Chili peppers are free...Fake social media videos help them avoid being swept away
Dec 01, 2025
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According to CCTV and other Chinese media, residents of Liu Jia Gou Village in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, recently witnessed dozens of strangers picking at will in the village's pepper field.
They watched a video clip showing that they were going to get rid of chili peppers for free" he insisted.
When I checked the SNS video in question, a man said "There is a pepper field of tens of thousands of pyeong in Ryugia Gou Village, and anyone who picks it is the owner" The farmer spent 30,000 yuan (about 6 million won) to hire workers, but he only earned 18,000 yuan (about 3.6 million won) even if he sold peppers." However, this was not true, and in reality, several small farms were growing their own peppers.
A damaged pepper field owner, identified only by his surname Yang, said he grew about 40,000 pyeong of peppers and was looking for a seller.
He stopped strangers, saying he had never distributed peppers for free, but to no avail.
Eventually, the police were dispatched to explain the situation to outsiders.
Some left the harvested peppers behind, while others left them on vehicles or motorcycles.
According to police investigation, the video was a simple rumor, and the video publisher was soon identified and detained.
He was sentenced to detention on the 7th, and agreed with farmers to pay 5,000 yuan (about 1 million won).
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
