From the absurd years of being in and out of prison,
to initiating the "Round Island Charity Group" to distribute charity supplies across Taiwan,
to the "Love Noodles" that received countless responses,
Yan Weixun, using his own life experience,
staged "The Prodigal Son Returns for Good" is a cautionary and inspirational film in .
This is an extraordinary story about little people.
Yan Weixun, once a standard young and Dangerous boy,
had fights, left home, and skipped classes without any consequences when he was in school.
survived until he graduated from junior high school and could write less than 1,000 words. As a result, at the birthday party after graduation,
accidentally beat someone to death at a KTV and entered the juvenile detention center for the first time.
That year, he had just turned 15 years old.
Over the next few years,
's visits to the nursing home became a common occurrence.
According to Yan Weixun, doesn’t have that kind of style if he has never been to prison.
is embarrassed to say that he is a gangster.
Speed racing, group fights, and people being stabbed on the street.
There is only one topic among the brothers. Who is more ruthless with the boss?
For him at that time, life was a "mixed" .
’s life has become darker and lower. After
completed his military service, he was sentenced to three years in prison for a previous murder. After
was released from prison, he opened a tattoo shop and traveled to the mainland to seek development.
was inexplicably involved in a gun case and faced re-entry. The dilemma of 4 years in prison. Every time
wants to look back, always seems to have an invisible hand,
pulling him back to the original dark trajectory.
Life seems to be broken and hopeless.
Yan Weixun had a nightmare. After waking up,
he swore an oath to the god he believed in, "Prince Fan of the Five Prefectures".
If he had another chance, he would do good deeds in return.
▲ Carrying a 40 kilogram statue of the god and walking 400 kilometers in 9 days to make a wish
There is a Western proverb, God helps those who help themselves.
God Helps Those Who Help Themselves.
This time, the gods responded to his promise,
Yan Weixun also kept the contract and did what he had done in the past. It's over.
After his rebirth, he established the "Nanying Charity Group".
recruited more than 60 friends to donate money and buy supplies to kindergartens.
Faced with the doubts from the outside world, he responded firmly with actions.
launched the first charity round the island with the funding of his friends.
html spent 328 days traveling to 107 kindergartens across Taiwan, delivering supplies and raising funds at the same time, completing the baptism of rebirth.
returned from traveling around the island. In order to care for more poor individuals,
he learned from the Italian concept of "coffee for later use" and started the "Noodles with Love" campaign in his own noodle shop.
What is "Love Noodles"?
When you go to eat noodles, you can buy an extra bowl and "save" it in the store.
Poor people who have no money to eat can come and "receive" them for free.
The old flower-armed brother is now the ambassador of charity,
Through the Internet, he has set off a vigorous trend of charity.
The concept of "ready to eat" is fermenting in Taiwan like a spark.
From "ready to eat noodles" to "ready to eat" to "ready to eat bread"
The number of stores that have responded to the action has reached more than 700.
is not just a "standby",
Yan Weixun has also insisted on doing these things for a long time.
went to prisons to give speeches, using his own example to persuade and encourage prisoners to rehabilitate themselves.
regularly cares about the living conditions of the surrounding elderly people who scavenge.
launched an online appeal to find missing children.
insists on sending rice, and has sent thousands of bags of rice to elderly people living alone in a few years.
The original "Island Charity Group",
has now grown to more than 300 members,
many of whom are former "brothers on the road".
Yan Weixun said frankly that his good deeds had an element of atonement,
he hoped that he would be punished for the mistakes he committed.
As for those friends who are still hanging out on the street,
will want to pull in and persuade them to turn back whenever they get the chance.
Even if all you get in exchange is teasing and ridicule from others.
▲ The story of partners Chen Xiujiang and Zhang Zaixing who are engaged in charity work has written here, and it seems that it has a happy ending.
Actually, Mr. Ben also wants to mention two important women.
Yan Weixun's girlfriend Huang Yuya helped him fend off fights when he was young.
After he was released from prison, he accompanied him to make a living in the mainland and spent the low points of his life together.
We have been doing good deeds together for more than ten years and have not left each other for more than ten years. Although this love of
is not great, it deserves respect.
The other one is naturally Mama Yan.
sold her house for her son and appealed for three consecutive years.
fully supports her son’s good deeds.
Just like all mothers, no matter how much they give, they have no regrets.
simply hopes that their sons can live an upright life.
People often say that there is a god three feet above your head.
If there is a god in the world,
then he must first live in the hearts of people.
Only if you are unwilling to give up on yourself,
God will not give up on you.
