When the summer job listing says 'heavy lifting required,' most people keep scrolling—but for Yuanyuan, it was just the first step toward a desk at university.
Chinese teen helps mum carry bricks at construction site to earn university tuition
A secondary school graduate in Guangdong province, China, worked at a construction site alongside her mother throughout the summer to fund her university tuition. Yuanyuan, whose mother has worked in construction for 16 years, completed the gaokao in June and spent the following months hauling bricks to support her education.
Source: Chinese teen helps mum carry bricks at construction site to earn university tuition — South China Morning Post
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