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Push!
Be careful!
- You want to buy rocks? - Yes.
- How much for a sack? - 40 cents.
40 cents! They are only half full.
It should be 30 cents for a full sack.
What a rip off!
Not at all!
It's already 5 cents for the bag.
30 cents, it's not worth all the efforts.
How about 35?
How many sacks?
Six. For the house foundation.
All right, let me sew them up.
How many sacks a day do you fill?
Some days, only 3 or 4.
Other days, I can fill 5 or 6.
I am not as strong as a man.
Women can only carry lighter loads.
Where is your husband? Why isn't he helping you?
He went to find work in Toeuk Chhou.
He came back with dengue fever.
I couldn't buy medicine, I had to sell my land.
But he died.
I lost my field so I came here to break rocks.
- How many children do you have? - 4.
The oldest is 26 years old.
He went to Thailand.
We never heard a word from him again.
The second oldest has a 3-month-old baby.
She was married, but she just got divorced.
So she can't do any work.
The third one is deaf
We have to speak very loud.
Otherwise, we have to use hand gestures.
The youngest fell at a young age
He broke his jaw, his face is now swollen.
Why won't you take him to the hospital?
How am I going to pay for it?
I make 75 cents to 1 dollar a day.
I only have enough to buy food.
If no one buys rocks, then I have nothing.
I go around borrowing money for food.
I feel sorry for my kids but I don't have any money.
Here's your money.
Come here!
Can you go get the rocks?
You break them, then bring them here.
We will sell them.
Bring them here, I already picked them up.
Will you go?
Yes.
Good.
He never stops crying.
I'm giving you back 75 cents for now.
I'll still owe you 1.75 dollars but I don't know what to do.
The mountain was bought by a company.
Before that, we had just enough to buy food.
Now, we're left hungry.
It's like they are trying to kill us.
I know, I was always afraid of getting arrested.
I only gathered little at a time.
I'm so desperate that I'm not scared of anything.
They can put me and my children in prison.
At least we'd have food and someone to pick up our ***.
I have nothing to look forward to.
My field is gone, my husband is dead.
My children are illiterate, they don't know anything.
I'm thinking of leaving them with you,
to go to Phnom Penh work in construction or wash dishes.
Whatever it takes to make money,
so I can take care of my children.
Don't worry, I'll take care of them.