Wei went to live with her husband’s family when she was orphaned aged
six and he was just five and the couple have been together ever since.
Basao remembers her wedding to Wei Qishou when they were teenagers. She
said: ‘In the evening, we had dinner with all the family elders and we
were married.’
Pictures circulating on Chinese media show the happy couple taking a stroll, holding hands and cooking a meal.
The family which relied on farming for survival were so poor they slept
on bare beds without bedding.
They have five sons and a daughter who visit them as much as possible.
Villagers say that they have lived a long and happy life together.