People by the Yellow River

A farmer named Li Mancang in northern Shaanxi lost all his relatives in the fifty years from 1958 to 2008 - his father died of starvation, his mother died of exhaustion, his wife died of illness, his son died in a mining accident, and his daughter married away. He is still alive. He is like an old tree that has been struck by lightning, with its roots still rooted in the loess and its branches still reaching toward the sky. Someone asked him if he was suffering, and he said: "Why is it suffering? People just have to endure hardship." This is not a story of victory over fate. This is a story of enduring destiny.