There is no money for a babysitter: a courier dad takes his daughter to work in a box

About 1.5% of China’s population currently lives below the poverty line. This young family is no exception. Mom and dad are holding on to a job that keeps them afloat, and their little daughter almost from birth has to “work” with them.

Recently, the South China Morning Post website published a short story about a courier from the Chinese province of Jiangsu, who is forced to take his little daughter to work with him every day. Li Fei Er has been accompanying Dad since he was five months old. From an early age, a plastic box for food delivery serves as a cradle for a girl.

Dad put a soft mattress in it, put diapers and a bottle with a mixture there and installed the container on his moped, so that his daughter was always in his sight. Now the girl is two years old, and she still spends every morning in a box.

There is no one to leave the baby with. Li Fei Er’s mom has been working for a long time – she sells meat products at the local market. The family has no money for a nanny and a nursery. The earned funds are barely enough to pay for a rented room with an area of only 10 square meters and the purchase of the most necessary.

Parents take turns looking after the child. From 9 to 11 in the morning, the girl together with her father delivers orders around the city and has breakfast literally on the go. And at lunchtime, when the bulk of the customers disperse, mom takes her to the market, where her daughter quietly sits in a corner and sometimes helps her with cleaning.

If the Chinese woman is released early, then Li Fei Er spends a free evening at home. The girl has no friends – she simply does not have the opportunity to meet anyone. There are not enough funds for toys either.

According to the girl’s father, they did not choose such a fate and understand that it is wrong to raise their daughter this way, but the family has no way out.
Riding a moped in any weather led to the fact that at 5 months old Li Fei Er fell ill with pneumonia. The parents had to spend almost all their savings on the treatment of their daughter and the restoration of her health after her illness. There were other disturbing situations – for example, when Li Fei Er took off her diaper and lay wet in a box, and dad did not have the opportunity to change her clothes because he was rushing on a moped on a busy highway. A couple of times my daughter ran away, and I had to look for her.

Seeing that a little girl rides a moped in a box, strangers often make comments to parents and ask why they put their daughter in danger. Dad does not like such attention – he does not have time to explain to everyone that there is simply no one to leave the girl with. The man hopes that he will be able to provide her with a better future after all that she had to endure as a child.

After the video with Li Fei Er hit social networks, the family began to receive parcels with groceries. Many people volunteered to help their parents financially. But my father refuses the money. He believes that his family does not have the worst life. He calls his marriage happy, and his daughter is a real blessing for him, because her smile helps him cope with all difficulties and not to be discouraged.

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