《QuanYouzhi6旬老太全友芝蜗居井下20年》-公开课件.pptVIP

Woman lived underground for 20 years Garbage collector?Quan Youzhi, 66, from Henan province, has been living inside an underground utility compartment outside Lidu Park in Beijing’s Chaoyang district. ---China Daily 2013/12/07 Every day for the past 20 years, Quan Youzhi, 66, has lifted a well lid weighing at least 10 kilograms and climbed down 3 meters to spend the night underground. The woman from Shangqiu, Henan province, does not work on underground facilities. Instead, she calls the deserted underground compartment home. The compartment is near Lido Park in Beijings Chaoyang district. It measures 3 meters and is about 2 meters high. It is filled with rusty pipes that crowd the already small space. Inside are simple furnishings: a few quilts on a thin mat, some candles, two coats and a broken umbrella. A washroom in Lido Park offers Quan a place to wash herself and to use the toilet. Twenty years, Quan answered when asked the obvious question. I dont have money. The space is a good place to live in winter, she said because its warm. In the summer, however, she stays aboveground because it gets too hot. During heavy rain, Quan moves to a nearby pavilion because her home will be flooded. Quan said chengguan, urban patrol officers, frequently block off access to her home by welding the lid shut. I bought a metal saw and sawed the weld off after they went away, she said. I dont want to go back home, Quan said. She has two sons, one in his 40s and single, the other married with two children and in his 30s. The house she had inhabited in her hometown collapsed, Quan said, adding that her biggest wish is to get enough money to rebuild it. But Quan makes only about 20 yuan ($3.3) per day collecting bottles. One hundred bottles can be sold for eight yuan, she said. I buy food, which is usually steamed bread, and medicine. So I can save very little, she said t