In 1978, when Ah Kun still lived at the mine, someone froze to death in a neighboring hovel which had no walls, but was just a roof on top of four posts. Ah Kun came forward and raised money to put walls up. This was the first time that he "stuck his nose in somebody else's business." Most people in the mining district were very poor.
民國六十七年，阿坤伯還住在礦坑口時，鄰近一戶家無四壁、只有四根柱子一片屋頂的家庭有人凍死，他就出面號召募款，幫助這家人把牆壁築起來，這是他第一次「管閒事」。