones, and over there is a backbone too.

The crime scene Xu Xiaolan spoke of turned out to be this ground covered with chicken feathers, chicken bones and eggshells. Clearly, these were traces left after chickens and eggs were eaten by natural enemies. But faced with this scene, Xu Xiaolan said this.

Xu Xiaolan: This is exactly what I want. This is the way to raise chickens well, right?

After further interviews, the reporter found that through this method, Xu Xiaolan not only made money raising chickens, but also helped more than 100 local farming households get rich together. How exactly did she do it?

Xu Xiaolan: Let's go, work is done, let's go.

Xu Xiaolan is from Qingchuan County, Guangyuan City, Sichuan Province. In 2009, she began raising native chickens. The reason she raises chickens is to help her father regain his confidence.

On the way as we followed Xu Xiaolan to interview her father, Xu Xiaolan turned into a shopping mall.

Xu Xiaolan: Did you not say you wanted to film (interview) my dad? So I thought, this kind (of clothing) looks quite like a boss.

Reporter: You still have to dress your dad up like a boss?

Xu Xiaolan: My dad used to be a boss. Boss, do you have this in 180 (cm)?

Clothing store owner: Yes, we have it in 180 (cm).

Xu Xiaolan: Then get me one (piece).

This is Xu Xiaolan's father's home.

Xu Xiaolan: Dad, I am back.

Xu Xiaolan's father: Come, come over.

Xu Xiaolan: These are from the TV station.

Xu Xiaolan's father: Come sit, good, good, sit.

Xu Xiaolan: Bring a stool.

Xu Xiaolan's father: Good, good.

Xu Xiaolan: The clothes I bought for you.

Xu Xiaolan's father: Thank you.

Xu Xiaolan: Try them on in a bit.

Xu Xiaolan's father: Come, come up and sit.

Reporter: Okay, okay.

Xu Xiaolan: Dad, are you ready? You instantly look more than ten years younger, suddenly you look young.

Xu Xiaolan: Dad used to be, in our village, the most handsome young man in my eyes. All along I have thought in my heart that if I were to marry, I would marry a man like that.

In the early 1990s, Xu Xiaolan's father once opened a coal mine locally and at one point became the richest man in the area.

Xu Xiaolan's father: Back then it was especially easy to make money. Sometimes I would find three or four friends and spend three to five thousand yuan on a meal, it was nothing. When you walked, your back was straight, you had face, people were very proud at that time, going out was a matter of pride, you had spirit, and good spirit too.