Niu Taotao, 22, Anyuan Village.
Niu left her village at 17 to work in Beijing, but after three years came back to care for her younger brother. Their parents are dead. She has a boyfriend whom she met through a relative. He is from the same county but works in a factory in Beijing. They have only met twice in person but talk regularly via the Internet. She says she prefers life in the village, which she finds more comfortable and safer than Beijing. In Anyuan, she tends the small family apple orchard and enjoys watching TV during her free time.
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Niu Taotao, 22, Anyuan Village.
Niu left her village at 17 to work in Beijing, but after three years came back to care for her younger brother. Their parents are dead. She has a boyfriend whom she met through a relative. He is from the same county but works in a factory in Beijing. They have only met twice in person but talk regularly via the Internet. She says she prefers life in the village, which she finds more comfortable and safer than Beijing. In Anyuan, she tends the small family apple orchard and enjoys watching TV during her free time.