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Girl, 15, lives alone, grows vegetables to survive

(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-10-23 09:02

A 15-year-old girl has been living all by herself in her ancestral house in Baishi, Guangdong province, since the past five years.

He Xiaomei's father died when she was 10, after which her mother left home to remarry. The girl has two brothers who have also left home to be employed in other cities.

He said she grows vegetables in the backyard of the house and sells them after school hours.

(Yangcheng Evening News)