"Born on February 24, 1995." This note is the only proof that Shao Zhang, who was abandoned at birth, was picked up by well-wishers.
The local welfare home received it at the first time, but then searched with the staff for several months, and did not get any news about his parents.
Fortunately, in June of this year, Shao Zhang met a couple from the United States, who took Shao Zhang to Oregon with full love, giving the little girl a complete home and giving her the freedom to pursue her inner feelings. In 2017, the 22-year-old Shao Zhang returned to his hometown of Shaoyang under the leadership of his "jealous" adoptive father Bruce. She wanted to find her birth parents.
When various information was listed, corresponding to Ms. Huang, who was also looking for her daughter, Shao Zhang was excited. Will Ms. Huang's family be Shao Zhang's relatives? Why didn't they finally recognize each other?
Some people say that abandoned children do not need to look for biological parents, and it is most important to live a good life at present. For whatever reason, the experience of being abandoned is always indelible.
So why did Shao Zhang insist on looking for relatives? Listen to the Ziya Childlike Character Ji and then explain.
Kids, do what you want to do!
On February 28, 1995, the Shaoyang Municipal Social Welfare Institute took over a baby girl who was only four days old from the local police station.
The child was found in front of the People's Square department store in Shuangqing District, Shaoyang City, and there was nothing in the swaddling except a date of birth certificate. So the welfare home took the initiative to name the baby girl "Shao Zhang".
In June of the same year, Bruce Wolf from the United States came to China with his wife Laura and 5-year-old son Nick to meet the upcoming new member of the family, the cute girl Shao Zhang.
At the Changsha Welfare Institute, Shao Zhang, who was sent here, met his adoptive father for the first time. After a quick walk through the program, Bruce returned to the United States with his daughter and named her Olivia.
Without hiding anything, as Olivia grew up, Laura told her daughter that she came from a distant and beautiful China, where she might have blood-linked relatives, but now she was her own princess.
The family's love for Olivia is never hidden. Bruce, a former photographer, will tell her daughter about the beautiful world under the lens, giving her the freedom and boldness to pursue her dreams.
Laura has created a warm and happy harbor for Olivia, and can always open her arms to shield her children from the wind and rain. And the older brother Nick is also very willing to take care of and accompany his sister. When his sister was able to stand up for the first time on the table, he was happier than anyone else.
Growing up in such an environment, Olivia was smart, enthusiastic, emotionally rich, and equally energetic. But the life that I have known since childhood, as I grow older, have slowly become a knot in the girl's heart.
Can I go and find my blood relatives? Where am I from? Can I know about that hidden past?
Accompanied by her brother Nick, who was attending her graduation ceremony and returning from a university in Minnesota to her home in Oregon, Olivia told her family with a slight uneasiness: "I want to go to China and go find my parents there."
Originally worried about whether this thought would make her family sad, she did not expect to see two smiles and a face pretending to be injured.
Laura told her daughter to be bold and nothing could bind emotions. Nick told his sister to do what you want to do and leave no regrets in the future.
Bruce, on the other hand, was more interesting, pretending to be sad and said to Olivia: "I'm a little jealous now, if you want to go back to China, you can't leave me, I want to go with you!" ”
Welcome home, kid!
In this way, on September 4, 2017, the girl who left Shaoyang City 22 years ago returned to her hometown 22 years later.
From Hong Kong to Changsha and then to Shaoyang. Standing in a strange place, Olivia exuded a cheerful breath. She knew that she had a Chinese named "Shao Zhang", and the word "Shao" that could be seen everywhere on the street was also full of feelings of home.
Following the procedure of once being adopted, they found a staff member who had once taken care of themselves. Unfortunately, I didn't get any useful information other than knowing where I was found.
The local police station also cooperated strongly, retrieved the file at that time, and found that the staff had also searched for several months to find the child's relatives, but in the end, after no results, Shao Zhang and his father tried to rescue the media department.
Where they traveled along the way, the people they came into contact with knew that the father and daughter from the other side of the ocean were looking for relatives and provided them with various conveniences. Until one day, Shao Zhang received a call from an aunt named Huang Xiumei.
The other party is also looking for a child born 22 years ago. At first, she and her husband had to put their children near People's Square for family reasons, praying that there would be well-meaning people in the crowded places to bring the children home.
The age and place were all right, and the excitement in Shao Zhang's heart was overflowing with words.
After agreeing on the time and place of the meeting, Bruce carefully selected clothes and accessories for her daughter, prepared a proper meeting gift, and then smiled and sent her daughter to meet someone who may be the child's relatives.
Just after meeting each other, Huang Xiumei couldn't help but shed tears. She grabbed Shao Zhang's hand for a long time, looking carefully at the girl's appearance, as if looking for similarities with herself, and also seemed to be looking through her face to see the story that this girl might experience. The exchange between the two sides was very harmonious, and Shao Zhang also carefully inquired about the information they knew.
From Huang Xiumei's mouth, Shao Zhang knew that in fact, after losing the child, the couple also regretted it very much. After that, he kept looking around, but he never heard the news.
With the passage of time, the anxiety in the hearts of the two mouths also increased little by little. They are afraid that after finding their daughter, they will find that their daughter is not doing well, and they are afraid that after seeing each other, their daughter will hate themselves.
At this time, Shao Zhang was in a good mood, and her feelings for her biological parents were relatively complicated, but there was no hatred in them. She told Huang Xiumei that hating this emotion is very tiring, and if you can get along well for the rest of your life, happiness is the emotion that both parties should strive to pursue.
Keep looking and don't let regrets stay
Under the witness of relevant personnel, Shao Zhang and the Huang family did a genetic comparison test. During the week of waiting for the results, both sides were nervous and excited.
However, in the end, it backfired, and the results showed that Shao Zhang and the two were not related by blood. The confession ended in regret.
Although they did not find the person they were looking for, Shao Zhang still comforted the other party and let them persevere. As long as this process continues, there will be a glimmer of hope.
Maybe somewhere in the world, the other party is also trying to find their loved ones. This seems to be comforting Huang Xiumei and his wife, but it also seems to be saying to himself.
Some people say that the name "Shao Zhang" was not obtained by her parents, and the name she has since she was a child who is full of family love is actually "Olivia".
Instead of clinging to the past, it is better to put it in front of you, get along well with your current family, and create a better future.
But for Shao Zhang, his roots were far away, and the indelible blood kinship was always lingering in his heart. The past has passed, she is not sad for what she has experienced, she only wants it, but she may feel regret in her heart when she is white-haired.
If you try your best to find it, even if the result is not perfect or satisfactory, then the heart will be relatively less concerned.
Shao Zhang is very satisfied with her current life, she has always considered herself lucky, from the beginning of memory, life is full of sweetness. Even if they look nothing like their adoptive parents and brothers, their previous feelings are inseparable.
Along the way, she can grow up freely, enjoy the warmth of the family, the care of the family, and can chase everything she wants, and she is grateful to her current family.
At the age of 22, he returned to China to find his biological parents but was hit by a wall, and Shao Zhang knew that it was not easy to find relatives in thousands of miles. In the years to come, she will still return to China from time to time, turn around in Shaoyang, and ask the people of Shaoyang.
Maybe the magical fate, the fate that had been favored by her, will beckon again? Do you understand Shao Zhang's practice of returning to China to find relatives? Do you think she will find her own biological parents? Everyone is welcome to leave a message in the comment area to discuss.
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