One morning in early February, 39-year-old Yu Xiaomei woke up, and the cold weather made her feel a little bedridden. She opened social platforms and a reminder popped up that someone had liked her work. Like netizens is an unfamiliar private account, but Yu Xiaomei noticed that her avatar is somewhat familiar - like her sister, who has been missing for nearly 20 years.
In 2003, her then 21-year-old sister Xiaoling suddenly disappeared from her part-time work, and her parents went to look for it several times, but due to inconvenient communication, there are still no clues.
"Of course I don't have much hope." Yu Xiaomei said. However, with the assistance of the police of the Fenkou Town Police Station in Chun'an County, Zhejiang Province, it was confirmed that the stranger who accidentally liked was his sister Yu Xiaoling.
On March 6, Yu Xiaomei told a reporter from Xiaoxiang Morning News that the family had met and had returned to their respective family lives. "What happened before, she didn't want to say, and we didn't ask in detail." As long as she can get by and be safe. ”
He has not been heard from after going out to work, and has not been accounted for for 20 years
Yu Xiaomei's parents have a total of three children, Xiaomei is the second oldest, and there is a younger brother. In Xiaomei's impression, her sister Xiaoling, who is two years older than herself, is introverted, timid, and does not like to express very much. Xiaomei's family is in Chichuankou Village, Fenkou Town, and the family is financially tight, "and there is no opportunity to go to town for a year." ”
After graduating from junior high school, her sister Xiaoling went to Hangzhou to work part-time to find a way out. Xiaomei remembers that the salary was not very high at that time, the salary of the craftsman in her hometown was less than thirty yuan a day, and her young sister was not enough to send living expenses to the family, "It's already good to be able to manage yourself." But Xiaomei and her brother, who stay in their hometown to study, are always looking forward to their sister coming home, and she will bring them new little gifts.
Around June 2003, her father sent Xiaoling again on a shuttle bus to Hangzhou to work. In the past, Xiaoling would often call back to chat with her family, but after leaving this time, her family never heard from her again.
"At that time, whenever a call came from abroad, we tracked it down, but we couldn't find anything." Later, after moving several times, Xiaomei's family did not dare to change their landline number, for fear of missing Xiaoling's news. Xiaomei's parents also went to Hangzhou, Ningbo and other places several times to look for it, but there was no whereabouts of Xiaoling. They are not without bad conjectures, "There have been incidents in the village where girls who went out to work and were killed." But as soon as there is a clue, they will chase after it.
About 6 years ago, Xiaomei's father passed away. Before this, her father had been encouraging Xiaomei to participate in the family search program, but the travel fee, time, program screening mechanism, etc., were not easy obstacles for Xiaomei at that time. "(Father) didn't close his eyes when he was dying, and he was still thinking about finding his sister."
In the first month of this year, Xiaomei suddenly dreamed of her sister, and she said to her mother: "I haven't dreamed of my sister for a long time, and I dreamed of it, people may still be in the world!" ”
The account whose avatar resembled his sister liked himself, and he didn't have much hope when he asked the police for help
In the past two years, Yu Xiaomei has registered her social platform and often shared some twin children and her daily life. Seeing some netizens' videos of looking for relatives, she herself also posted a message looking for her sister and put it at the top.
At the beginning of February this year, Yu Xiaomei saw an unfamiliar account praising her work, her avatar was very similar to her sister, but in the past, the other party was a private account and the work was not visible. Yu Xiaomei cut off her avatar and sent it to the crowd, "They all say like." Yu Xiaomei took the photo to the Fenkou Town Police Station to find the police. But she didn't have much hope, "There are more people in the world who look alike, just thinking that there are clues or trying." ”
It didn't take long for Xiaomei to get the news, the other party was in Tiantai County, Taizhou, and it could basically be confirmed that it was her sister Xiaoling, only to be verified on the spot. "It must be a pleasure! After all, after so many years, she doesn't know how she is, and the greater your hopes, the more disappointed you are. ”
On February 28, Zhang Jun, deputy director of Fenkou, and auxiliary police officer Zheng Jiapeng rushed to the rooftop with Xiaomei's family to find Xiaoling, who lived in the precinct, with the assistance of the police of the Baihe Police Station.
"My sister stayed inside, my aunt went first, and then my mother and I went in. As soon as she entered, her sister knelt directly in front of her mother, crying that she was not filial. "The family hugged each other and cried. Xiaomei saw that her sister was old, "a lot older". My sister said that at that time, I was young and wanted to go out and wander, afraid that my family would not understand and I would not be in touch, but then my life has not been satisfactory, and I feel that I have no face to face my family again.
My sister has also started a family in Taizhou and has her own husband and children. After this meeting, the two sides returned to their respective lives. "When people find it, we feel at ease. If you want to come back or not, follow your sister herself. Yu Xiaomei said.
Yu Xiaomei also told reporters that after the matter attracted the attention of netizens, many people cared about why her sister did not go home, and there were also many rumors that her sister was ruthless and so on.
"I guess she must have suffered a lot, a lot of difficulties. She didn't want to say that it would be her past and let her keep that secret for herself. We want to talk about this, one is to say that the police really contributed, thank them very much, and also think that we may be able to give more confidence to those who have been separated from their loved ones, and maybe one day they will find it. ”
△ Tiantai County, a family group photo, the third from the left is Xiaoling, and the left and right sides are the Chun'an police
(Yu Xiaomei and Yu Xiaoling are pseudonyms in the text)
Xiaoxiang Morning News reporter Wu Chen Xingzi