With the new semester（学期）starting t

With the new semester（学期）starting this month, Wang Jing, 6, and her elder sister Wang Lian, 14, return home in Jiujiang, Jiangxi province, but memories of their holiday time spent with their working parents in a noisy clothing factory in Shishi, Fujian province, about 750 kilometers from their hometown, still warm their hearts.The sisters are part of a group called “little migratory birds” – children left behind in their countryside homes who “fly” hundreds of miles to enjoy a precious short family reunion in their parents’ workplaces in cities.Their daily life goes like this. Without chances to go sightseeing, the two sisters have to stay in the factory among many similar-looking buildings. Their parents go to the factory at 8 am. Later, the hungry sisters drag themselves out of bed, walking to join their parents. At lunch breaks, the parents cook for the family on the cooktop in the canteen. They often work late into the night, sometimes beyond midnight when there are many orders, and the sisters stay with them.Despite the long hours waiting, the sisters find ways to make themselves happy, such as playing hide-and-seek indoors. And they often help their parents with little tasks such as handing over clothes and ironing ready ones.Wu Yushan, a factory owner, says: “It is not safe for the kids to wander in the streets. Although it is not good for the company's image（形象）having kids all over the place, I can live with it.”