New | 'Mickey Mouse grandmother' still working at 75... to support her 40-year-old son
Pensioner says she needs cash to help her middle-aged son find a wife
A 75-year-old pensioner from Henan province is still hard at work, dressing up as Mickey Mouse to raise cash to help her middle-aged son get married.
Yang Zhiqiao dons the costume at park in Luoyang and charges visitors 10 yuan (HK$12.60) to take her photograph, the Luoyang Daily reported.
“My son is over 40, still unmarried. I can’t become his burden. I have to make more money to find my son a wife,” she said, without elaborating on how the cash might help him.
Yang said she wore the costume from early morning to sunset, but had to take a break every ten minutes.
“The costume is too heavy, there is little air inside,” she was quoted as saying. “If I wear it for a long time I cannot breathe.”
One tourist felt so heartbroken at seeing the pensioner in discomfort he paid her 50 per cent more than the normal charge, the report said.