When I exited the line 10 subway at the Huixinxijie Nankou station last Thursday on my way home from work, I saw this san lun che (with a not-unexpected crowd around it), parked camped quite conspicuously in the crosswalk of a major intersection.

The characters on the banner translate to, “Wife, where are you?” The character written on the metal plate is for family.

You can see two pictures of what seems to be his wife and him in many of the shots.

From the look of things, I think he’s been on the road for quite awhile. I’d also guess that he was from the countryside, but don’t really know.