Couple working on their own love story

In today's China, many people believe they will lose face if they use secondhand items, not to mention picking things out of the trash. While some seniors may not mind, most young people find the practice demeaning.

However, Xiao Nan, 29, and her husband Huang Jie, 25, who run a secondhand bookstore in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, see things a little differently.

According to Xiao, Huang has collected so many discarded items that some of his friends joke that she is the only thing he didn't find on a scrap pile.