Chen Zikun's wife, Meng Hualei, used to work at a veterinary station in a town in the Gangzha District. When Chen Zikun took leave without pay, she also resigned and went to East Sea to help his father with a construction project.
After Chen Zikun returned, she didn't want to stay alone in East Sea. Last month, with the support of his father and the help of her former colleagues, she opened a shop in Bailong Port specializing in veterinary medicine and chicken feed, resuming her old profession.
By day she managed the shop and looked after her child, and after the sun set, she would return to the dormitory to cook.
Nowadays, at the Bailong Port Passenger Pier, only three passenger routes remain, each with only one ferry a day.
