How much should we pay for family reunion? (6)

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

•Name: Gao Yumei
•Gender: female
•Age: 21
•Occupation: security guard
•Hometown: Jiangtong County, Bazhong City, Sichuan province

•Distance from home: 1,633 Kilometers
•Route of Travel: Beijing West Railway Station -> Chengdu Railway Station (cost 240 yuan)-> train to Bazhong City (30 yuan) -> take a cab to Jiangtong County(20 yuan)

•Time Cost of Travel: Four days
•Total cost of Travel: 500 yuan including meals expenses, or 25 percent of her monthly income.

•Background: Gao worked as a customer service officer for Taobao when she just arrived at Beijing. Now she is a female security guard in a university in Haidian district. Her daily work is to patrol the campus. Her monthly income is 2,000 yuan, including food and accommodation.

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