Before-and-after pictures of the couple's old house and the newly relocated apartment.[Photo by Jiang Wenyao/Xinhua]

The villagers who are deemed as low-income families will be relocated to Maojiawan in Ludian county where the government sets up several poverty alleviation resettlement areas.

On March 14, the couple set off from Luoqiu village, and the next morning, with other 101 households in Daxing town, they headed toward their new home 190 kilometers away. It was with this extraordinary procession trooping at the couple's heels down the deep, winding road that they finally arrived at Maojiawan after five hours.