Recently, after the broadcast of the second season of "Little Devils Are Home" Li Julou's family program, it caused a huge response in the society. The strong and sensible appearance of the protagonist Li Julou has touched many viewers in front of the TV set, and the problems of left-behind children and poverty alleviation reflected in the program have also been paid attention to by relevant departments. Everyone is running to help Li Julou's family, so that this harsh winter also has a strong warmth.
On the other hand, during the filming of this program, Ren Weihua, the executive director of "Little Devil Is Home", who was in close contact with Li Julou's family, was also deeply affected and deeply touched, and had deep feelings for this family that had suffered a lot but was determined and optimistic, and recorded what he saw and heard as this choreographer's note.
So, what memorable stories have happened behind the filming of the show, and what kind of mood does the choreographer have about it? Let's take a look at it through the choreographer's notes...
Zongla Village, Jiache Township, Honghe County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, is a place with extremely beautiful natural scenery that people will remember when they go there. And what I am worried about is not the legendary terraces and the long table feast of the sea of clouds, but the simple fellows, the three kind children.
Before coming here, I was full of doubts, because my communication with the protagonist Li Julou was not very smooth, and whether the story told to me by my colleagues was true or not, I had a little bottomlessness in my heart.
(Li Julou, the protagonist of this issue of "Little Devil Is Home")
When I first arrived at Red River, I spent two days on the road. Flying from Beijing to Kunming, and then taking a 6-hour ride from Kunming to Honghe County is already night. For safety reasons, the program team asked me and another colleague to come back to the child's house early the next morning. It was a long day.
The next day, we contacted the teacher who had communicated well the day before to take us down, and the teacher met with us at eight o'clock, but we didn't come out of the county town until half past ten. Because the teacher gave us a lot of advice, if there are some daily necessities and food to buy, it is recommended that I buy well in the county, after all, he also wants to purchase, which is the time that he will be willing to spend every time before going to the countryside. I bought some milk pastries for my kids and grandma, and some things that I thought my kids would need.
(The picture shows the local quick-frozen food locust, the bottom left one is the milk candy that does not know the taste, and the bottom right is the fruit tuned up)
After waiting for the teacher on the side of the road for half an hour, when he came back, the things in the teacher's trunk seemed to be a bit exaggerated, and it was really full of trunks. The teacher explained that it is the rainy season, the round-trip journey is not easy, and even in the township, there is some lack of materials, some things cannot be bought, and some things you cannot eat.
With the car window open, winding the mountain road, in the midst of spectacular terraces, I chatted with the teacher for four hours, and when I was about to reach my destination, I asked the teacher, "How many kilometers do we have from the county seat to here", and he said, "Seventy or less than eighty". I thought I heard it wrong, "We walked for more than four hours?" "Yes, because it's all winding roads."
(Red River Terraces with a snap of your hand)
When we arrived in the township, the teacher invited us to eat local specialties as a landlord, and I hoped to go to the child's house quickly, but the teacher said that I could not go today, because I had to prepare the materials for the start of school tonight, and I had to find other cars, and I had to get tomorrow morning.
Looking at the mountains stretching in the distance, I suddenly felt helpless. The child must be waiting for me, her story is like this place, calm and out of sight.
Li Julou is a 15-year-old sophomore who is two years older than her classmates because when she was seven years old, she had to drop out of school to take care of her grandmother.
Also when I was seven years old, a lot of things happened to the building - grandma suddenly fell ill and needed to be taken care of; my sister and brother who were studying outside with their parents in a foreign country suddenly returned to this home, and their mother left them, and the brother began to dislike talking to people. Therefore, one of the biggest wishes of the building to participate in the show this time is to untie the knot in his brother's heart and make him happy.
Another morning of wandering and turning finally arrived at the home of the building, a deserted, gray, simple place. I met the main characters in this story, the sunny and cheerful upstairs, the grandmother lying on the low bed, the taciturn grandfather, the brother who never took the initiative to speak, the shy and enthusiastic sister. Although there are many unlucky things in them, they always have a smile on their faces and a determined look.
(The picture shows the home and appearance of the building, and the picture shows the brother, grandfather, and the building)
The life of the head of the house was about to begin, she listed all the wishes of the family members, but there was no own, and when asked her, she always wanted to stop talking. I asked her to find the borrowed national costume, which she had worn for me, the clothes were small, but she could not hide her excitement from going upstairs, and this was the first time she had worn them.
(Lifting the floor to take care of Grandma)
The life of the head of the building was not smooth from the beginning, encountered all kinds of family members do not understand, even the grandfather who loves her the most blamed the building should not spend money indiscriminately, this stubborn and kind child did not explain anything, just silently shed tears.
Looking back now, the tears of lifting the building seemed to never end, she could often think of the things that made her sad, and when she faced everyone, she was a sunny and confident smile.
(The picture shows the room of the building and the room where the building is raised will quietly hide in the room when it encounters grievances during the shooting)
Every day in the building is full and busy, at home she is the pillar, feeding pigs, herding cattle, chopping firewood, cooking, planting, harvesting crops, taking care of grandma, running everything in the family, from the age of seven to fifteen.
(The picture shows the film crew following the upstairs to cut firewood, encountering thunderstorms on the way)
I asked, "Would you like to go home during the holidays?" I didn't even think about it, "I was still quite homesick when I was in school." Although it was easy to go to school, I didn't have to do housework, and I didn't have the pressure of life, but I couldn't rest assured that my grandparents were older and less physical than before. ”
Hearing such an answer, my feelings are more complicated, I seem to be talking to a peer, I can't imagine if I would have such courage and responsibility if I were put in such an environment.
I will always remember the little light on the mountain when I accompanied my grandfather up the mountain to collect chickens at night, and I will never forget a fifteen-year-old girl carrying 40 pounds of firewood on foot, and the basket of firewood was difficult for the boys in our program group to carry. Life gives this child infinite power, but as a parent, I don't want my child to bear that.
(The program team staff tried to carry the firewood cut back from the building)
Stepping out of the house, in the school building, is also a good student who is excellent in all aspects. Excellent grades, strong management skills, no matter how naughty the students can hold. The teacher said that the students in the class were afraid of her, and we could read the respect that the students of the building had for Li Julou, the big sister, and the class cadres.
On that day, because of his mistakes, he took the initiative to resign as the class leader, and the whole class silently raised their hands together and chose her as the class leader again. He did not explain that he was making clothes for his brother, did not explain that he had to do too many things in a limited time, but simply said "I am not doing well."
(Lifting the building at the theme class meeting can't help but shed tears)
In the theme class meeting held by the teacher for lifting the building, the students in the class knew for the first time about the life of the building, and the building said, I will not enter the world of compassion, and it is also this stubborn sentence that makes me realize that the small shoulder of the building has already carried my dream and life.
Before the end of the shooting, this girl brought us too much thinking and new understanding of herself, but our ending may not be satisfactory.
We went up the hill with us, we went downstairs with her, we cried with her, we laughed around her. We help her understand her brother, help her brother, and learn from her inner longing, and in the end we find that there is a fragile desire behind the strong heart of the building, which is the desire for maternal love and the expectation of warmth. But we can't fulfill this wish. What we can do is to help lou lou realize her wishes during her tenure, and then help her paint a portrait of her mother.
(Portrait of the mother in the building)
On that day, the building got the portrait of her mother and cried bitterly, the appearance of the mother from the beginning to the end of the building was very vague, about one year old, began to live with her grandparents, seven years old she waited for the news of the family's fragmentation, waited for the depressed brother and bedridden grandmother.
She told her sister during the recording that she wanted to know what her mother looked like. But there was no way we could bring her mother to her, because that mother was already very strange. We gave a portrait to The Building, and afterwards told me that the portrait may not be very similar to her mother, but this is exactly what she wants, because she wants to paint her mother in her mind, and the circle is the desire for the image of her mother in her heart.
(Group photo of the family and the host Huo Xiaolei)
(Group photo of family and psychological expert Bai Yanyi)
When I walked out of the Red River, I talked about this place with a few colleagues, and everyone would say that they would come back; some people would never forget the unforgettable hardships of work, some people cherished the magnificent beauty of the Red River Terraces, and if I came back, it must be because I wanted to see the stubborn girl and want to witness her realize her dreams.
Author: Ren Weihua, executive director of "Little Devil Is Home"
Edit: Lin Yin
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