Seeing Li's video, many people yearn for that kind of country life, and I am no exception. But we should know that the content shown in the video is edited and what they want us to see, and the real hard work behind it is often overlooked by us. Life in the countryside is very hard. I have seen grandma only take care of the crops in the yard all year round and can't stop to have a rest. Instead of picking what ingredients you need directly as in the video, you can use it. In reality, all this needs to be planted by ourselves in order to gain something. I don't think I can do it.
Choosing to return to rural life means giving up everything in our existing life, and how to survive is also a problem we have to consider. No job, no source of income, what to support yourself with. Even farming needs money to buy seeds. Rural life is far from being as simple as we thought. Farmers earn money only by farming and breeding, and I can't do that either. If you really let yourself go to the countryside, you may starve to death. No air conditioning, no WIFI, no cell phone and computer, all of which have to be given up. Have you really thought about it?
Li's video shooting is only a part of her life, not the traditional rural life. If you want to live a rural life in reality, no one will help you. If you don't even do housework at home, will you really do farm work? Reality and yearning are never the same thing.