Chengdu, Sichuan

8. A Pig on the way to the Market

Here they wheel a pig to the market using a cart. Why carry a pig and why on its back? Well you have to understand free enterprise. Walking the pig would lose weight off of the pig and that means less profit, so you carry the pig. Why on its back? Well you have to understand pigs. Pigs will squeal and struggle if they were not on their back. Carrying the pig only amounts to labor, which the Chinese have lots of and it is free, so Chinese farmers will carry pigs many miles to the city to make a profit. Money talks everywhere in the world.