Baby For Sale! Mom Tries to Sell Youngest Child

We've heard of parents threatening to sell their children to the circus or some other establishment, but Ni Qiong actually tried to make a buck off her baby girl. The mother of three was found trying to sell her 1-year-old daughter in the streets of Fuzhou, China. But her one-off transaction wasn't one of malice — it was out of desperation. Qiong was trying to help her husband, Zhou Xinggui, who is in the hospital with severe injuries after falling from scaffolding. The doctors will not operate on Xinggui until the couple pays a $15,700 medical bill. So, in an effort to save her husband, Qiong took to the streets with a sign that reportedly read as follows:

Passersby stopped to give Qiong their spare change, but no one offered to buy her baby. We sincerely hope that Qiong can find another way to raise the funds her family needs.