The ledger of scavengers during the financial crisis: earning one yuan from 50 mineral water bottles

In recent days, the stock market has been growing continuously, and many investors have broken free. Some people feel that the financial crisis has finally passed and the economy has begun to recover. When the reporter came to the scavengers who were greatly affected last year yesterday, they still heard complaints from them that business was difficult to do and they could only support their families.

They live in the lower classes of the city, and apart from collecting waste, they are hardly remembered by urbanites - they are the scavengers in Xi'an. Many people have expressed that the financial crisis has passed and the economy has begun to recover, but when reporters visited the "Shaanbei Village" near Xujiawan in the northern suburbs, they still lamented the difficulty of doing business…

In recent days, the stock market has been growing continuously, and many investors have broken free. Some people feel that the financial crisis has finally passed and the economy has begun to recover. When the reporter came to the scavengers who were greatly affected last year yesterday, they still heard complaints from them that business was difficult to do and they could only support their families.

The scavenger grows his own loofah

Yesterday afternoon, the reporter arrived at Xujiawan Village and found a residential area for scavengers in the northern suburbs, located to the east of the village. Just like the name of the scavenger, their place of residence is a relatively desolate part of the village. Apart from some vacant land and lotus roots, the most eye-catching feature of this residential area is a natural green barrier formed by a row of loofahs, which isolates the place where scavengers live from the outside world.

After the reporter's interview, it was learned that these loofahs were planted by scavengers in the landlord's land. With these loofahs, they can reduce the cost of buying groceries. In the words of a scavenger, "If we can save when we go out, let's save.

Passing through the loofah field, the reporter saw rows of makeshift houses built with old bricks and broken tiles, as well as over a dozen pedal powered tricycles. The yard is very messy, with bottles, cardboard boxes and other items piled up everywhere. There are also some broken sofas across from the house, which the scavengers said they also collected. As it was lunch break, there were many people in the yard, some chatting, some playing chess, and children playing on the old sofa in the yard.

Entering the depths of the courtyard, the reporter saw a familiar face and everyone smiled at each other. This person was * Guochen, whom the reporter had seen at a waste collection station in Xujiawan Village before coming to this village. When I saw * Guochen, he was delivering goods to a scrap purchasing station, wearing dirty clothes and a straw hat, looking both thin and old. At this moment, he appeared much younger.