Qimao pen name: Yiyuan LL; pen name outside Qimao: Yiyuan
Javier, a craftsman in his fifties from the mountainous Arequipa region of Peru, has spent over thirty years making alpaca-wool handicrafts. With sales limited, he's never been able to give his family a better life, much less help the people of Campo Village escape poverty. He deeply reveres the traditional craft he learned, yet feels helpless in the face of reality.
After recovering from a serious illness, Yin Xia, a Chinese woman who once worked as a tour guide in Latin America, refuses to let her entrepreneurial dream fade. She travels to Arequipa to research sources of alpaca-wool products, hoping to bring them to China and establish an import and sales chain. But the results of her research are disappointing, forcing her to give up. Then, more than a year later, the two little alpaca dolls she bought on the streets of Arequipa unexpectedly bring her an order for a thousand. Thus begins her fateful connection with Javier's family, who live in the distant Andes village of Campo.