瀋陽三口之家的廁所生活
“There’s no place like home!”, I believe the saying goes, and this modest migrant family proves it applies even when home is an abandoned public toilet in the city of Shenyang.
有句諺語說得好，“沒有任何地方可以像家一樣好” ，來自遼寧瀋陽的這個三口打工之家對這句話的體會最深刻，他們的家安在一個廢棄的公共廁所裏。
Zeng Lingjun was born in a small village, in the Jilin Province of Northeastern China. As a boy, he dreamed of one day attending college, but because his family was too poor he had to abandon his dream and settle for becoming a cobbler and repair shoes for a living. Being a hard worker and a skilled cobbler helped Zeng make a living in the big city, and he was soon earning around 2,000 yuan per month. But this wasn’t enough for him to get his own place.
男主人曾令軍的老家在吉林省通化市的一個小村莊，年少的他也有過上大學的夢想，但家裏實在無法負擔起高額的學費，曾令軍也只能黯然放棄夢想以修鞋、擦鞋爲生。曾令軍吃苦耐勞技藝嫺熟，很快他在瀋陽站住了腳，每個月能賺到2000塊錢。但這點錢根本不夠讓他擁有自己的房子自己的家。
Six years ago, a friend tipped him off that an abandoned hotel toilet was available for rent at a very low price. He immediately borrowed the money he needed and rented the derelict toilet as his new home. He took down the old door and all the wooden cubicles, and laid down some planks to cover up the toilet bowls and make room for a bed. The dismantled cubicles were converted to storage space and, even though the place is just 19 square meters in size, he somehow found space for his own little cobbler workshop.
六年前，有朋友告訴他附近有一個廢棄的男廁出租，房租很便宜。他立刻向朋友借了點錢租下了廁所，打造成現在的小家。他卸下了廁所老舊的門和所有的木製隔板，又在地上墊了一些厚木板遮住廁所的蹲位，爲牀鋪騰出空間。拆下來的隔板被他打造成了儲藏室，雖然這個男廁只有19平方米，但他還是給自己的小小擦鞋鋪騰出了地方。
In 2008 Zeng Lingjun met his current wife, also a migrant worker. They married in 2010 and had a baby shortly after. Now the three of them live in the abandoned toilet. At one point, they saved enough money to move into a normal 80 square meter apartment, but they found themselves coming back to their old home just days after they had moved out, unable to afford all the expenses.
2008年曾令軍遇到了現在的妻子王志霞，她也是來瀋陽打工的外鄉人。2010年他們喜結良緣並很快有了孩子，如今他們一家三口就住在這個廢棄的男廁裏。他們曾經一度攢夠錢搬進了一個正常的80平米的公寓，但沒幾天他們就又搬回來舊居，因爲他們無法負擔新公寓的所有開支。
Although the smell never lets them forget they live in a toilet, Zeng and his family just flush the toilets whenever the stench becomes unbearable, and just enjoy their life together. After all, who needs luxury when your loved ones are near and you have your health?
雖然難聞的氣味讓他們無法忘記自己是住在廁所裏，當惡臭味難以忍受時他們需要衝一下廁所，但曾令軍一家還是幸福在生活在一起。畢竟只要親愛的家人在身邊，大家都健健康康的，生活平淡樸素點又何妨？
