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    WHEN FORTUNE SMILES

    Oct 01, 2020 5 minutes
     By Li Yifan
    Copyedited by Sudeshna Sarkar

    The truck, laden with farm produce and baskets of raw silk cocoons, was ready to leave. The driver started the engine and Qin Yongfu, standing in front of his two-story house, waved goodbye to him. Soon the truck vanished on the new concrete road, leaving the village of Zhadong behind.

    The mountainous village, located in the city of Hechi in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, south China, is an important silkworm base today. It has a history of planting mulberry and raising silkworms for over 470 years.

    Qin has been in this industry for 17 years. Before the concrete road came up, selling the silkworm cocoons used to be challenging.

    Finding a way

    Zhadong is a picturesque village but living there was tough in the past. Surrounded by mountains,

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