The three members of the Li family remained in Wanshi.
Li's father and son found work as masons at a construction site, where the wages were a third higher than back in their hometown. Dabao returned to school to continue his studies.
Mother Li, meanwhile, kept house. In her spare time, she would scavenge through trash cans for recyclables, surprisingly earning six or seven yuan a day—more than some of the unskilled laborers at the construction site. Gradually, Mother Li became obsessed with scavenging.
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