The most distressed couple of the year are Zhang Shundong and Li Guoxiu.

A pair of faltering couples caught everyone’s attention. They both have severe physical disabilities, and together they only have "one arm and two legs." But it is in this broken body that the most determined and bright soul resides. With their hard work, they had enough food to eat, raised their children, and got rid of poverty. They also spared no effort to support the weak and help others.

The couple who moved China are Zhang Shundong and Li Guoxiu. There is a sentence in "Banshan Collected Works": "People cannot see their own lives and don't know how to bloom themselves, so they need other mirrors and some very extreme things to enlighten them." Zhang Shundong and his wife are just like this mirror, reflecting us It reflects the injustice of fate and the impermanence of life, and also reflects the unyielding and strong nature of human nature.

The Hardship of Life

Zhang Shundong and his wife come from Pingzi Village, Wulong Town, the only deeply impoverished town in Kunming. When Zhang Shundong was 6 years old, he accidentally touched a high-voltage line, causing his right arm to be amputated, and his two feet were left with sequelae. Li Guoxiu was disabled since he was born, with no hands and only one leg. In 1993, 19-year-old Zhang Shundong was introduced to Li Guoxiu, a girl from a neighboring village. The two fell in love at first sight, and the phrase "I am your hand and you are my leg" became their lifelong love declaration.

After getting married, the couple gave birth to a son and a daughter, but behind the seemingly perfect family was an increasingly heavy burden of life. Li Guoxiu had no hands and had to take care of her children. She couldn't help her with the work in the fields. She could only watch her husband busy all by himself. But even if Zhang Shundong tried his best, they still lived in a mud house that leaked from all directions and leaked water when it rained. They had no meat or fish for three meals a day and were covered in patches all year round. At that time, God seemed to have blocked all the family's means of survival, forcing the couple to cry bitterly late at night.