stuck in a small town in china, but happy.

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this trip to my aunt's house in hengshui was a medley of melancholy, pondering & contentment, but that's where the beauty of a good trip home comes from!!
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hi friends!! i've come back with another vlog, which is pretty short i know... but a new one will be on its way so so soon, please be patient with me as editing is quite the job ;;
anyways, i loved living with my aunt, cousin, and grandma in hengshui! this was my second time in this city, which is a mid-sized city in hebei near beijing, and it's been interesting to go back having really grown and changed since the last time i was here. the most interesting thing about this city is while there are a lot of people, it still functions a lot like a small countryside town, because its very family and child-centric rather than career-centric. maybe it's just the area where my aunt's apartment is, since we're right across from a huge elementary school? but either way, i kind of love it!
this is definitely the best place to get some food and ponder life :) it's quintessential china to me!
anyways, hope you enjoy the vlog, i love you all more than words can say, and i'll see u in the next oneee ౨ৎ ˙⋆.˚ ᡣ𐭩
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stuck in a small town in china, but happy.
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if you're down here, hiiii... sorry for the excessive tags and ily!

[@joana1684]

Omg I feel so nostalgic and kind of emotional watching this video, because I am also from China but live in a European country! I haven't been in China in my hometown for around 5 years now, and seeing those Chinese food, snacks and places reminded me a lot of my childhood memories! I really did enjoy watching this video and can't wait to go back to China soon in the future 🥺🇨🇳

[@ShoonAmaraHan]

You can back to China one day.

[@odin9782]

where in europe do u live?

[@heyheyhohi]

Awww, I bet that feels super nostalgic! I guess I'm sorta like you, but in reverse haha. I am from a European country, but I lived in a small city in China for 1,5 years, but like 8 years ago. This video made me cry... gosh. hahaha. I miss eating breakfast outside from those stalls everyday, seeing the same vendors making jianbing and having my Chinese host family give me yoghurt drinks ╰(*°▽°*)╯

[@sweetspicy3013]

I miss China. I lived there for over a year, mostly in Shanghai, and visited small towns outside the city. It’s a wonderful place. After experiencing life in the Philippines, Cambodia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Europe, I’ve come to realize that the media often paints a more negative picture than what daily life and culture actually are like.

[@claycreates38]

i cant wait to go to all those places one day!!!

[@kookiekxk9817]

why did this make me so nostalgic and homesick im not even from there?? 😭♥

[@treebeard6877]

Maybe you have past lifetimes from there, my friend.

[@thoughtank1019]

It isn't nostalgia for me, but so many times I watch videos of folks, meaning people who are traditional. the people who are keeping their traditional way of life alive, I wish could live with them, because it seems they are all real, kind and highly social, spending lots off time together.

[@ShredST]

After moving from China to the US, it took me a long time for me to admit to myself that the a lot of fruits and produce in the US is just not as good. In China, you'd often just buy fruits and vegetables from local farmers who carted their stuff to the city, whereas in the US most people shop in grocery stores where the produce could be from different parts of the world so transportability is much more of a concern. Ripe produce is hard to transport, which means a lot of produce in US grocery stores are harvested unripe, transported to distribution centers and artificially ripened there, and then finally sent to the grocery stores.

[@BoHan92]

Most Americans also don't really eat vegetables, so variety sucks.

[@Go4Broke247]

Go to Asian grocery stores.

[@slyguy68022]

Farmers markets

[@bunnyfreakz]

Fruits in China are cheap as heck.

[@daveshongkongchinachannel]

Very true! China can be very hit and miss in this respect because as you say, you are closer to the source of much of the food. The downside is the lack of control over pesticides and other nasty chemicals used to speed up growth of the fruit and vegetables. Try to choose things that are local and in season and that will reduce some of the risks. Of course the West is not much better and something approved by the FDA is still often poison and such organisations cannot be trusted. China has fantastic potential to do this right and also preserve its once wonderful food culture but a lot has to be done before you can dine with confidence there. Sadly greed gets in the way too often. I actually know of farmers who grow vegetables and they openly admit to their neighbours that they would never eat any of the stuff they grow as it’s just too toxic.

[@iambored7670]

i miss china, my grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins sm 🥲

[@SammyHangDemonofDemons]

I am pretty sure I am living with people pretending to be my family.

[@nefertiiti.777]

your cousin looks so shy but sweet. i wish her the best

[@Yanxi-s4w]

that's so sweet of you omg

[@reckonerwheel5336]

I looked up Hengshui, this "mid-size" city... Me, a Canadian, was floored that it's a 4 million population. The city I grew up in is considered "mid size" at a quarter of that population😭 Great vlog, love seeing the food, architecture, and what the residences look like.

[@iaadsi]

Same :D Czech, a mid-size city is like 50k people. Different scale.

[@dicksdrugsanddebutantes9305]

I always though my city was midsized (US) yet on the smaller side and its about 400k, but it is very close knit and community oriented

[@flimsyenthusiasm5769]

Lmao my town has 250 people in it 😅

[@Tendzinns]

I live in a typical German mid sized city. It has 125k people lmao

[@adriandomingo2011]

Hengshui is a prefecture level city that is made up of mostly farmland and is more like a county within a province. The main city/urban area within it is Taocheng, which only has 602.47 km2 (232.61 sq mi) and a population of about 600,000 people. I think when she says "small town" she's referring to Taocheng being relatively small, only 9km across in its main built up area. There's suburbs in the US that are larger than that land area, but of course a fraction of the population. Taocheng has a ton of highrises.

[@livingobject]

I love these videos because they show that people across countries have so much in common than they differ.

[@AnimeFreakpz]

I want to live in this kind of peaceful like lifestyle 😭❤️

[@annabelle5931]

i went to china this summer too and this series is soso real ahhhh makes me miss it and wanna go back already :,)

[@aidanschram9652]

Same here. Went for the first time with my wife who is from China, I miss it so much. The US feels so plain and boring in comparison

[@warumbel]

Every vlog about China features food. Eating, buying, smelling, reviewing food. Chinese people sure love their food.

[@oborotsuki6sai]

Because it’s good!

[@kidkieran77]

I have lived in China for 6 years and really love the small ordinary towns. There's a great pace to life in China which is both calm yet happening that only those who have been there know. Got to try the 米雪 ice cream you got. I normally just go for the 2 RMB one

[@user-nn7hj8nc6c]

”蜜雪“🍦

[@kidkieran77]

@@user-nn7hj8nc6c Yessss I was typing quickly and forgot. I had been out of China a while when I typed that and just clicked first option when I clicked on my chinese keyboard.

[@iivyu]

this video made me look forward to my trip back to china even more!! im excited to go exploring around my parents hometowns and reconnect with relatives

[@Official3CHEESE]

HI MILLIE! Your videos are always super inspirational whether theyre school or vacation vlogs, tysm for continuing to post regardless of your busy schedule 🫶🏼

[@AlaindeeptravelinChina]

Thank you for this video! It's akways pleasing to see a country that developped so much keeping traditional culture and heritages I love to show to people. More people has to get to know the country. ❤❤❤

[@suupi22]

keeping traditional culture and heritage? i have to LOL at that.

[@kyle0091000]

@@suupi22At least they have “traditional culture and heritages” to begin with and to preserve, unlike white people residing in North America, Canada and USA - they created cultural genocides to aboriginals / First Nations and stole their land (LOL to that 🙄). You must be ignorant and stupid enough to think that a single vlog, mainly focusing on eating and grocery stores, can somehow capture China’s traditional culture and heritage in one go - the isn’t a historical documentary video, you forgot to add a T and a D in your KZbin name (sTuupiD22).

[@suemartine5913]

China looks so fun. In the US we too have double prices (or more) but the same income. I think it’s global. Your snacks look so delicious. How do you stay thin?

[@38Lalilou]

Incomes in China are way lower than in the us lmao

[@SammyHangDemonofDemons]

It is real ingredients use and real food. Think about it like this. Meat in America has a lot of growth hormones. It makes you fat.

[@skzluvrr]

Some of these placed are literally out of a cdrama 😭😭🙏🏻❤️ I want to visit China tooo

[@lilydoingthings]

I miss china so much! The food carts for breakfast is the best.. love this vlog

[@HappyHourWithMatt]

Love the video, Millie! I am moving to China in a few weeks and am so excited!

[@nickh7342]

to be honest, your viedo give a quite relax vibe and it feels really good.btw you're so naturally pretty!

[@klikmitika3105]

So happy to see this. Thank you for sharing this, Millie Liao!

[@ksilisab8935]

Miss China so much 💔, lived in Tianjin for a year internship, thank you for your video

[@MarinClarisse]

I miss millie so I am watching all her videos

[@monsem7301]

ur vlogs make me feel so relaxed

[@p344y]

It’s not about where you live but if you are able to enjoy the small things in life.

[@pinkcichlid]

I'm so upset this video's making me crying my eyes out and I don't know why, there's nothing in it suppose to make me cry omg!! Is this effin homesickness???!!

[@girlinthelouvre]

this is the most lovely thing ever. thank you millie!

[@angelaxia2125]

How does it feel to be living my dream 🥹🥹🥹 the food and chill vibes ahh love that for you

[@aiisvids]

I love your vlogs 😭😭😭

[@Marvinova]

So relaxing and laid-back, love your videos.

[@SOGEK_NG]

Like this to let millie know that we love her❤

[@romy1331]

You’re so naturally pretty!

[@generalnguyenngocloan1700]

Your town is nice and it’s not small. I lived in a hamlet, that is smaller than a village, in upstate New York for 20 years. It only had 390 people. It was a wonderful, peaceful life in the beautiful mountains. 👍🏻

[@nikstheiks]

Bear in mind, China is a very populous country with a population of 1.4 billion. So what they consider “small” may differ from what you are used to.

[@Malie.]

This was my first time seeing one of your videos, but I really enjoyed it, especially seeing all the yummy foods ☺️ Thank you for sharing, subscribed! 💕

[@phoebeyutbt]

Incredibly wholesome and nostalgic!

[@ParagonPKC]

Some parts of Kunming and the outer rings of Beijing felt like this. I miss it alot

[@ricardoewok994]

It seemed very safe too!

[@krystopian]

Really cool preview style/format and like how it continues in the video too

[@pattie127]

lovely vlog and i love how almost 1mln people city in china is a small town haha, it would be considered big in europe!

[@mxd-1990asn]

I would like to see more of china personally , i am Half South chinese (ancestors on my Dads side is from yunnan) and half Thai. My family is a mix of thai, a few chinese and mixed with both thai+chinese relatives (including me to the mixed asian ones) who lives since generations in the Northeast of thailand already. So our relation to china is culturally almost none (most thai-chinese no matter if purely or part chinese identify as Thai and do NOT speak any chinese dialect anymore, i think this is the case for many pure ethnic and mixed asian with part chinese ancestors in southeast asia. However i have been to the south of china ONCE in my 34 years of life, i only speak thai and might understand atiny bit of Zhuang since thai and lao are tai kadai languages same as the Zhuang dialect in southern china (which is also a tai kadai language aswell) just to see how it looks like in several places there. I would like to travel again when possible (to the south parts mainly, since thats where part of my ancestors were from). Its nice to see little bit more from time to time of other parts of china anywhere on youtube. Nice video there.

[@goaticorn8702]

My first exposure to mahwa and the crunchy one looks SO MUCH like a churro it's wild.

[@miltonlai4850]

oh my gosh she is eating all the time 🤣

[@calfland79]

The 2nd 3rd tier cities in China are such a wonderful place to live. low living cost compared to north American and euro. Very safe. Good food. Convenient transportation.

[@LewisWirth]

The background sounds keep making me feel like someone knocked on the door or walks past 😂 I really want to go to china one day, its a bit lower on my list though in the sense of being able to justify a trip with ideas for original video content.

[@Arabela_a]

I'm addicted to your vlogs 😭❤

[@masterofnothing2360]

Ha, literally just got a yellow watermelon today. My mom can’t tell the difference but I think the yellow ones taste slightly like honey

[@ijk0101]

What skin care products do you use Millie, your skin looks amazing. May be do a video about this?

[@thoughtank1019]

How is the yogurt in China? Yogurt back in the 80s, when it first was mas produced in the US, was very different. It was not sweat, it tasted very raw, probably full of a more bacteria, the healthy kind. I miss it because I love natural healthy foods. By-the-way I think you didn't sleep well because of all the processed carbohydrates. They are very bad for you, maybe not so much now, but when you get older, like after your 40s.

[@inhodel]

I just came back from 2 weeks China. I am a foreign born Chinese. I do like Chinese food, but it in Shenzhen (it is considers international big city) it was just overwhelming. Chinese food everywhere....from every region or subregion there are multiple restaurant. It just got to a point that I can't take it anymore. I need my steak, my potatoes, my burgers etc. Now the funny part is, I can't live on those for too long thus I also need my rice/noodles after a few days of western food.

[@onlydbrasko]

Shenzhen is only 10% as international as HK or Shanghai when it comes to food options.

[@TsarOfRuss]

No pressure to wear makeup or fake lashes before going out !!! cool !

[@RafalMohammed170]

Girl you are so beautiful!!❤️❤️ the vlog is amazing love it✨️

[@ripmad]

Gps signals bounce off trees which will cause inaccuracies in any app you use.

[@gil5885]

your cousin is kind of crazy at claw machine, i don't think i've ever seen someone win anything from one lol

[@vidar100]

i remember many of the martial artists i know went to tianzing to fight and stuff..

[@81k7]

I love your China vlog

[@jeffcastaneda7010]

Great videos. Thanks! I feel I’m putting on a lot of weight just by looking at you eating so much!

[@blehkinsoph9466]

i'm sold on just that intro song alone!

[@Kaeldra3]

A relaxing watch, thank you for sharing!

[@zexiniooo]

Just came back from a trip to Fushun which is my girlfriend’s hometown, similar vibes 😊 so much good food to eat. Sadly the economy in dongbei is pretty bad but everything is so damn cheap so you gotta work and make money overseas and spend it back there

[@robertmarcus6644]

Nice to spend time with family Thats worth more than all the golld in the world!

[@lemonadedrink]

wow, hengshui is my hometown, and raoyang is my parents' hometown. nice to meet you here!

[@tthtlc]

thank you for the video and all the comments. it is my dream to go there too..but i need a guide.

[@lightluíza]

HI MILLIEEE I love ur vlogs ❤

[@MovieUniverse1212]

Hengshui for China is probably small but for most of the countries it is a larger city.

[@MovieUniverse1212]

Dang it, you like to eat haha.

[@meiyee6424]

loved the vibes in this video

[@evelynyang3395]

omg i was wondering why all the food is so nostalgic and it’s bc i also grew up in hebei 😭 miss it a lot

[@MidnightStorm4990]

Damn..... I went to china last year summer and I got the "1 year ago today" of the pictures that I took during my time there. Just like you I ate sooooo many different types of fruits it was actually mad lmaoo

[@ManuelDornbusch]

OMG I am reading "Crying in H Mart" too *waving from Germany*

[@healinghearts24]

I really miss living in China

[@user-hu1fv5bw7s]

i miss china so much, thank you for this video

[@dondang9095]

youtube algo was cooking with this one; love the music

[@Marvinova]

Accompany with the pupil, reminiscing about my own school time.

[@sana-gq2ur]

i just discovered your channel and i'm in love ❤

[@edwardleecaliforniausa]

Hi Millie happy Thursday night to you and I enjoy your channel and you are amazing supporter

[@Erinoku]

millieee where is your black bag from its so cute

[@JobHunting-w1c]

ah china ~ my homeland that i never really got to visit in depth

[@rook1196]

Small town Hengshui prefecture? population 4.4M. The metro population of Detroit is 4.4M. Asia is just different.

[@mrjourney4347]

2:07 I like those snacks

[@justicerules1373]

Millie, your breakfast seems delicious ❤!

[@lemivlog]

yayyy new vloggg

[@ckv017]

I love your videos! And I can't wait for more Yale vids!!!!

[@ranulf8477]

A "small town" always means a giant city with some 10 million people in it.

[@spehropefhany]

Coming from Shenzhen though- a first-tier mega-city though, and super-modern. I loved the 'room service' delivery robots that take the elevator up to your room with whatever you ordered online.

[@theoakhills]

9:12 adorable......💕

[@swenja761110]

Did you visit the Hengshui school which is famous in the country for its relentless style of teaching?

[@starvingrtist8714]

Wow... what a journey!

[@JeredtheShy]

It's always ugly to see what large city people think "small" towns are. That town has a train station and the downtown core is high rise apartments. 4 million people live there. That town is not "small". But they only understand huge cities where most people struggle. It's like a disease.

[@shawnchi95]

0:57 “老再还坐着呢😡到了“ JUMPSCARE

[@araindiscretion]

i have that exact gudetama shirt omg!!! it's cute that u cut it

[@daryltantan]

This ‘small town’ of Hengshui has a population of more than 4 million 😅 Small indeed….

[@tomc878]

Being to Shangha, Hangzhou and Suzhou, China few times in 2010's, it's way too over populated for me to consider visiting other big or small cities in China.

[@middlekingdomproductions]

nice chilled out vlog 😁

[@FarewelI]

This is so nostalgic

[@memoobaba]

damn my grandparents were from hengshui this was back in 1930s

[@shalomwilfred644]

Love your vlogs..ALOT

[@bibiworm]

I need to go back to China in secrecy so that I can enjoy all the savory food. Last time I went back, my mom forbid me from dining out al all...😢

[@verykeen2please]

Dont think i ever so seen so many plastic wrappers

[@PeterPutter-f9i]

Hahaha girl with the beers hahaha that is awesome

[@daffyduck4195]

A video about a little girl eating lunch.

[@rose_flower97]

Do you have any fun activities to suggest to people that visit china for the first time?

[@luna498-h5z]

Watching this vlog makes me miss my hometown lol