Scavenger's ledger under the financial crisis: 50 mineral water bottles earn a dollar
They live at the bottom of the city. Apart from collecting waste products,
they are hardly remembered by urban people - they are the scavengers in Xi'an.
Many people said that the financial crisis had passed and the economy began to
recover, but when the reporter visited the "Northern Shaanxi village" near
xujiawan in the northern suburbs, they still lamented that business was
difficult to do
In recent days, the stock market has been growing continuously, and many
investors have broken the rules. Some people say that the financial crisis is
finally over and the economy has begun to recover. When reporters came to the
scavengers who were greatly affected last year yesterday, they still heard
complaints that business is difficult and can only support their families.
Scavengers grow their own loofahs
Yesterday afternoon, the reporter came to xujiawan village. To the east of
the village, the reporter found a residential area of scavengers in the northern
suburb. Just like the name of the scavenger, the place where they live is the
desolate place of the village. In addition to some open space and lotus root
land, what attracts people's attention in this residential area is the natural
green barrier formed by a row of loofahs, which separates the place where
scavengers live from the outside world.
After the interview, the reporter learned that these towel gourds were
planted by scavengers in the landlord's land. With these towel gourds, they can
reduce the cost of buying vegetables. In the words of a scavenger, "let's go out
and save if we can".
Through the towel gourd field, the reporter saw rows of simple houses built
with old bricks and broken tiles, as well as more than a dozen pedal tricycles.
The yard is very messy. Bottles and cartons are stacked everywhere. There are
some broken sofas opposite the house. The scavengers say they also collected
them. Because it was lunch break, there were many people in the yard, some
chatting, some playing chess, and the children were playing on the shabby sofa
in the yard.
Walking into the depths of the courtyard, the reporter saw a familiar face
and everyone smiled at each other. His name was * Guochen. He was seen at a
waste purchase station in xujiawan village before the reporter came to the
village. When he saw the minister, he was delivering goods to a waste collection
station. He was wearing dirty clothes and a straw hat. He looked thin and old.
At this time, he looked much younger.
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