A year after the ＂Baby Carrying Delivery＂ explosion, he has another 10-year-old child on his electric car
Zou Tutao took his eldest daughter Yilin and youngest daughter Tingbao to deliver takeout
10-Year-old eldest daughter Elin can already help her father deliver food
Zou Tutao and his children live in this small alley
In early 2022, Zou Tutao, the rider brother who carried his 6-month-old daughter to deliver food, became popular on the Internet, and many netizens were moved by his sense of responsibility and cute daughter. Surprisingly, more than a year later, Zou Tutao had another girl in the back seat of his electric car.
Recently, a reporter from the Yangzi Evening News/Ziniu News met Zou Tutao and two girls in a rented house near Zhonghua Gate in Nanjing. "This is my 10-year-old eldest daughter, who is also delivering food with me in Nanjing." Why are 10-year-olds not attending school? Are they encountering new difficulties?
Yangzi Evening News/Ziniu News reporter, Wang Sesai, intern, Zhu Yidan
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Zou Tutao and his two daughters live in a small room of five or six square meters in the group rental house. There is a 1.5-meter bed against the wall. On the table beside the bed is not only the baby daughter’s milk powder, but also the electric wok, cutting board, spatula and other kitchen utensils. On the opposite side of the bed is a wardrobe less than one meter wide.
When the reporter visited, it was a rainy afternoon, and Zou Tutao did not go out to deliver food. The younger daughter, Ting Bao, was playing naughty on the bed, and the eldest daughter, Yilin, was still taking a nap. When asked why "10-year-old Yilin followed her to deliver food," Zou Tutao said. "She originally went to school in her hometown [Bengbu, Anhui], and lived with my grandmother. Last year, grandma passed away, probably because there was no father and mother to protect her, and the child was always bullied by classmates at school. At the end of last year, I suspended her from school."
Zou Tutao thought that with Yilin by his side, he could deliver takeout while looking for a new school. However, he did not know in advance that his child needs his parents to hold a residence permit in the city and pay social security for no less than 12 months to go to school in Nanjing. Zou Tutao works as a takeaway worker and does not have a company to help him pay social security. He needs to pay flexible employment social security by himself. According to the lowest base, he should pay 898.8 yuan per month for pension insurance, 392.5 yuan for medical insurance, and more than 15,000 yuan for 12 months. For Zou Tutao, who can only deliver takeout when his child is awake, this is a high fee. It is precisely because she did not pay social security, even if she consulted the community, school or education bureau, she failed to reply to him, so Yilin had to follow him to deliver takeout.
He hadn’t gone to school for nearly half a year, so Zou Tutao was most worried about Yilin’s grades. He only had a primary school education, so he couldn’t help Yilin. Recently, he was considering other schools in his hometown of Bengbu, hoping that Yilin could go back to school like other children of the same age.
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Zou Tutao said that when Ting Bao became popular last year, he was still living with Ting Bao’s mother, but because Ting Bao’s mother had mental problems and could not take care of the child, he could only carry Ting Bao to deliver food. "Yilin went to school in her hometown, so I didn’t mention it." Soon after the explosion, Ting Bao’s mother returned to her mother’s house, and he lived with his young daughter by himself.
Now, everyone suddenly found out that Zou Tutao had an eldest daughter, and they were very surprised, "Why do you dare to have a second child when your economic conditions are not good?" Zou Tutao had to tell his love story one by one.
According to Zou Tutao, Yilin’s mother’s hometown is in Daliangshan, Sichuan, and Zou Tutao’s family is in Anhui. The two fell in love because of the Internet. "She told me that the journey was too far, and when the child was born, I would go home with her to propose marriage. After giving birth to Yilin, I accompanied her back to her mother’s house. Who would have thought that her parents would not agree with the marriage and would not let her come back with me. Later, I went back to my hometown to raise Yilin alone."
"Four months after we broke up, she told me that she was pregnant and wanted to abort, so I said that since it was my child, I would take care of it. So, I had Ting Bao."
With two babies, how can I work part-time? I can only start work in the early morning, and when it rains, I will live stream the goods at home.
"The sun is shining during the day, and there are many people, so it is not safe to ride a bicycle with two children." Zou Tutao told reporters that he only started work in the early morning every day, carrying Tingbao and taking Xiao Yilin to the streets.
Many people persuaded Yilin to bring Ting Bao, so that she could earn a little more, but Zou Tutao rejected her. "Yilin has been bullied before, and she usually has nightmares at night to find her father, so she can’t be left alone at home. Moreover, Yilin and Ting Bao were not born by the same mother, and they didn’t live together before, so their relationship is not deep enough."
Although he had two children, Zou Tutao was often in the top three in the Nanjing area. He could only work when both children were awake, and the hours were not fixed, resulting in unstable monthly income. Today’s Tingbao is getting heavier and heavier, and Zou Tutao always feels shoulder pain after carrying it for a long time.
Zou Chutao’s father and daughter’s house rent is 700 yuan per month. Due to the unstable delivery situation, he is also learning to live stream delivery, mainly selling household items such as toilet paper, garbage bags, and snacks such as instant noodles and biscuits. "Deliver takeout when conditions permit. If it rains or the child sleeps, live stream at home."
The reporter saw from the homepage of Zou Tutao’s account that he brought 40 or 50 pieces a day, and more could reach more than 200 pieces. "There are also merchants who want to help me and will send some samples for free. Whether it can be sold or not is not required."
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In early 2022, a video of Zou Tutao carrying Tingbao to deliver food was filmed and posted online. After becoming a hot figure on the Internet, he said that he had a lot of troubles and received a lot of help.
"For example, sometimes the takeaway is accidentally spilled, and the customer sees that it is not easy for me to take care of the child, so they don’t ask him for compensation. I was too sleepy at night, so the owner gave me a bottle of coffee when picking up the meal, and netizens sent me children’s books and diapers…" Zou Tutao said.
Many self-media have filmed the story of Zou Tutao. When others ask about his parents, he sometimes explains that his mother was abducted by human traffickers when he was very young. It is not good for his father to marry his stepmother, and the father and son have not been in contact for many years. Sometimes he is in a bad mood and directly says that his parents are dead. Regarding these two different explanations, netizens are not satisfied.
"I can’t explain it clearly," Zou Tutao said. Some netizens found him and said that it was not easy for him to take care of his two children, and they wanted to transfer money to him, but after the transfer, they wanted to go back. After the money was returned, the other party posted a screenshot of his transfer online, "saying that Zou Tutao was a liar who did not admit it after receiving the money."
But no matter what, the children are the key.
"Yilin is already 10 years old, and she is a girl again. It is time to consider preparing a room for herself," Zou Tutao said. Although there are many takeout orders in Qinhuai District, the rent is too expensive. Next, he considered going to the suburbs of Nanjing or Bengbu, Anhui Province, to rent a bigger house and find a school for Yilin, so that she can look like a home and live a normal life.