For Jisi Lazuo, the torch festival in her village in southwest China should be a celebration involving colorful ethnic clothes and eating freshly slaughtered pig.
Instead, it's a time of stress.
"In my heart I always get worried when the torch festival comes along," said Jisi, 37, who supports a family of two grandparents and four children.
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