"Hi, everyone, I'm Sister Xia!" Facing the camera, Sister Xia's opening was natural and relaxed.

There is no exquisite makeup and hair, no glamorous clothes, no high-end stoves, and no expensive ingredients. Sister Xia from northern Shaanxi, who is cooking a firewood-fired pot of rice in front of the cave, has a round face and a friendly smile.

In the simple and touching pictures, shaved pork ribs noodles, fried pork with garlic sprouts, braised pork elbows, crystal skin jelly, braised rice noodle soup, grilled lamb chops...the dishes from farmers in northern Shaanxi can't help but warm the hearts of people in front of the screen. Follow Sister Xia

The family members said "Mengxiangli" together.

In front of the cave house, some tomatoes, onions and peppers for home consumption are grown on half an acre of land. The yard is surrounded by a homemade wooden fence. Several sieves and baskets woven from red willow branches are neatly placed in the corner. A docile rhubarb

The dog lay under the table in the center of the yard, basking in the sun leisurely.

From an ordinary farm woman to a gourmet internet celebrity with 6 million fans, "facing the loess" and "backing against the mountains", her simplicity is like a breath of fresh air. This is Sister Xia from northern Shaanxi's own philosophy of happiness.

1 I feel happy when my family loves to eat the food I cook. Sister Xia’s real name is Wang Min and her nickname is Xia Xia. She is an authentic native of northern Shaanxi.

Born in Zhidan County, Yan'an City, Shaanxi Province in 1987, she was able to cook since she was a child.

“The first time I cooked was when I was 12 years old. My mother was working outside and didn’t come home very late at night. My brothers and sisters were really hungry, so I steamed a pot of rice and we ate it deliciously with kimchi.

My mother came back and praised me for growing up and taking care of others. I was very happy at that time. "That was Sister Xia's first understanding of happiness.

As the second eldest child in the family, with her elder brother away from home all year round, Sister Xia took on the important task of taking care of her younger siblings very early on.

At that time, their family lived in the town for the convenience of going to school. During the day, their parents did farm work in a village 40 miles away. The task of cooking fell on the shoulders of the young sister Xia.

Every day after school at noon, she was always the first to rush out of the classroom and the last to come back before class in the afternoon. Later, the teachers found out that this little girl was rushing home to cook for her younger brothers and sisters.

In order to take care of her brother's mood, she tried to make the noodles in various ways every day, sometimes adding some bacon, sometimes adding some lard, adding some spicy food today, and adding some soy sauce tomorrow.

She said that now, her skills in developing sauces and innovating dishes were all developed bit by bit back then.

From then on, cooking was no longer a job for Sister Xia, but also a heavy love and responsibility for her family.

"I don't feel tired. I feel very satisfied when I see my brothers and sisters eating the delicious food I cooked." She said with a smile.

2 "Everyone likes to watch real-life photos." In May 2019, when her husband Chen Lang, who likes to surf the Internet, was browsing short videos on his mobile phone, he suddenly thought of his wife who was good at cooking and the meals at home that were always praised by the neighbors, so he registered.

account.

"Why don't you try taking pictures of Xia Xia's cooking process? Everyone will definitely like to see it!" Chen Lang did as he said.

So he called Sister Xia's younger brothers and sisters, a few people, a DV, and a computer, and the small "studio" of "Sister Xia from Northern Shaanxi" was established.

Sister Xia is responsible for appearing on camera, her husband and brother are responsible for shooting and editing, and her younger sister helps with farm work.

"Cooking, farming, feeding pigs, whatever you do, you just take pictures of our daily real life." Chen Lang said.

At the beginning, no one had any experience, and it would take seven or eight hours to shoot a video.

"If you don't get it right once, you'll have to do it again. Sometimes it's dark after you finish the meal." Sister Xia said.

The filming is complete, but editing is also a problem.

Chen Lang, who graduated from junior high school, had no experience in this area. "I saw editing software available on the Internet, so I downloaded it. I followed the instructions and tried each function one by one, and I slowly got a feel for it." Chen Lang said with a blushing face.

In the camera, Sister Xia also changed from being nervous and nervous at the beginning to becoming more natural.

Washing vegetables, preparing ingredients, blanching, stir-frying, coloring... Under Sister Xia's friendly explanation, each process was carried out quickly and neatly on the operating table in the yard in an orderly manner.

"Now we basically just have a one-way shoot. After everyone has dinner, we edit the film in the evening, and sometimes the video can be released on the same day." Chen Lang said.