Hats off to the Dad and Mom who in spite of the low financial condition is trying their level best to provide education for his children. Salute to Fuman and Fumei who though being young children understood their family situation and do their best to study hard and helping with household chores. Kisses to the Fuxing and the beautiful baby. Blessings to the whole family 🙏🙏

Hats off to dad and the kids for prioritizing education. I do pray they will be successful.

The eldest daughter is so well spoken and seems very bright, if only she could focus on her studies without having to starve herself in the evenings to get by...

It’s nice that they an update on this kid and I wish the best for him and his family!

It's pretty hard to do well in school when you are constantly hungry. She tries so hard and this barrier is not her fault. It's awful some teachers are accusing her of not working hard.

I've been following this family since the 'ice boy' video went viral. I'm so glad to see and watch their update. Wishing them all the best, and I hope their adorable white dog gets a longer leash huhu

it's so heartbreaking hearing how the eldest daughter can endure so much. i have only sincere hope for her success in life

All the money that was generated from using him in videos and images and still, barely any of it has actually gone to him and his family. Actually shameful.

Watching this brings up so many feelings I can’t express. my ancestors, my parents both grew up in separate rural conditions like these. my mom in the mountains grew up farming potatoes, herding sheep, living in mud cave structures with 4 siblings walking an hr to school. My dads hometown is full of community of ppl that have known each other for generations its where I spent holidays and summers visiting my cousins but I am the only person in my family out of my cousins that grew up in the city and also immigrated to Canada as a kid. Both my parents are the youngest of the family and the only ones to go to college and live in the city so they were better off. It just makes me reflect on how unbelievably privileged I am all due to the sacrifices and hard work of my parents and grandparents. I feel guilty of having such city hands, I live on a farm in the city, very privileged but I don’t have these skills that my ancestors have had for generations. This is not a very eloquent reflection but I just feel a sense of connection bc this should be me if it weren’t for my parents education. I’m in such awe of ppl in these circumstances. 90% of the population could not endure what they do everyday and everything they do is important compared to our excessively comfortable lives in the west in comparison.

Thank you for letting mom explain her life. I was sincerely concerned she had been trafficked.

I get if her classmates wants to put her down, but her teacher, putting her down is just downright disgusting.

I really hope the oldest daughter and son do really well in their education and both get high paying jobs so they can get their whole family out of the situation they are in.

I'm not the kind of guy that believe in hand out, but for education, I believe it should be accessible to every one, and if the poor can't afford it, then it should be subsidized for them. Education is the only road to break away from poverty.

As the 2 older kids become older, the disparity between families that "have" and "have not" becomes obvious and life challenges become real for them, eg, skipping a meal because she didn't have enough money. When she shared about being at the bottom of her class, I feel for her. How do we even explain to a teenager that poverty is causing her to directly and indirectly not score well in exams? This vicious cycle won't be solved by a teenager like her. The hunger she has to endure, the lack of perspective she has to face because her parents are not highly educated and the lack of resources/know who/ opportunities she must faced because they "have not". The only consolation is the determination of her father to keep his children in school/uni as long as they want. For this, bravo to the father!

Very painful to watch. Wish the family best of luck and health. Especially the girl. She is trying hard in school.

Fuman and Fumei stay strong 💪🏿 . I know you both are feeling a lot of pressure being the oldest but don't let that make you lose positivity. You can do ANYTHING you set your mind to. Don't rush. Move at your OWN pace ! the whole WORLD is rooting for you ! 💪🏿💪🏿❤🇯🇲❤

I think one of the reasons why she had bad scores is because she had to starve every night. While it's understandable, such development isn't conducive for your body and mind.

The girls teacher and classmate shocked me. How could you say that to someone, a kid, that they are not working hard enough or mock their efforts, that is not how education works.

what a hard working parents...lots of love and blessing to them

I have been following the updates since the original "Ice Boy" video came out. Fuman is so big now! I guess I can't really judge their family by just a few videos, but I feel really sad to see how both of them said that they have become quieter over the years. The eldest daughter had to really save and skip dinner and eat less, as well as having to take care of her younger siblings when she comes back from school (which rarely happens) really broke my heart. I really hope they all grow up to be really successful so that the family can break out of poverty. The fact that she said she only survives only like US$1.40 a day had me so shocked because where I live you need at least US$3 to get a proper meal and all.

can't believe that it's been 5 years already since the original video was filmed! wish there was a charity organization that raises awareness and help these people in dire situations through crowdfunding. maybe i can start one one day soon!

Likely, the girl wasn't doing well in school due to hunger. It's difficult to study with a growling stomach. When I'm hungry, all I can think about is food. And if I don't eat, I get light headed, tired, and grouchy. I'm glad that the dad gave her more money this time.

Thanks for this short film. I wish the best to the Ice Boy and his wonderful family.

So happy they're doing better now. I hope their entire situation gets a turn for the better. The kids should keep studying so they can provide for the family in the future and also build one for themselves when the time comes. Wish them all the best 🥰🥰

I appreciate the updates on how they are doing. If there is a fund available for the girl to eat better, I will donate to it. She deserves to not starve herself.

5:03 I feel like so many parents do this (impoverished or not), where they project their childhood wounds onto their own children and then make poor parenting choices thinking they can heal vicariously. Realistically, how does a 2 year old provide company for a 16 year old?? The older kids themselves say as they grew up they talked less, so its clearly not fixing the "loneliness" the mom thinks they have. The older daughter is having to go without food because of how expensive it is to care for the 2 younger children and its almost making her going to highschool pointless because of how bad her grades have gotten as a result. The mom seems selfish to waste the supporters money on her wanting to have more kids. Instead of it going to the kids she already had to help get the whole family out of poverty, it was all spent on the babies for years. Now people supporting them are stopping, and its possible they may not be able to afford to send the son at all when his time comes, when thats what they went viral for. It seems like such a waste that after all this they may end up in the exact same economic situation.

Love how he n his family transformed their life’s ,,,really didn’t take any opportunity for granted!❤

Thank you for this update 💜

We salute the Father & the Mother. Father staying at home, seeing the eldest & second eldest growing up. He din't go to big city to work at construction or at factory. He stay wil the blessing they have potato farm, cow & sheep etc. Yes the price of potato is very low but don't abandone the farm. Salute also to the beautyful Mother of four kids. Sad to hear that you are alone in growing up. Big Love to your departed grandma for taking care of you. To the four childrens, study hard & gave love to your parent every day.

I wish the family luck and health ❤❤❤

Thanks for the follow up. Life is still hard and even harder because of the pandemic. Lots of people have been affected by the pandemic, some much more than others. I understand why the mother had more children. I remember I worked with a girl who was an only child and she said she loved it. However, when she got older, she wished she did have a siblings especially she said bc her parents are getting older and that she was the only one responsible and wished she had siblings that would help.

I remember the original video about China's Ice Boy. Out of curiosity I googled it, and was surprised at what I found. According to Newsweek after the original video came out the boy was invited to study and board at a private school. After one week the pressure on the school for interviews became too great and the government had decided to use him as a tool to help eradicate poverty. The school told his father to put him back in his original school. Maybe the government put pressure on the mother to return. If it's true they are being exploited, the government should also make sure the children have enough food to eat.

I saw his vids when he was a kid walking to school at freezing temperatures. Great to see that he want to finish his studies. Thank u for this update video. ❤❤❤

They were already financially struggling to begin with and now they've had 2 more babies? That adds pressure to everyone, especially the older kids in the family who have to sacrifice their childhood to support their parents and parent their siblings... The boy's anger towards his parents is totally valid.

My big respect to his whole family. They are great people.

I would love to donate a monthly amount, where can this be possible? Its disheartening seeing them, I know my parents way back were in similar situation until we came to the states where my parents worked 365 days 12 hours a day to make sure we get fed and get ahead of our situation and after 40 years of it my dad and mom finally retired comfortably. All I can say is hard work always pays off.

Thank you for this update. I truly hope the best for them. Really put our lives in perspective. Is there a link somewhere we can donate some money to help the family?

I dont do hand outs but for some reason id really like to donate to this family. I see nothing but honest hard workers.

What a resilient family ❤

Glad to see the family is doing well!

I'm so glad you guys follow his news. I always want to see his update at least until adulthood

Thank you for the follow up report

I truly love your channel. Keep doing the best work. Such creative videos you’ve on this channel. Just subscribed.

so happy to see this update!

I don’t know if it is due to poor parental decisions but why have more kids if you can’t afford financially. This is being irresponsible. The parents can’t even take care of the young children and expects the older daughter to physically take care of them when she needs to focus on her studies and just being a kid.

Great transformation! This is not a family in poverty but rather a family through hard work is able to improve their lives, continually.

Thanks for the update.

Watching them, I can never complain about my life.

I wish the family all the very best

15:31 The contrast of traditional farming and solar farming.

What a hardworking family. But why the need for child 3 and 4 when they cannot afford so? I'll never understand this mindset.

I so often think of this. Sending him all the blessings and abundance he needs and deserves.

That’s CRAZY I was just googling him maybe 2-3 days ago wondering where he’s at now. Thank you!!’

I hope this channel pay them well for this interview. 🥰

Amazing film. Thank you SCMP.

Ice boy bigger already ..became handsome boy ❤ and happy the mother stay together and their live change to better i think

Is there a gofundme or a site that accepts donations for this family? I would love to cover the highschool tuitions for both kids.

Where is the grandma and uncle? From herding goat to herding cows this family is doing really well.hope grandma and uncle are fine as well.

One of my earliest memories were my body being tied to a tree with a meter radius of movement, toys, food, and drink were around me, my parents' sound of working from the distance taking care of our 1/2 Ha field. It's not sad things. I'm proud to be farmers' children. It's beautiful memories for me

Thank you for the update. I remember watching the first video of him traveling to school through the snow/

im am so greatfull for my parents they came all the way from nepal my mom and dad would wake up 5am to catch the bus downtown and haul groceries 2 miles down to our apartment in the winter because we didnt have a car this video makes me wanna stop thinking about the small things and just lock in.

Sometimes life is hard in China because parents need to go far to work and kids learn to take care of themselves, go to school, prepare dinner, help with chores and get plenty of sleep until tomorrow

Oh wow I remember this from 2018 I saw it on KZfaq he's such a brave boy in those freezing cold condition and look at him now he's becoming a grown young man.

This was very informative 👏

Although the financial pressures are partially self induced (with adding two more mouths to the dynamics), I believe viewers are still interested in sending financial aid directly for the family. If the producers of this video can let everyone know how to get the family help, many will support. Is there such thing as a "Go Fund Me" type of set up for them? If we can help with the two older siblings' tuition fees and food cost, not only can they be more focused with their studies and less hungry, they are more likely to succeed and resurrect from poverty.

I wish him Luck.🎉🎉🎉

Wish the best for the family. Hope the kids are successful in life later on

That little baby boy is the cutest lil chunk!! ❤❤❤❤❤

this is so upsetting… they’re doing everything they can to provide for their family but this is so sad… my heart literally breaks for Fumei at her school… no student should feel that way

This 'ice boy' had hard life in childhood, even his mom run away bcoz can't stand with poverty, just left her kids. After got social financial support, she making 2 more babies..😬

就是这样 - such is life, lived with dignity and honour. That emphasis on education, though... Beautiful!

Siste Fumei, u'r amazing. Don't give up

It’s so hard to get better education when there’s hardly any money for a tutor, it’s like you’re at an end of a road and that can be so disheartening. I feel horrible for the dad as he works so hard, without him, their dreams can’t come true. I hope they live a long life and fulfill their dreams, it’s too bad our donations don’t reach them.

Didn't a BJ school/university promised to give free tuition to the boy? What happened to that? You guys should have followed up with on this.

I hope this family happy and blessed ❤

Sending love from Philippines.

The region they live is so called high cold mountain zone ， it’s crazy cold not like most places in southern china

Glad he’s back ❤️

It’s sad that the kids feel being quiet is being mature. It’s sad seeing parents that are emotionally unavailable and the effects it has on kids growing up. Somehow they’re making the best of it..

Still tough, but they're definitely in a better spot now than before. Happy for them.

Hope some kind people can help the children complete their advanced education, such as technical school, I pray. That is only way out for the family.

They're the cornerstone that support China, I hope their life improve for the better, such as education, equipment, etc.

Glad to see the follow up story about ice boy and his family. Life isn't easy but glad to know they never stop to have a better living. And the 2 additional to their family is a blessing.

I don’t care what anyone says but it’s irresponsible for a family who’s barely getting by to have more kids. Then they dump all the responsibilities on the older ones to take care of them.

The mentality of Chinese people compared to us Indians are totally different. If you're poor in China, people would say it's the failure of the government, that's why the CCP is trying desperately to wipe out poverty once and for all. In India, if you're poor especially from the lower caste groups, people would say it's a punishment for the sins of their previous life. That's why BJP loves to keep them poor in perpetuity

I understand his situation especially after losing my mom in May 😢. Things have changed

Watching this makes me and my kids feel blessed for what we have now...our lifestyle is not as harsh as ice boy and his family.

After watching the video, I 'm feeling sad and actually getting even more worried about the future of this family.

How could I help this family financially? Any advice? I just come across this video, l am retired and live in UK. Thanks for any advice

This brought me in tears wathcing how hard the parents are working to support their childrens study fee😭😭 I hope everything will go well for fumei and fuman journey on education and I hope the parents won’t have to work like that forever

Cannot believe how much he's grown! I hope he gets to travel outside China some day and know that people still think of him and wish him well. I cried when I first saw the video of the little kid covered in ice; maybe because at the time, he looked so much like one of my nephews.

I would say he's one of the lucky ones just because he went viral, there are so many others probably just like him, but never got to be viral on the internet, this boy should count his blessings!

We know what that means, they got the allowance and town officials kept it like they did with all the donations.

Thanks!

Government regulation must has flexible clause, so when officer on the field found case like this on the field, they can offering help because has 'flexible clause' as base.

i want to donate to them so bad but I'm afraid the money is gonna be stolen from them like last time

I think it is irresponsible for them to have many children when they have no money. It is true that having children is a unique experience, but we must be thoughtful since children are our responsibility and they did not choose to be born. The oldest daughter is jeopardizing her education by taking care of her younger brother.

Keep strong honey pie. Mom and dad are doing their best❤❤❤

Im really happy to see them send their kids to school even though its so hard. You can see they want them to have a better life

To Fuman and Fumei, dream big. The world rewards the fearless and brave. I know it can be so exhausting but keep it up. Do not be discouraged, and walk through life at your own pace. To the parents, i think 4 kids is enough 😂