Man lives in Beijing sewer for 20 years  

打工男子稱為供3名子女讀書(shū)下水道居住20年

“竟然還有人居住在井底下！”昨日有市民反映，偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)有人在朝陽(yáng)區(qū)麗都花園路井底下居住，擔(dān)心其生命安全。王先生是這口井的“主人”王先生。他稱自己今年53歲，家在懷柔農(nóng)村，在井下已居住近20年，家里共有三個(gè)孩子，兩個(gè)女兒正上高中，兒子上初中。“三個(gè)孩子上學(xué)得花不少錢(qián)，家里沒(méi)有其他生活來(lái)源，妻子負(fù)責(zé)在家看孩子，我出來(lái)打打工，房租太貴，至少一個(gè)月也得300元，我在這里已經(jīng)住了近20年�！� [查看全文]

(ECNS) -- A 53-year-old man said he has lived in a sewer in downtown Beijing for some 20 years, the Beijing Morning Post reported.

The man, surnamed Wang, is not homeless. He is a villager from Beijing's Huairou district, and does odd jobs in the city. He said he lived in the sewer to save on rent.

"Renting a room will cost me at least 300 yuan a month. It's too expensive," Wang said.

Wang said he's the only income source in his family, where three children are in middle school, and his wife is a full-time homemaker.

Earlier posts online said an old woman lived under a sewer around the area where Wang lived, and he confirmed it.

A cleaner in the area said the old woman and her husband, both over 70, have lived in the sewer for more than five years. "They make money by begging during the day," he said.

A toll collector at a nearby parking lot said the old woman lived there alone this year. "We don't know where her husband has gone."

Local police have arranged temporary housing for Wang, and they promised to keep an eye on the old woman.