Chinese taxi-driver single mother takes toddler to work every night ... for three years
Parent says she cannot afford to leave her young child with a babysitter at home while she works in the early hours
A single mother in central China has taken her toddler daughter to work on her job as a night-shift taxi driver for nearly three years.
Li Shaoyun, 42, and her daughter Yiyi, who turns three soon, have spent more than 900 nights together in Li’s cab in Wuhan, Hubei province, the Chutian Metropolis Daily reported on Wednesday.
Li said she takes Yiyi to work as she cannot afford a babysitter.
Li picks up her taxi at dusk from a colleague who works the day shift, and drives until about 5am. She pays 100 yuan (US$15) a day to rent the cab and another 100 yuan for petrol.
Yiyi usually sits on the front passenger seat, but does go in the back when necessary.