The evening of 31 December 2011, Shanghai, a scavengers wearing giant 
panda cartoon hat rewarding, happy to greet the arrival of the 2012 New Year. 
CFP for map (Picture) 
No one can say that the senior student of China Youth College for Political 
Huang Yibiao where changed. Familiar with his roommate and fellow students think 
it's strange, at least 
30 days, urban and rural interface in Guiyang City, the majority of houses 
are built on the hillside,nike air max 
skyline, the Huang Yibiao and dozens of year-round living here scavengers 
and eat and sleep: during the day and into the city pack rat 
this survey last summer to do the 12th Challenge Cup Huang Yibiao as the 
first author received a school for the first time awarded to undergraduate 
in the eyes of most people, picking up the same as In Huang Yibiao small, the 
parents told him teammate Tony Cheng had a curiosity, they thought the Huang 
Yibiao far in his hometown of scavengers third brother, and his group of 
friends. 
holiday to Huang Yibiao did not go to state-owned enterprises practice, but 
to return home to find these people. 
drinking, and playing mahjong into the scavengers group 
Huang Yibiao came adjacent to the garbage scavengers gathering place. 
knocked on the door of the third brother, is a mess, and the accumulation of 
a large number of too late to deal with waste in the corner, pots and pans we 
should all put on to pick the water every time it rains. Huang Yibiao know that 
the program wasted sitting at a table for in-depth interviews. Hear the third 
brother with the laughing gas of rivers and lakes, the use of swearing and 
neighborhood conversation, he immediately realized that if they play the role of 
a scholar must be a rarity, let alone depth interviews, the exchange is afraid 
to have a diaphragm. 
third brother with him and the opposite neighbors say hello, 
until nightfall, Huang Yibiao to wait until the opportunity to communicate. 
Eat dinner about these wearing and working to the same group started the day the 
most relaxing moment, the sound of mahjong, drinking mora sound, Big Brother 
with nothing to do with their own situation Jiuzhuo winning or losing and 
scripts. The original verse of the interview outline in his mind already, only 
to break the order, they must attack. 
liquor to drink four or five cups, Huang Yibiao the head of some halo almost 
similar economic status,nike shox, their 
children's education is still difficult to mouth, of entertainment - playing 
mahjong, in order to narrow their relationship. 
in this gathering place, mahjong is indeed every family love. The third 
brother have an automatic mahjong machines, as a Where the rent plus water and 
electricity per month $ 300, rent a four usually Bedroom house, the outside is 
the tearoom and chief place to eat. 
entertainment, but gambling money is not small, one night at least, more than 
300 yuan winners and losers, sometimes seven or eight hundred or a thousand 
dollars. The past two years, the third brother and door neighbor quarterfinals 
in it lost thousands of dollars. 
although the weekday we bow see the rise, but at the tables, but it is Much 
money, he took the strategy is to lose lose, glad to let others make their own 
but not to lose too much, at least take this back to fishing. 
Gradually, Huang Yibiao now we have got to know when playing mahjong 
greetings the two smoke will be able to chat to go with. Relationship is good, 
the third brother out of work, Huang Yibiao will be directly in the poker 
buddies home to eat, they do not say out of courtesy. 
scavengers day 
scavengers of life is not the law, play mahjong, hit the night two points is 
also commonplace, some scavengers the next 10:00 to go, and some too sleepy 
simply the afternoon before going out. However, the main business of the day or 
in the morning, when their 
In fact, not all scavengers are at the bottom of the scavengers, picking up 
things most miscellaneous income of at least; street acquisition of waste by, 
followed by; scrap yards boss status and income is the highest. Huang Yibiao 
investigation of this group is to 
third brother at 7:00 in the morning, get up, not feeling well, eating 
breakfast, 9:00. San Sao push the tricycle the first to go out, third brother to 
pick a bucketful, which put a few the Maitai bottles and clothes box for the 
acquisition of samples; 5 six Pidai, used to loading; a steelyard, an 
advertising card, says recycling things and the third brother contact phone 
number. Something Qi, and Huang Yibiao follow the road. 
the way the cars are a lot of little inattentive truck brushed against the 
degree to Huang Yibiao think scavenging is a high-risk occupation. Scavengers of 
the road will normally be crying: 
10 o'clock, San Sao called and said a hotel stock to income, the receipt is 
the third brother JINWOZI. 
to the hotel back door, the third brother and Third Sister into finishing the 
hotel debris, Huang Yibiao out to help care for the first line. When new 
customers come to inquiry, he carried the third brother called out, with new 
customers to do business, the other is a 40-year-old middle-aged man, to some 
cardboard and metal and other debris. 
reading of the goods, the third brother asked each other asking price, the 
other asking price of 70 yuan 40 yuan, the third brother counteroffer, saying, 
allow each other to give a little more, the third brother only to let the 
yuan, 45 yuan bargaining, the other scratching their heads do not want to price 
cuts, the third brother deliberately turned to go the other side asked can not 
add a little, the third brother said not. In desperation, the other asking for $ 
50, third brother to hear put the goods received. The way back to the third 
brother told the Huang Yibiao shipment sold Recycle Bin at least earn more than 
30 pieces. 
the 
after the transaction, the scavengers will carry business cards issued to 
shippers, if the new owner of the goods, issued more than a few, in case they 
lost, in order to develop the old customers. 
goods strapped, Huang Yibiao push the third brother homemade tricycle loaded. 
This car is very common scavengers in: in front of a rod for traction; followed 
by the triangle above the shop a wood, each edge is below a wheel. Filled 
baskets together with the goods of this car is the spoils of the whole morning, 
afternoon sellers stage. 
they are generally sold to the Recycle Bin, like home appliances such repair, 
repair, demolition demolition of hoarding for some time and then focus on sales. 
this day, the third brother earned more than 100 yuan, This line of them who 
earn more who earn less, to see who get up early to run ground, but ran what 
goods. Third brother told Huang Yibiao, that few dollars a the Maitai bottle of, 
find the black market can be sold for tens of dollars a; a washing machine 
received two or three hundred dollars, and hands,Nike Air Max 
2012, sold for five or six hundred dollars is also possible. 
out of working people who have a child the best work is picking up 
Huang Yibiao found, these scavengers a day on average income of $ 50, 
business is good year earn five or six million. This is not consistent with his 
previous idea of: scavengers income, and even harder to maintain their 
livelihood. 
do this kind of picking up usually within three or four years old, mainly 
Liupanshui, Anshun farmers of the surrounding counties, most of them have 
several years experience in overseas workers, a certain amount of idle funds, 
there are certain the cultural level and business-minded, 
no threshold Xiaoping, the 25-year-old, first came to less, 
time chat, 30-year-old peace brother to Huang Yibiao about his previous 
experience: 17 years old to go out to work, worked as a restaurant dishwasher 
site porter, but failed to make money,nike air max 90, 
and later earn a little money in the building played in a cave, but is too 
dangerous. By a friend, when he was 19-year-old peace brother came to Guiyang 
start picking up, one thousand is 11 years. 
Although not very old, but peace brother is the most 
urban scavengers become migrant workers in transition career. 
Huang Yibiao investigated the region of 50 scavengers, average age about 36 
years old, 29 male and 21 female, 45 married, spouse around 21 were married with 
children 80% more couples is to take the kids out; children are basically 
seven-year-old size,Nike Air Max 
LTD, twenty-three elementary school grades. 
succeed 40-year-old Liu Yang sister told Huang Yibiao her children, or bring 
in their own side, can be covered, but also can control. urban high school, 
unambiguous, especially to do picking up business for a long time, seen 
relatively more. Peace brother said to him, of this group is occasionally 
subject to discrimination, Liu Yang sister is afraid the children will be 
bullied by classmates. 
once chased a LIU Yang sister is picking up the litter box, they scold her to 
disrupt the city order, her head did not dare look up, fast side of the 
7-year-old son standing next to that , told them that salary is not what we 
sometimes day to a thousand dollars, they did not believe 
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