The mini fragrant pig drove the girl back to her rural hometown

She catches pigs fast, accurately and ruthlessly, and she can also make the piglets instantly docile. She came back from the big city and was forced to raise pigs. Because of these pigs, she once said harsh words to her brother. In just over two years, she built the largest Bama fragrant pig farm in Huanggang City, Hubei Province, with annual sales exceeding 12 million.

Nie Lingli: Are you afraid?

Reporter: I'm not afraid.

Nie Lingli: Didn't you say you'd be afraid? My heart is beating so fast.

One second earlier, Nie Lingli was still lively and bouncing, wanting to take the reporter to experience the feeling of walking high in the air, but when she actually stood on the several-hundred-meter-high glass walkway, she did not dare to take a single step forward.

Nie Lingli: It's too hard.

Reporter: Compared with raising pigs, which is harder?

Nie Lingli: This one.

Nie Lingli told us that for a long time, she felt as if she were walking on such a glass walkway at every moment, extremely terrified, yet with no way back, able only to brace herself and move forward. And the reason she was ultimately able to keep going was because of one person.

Nie Lingli: Anyway, it's not because of you.

Reporter: What did you say?

Nie Youli, Nie Lingli's brother: She said it's not because of me anyway, but actually it is because of me.

It was clearly because of her brother, so why was Nie Lingli tearful and unwilling to admit it? What exactly happened between the brother and sister?

In April 2016, Nie Lingli took the reporter to a farm located in Xishui County, Huanggang City, Hubei Province, and saw these little creatures that made her both love and hate them.

Reporter: Let's do this one.

Nie Lingli: Which one? Let me catch one.

Reporter: Grab the feet, grab the feet.

Our arrival sent the Bama fragrant pigs scattering in all directions. Nie Lingli was skilled in her movements and could casually lift two at once.

Nie Lingli: Feisty means good temperament.

Now, Nie Lingli is the largest Bama fragrant pig farmer in Huanggang City. In just over 2 years, she achieved annual sales of more than 12 million. Many people admire this girl's talent in sales and directly praise her as the "fragrant pig girl."

Cai Jin, Nie Lingli's friend: When I met her, I already called her the fragrant pig girl. People were calling her that very early on. She can quickly turn a person who is a complete stranger to her into someone very, very familiar. Anyway, that's how it is, everyone in the world is her friend.

However, many people do not know that Nie Lingli initially raised fragrant pigs out of helplessness, and it was all because of her own brother.

Nie Lingli: When I lose my temper, I say things that go too far. I said you shouldn't have come back. I even told him, go die, I won't even care if you die. I said that to him.

What exactly happened that made Nie Lingli complain so much and even say such harsh words to her brother? What kind of story does this girl have?

Bama fragrant pigs originate from Bama Yao Autonomous County in Guangxi. Adults weigh around 90 jin and belong to the small pig category. They are feisty and have relatively strong adaptability and disease resistance.

Nie Lingli: This pig's rear is black, its head is black, and its back has no black. There is a tuft of white hair here on its head. This pig is not yet a standard one. The standard one is big on top and small below, forming an inverted triangle.

The Bama fragrant pig that had just been squealing nonstop was now held in Nie Lingli's arms and had become much quieter.

Nie Lingli: It has no sense of security, just like a child. If a child cries and you don't hold it, won't it cry harder and harder? Isn't a pig the same? When you just caught it, it was unfamiliar with you. When you hold it and show it no hostility, see, it stops squealing.

Under her repeated calls, the Bama fragrant pigs came from all directions. This familiarity took a long time to build. However, at the very beginning, Nie Lingli strongly resisted these pigs, because of them, she had no choice but to return home from the big city.

Nie Lingli: In rural areas, who would be willing to come back after finally getting out? Since childhood, the idea was always, study hard, get out, leave this awful place, go to the big city. That was the mindset. Back then, who wanted to come back? If a caged bird gets out, will it fly back? Of course it won't come back.

Reporter: Then why did you come back later?

Nie Lingli: Because of my brother.

In 2007, Nie Lingli left her hometown to study in Guangzhou, and then went to Dongguan to work. She was away for five years. The convenience of the city and its colorful life made her very happy. At the same time, the idea that only in the city could one succeed was deeply rooted in her mind.

Nie Lingli: It's so good outside. Whatever you want to eat, you can buy. Guangdong's nightlife is also rich. You shop here and there, then go sing and have fun. Basically, I went three or four times a week.

Life like that was relaxed and comfortable, until a phone call broke that state. One day in March 2013, Nie Lingli received a call from her mother, who was crying, begging Nie Lingli to come home.

Weng Fengqin, Nie Lingli's mother: We were crying too. When she cried, we cried too. We called her back, but she was unwilling to come back.

Nie Lingli: It's so good outside. Whatever you want to eat, you can buy. So I simply did not want to come back. Buying anything here is inconvenient.

What exactly happened at home that even her parents, who had hoped she would stay in the city, called her back? After careful questioning, Nie Lingli learned that it was all because of her brother Nie Youli.

Nie Youli, Nie Lingli's brother: Tell me, why did you come back?

Nie Lingli: Anyway, it's not because of you.

Reporter: What did you say?

Nie Youli, Nie Lingli's brother: She said it's not because of me anyway, but actually it is because of me.

Reporter: Is that so?

Nie Lingli: How should I put it? He also mentioned just now that I carry a burden. I feel like I have always been carrying a burden. All the family's savings, and even so much money owed, so much debt, so I complained about him a lot. I really did scold him. In my heart I even thought that when he used to drive, if he died, I wouldn't even care. I told my parents this too.

What exactly did her brother do that made Nie Lingli complain about him so much?

In 2011, after graduating from university, Nie Youli returned to his hometown and became a village official, and began raising Bama fragrant pigs, hoping to help the villagers get rich. In 2013, the fragrant pigs began to be sent to market, but when he tried to find sales channels, he was repeatedly blocked. Selling the pigs became a major problem.

Weng Fengqin, Nie Lingli's mother: We couldn't manage it at home either. Once the pigs are raised, if you don't sell them, who will? Her brother couldn't sell them either, and her brother didn't understand it, and the sales channels were poorly handled.