Water Cat

In the labor markets of China, "water cats" wait each dawn for work that may never come—day laborers without degrees, without guarantees, surviving on uncertain wages and backbreaking toil. They're society's invisible workers, also called "water moles," squatting at market corners hoping to be chosen. Among them, the clever ones joke bitterly: "Water cats are like grandsons, squatting at the market. Water cats are like grandpas, paid daily." Lin Dong is one of them, navigating the harsh realities of casual labor where dignity and survival hang in the balance of each day's fortune.