How much should we pay for family reunion? (9)

Edited and translated by Chen Lidan, Huang Jin and Wang Xin, People's Daily Online.

•Name: Ma Yuandong
•Gender: male
•Age: 55

•Name: Meng Yuehong
•Gender: female
•Age: 53

•Occupation: sanitation workers
•Hometown: Cangzhou, Hebei province
•Distance from home: 242 Kilometers
•Route of Travel: Bus from Beijing to Cangzhou

•Time Cost of Travel: half day
•Total cost of Travel: 70 yuan, or 4.3 percent of monthly income.

•Background: Ma and Meng is a couple. Their children work in hometown. In order not to give children troubles, they came to Beijing to do sanitary work. Ma earns 2,000 yuan a month by doing the work for one person and half. Meng earns only 1,260 yuan a month. However, they are happy to take care of each other and support life on their own.

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