Preparing the Soil in Rural China & Making Purple Potatoes Snacks

[@nessuno1948]

Your videos are a ray of light in these sad times. From Italy.

[@yurikoski4980]

God bless Italy, apologize from china.

[@lisalancework7999]

Yes video’s are ray of light, am so sorry for you in Italy 🙏🙏🙏❤️

[@lisalancework7999]

Truly I have never seen a more precious baby -watching this little baby try to grab these snacks from his grandpa -have I ever seen anything more precious? No -the world would be much better place if we all lived and loved simply as this family-my heart melts every time I watch it!

[@KellyS74]

I don't know what it is, but I'm so drawn to rural China.. All of China to be honest, but in particular, rural.. There's something so comforting about it ❤️... I can see the amount of hard work goes into daily living, but this is something that the vast majority of the world seems to have lost the ability or the willingness to do, and we no longer have that amazing sense of achievement... I'm beyond excited to experience China for myself ❤️

[@harrok38]

KellyS74 You should go there, at least once. I have been going there every year since 2008 to teach at a university in a big city, but always find enough time to visit and explore rural areas. It is an amazing country, but often not easy to understand.

[@xiaozhang5433]

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[@KellyS74]

@@xiaozhang5433 thank you so much.. Such an inspiring video.. Now subscribed to her 👏🏻

[@KellyS74]

@@harrok38 thank you... I am absolutely planning on getting out to China, it does look amazing 👏🏻

[@dyaaong6030]

If you stay off the coast and go inland you will see the real china.

[@cz964]

The bud calling his dad at the end is the cutest thing ever. Yes I've replayed it a few times 😘

[@cz964]

You guys have created some beautiful humans. Hope there will be more to come!

[@mada881010789]

Your editing and cinematography are so great, and your choice of music combined with the rural Chinese scenery and daily life produces a unique vibe .

[@yvonnebirch6026]

I love reading the English translations. Thank you Miriam. Love from California 💕🌷

[@a.l.s.i.4601]

Hello from Uruguay! It’s nice to see you healthy, working , when will you be able to travel a little or start your job? We’ve heard the situation with the virus is better now in China. Your videos are a pleasure to watch, anything you show us about China is beautiful. I admire your peaceful life, when I was your age I lived a busy life in a city, stress, traffic, people rushing from one place to another...we didn’t have time to enjoy family life. Your life is much richer from the human point of view, you live more connected to your real essence . Blessings to all of you! Anabel

[@GyacoYu]

Be careful in Uruguay. I am currently in NYC, the situation is very bad. Basically you need to *forcefully* quarantine everyone regardless of nationality who came from North America to Uruguay to save your country. No kidding.

[@madelinkoh]

@@GyacoYu True, true nothing but the Truth. From Malaysia

[@robynfitzsimmons1137]

Hi Miriam. I love seeing your family, they always seem happy . Beautiful smiles. A simple way of life, living off the land and what it provides. San San is a beautiful little boy. Lots of good wishes from Robyn in Australia. Take care

[@a.l.s.i.4601]

...and I forgot to mention in my previous comment that your family is very very nice, your son is beauuuuuuuutiful! 😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️

[@madelinkoh]

Is sooo handsome .

[@kennethl4172]

I love how simple machinery used to prep the soil. The purple potatoes dessert looks like Christmas rum balls with coconut shavings. Sansan sure love his healthy junk food!!!

[@sm3296]

Miriam it's so lovely to see the joy and love in your family. Even after a long day working hard there is still much enjoyment together. So rare and so beautiful.

[@52muimui]

The Chinese love, pamper and give alot of attention to their little ones.

[@Myfarm6768]

I farm for living, but now not many will do this job for living. I enjoyed your video too, many thanks.

[@jackiegermann9317]

San San loves those purple potatoes snack! He’s so cute 🥰😍

[@palomarodriguez8236]

Beautiful family. 💞💞

[@tatjanafilipovicgrcic3953]

Omg, he is the cutest little boy.😘

[@shanslam1970]

OMGoodness your little boy is utterly adorable you have a beautiful family x

[@jsc3417]

Your videos are very soothing in time of chaos like this.

[@choufahsiung5059]

Amazing video! Men at work , the food and family ...great job!

[@rhonda5056]

I recognize this ground preparation from my childhood days. Your husband is a supportive son. Lovely video. Your son is cute. You are blessed as well as the whole family.

[@pt6118]

The filming is very good

[@heindrich1988]

6:55 That looks like a mosque in the distance. Is there a sizeable Hui community in/near your village? Also, it's quite amazing that agriculture is possible in Qinghai, the soil quality really is poorer compared to more fertile parts of China. You can see why Qinghai is beyond the traditional heartlands of Han China, a sort of borderland zone between sedentary agriculturists and nomadic herdsmen.

[@sharonz221668]

This is the kind of life I would love to go back to one day. Love watching your family ... They seem like a very happy family always smiling

[@travischan1982]

the picture of grandson and grand parents ,too beautiful ..

[@tonyrogers5469]

Chinese in all corners of this planet work hard. People say a lot of bad things about Chinese , say they are rude, “hurry up order and pay”. But they never know most chinese once they step into a working station they will be there the entire day. Most other people only work 6-8hrs, chinese work 10 hrs daily. They are also very productive, because of the time they saved by working faster. But people failed to understand when they are at chinese restaurants chinese just wanted to serve everyone fast as possible. They are not always only wanting ur money but rather wanted to finish ur order faster! And then people complains about Chinese for making their food so long and wasting their time!

[@WyrdHag]

There's plenty of people elsewhere who work 10 hours too. Here in Norway, you're expected to work at least 8 hours a day, and 10 hours is definitely not uncommon either. 🤷 It's also expected to be polite.

[@juanli5423]

Your videos always make me feel positive to life. Great job. Thank you

[@ysbh228]

Love your family so much. Simplicity is happiness. Sansan is so chubby. 真想親他-下！真善美！

[@virginiapartaker1940]

Thank you Miriam I so admire your family’s way of life ... hope you are all well and safe ... I think of you often ..... all the way from USA

[@cruzalmestica7291]

GBY guys, I admire the work, your family, everything about you guys 'cause you work and love each other like I never seen in my hole life. Be blessed. I'm going to make those little ball of beets. Thanks for sharing.

[@MrTioung111]

Cruz Almestica I thought they were beets too but it seems they are actually purple sweet potatoes aka purple yams

[@cruzalmestica7291]

No my dear friend it's beet 'cause I use it a lot and I know one when I see it.@@MrTioung111

[@MrTioung111]

Cruz Almestica Check out the description below the video by Miriam herself.

[@weiluo7532]

@@MrTioung111 We have purple potato and purple yam varieties in China, which are rich in anthocyanin.

[@MrTioung111]

wei luo Thanks for the info :)

[@ajisenramen888]

Spring is here. Planting begins. All in harmony with nature. This is beautiful. Thank you for sharing ❤️❤️❤️

[@awen4634]

这就是朴实的中国男人，很朴实的农村人，简单的生活，幸福的一家人。

[@UrbanHomesteadMomma]

I’m envious, I can’t wait for spring to finally come here... another month before I can get out in the garden and do much of anything...

[@twelvemast]

Thanks for your hard farm work and the like all around rural area, which will nurse the people in the cities all around China in the next season. together we fight the Epidemic.

[@johnhuan2417]

If you watch the video carefully at the beginning of the video you can see the concrete road in village. that's invested by Government in last 4 or 6 years. as I know this is a very large investment to contryside thru. the country , but no need any financial return from farmers. and call it as ''village to village project''. so the life in most villages of China are much easy than before.

[@HJ-di1bo]

That is worth noting. I have a friend from Nepal who was so amazed by the roads and kept saying how fortunate they are. That despite being in a rural area the road is paved and concrete. Unlike his place in Nepal where he said road projects were not really being done. He is now 24 years old yet the road at their place has not yet been built.

[@郭勇-p4s]

Life is beautiful as simple

[@AbsoluteMiniacGena]

Such a beautiful video as always, Miriam. Thankyou so very much for sharing these insights to your life in Qinghai. I can see SanSan loved the potato treats. I do enjoy watching him grow, as well as seeing all your family together at the end. Big Love from Lincolnshire, UK. I still hope 1 day to be able to become a Patreon of yours. I love your videos so much.

[@ritawong4957]

What a lovely family ❤️👍

[@aloysius8005]

That hand cranked tractor so nice

[@zhongyingqin7107]

It lets me remind my childhood in summer. My parents send me to a such rural area with my grandmother. It's so enjoyable to have some food in the yard after a long day.

[@midwestmeiliguo]

San San is so cute and funny! 😍

[@ningnadengilovekoreanfood9742]

For watching your videos I delay to go to bed half hour every day

[@alexwong6961]

Very vast track of land for planting all sorts of crops. Very interesting to see them. Can export plenty of fruits and vegetables to other parts of China as well. Can make a lot of money 💰. Excellent job 👏 👍 keep it up.

[@mada881010789]

That a some organic healthy snacks made from scratch !

[@summerwood619]

I truly enjoy watching your vlogs, keep up the good work and stay safe,

[@wong2230]

9:53 wow it looks so good. Living in China for 40 years but I have never tasted those.

[@peterwang5196]

I am glad you and your adorable kid seem to get through the tough chinese rural life in good shape, you are not as frail as I worried about.

[@nokchenimchen5482]

Adorable family. 🙏

[@lindylindybasicoceangirl]

...just what I needed...happy people

[@lt9512]

Aloha🌸Another awesome video! Still enjoying your videos. Thank you for your hard work.

[@Stu-0930]

全家人一起打拼過生活🌟 好棒的一家人❤️

[@stchan8569]

Simple food eaten with happiness in a rustic surrounding taste far better than in a restaurant. It was so delicious that your lillsolen asked for more before he could swallowed his sweet potato ball. Thanks for giving us the microcosm of village life in China.

[@范仁胜]

宝宝真可爱

[@TONY-CHU-40]

The man is handsome and the woman is a sweety. 先生帥氣女士甜美 同甘共苦 必能創造美好未來。

[@cheechwong2293]

As always, lovely and inspiring. Thanks for sharing.

[@pingh7648]

This is a very old car, I remember my grandfather used that kind of car in the countryside in the 1990s, now I can't see that kind of car in my hometown! this make me remember my grandpa.

[@balobogo9592]

Miriam your son is so adorable.... Love to see him growing elder through your video. Lots of love♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ From Arunachal Pradesh, India.

[@pennynscott]

I love your video topics and the quality of your videos

[@madisonbillion4030]

The video shows the meaning of life

[@一屋二人三餐四季]

让人放松的视频

[@juliosdiy3206]

Oh boy its starting to look like the stories from the Philippines.

[@Jillybean620]

Thanks for sharing.

[@likhongtan320]

What a happy family

[@jqli698]

Good, this is the real rural China society, I like it

[@jqli698]

Made me homesick

[@Crom21]

ya! my Saturday program is here.

[@TheLauraMarieT2]

🙏🏽❤️ love the video! You’re an amazing video artist. And the purple potato snacks look amazing! I’m guessing the ingredients (purple potato, butter, honey, rice flower then steamed and rolled in coconut 🥥)! So fun to see everything you do and such a beautiful family!

[@michelleotani8901]

Ha ha ha! Cutie pie San San can’t get enough of those delicious purple yam balls! Out here in California, I have just planted my vegetable garden! I am growing tomatoes, eggplants, squash, cucumbers and hot peppers, I already have onions and garlic. I hope to grow some okra too! Love your videos, stay healthy! ❤️

[@dongxue3909]

Miriam, 你的“青普”口音进步神速！

[@piolen1567]

Thank you ,it’s simply beautiful

[@Bjorn7342]

enjoy your life bless you

[@Rylsworld]

Omg love your photos on shutter stock...

[@hakunamatata8890]

Love your videos.

[@kenlai3367]

God bless your beautiful family

[@dariusjohn66]

sansan is super cute!👍

[@MrTioung111]

Yet another beautiful video. Thanks!

[@Flower-ck2bs]

Lovely video🥰 Such a beautiful harmony in everything. Lucky all of you🍀My best wishes🌹😊

[@oyingapum5002]

Soo sweet

[@fred5784]

Just watching them work got me exhausted.

[@alohajason]

Always good to see your own child eat your food. Do you guys have Okinawan purple sweet potatoes there? Have you tried? There are sweet like candy

[@Athrunwong]

It was like...this place was stuck in the 50’s. Things are so simple and they are sweet. Did your family own that piece of land?

[@melodychen5812]

love your family. God bless you all♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@minoritas2780]

I am here for San San.. super adorable.. :)

[@hong3170]

The climate in Qinghai is similar to the original region of potato in South America mountains. The quality of the potatoes must be very good.

[@winrng8902]

best wishes to you

[@alexoolau]

The farmland around my hometown region (north china) has been leased out to big farm corporation. Big farm tractor and combine harvester do the work just like in USA. Most villagers now are now factory workers in village business. Two sources of income really lifted lifestyle of villagers who most now own double leveled house and family car.

[@ninu5719]

Look at that poor dislike button.Your positivity has killed it,Miriam.

[@BELLAPHONTOO]

Dislikes are from vloggers who are incapable of naturally beautifully made and edited videos like this.

[@lisalancework7999]

If anyone dislikes these they sadly have a heart of stone -is heartbreaking to think someone could actually dislike something so beautiful

[@kimsukreng5224]

Oh! The cutest baby

[@李宁静-x1e]

可爱的小宝贝，幸福的一家。

[@sdb3607]

Cute baby boy...i watch ur video to see ur adorable son...teach him English along with chinese.

[@syncmaster915n]

And Swedish. Make the kid trilingual!

[@motherkellysdoorstep1196]

Miriam said before that she speaks to Sansan in Swedish and his father in Mandarin (I think) so he will grow up speaking both and English can come later🤣

[@jacobalten]

Thank you for sharing your rural lifestyle. I enjoyed it. I am from IOWA USA. we have john deere tractors that the farmers use. but I have an interest in the tractor-like vehicle that everyone is using. could you tell me or us more about it?

[@gheorghitatimofte]

Thank you for sharing! Your music choice is always amazing! Ps: is that a minaret in the background?

[@tedaspane1493]

From what I read about communist China, no minaret is allowed in China except in Xinjing province.

[@rickr9435]

@@tedaspane1493 even though i don't see a minaret from the background, but what you read is quite wrong. qinghai province has a huge muslim population. you can just search mosques in xining(the capital of qinghai province, also not very far from where miriam lives i believe). actually there are mosques in almost every chinese provinces. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dongguan_Mosque en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huaisheng_Mosque en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qingjing_Mosque these three are some famous ones that i have been to. and there are more. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mosques_in_China

[@jacksonxie411]

good vlog

[@darkknight3274]

luv you very much. ....luv fr China...

[@haojiang2928]

我好像看到了遠處清真寺的高塔。另外，手扶拖拉機讓我回想起了小時候回老家央求大人讓我開的事情。最後，因為轉彎角度過大，車頭和拖斗之間的鉸接頭杵在了地上動彈不得，被大人一頓數落 😆😂這都過去了幾十年了！😁

[@古罗马工程师]

开拖拉机这段，很好玩

[@mayixinhuang5534]

It really triggered my homesickness!

[@robinlolo9]

i am in ny now, the little one made my day.

[@claudioribeirodecarvalho9127]

Eu gostei muito do vídeo. Um pouco de óleo e a alma do caminhão agradece..

[@TengHoweCheng]

6:09 Watch my "Kungfu Shovel Spin!" 7:12 Next "Human Wind Turbine" Haha.. so adorable 💕

[@desshicai]

Hi Miriam: i gather from the news platform, CGTN, i think, that the CPC was worried about enough rural farms starting the spring planting, does your farm receive instructions from wherever to start the planting? or some community decision is made, how does a community "know" what the schedule is and how is the decision made to implement the planting?

[@anksbkt9310]

De SShi Chinese farmers are just like farmers all over the world. The plants you grow depend on geographic factors. Which plants you want to plant or when you choose to grow your crops depends on yourself. The government will not interfere, and most farmers now grow food only for their own families and will not sell it. The food that Chinese urban residents eat is basically imported. As a result, many lands have been deserted, and fewer farmers are now.

[@yadoliu]

Do you know the Chinese lunar calendar？That is the chronology adopted in the Chinese New Year. There are 24 festivals, each of which corresponds to the climate to remind farmers what to do. There is no need for the government or community to issue farming decisions. For thousands of years, Chinese farmers have carried out agricultural activities according to the lunar calendar.

[@rhavend.4378]

Hej Miriam, jag älskar din kanal, massor av kärlek från Danmark🇩🇰🇸🇪