Li Caiping, 46, Dashi Village.
Li has two daughters and a son. Her eldest daughter is a dancer in a show for tourists at the National Park of Jiuzhaigou in Sichuan province and sends part of her wages back to Li. Li has a bad leg from a birth defect. Her teenaged son quit school last year and doesn’t work. “Boys are harder to raise than girls. They are lazy,” she says. She rents out her land to neighbors and keeps 1 mu (0.16 acres) for herself.
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Li Caiping, 46, Dashi Village.
Li has two daughters and a son. Her eldest daughter is a dancer in a show for tourists at the National Park of Jiuzhaigou in Sichuan province and sends part of her wages back to Li. Li has a bad leg from a birth defect. Her teenaged son quit school last year and doesn’t work. “Boys are harder to raise than girls. They are lazy,” she says. She rents out her land to neighbors and keeps 1 mu (0.16 acres) for herself.