How did hiring someone to press a pig image during Chinese New Year become a top trend?

[Not a super-rich person + genuine homesickness + laughter mixed with tears + internet darling]
In January 2026, Xu An squatted on the top of a dilapidated red brick wall, looking at two pigs waiting to be slaughtered and feeling worried.
The once vast Xujia Village is now only inhabited by the elderly, the weak, the sick, and the disabled.
"Food is provided, all you can eat. Could two people come and lend a hand?"
In the video, he was wearing a faded old cotton-padded jacket, and his eyes held a cautious expectation.
This scene pierced the hearts of countless wanderers.
And then, a miracle happened.
Migrant workers in Shenzhen shed tears, executives in Beijing drove off, and bloggers in Xinjiang took off overnight.
They did it for no other reason than to help this clumsy young man from Henan keep that hot pot of stewed pork.
When luxury cars clog mountain roads, when drones light up the night sky, when lonely elderly people left behind are surrounded by countless warm embraces...
Xu Ancai realized that he wasn't killing pigs, but the grievances in this messed-up life; he wasn't shaking people, but the still-warm blood in this indifferent world!
Xu An: "I...I just wanted to make Grandpa happy."
The entire internet was moved to tears: "Stop talking! We'll drink this whole bowl of pork stew!"
(Friendly reminder: Please prepare tissues, this book might make you cry a little, and you might also need a lot of rice.)