I Paid Out of My Own Pocket to Build a Bridge for Ten Years, Why Did I Tear It Down with My Own Hands?
Zhou Mingchuan mortgaged his ancestral home and paid out of his own pocket to build a steel bridge across the river for Nanxi Village. For ten years, he maintained the bridge alone and covered the repair costs himself, yet the villagers suspected him of lining his pockets and surrounded him at the ancestral hall, demanding that he hand over the bridge and distribute 8,000 yuan to each household. Heartbroken, he dismantled the old bridge, which had long concealed serious safety hazards. When the villagers were forced to take a thirty-li detour along a muddy, impassable road and nearly lost a life because of the delay, they finally realized their mistake. In the end, the entire village joined forces to rebuild a new bridge that met safety standards, not only opening a prosperous route for agricultural products to reach the outside world but also repairing the bridge of trust between the villagers.
Main characters: Zhou Mingchuan
Also known as: 自费修桥十年，我为何亲手拆了它
I Paid Out of My Own Pocket to Build a Bridge for Ten Years, Why Did I Tear It Down with My Own Hands? (21 episodes)
Zhou Mingchuan mortgaged his ancestral home and paid out of his own pocket to build a steel bridge across the river for Nanxi Village. For ten years, he…
Zhou Mingchuan mortgaged his ancestral home and paid out of his own pocket to build a steel bridge across the river for Nanxi Village. For ten years, he maintained the bridge alone and covered the repair costs himself, yet the villagers suspected him of lining his pockets and surrounded him at the ancestral hall, demanding that he hand over the bridge and distribute 8,000 yuan to each household. Heartbroken, he dismantled the old bridge, which had long concealed serious safety hazards. When the villagers were forced to take a thirty-li detour along a muddy, impassable road and nearly lost a life because of the delay, they finally realized their mistake. In the end, the entire village joined forces to rebuild a new bridge that met safety standards, not only opening a prosperous route for agricultural products to reach the outside world but also repairing the bridge of trust between the villagers.
自费修桥十年，我为何亲手拆了它