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On December 10, 2014, in a underground passageway in Wuhan, Hubei Province, Tan Jihai and his son are begging. A mother with a kid passing by put money in their box. After one year, Tan Jihai met many people with kind heart, the clothes, shoes are all gifts from kind strangers.
