Your art style works really well in portraying fairy tales. It's hard to explain but the black lines you use through out the piece really give it a soft but dark edge that really evokes a feeling of mystery with a twist of the sinister. (A good piece of work always makes me wonder "What's just beyond those trees?" Which yours does) So you should definitely work with it more... Time permitting of course.

When it comes to the village... Yeah that is a tough call. On one hand it's a shame they have to live that way to get by. But on the other hand they would have equal or greater hardships trying to get by in China's competitive marketplace as well. And they have free choice to be there (At least seemingly so.) so that makes it a little better. Not that I'm saying it's right that any human being should be put on display to survive. But yeah over all it's a really tough call, definite food for thought.