At the beginning of 2022, the rider brother Zou Taotao, who delivered food with his 6-month-old daughter on his back, became popular on the Internet, and many netizens were moved by his sense of responsibility and cute daughter. Surprisingly, more than a year has passed, and there is another girl in the back seat of Zou Taotao's electric car.

Recently, the Yangtze Evening News/Purple Cow News reporter met Zou Taotao and two girls in a rental house near Nanjing's Zhonghua Gate, "This is my 10-year-old eldest daughter, and now she is also delivering takeaway with me in Nanjing." "Why aren't 10-year-olds going to school? Are they facing a new problem?

Yangtze Evening News/Purple Cow News Reporter Wang Saisai Intern Zhu Yidan

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Zou Taotao and his two daughters live in a small room of five or six square meters in a group rental house. There is a 1.5-meter bed against the wall, and the table next to the bed not only contains the milk powder of the youngest daughter, but also stacks of kitchen utensils such as electric woks, cutting boards, and spatulas, and opposite the bed is a wardrobe less than a meter wide. The distance from the bed to the door is only two steps, and there is not even room for a stool in the room.

When the reporter visited, it was a rainy afternoon, and Zou Taotao did not go out to deliver takeaways. The youngest daughter Tingbao is naughty in bed, and the eldest daughter Ilin is still napping. When asked why 10-year-old Yilin followed her to deliver takeaways, Zou Taotao said, "Originally, she went to school in her hometown (Bengbu, Anhui), and she followed my grandmother for her life. Grandma passed away last year, probably because there was no father and mother to protect her, and the child was always bullied by classmates at school, and I suspended her from school at the end of last year. ”

Zou Taotao thought that with Yi Lin with him, he could find a new school while delivering takeaways. However, he did not understand in advance that the child's school in Nanjing requires parents to hold a residence permit in the city and pay social insurance for at least 12 months. Zou Taotao is engaged in the work of a delivery boy, and there is no company to help him pay social insurance, he needs to pay flexible employment social insurance by himself, according to the base of the lowest level, each month should pay 898.8 yuan of pension insurance, medical insurance 392.5 yuan, 12 months need more than <>,<>. For Zou Taotao, who can only deliver food while his children wake up, this is a high expense. It was precisely because he did not pay back social security, even if he consulted the community, the school or the education bureau, he could not reply to him, and Yilin had to follow him to deliver takeaways.

She hasn't been in school for nearly half a year, and what Zou Taotao is most worried about is Yilin's grades. He himself only has an elementary school education and cannot tutor Yilin, and recently he is considering other schools in his hometown Bengbu, hoping that Yilin can return to school like other children of the same age.

Why did you choose "having a second child"? Takeaway brother: The two babies are not actually the same mother

Zou Taotao said that when he became popular last year, he was still living with Tingbao's mother, but because Tingbao's mother had mental problems and could not take children, he could only carry Tingbao to deliver takeaways, "Yilin went to school in her hometown, I didn't mention it." Soon after becoming popular, Tingbao's mother returned to her mother's house, and he lived with his little daughter by himself.

Now, everyone suddenly found that Zou Taotao also had an eldest daughter, and they were surprised, "Why do you dare to have a second child when the economic conditions are not good?" Zou Taotao had to tell his love story one by one.

According to Zou Taotao, Yilin's mother's hometown is in Daliangshan, Sichuan, and Zou Taotao's home is in Anhui, and the two fell in love because of the Internet, "She told me that the distance was too far, and when the child was born, I would go home with her to ask for a kiss." As a result, after giving birth to Irene, I accompanied her back to her mother's house, who would have thought that her parents would not agree to this affair and would not let her come back with me. Later, I returned to my hometown alone to raise Irene. ”

Zou Taotao said that Tingbao's mother met and fell in love when he came to Nanjing to deliver takeaways, "Four months after the breakup, she told me that she was pregnant and wanted to fight, so I said that since it was my child, I would raise it after birth." So, there is Tingbao. ”

With two babies, how to work? Work can only start in the early morning, and when it rains, it will be live broadcast at home to bring goods

"The sun is shining during the day, there are many people, and it is even safer to ride with two children." Zou Taotao told reporters that he only started work in the early hours of every morning, carrying Tingbao on his back and Xiao Yilin walking through the streets.

Many people persuaded Yilin to bring Tingbao, so that he could earn a little more, but he was vetoed by Zou Taotao. "Irene has been bullied, and usually has nightmares to find her father, and can't leave her alone at home. Moreover, Yilin and Tingbao were not born to a mother, and they had not lived together before, and their feelings were not deep enough. ”

Although he has two children, Zou Taotao is often in the top three in the Nanjing area, and he can only work when both children are awake, and the time is not fixed, resulting in unstable monthly income. Today's Tingbao is getting heavier and heavier, and Zou Taotao always feels shoulder pain after a long time, and the intimate Yilin often helps him get batteries, take meals, and deliver meals.

The house rent of Zou Taotao's father and daughter is 700 yuan a month, and due to the unstable situation of food delivery, he is also learning to live broadcast goods, mainly selling household goods such as toilet paper and garbage bags and snacks such as instant noodles and biscuits. "Deliver food if conditions allow, and if it rains or your children sleep, you can broadcast it live at home."

The reporter saw from the homepage of Zou Taotao's account that he brought as little as 40 or 50 pieces a day, and more than 200 pieces if he was more. "There are also merchants who want to help me, and will send some samples for free, whether they can be sold without requirements."

Listen to him

Some things are no longer explained and will be moved to the suburbs or back to their hometown

At the beginning of 2022, a video of Zou Taotao carrying Tingbao delivering takeaway was filmed and uploaded 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 accidentally spills, and the customer sees that it is not easy for me to take the child, so I don't ask him for compensation. I was so sleepy at night, the owner gave me a bottle of coffee when I picked up the food, and netizens sent me children's books and diapers..."

Many self-media have filmed Zou Taotao's story, and when others ask about his parents, sometimes he will explain that his mother was abducted by human traffickers when he was very young. His father married his stepmother and treated him badly, and father and son have not interacted for many years. Sometimes he was in a bad mood and just said that his parents were dead. Regarding these two different explanations, netizens are not satisfied.

"I can't explain it." Zou Taotao said that some netizens found him, saying that it was not easy to see him with two children, and they wanted to transfer money to him, but they had to go back after the transfer. After the money was returned, the other party posted a screenshot of his money transfer online, "saying that Zou Taotao is a scammer who received the money and did not admit it." ”

But no matter what, the child is the focus.

"Irene is 10 years old and a girl, it's time to consider preparing a room for herself." Zou Taotao said that although there are many takeaway orders in Qinhuai District, the rent is too expensive, and then he considers going to the suburbs of Nanjing or Bengbu, Anhui, renting a larger house, and finding a school for Yilin, so that he can have the appearance of home and live a normal life.