she went to work in the city of guilin, a two-hour drive away. there she met her husband.after their son. >> ( translated ): my grandpa is getting so old now. my dad, too. there is no one at home who can do laundry. every holiday i take all the clothes, sheets, shoes, comforter, wash them really clean and store them away. and then i go back to guilin. >> narrator: yang haiyan's life has been defined by her mother's disappearance 18 years ago. >> ( translated ): when i was very little, about two, my mother was doing part-time work in guilin, and she was tricked. this human trafficker asked her to go to a cotton factory in the north, saying it had better pay. and she was kidnapped and sold. because of what happened to my mom there was a lot of gossip in the village. people don't want my mom back. to them, this is a huge disgrace. it's like the saying: "children without a mother have to grow up fast." áu >> ( translated ): i have a dream. it's to find mom and bring her back. j once i get her back, i'll never let her leave again. >> narrator: we returned to china in 2006, and