Sun Zhuo returned.
The news spread in the village of He Zhao in Jianli County, Hubei Province. There is the old house where Sun Zhuo lived from birth to the age of 4, and his grandparents. In 2007, his father, Sun Haiyang, took 4-year-old Sun Zhuo from his hometown to Shenzhen to attend kindergarten, but just two days after attending, The little Sun Zhuo was abducted by a man with a leather bag in a toy car.
Over the years, Sun Haiyang has traveled all over the country, from Chaozhou in Guangdong to Fujian, Henan and Shandong, the distance is getting farther and farther, and the time is getting longer and longer. His phone and his son's photographs floated through the sea of people, and the family's story was adapted into the movie "Dear" in 2014 and brought to the big screen. But Sun Zhuo seemed to have disappeared, and there was no echo.
It was not until the Shenzhen police arrested the suspect and Sun Zhuo returned to Shenzhen to recognize his relatives that Sun Haiyang's family learned that he had been living in Yanggu County, Shandong Province, for fourteen years. He has good grades, is in his freshman year of high school, and has two older sisters. On December 7, the day after the successful recognition of relatives, the family got on the high-speed train early and wanted to return to their hometown in Hubei to visit Sun Zhuo's grandparents.
On the morning of the 7th, before Sun Zhuo arrived, there was already a dragon and lion dance in front of the door. Beijing News our video screenshot
Homecoming: Crowded with people, dragon dances, lion dances to greet
A three-story village building contains the four spring and autumn seasons of Sun Zhuo's childhood.
The front of the house was already full of people. They came from several nearby villages, some of them were old, some were still holding swaddled children, and they surrounded the old houses. Since the morning, there are dozens of actors in big red costumes dancing dragons and lions on the village road, spinning their bodies with sonorous music, and the ribbons and colored balls are constantly flashing. Firecrackers and flower crumbs on the road extend 500 meters.
Knowing that Sun Zhuo had returned, the neighbor's grandmother came to the front of the house to see him, and she had watched Sun Zhuo grow to four years old.
At 1 p.m., Sun Haiyang and his wife took Sun Zhuo to their home in Hubei. Grandma brushed aside the crowd, hugged Sun Zhuo tightly, and cried loudly, and Grandpa also hugged Sun Zhuo. Sun Zhuo grew up, a head taller than his grandparents, and when he embraced them, he had to bend down deeply. The sound of firecrackers crackled and joy overwhelmed everything.
Knowing that Sun Zhuo had returned, Grandpa could not hide his excitement. Beijing News our video screenshot
Sun Zhuo's grandfather is 79 years old this year, he told the Beijing News reporter that he knew that Sun Zhuo found it three days ago, at that time he did not dare to believe it, and now Sun Zhuo really came back, and called them "grandparents", as if it was not very real. As he spoke, his eyes filled with tears.
Sun Zhuo and his family had a reunion dinner together. Beijing News our video screenshot
A reunion dinner that was 14 years late
On the afternoon of the 7th, Sun Zhuo sat around with his relatives in his hometown for the first time and ate a lively reunion dinner. In the memory of Sun Zhuo's cousin, such a reunion dinner has not passed for a long time.
The food on the table is steaming, and the sausages, mosses and other dishes with Hubei characteristics are specially selected by the family. Everyone raised their wine glasses in their hands and welcomed Sun Zhuo home. Grandpa was older, some of the backs of his ears, Sun Zhuo sat next to Grandpa, and the faces of the two of them came together and chatted about the sky. Grandpa said that he had missed Sun Zhuo a lot over the years, and now that the child was back, he felt happy. "Sun Zhuo was brought up by me, and he was so tall when he lost it," he stroked with his hand, "and when he came back, he was so tall." ”
During the banquet, one of Sun Zhuo's cousins told the Beijing News reporter that over the years, relatives of the entire family have been helping to find Sun Zhuo. They know the hardships of Sun Haiyang's family, learn that Sun Zhuo is back, he also watched a lot of short videos of Sun Zhuo on social platforms, the more he watched, the happier he was, and the tears flowed out. "I haven't seen him in fourteen years, and I still feel a sense of closeness."
Sun Zhuo's aunt told the story of the past. When Sun Zhuo was three and a half years old, the family took ten yuan and asked him to go to the supermarket to buy a fish. They quietly followed sun zhuo and saw that sun zhuo had successfully bought back a tilapia. When we met again fourteen years later, she recognized Sun Zhuo at first sight.
Sun Zhuo's grandmother said that in the 14 years that Sun Zhuo lost, the family tried all kinds of ways, went to Shandong, Jiangsu and other places, posted search notices everywhere outside every day, and even found a fortune teller to calculate where the children were. Now that Sun Zhuo has found it, Grandma said, hoping that the traffickers will reveal the whereabouts of other children and reunite more families.
A flowing water mat was set up next to the old house to celebrate Sun Zhuo's return home. Beijing News our video screenshot
A gift from my brother
A makeshift kitchen was built next to the old house with plastic shacks, and many villagers, relatives and friends were helping to cut meat, kill turtles, prepare squeezed vegetables and pickled products, etc., and prepare the flowing water mats in the village tonight. Beef, fish and duck have been boiled in a large iron pot, filled with chili peppers, and a pot of red and lustrous. At the door of the old house, two rows of long round tables were placed. The neighbors were also happy and gave the visitor a handful of candy.
Sun Zhuo's birth mother, Peng Siying, said that Sun Zhuo was raised by his grandparents in his hometown in Hubei province from birth to 4 years old, and his grandmother's feelings for Little Sun Zhuo were particularly deep. Sun Zhuo was abducted and became Grandma's "heart knot", and finding Sun Zhuo was also Grandma's only wish in this life.
On the 6th in Shenzhen, after Sun Zhuo successfully recognized his biological parents, he had a video call with his grandmother in the evening. Grandma cried on the phone, "Almost because I lost my life looking for you." ”
On the evening of the 6th, Sun Zhuo stayed with his brother at home in Shenzhen for one night.
As soon as the younger brother saw Sun Zhuo, he pounced on him and hugged him, and also prepared a few lollipops, a box of potato chips, a bottle of Coke, and a pack of spicy strips for Sun Zhuo, all of which he usually liked to eat. ”
Beijing News reporter Xu Yang, Jiang Pengfeng, Zhao Lu, Li Yang, Ding Pei
Edited by Zuo Yanyan
Proofread by Liu Yue