{"id":5869,"date":"2020-08-31T14:55:37","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T13:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.jomec.co.uk\/life360\/?p=5869"},"modified":"2020-09-18T17:33:59","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T16:33:59","slug":"the-families-of-rural-workers-people-excluded-from-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/the-families-of-rural-workers-people-excluded-from-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"The families of rural workers: people excluded from cities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It is a matter of course that parents accompany their children as they grow up; however, there is a group in China that must pay a high price to make it happen. What challenges are they facing?  <\/em><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jun Zhou just got home at 9:30 pm. His 7-year-old son, LingLing, is ready to go to bed. He sits in front of his son\u2019s bed and tells him today’s bedtime story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the end of the story, his son looks at him and says. “Dad, when can we go to the amusement park and go to the park to ride a bicycle? You promised me last week, but you did not keep your word!” Lingling asks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jun kisses him and promises to go with him to do what he wants to do and to buy his favorite Spider-Man toy for his birthday next month. The son nods happily, closes his eyes and falls asleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jun is a bus driver in Guiyang, a big city in southwestern China. Due to the particularity of his job, he must leave home at 6 am and return home at 9 pm every day. The company stipulates that employees must work at least 16 days a month. In order to earn more money, he worked 27 days last month. Jun only gets 30 minutes to spend with both his wife and son together before he must go to sleep. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We do hope that our child will have a bright future. Hence, I must work very hard to afford the high living expenses and the child\u2019s tuition fees in the city,\u201d said Jun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to buying milk and fruit for Lingling to supplement his nutrition, Jun also spends a lot of money on his education. Lingling is going to primary school this year but the admission fee is very expensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMe and my wife work all day and have to send Lingling to daycare after school. It is 1,000 yuan (120 pounds) a month, “Says Jun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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