How much should we pay for family reunion? (5)

Edited and translated by Chen Lidan, Huang Jin and Wang Xin, People's Daily Online.

•Name: Gang Rongjuan
•Gender:& female
•Age: 25
•Occupation: beautician in a beauty parlour in Beijing
•Hometown: Suzhou, Anhui province

•Departure Date: Feb. 5, 2013
•Distance from Home:806 kilometers
•Route of Travel:Beijing South Railway Station > Jiangsu Railway Station (costs 309 yuan and 3 hours)-> take shuttle bus to home (costs 15 yuan and less an hour)

•Time Cost of Travel: 5 hours
•Total cost of Travel: 325yuan, 8 percent of her monthly income.

•Background: Gang Rongjuan's monthly income is 4,000 yuan, which is higher than other migrant workers, but she always complains it is not enough to cover her living costs, even she doesn't need to pay rental fee because her employer provides accommodation.
She said the expensive high-speed train ticket is unaffordable, and it will take more than 10 hours' hard journey to arrive at her hometown by train, so she wants to take high-speed train to the neighboring city first, and then go back to her hometown by shuttle bus. This saves time and money. About her parents, she said they are very saving and always say they don't need anything.

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