Text: Ji Ren Editor: Jia Fangfang
Source: Marriage & Family Magazine
"If the traffickers beat me to death, you must remember that your father is in Hubei, and his name is Chen Xiancai. ”
32 years ago, Yu Yuanying, who was locked up in a small black room by traffickers and punched and kicked, hugged her three children tightly and left this message hoarsely. From an early age, the children vowed to find their biological father.
Thirty-two years later, with the help of the Shanghai and Hubei public security, her daughter Chen Huirong finally dialed her biological father's phone: "Do you remember me? I am your daughter Chen Huirong." ”
The father's voice on the other end of the phone trembled, and he was so excited that he was almost speechless: "I remember, I have been looking for you so hard for so many years!"
When Chen Huirong repeated his father's words, he choked up several times. Her brother Chen Qihua sat on the side, clenching his hands with restraint, but he still couldn't hold back his tears.
After decades of separation, the family can still be reunited in a neat and tidy manner, which is a great luck for an abducted family.
But every tear of their tears of joy soaked in the background of tragedy.
The story starts 32 years ago.
01
The beginning of the story is an elaborate hoax
Rewind the year to 1991.
In the late '80s and early '90s, Xiantao in Hubei Province was a relatively wealthy place in China, and many farmers built their buildings by exporting crops.
In Chen Huirong's memory, the "third master" family lived in one such building. When she was a child, she played upstairs, and her family would remind her: "Be careful, don't fall off." ”
This is one of the few clear fragments of Chen Huirong's childhood memories.
In contrast, his brother Chen Qihua remembers more. He remembers that he lived in a tiled house, in the style of a Hubei hall, with four houses facing each other, an open corridor in the middle, and running water in his home.
At that time, such living conditions were already considered very good. This is also the reason why Yu Yuanying married from Sichuan to Hubei.
Yu Yuanying is a native of Guang'an, Sichuan, and her hometown is poor and isolated. She has been married to Chen Xian for nearly 10 years, and she has never had a chance to go back to see it, so she has always been very concerned about her mother's family.
It is this homesickness that gives traffickers an opportunity.
One day, a couple who played cotton came to the village, claiming to be from Sichuan. Yu Yuanying asked by chance and found that they were also from Guang'an.
Seeing the fellow countryman, Yu Yuanying felt that the other party was close and reliable, and suddenly took off her guard. The two families came and went back and forth for a few days, and the couple suddenly said that they wanted to go back to their hometown for the New Year, and invited Yu Yuanying to join them, saying that they would go back to their hometown together, and it would be good to have a companion.
Yu Yuanying was immediately moved, rushed home to pack up, and took the three children back to meet the family.
Considering safety concerns, Yu Yuanying also took her husband's ID card when she left, with his name and detailed address written on it. If you accidentally get lost, there is also a way to ask for directions.
In this way, the six people stepped on the train to "return home" together.
In those days, the train management was not standardized, and in order to save money, the couple was very sophisticated in helping several children escape tickets.
The younger sister is still in infancy, and the second Chen Huirong is also thin, and she can squeeze in the seat, which is the pain of the eldest son Chen Qihua.
That year, Chen Qihua was 7 years old. He vividly remembered that he had been "hidden" under the train seat by the couple, so dark and narrow that he almost suffocated.
On the way, the couple suddenly said that they had a younger sister in Anhui and wanted to change their route to visit their sister first.
The other party used a consultative tone at that time, Yu Yuanying did not doubt, and agreed without much hesitation.
But she didn't expect that this decision would push her and her children's lives to a catastrophe.
02
One thought is wrong, and life is turned upside down
After the train arrived in Bengbu, Anhui Province, the group got off the train.
At this point, the traffickers finally took off their disguises and revealed their true colors of viciousness and cruelty. They dragged the mother and son to a small dark room and locked them up without saying anything.
At first, Yu Yuanying, like the children, kept crying for help, and even tried to break free and escape, but in exchange for a severe beating by the traffickers.
The other party also threatened fiercely: "If you dare to cry and make trouble, I will break your legs!"
Yu Yuanying was frightened, the whole person collapsed and despaired, and washed her face with tears every day. In order to protect the child, she did not dare to sleep for several days and nights, and hugged the three brothers and sisters tightly, for fear that the traffickers would sell the child first while she was unprepared.
Yu Yuanying's worries were not superfluous, the traffickers initially made up their minds to sell the mother and son separately, so that they could be sold for a good price.
Within a few days, someone was going to buy Chen Qihua.
Seeing this, Yu Yuanying hugged the child tightly. She threatened with her life, knelt on the ground and pleaded bitterly. No matter how the traffickers punched and kicked, she just wouldn't let go.
She was afraid that she would be beaten to death like this, so she screamed and told her children: "You must remember that your father's name is Chen Xiancai, and he is in Hubei!
Fortunately, the traffickers finally relented and agreed to sell the mother and son to the same family.
A few days later, an elderly woman came to the door and bought them home for 2,600 yuan. Later, Chen Qihua learned that the money was all the savings of his adoptive father's family.
The adoptive father was a single man, the family was destitute, several adobe houses were empty, and the only relatives were left with the "grandmother" who bought them.
It is poor and backward, and it is too far behind its hometown of Xiantao, Hubei.
Because of poverty and because she was afraid that her children would run away after they became sensible, her grandmother cut off the children's chances of going to school.
In Chen Qihua's memory, he and his two younger sisters have had to herd cattle, sheep, and pigweed since they were young. At the age of their peers, they only have endless farm work to do.
What's even more pitiful is Yu Yuanying. A trafficking has caused her a great mental blow and injury, and her mind is not very clear.
Here, she did not dare to go out on the streets, did not dare to contact strangers, and the farthest range of her activities was only a mile.
On weekdays, Yu Yuanying not only revolves around the pot stove, but also goes to the field to do farm work.
Even once her husband asked her if she wanted to go back to Hubei, but she couldn't remember the specific address, so she had to give up.
However, over the years, Yu Yuanying has been in touch with her mother's family in circles. But she only went back once when her eldest sister died a few years ago.
Because Yu Yuanying knew that her brothers and sisters were doing well, she didn't want to drag down her relatives and friends, so she never thought of visiting relatives.
After the abduction, her fate was completely rewritten, and she almost lived herself as an island.
03
The life that has been stolen cannot be regained
When Chen Qihua and Chen Huirong were young, they didn't understand why their mother couldn't take them home even if their adoptive father was relieved.
But they slowly found that every time they mentioned something related to trafficking to their mother, her mother would cry and almost lose her breath. After a long time, they didn't dare to ask.
Relatively fortunately, the adoptive father was a kind man. He has no biological children, so he treats Chen Qihua's three brothers and sisters as his own. Chen Qihua remembers that his adoptive father would sometimes take advantage of his mother's absence to secretly scramble eggs for them to eat.
But even so, they can't forget their biological father.
In Chen Huirong's memory, his biological father was very good at spoiling children, and when he was a child, he would carry them on his shoulders, so pampered that everyone in the village laughed at him.
Over the years, the two brothers and sisters have worked everywhere and gone to Guangzhou and Sichuan to find relatives. With a name and a shallow memory, they refuse to let go of the slightest hope of hope.
Thankfully, God has mercy.
Since the start of the crackdown, the public security department has set up many blood collection points across the country. Chen Qihua and Chen Huirong, who went to Shanghai to work, finally had the opportunity to collect blood to recognize their relatives.
They relied on the name "Chen Xiancai" nailed in their memory and a DNA comparison result to contact their biological father who was far away in Hubei.
The moment he dialed his father's phone, Chen Huirong was nervous and excited, while Chen Qihua felt "like a dream".
After 32 years, they hardly dared to hope that they would one day be reunited with their family, but good fortune favored them so suddenly.
On the phone, Chen Xiancai, who is 76 years old, intermittently told his daughter that he had been looking for them.
In the past, his children became lonely around his knees, and no one could imagine how Chen Xiancai had survived all these years.
He was trapped in great grief and couldn't get out, he didn't marry and have children for so many years, he just blindly stubbornly searched, and lived a miserable life, but he never gave up.
After a 32-year absence, Chen Xiancai received a call from his daughter. His first reaction was not to tell that he missed it, but to worry that he would drag the child down. Because of his old age, his hearing is no longer sensitive, and he also suffers from gout, which will only become a burden to the children.
But blood is thicker than water, and after Chen Huirong learned about his father's situation, he cried and assured his father: "I will raise you in the future, I have a bite to eat, and I won't let you go hungry." ”
Yu Yuanying, who was far away in Bengbu, Anhui Province, was so excited when she heard the news.
Chen Qihua revealed that his mother couldn't support her heart because of her emotional ups and downs, and she had been hospitalized twice. My sister, who was with my mother, was also ready to come over to meet my biological father.
The reunion, which has been delayed for 32 years, now seems to be the best ending.
However, the life that was stolen by Chen Xiancai's family cannot be started again.
04
Accept your regrets and start anew
Some people say that the earth is round, and people who are separated will always meet again. However, a person who gets lost by mistake has to bypass many detours and bumps in a few bumps in order to get a reunion.
In the 32 years of separation, Chen Xiancai's life was completely ruined, and Yu Yuanying left indelible wounds both physically and psychologically. And the biggest regret for the three children of the Chen family is that they have not read.
In an interview, Chen Qihua said that he hated human traffickers because they had stolen countless fantasies about "another life" for him and his sister.
If they hadn't been trafficked, they would have gone to school and would have lived a much easier life than they do now.
Unfortunately, it was all a foregone conclusion. Regret cannot be remedied, can only be accepted.
What Chen Xiancai's family can do is only cherish this rare reunion and draw a complete end in the tragic narrative.
Just like when reuniting with his biological father, the reporter said to Chen Qihua and Chen Huirong: "Put on the big red flower and go home happily." ”
Go home and everything will be fine.
"Like" and "watching", I wish this family a smooth life for the rest of their lives, and may the world be free of crutches.
Resources:
Elephant News: "Coming Home After 32 Years of Abduction"
Elephant News: "Chen Qihua: Human Traffickers Change the Fate of the Whole Family"
百姓关注：《妻子儿女四口被拐32年终团聚》
Sohu video: "A family of four in Hubei was abducted at the same time, and finally reunited with their families after 32 years"