I’m a 15 year old from a poor family, and life has forced me to leave high school behind. I traveled to the city of Shishi with some fellow villagers, including Ahua, who has some experience in construction, and two younger guys, Xiaowen and Xiaojun. We had hoped to work at a construction site, but when we arrived, we found it inactive. With only a little money between us, we wandered around the city all day searching for work, but we faced constant rejection because we lacked experience.