Li Ziqi impresses millions with her videos,

李子琪用視頻打動了無數人。

where she makes seemingly everything from scratch

在那裡，她從頭到尾做了很多東西

with her own two hands,

用她自己的雙手。

from dying a dress with fresh grape juice

鮮汁染衣

to fashioning traditional lipstick from roses in her garden

在她的花園裡用玫瑰花製作傳統口紅。

to foraging on horseback

走馬觀花

in order to prepare

以備

one exquisite meal

佳餚

after another.

一個又一個。

She has some 50 million fans in China

她在中國擁有約5000萬粉絲

and another 8 million overseas,

和另外800萬海外。

but she remains a mystery to many of them.

但她對很多人來說仍然是個謎。

In her videos,

在她的視頻中。

she doesn't speak,

她不說話。

and she rarely gives interviews.

而她很少接受採訪。

But now,

但現在

she's ready to open up to us.

她已經準備好向我們敞開心扉了。

To find Li,

要找李。

we had to travel to rural Sichuan Province in southwestern China,

我們不得不前往中國西南部的四川省農村。

where she grew up.

她長大的地方。

Li grew up with her grandparents here.

小李從小跟爺爺奶奶在這裡長大。

She says she came to live with them

她說她是來和他們一起生活的

after her stepmother mistreated her.

在她的繼母虐待她之後。

But they were poor,

但他們很窮。

so when she turned 14, Li went to work in the city.

所以14歲那年，小李就進城打工了。

In 2012, she decided to return to the countryside

2012年，她決定回鄉發展

to take care of her grandmother.

照顧她的奶奶。

Four years later, she started filming her life there.

四年後，她開始拍攝她在那裡的生活。

The dishes she prepares range from a single condiment

她製作的菜品從單一的調味品到

to elaborate multi-course meals.

精心製作多道菜的餐點。

But whatever she makes,

但無論她做什麼。

she leaves no stone unturned,

她不遺餘力，不遺餘力。

going as far as raising baby ducklings

拔苗助長

just to make a sauce out of salted duck eggs.

只是為了把鹹鴨蛋做成醬料。

Some joke that she's brought

她帶來的一些笑話

a whole new meaning to the phrase “from scratch.”

"從頭開始 "這個詞有了全新的含義。

Some of her other recipes are wholly original.

她的其他一些食譜完全是原創的。

In one video, she uses magnolia flowers to make pastries

在一個視頻中，她用玉蘭花來做糕點。

and even deep-fries the flowers themselves.

甚至自己炸花。

Apart from food,

除了食物。

she's also known for her videos demonstrating traditional crafts,

她還以展示傳統工藝的視頻而聞名。

like building this bamboo furniture set,

像打造這套竹子傢俱。

which she says was inspired by

她說這是受

one of her grandfather's old benches.

她祖父的一箇舊長椅。

Li's stylized depictions of rural life

農村生活的描寫

stand out in China's ultra competitive field of online videos.

在中國競爭激烈的網絡視頻領域脫穎而出。

The market has become lucrative,

市場已經變得有利可圖。

estimated to be worth $6.5 billion.

估計價值65億美元。

Li's pensive and ethereal take

李國慶的沉思與空靈的取捨

has struck a chord with young people

引起了年輕人的共鳴

hustling in China's big cities.

在中國的大城市裡忙忙碌碌。

But Li is not without controversy.

但李國慶並非沒有爭議。

Some viewers have been skeptical of her claim

有觀眾對她的說法表示懷疑

that she started as a one-woman band.

她是以單人樂隊的形式開始的。

Two years ago,

兩年前。

Li posted a behind-the-scenes video to refute those claims.

李國慶發佈了一段幕後視頻，反駁了這些說法。

Li says she now works with one videographer

小李說，她現在和一個攝像師合作。

and one assistant,

和一名助理。

but she's still the one calling the shots.

但她仍然是一個發號施令。

We weren't able to verify these claims

我們無法核實這些說法

because we were not allowed to observe Li filming.

因為我們不允許觀察李先生拍攝。

But today,

但今天。

three years after she first picked up the camera,

在她第一次拿起相機的三年後。

Li is one of China's most successful online video makers.

李先生是中國最成功的網絡視頻製作人之一。