Why did the fragrant pigs force the girl Nie Lingli back home?

She catches pigs with speed, precision and ruthlessness, and she can also make a piglet 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 up the largest Bama fragrant pig farm in Huanggang City, Hubei Province, with annual sales of more than 12 million.

Nie Lingli: Are you afraid?

Reporter: I'm not afraid.

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

One second earlier, Nie Lingli had been bouncing around, ready to take the reporter to experience the feeling of walking high in the air. But when she actually stood on the glass walkway several hundred meters high, she did not dare 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, terrified beyond measure, yet with no way back, able only to grit her teeth and move forward. In the end, the reason she could keep going was 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, but actually it is because of me.

It was clearly because of her brother, so why did Nie Lingli, with tears in her eyes, refuse to admit it? What exactly happened between the brother and sister?

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

Reporter: This one.

Nie Lingli: Which one? Let me catch one.

Reporter: Grab the foot, grab the foot.

Our arrival sent the Bama fragrant pigs scattering in all directions. Nie Lingli was so skilled that she could casually pick up two at a time.

Nie Lingli: Ferocious, which means it has a 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 sales ability and directly praise her as the Fragrant Pig Girl.

Cai Jin, Nie Lingli's friend: When I met her, I already called her Fragrant Pig Girl. People were calling her Fragrant Pig Girl very early on. She can quickly turn a complete stranger 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 gave Nie Lingli such great resentment, and even made her say such harsh words to her brother? What kind of story does this girl have?

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

Nie Lingli: This pig's rump is black, its head is black, and there is no black on its back. There is a tuft of white hair here on its head. This pig is not yet standard. The standard one is large on top and small at the bottom, 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 him, won't he cry harder and harder? Isn't a pig the same? When you caught it just now, it was unfamiliar with you. When you hold it, you show no hostility toward it, and see, it stops squealing.

At the sound of her calls, the Bama fragrant pigs came from all directions. This familiarity took a long time to build. Yet in 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 the countryside, once you finally get out, who is willing to come back? From childhood, the idea was always, study hard, get out, leave this crappy place, go to the big city. That was the mindset. Back then, who wanted to come back? If a bird in a cage gets out, will it fly back? Of course not.

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, then went to Dongguan to work. She was away for five years. The convenience and colorful life of the city made her very happy. At the same time, the notion that only in the city could one succeed was deeply rooted in her mind.

Nie Lingli: Outside was so great. Whatever you wanted to eat, you could buy. Guangdong's nightlife was rich too. Strolling here and there, then going to sing and have fun, basically going out three or four times a week.

Life like that was easy 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. If she cried, we cried too. We told her to come back. She was unwilling to come back.

Nie Lingli: Outside was so great. Whatever you wanted to eat, you could 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 wanted her 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: 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, but actually it is because of me.

Reporter: Is that so?

Nie Lingli: How should I put it? He just mentioned it too. 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 had a lot of resentment toward him. I really did scold him. In my heart I even thought that when he used to drive, if he died, I wouldn't care. I said this to my parents too.