The cash denominations in the plastic bag are all 10 yuan, 20 yuan

Zhu mother-in-law found the owner

2 afternoon, Jiulongpo District west suburb of the second village, 68-year-old Zhu Bihua mother-in-law as usual to clean up the garbage and waste next to the street, to see if you can find things to sell. Suddenly, a plastic bag fell out of the garbage, Zhu mother-in-law opened the bag to see that it was actually a stack of thick cash. She quickly put the money in her pocket and went home, but she kept thinking about how to find the owner.

Yesterday, with the help of Chongqing Evening News reporter, Zhu mother-in-law finally found the careless owner and returned the money.

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zhu mother-in-law Lives in Jiulongpo District desert ditch community metallurgy three village No. 41, to scavengers for a living. 2 p.m., she will pick up the day of cardboard, plastic bottles sold to the waste recycling station ready to go home, after the western suburb of two village street, saw the ground piled some waste furniture, she habitually began to clean up.

"The bag of money fell out from inside." Yesterday afternoon, Zhu mother-in-law with Chongqing Evening News reporter came to the scene, stacked on the roadside waste is still in. "I haven't counted how much money there is in it." After finding the money, Zhu kept the plastic bag containing the money in the deepest pocket of the backpack she carried with her on weekdays. Chongqing Evening News reporter opened the plastic bag and found a thick stack of cash tied with a rubber band, face value of only 10 yuan and 20 yuan, divided into 20 small stacks, each stack of 100 yuan, a total of 2,000 yuan, each money looks like it has been stored for a long time, emitting a musty smell. On the other side of the cash was a cardboard shell with "September 3, 2013" written on it.

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Depending on 300 yuan monthly pension

Then, Chongqing Evening News reporter came to Zhu mother-in-law's home. She said that after her husband died of illness in 2006, she had been living alone in the ditch, living on a monthly pension of more than 300 yuan and scavenging.

Every day at 6 am, mother-in-law Zhu went out to collect rubbish and did not return home until 5 PM. Last year, Zhu used to sell sugared gourds in Yangjiaping, but because of poor health, she didn't stick to it. Then she went into the kitchen and took half a boiled egg. "I can't eat it all in one sitting. I'll save the other half for the evening." Zhu said she spends about 500 yuan a month on living expenses.

"I have a son and a daughter. My son comes to visit me often." Zhu said that the life of her son and his family was not rich, but just getting by. The pile of money Zhu picked up was like a windfall from heaven. "Although I have no culture, I will never want anything that is not mine. I know that very well." But Mother-in-law Zhu didn't know who to give the money to.

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Chongqing Evening News reporter with Zhu mother-in-law came to Jiulongpo District Public Security Bureau Shiping Bridge police station, police officer Chen on duty registered Zhu mother-in-law's ID card information, and asked what happened. When beginning to count the cash in the plastic bag, police officer Chen suddenly remembered that just two hours ago, a young man had called the police station and asked if anyone had sent money, and left his contact information.

"I remember he said he was from Wanxin Pharmacy." Police officer Chai said, just in Zhu mother-in-law picked up the money across the road there is a Wan Xin pharmacy, but the other phone has been unable to connect, Chongqing Evening News reporter and Officer Chai went to the pharmacy, looking for the owner.

More than ten minutes later, Chongqing Evening News reporter and police officer Chai together to the pharmacy owner Mr. Tan to the police station. "It's you!" After Mrs Zhu and Mr Tan met, the two said the three words in unison. Originally, Zhu mother-in-law often go to Mr. Tan's pharmacy to buy medicine, although two people do not know each other's names, but also know.

After receiving the money, Mr. Tan excitedly held mother-in-law Zhu's hand. "I really didn't expect that it was my mother-in-law who picked up my money." Mr. Tan said that this stack of money is the pharmacy's usual pocket notes, the exact number can not be remembered, has been placed in the deepest part of the bedside table. Recently, I have been busy with the renovation of the pharmacy, and I forgot to clean the bedside table and threw it in the street together.

Until yesterday afternoon, Mr. Tan saw the pharmacy opposite Chongqing Evening News reporter in the interview, asked the onlookers after thinking of his bedside table is still put money, this only after Mr. Tan called the police station, "if I don't see you, I would have forgotten this matter."