Kind Locals Pay 70-Year-Old Street Cleaner Who Lost His 3-Month Salary
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By Carl Samson
Losing your salary worth months of hard work is a soul-crushing nightmare.
Last Thursday, Cheng Yanxin was on his way home carrying an envelope with three months worth of his salary. It was a hard-earned 3,360 yuan ($490).
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But just before reaching his house, Cheng noticed that the envelope suddenly disappeared! He tried looking for it, but to no avail.
Cheng’s heartbreaking story soon reached Zhao Ping, a worker from the restaurant he frequented, Shanghaiist said.
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Zhao immediately took Cheng’s situation to WeChat, sharing how much money he had lost.
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It did not take long before the post went viral and offers to help started coming in.
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Eventually, a man named Liu found Cheng’s and returned “his envelope.” However, the street cleaner knew it was not his envelope, seeing that it was labeled with marker instead of a pen.
Liu had no choice but admit that the cash came from his circle of friends. With an additional 600 yuan ($87), Cheng could not be more grateful:
“There are so many good people in the world.”
Kudos to these kind people who appreciate your hard work!
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