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In 1991, a boy named Zhizhi disappeared in the snow in Guizhou, and his family was so grief-stricken that they searched for him at all costs, but there was no news.
The father was traumatized and finally chose a dead end, and committed suicide due to depression, leaving behind endless sadness and regret.
And 25 years later, an unbelievable coincidence happened. Zhizhi's mother unexpectedly discovered that the friend in her mobile phone address book for more than four years turned out to be her son who had been missing for 25 years!
The news came like a bolt from the blue, and it was unbelievable. For more than four years, Zhizhi has been by his mother's side, but for various reasons, the two have never recognized each other's identities.
So what's going on here?
01
It's a long way to find a child
In the early 90s of the last century, the mainland's scientific and technological means were not as popular as they are today, and surveillance video, DNA identification technology, etc. were not yet popularized, and identity information was not networked nationwide.
In this context, if an adult disappears away from home, it will be like evaporating from the world, as if there is no trace of coming.
What's more, Zhizhi is only a three-year-old child, an age that has only entered the kindergarten class, what can he understand?
Perhaps when he was young, he only had the simple and warm family atmosphere of his parents, grandparents, and grandparents in his cognition.
After Zhizhi's disappearance, Zhang Xuexia, as a mother, was very painful, and she regretted that she couldn't buy a small cake for her son when he lost it.
The young couple turned white overnight, and the happy family was also covered with cobwebs in an instant.
The sudden loss of the child was like a blow to Zhang Xuexia and his wife, tearing their hearts apart, making them feel as if their hearts had been torn apart, bleeding and hurting constantly.
During the time when Zhizhi had just disappeared, the couple fell into infinite despair, and even felt that they no longer had the courage to live.
However, when the couple thought that their son might still be waiting for them to find him, the fire in their hearts was rekindled and their hope for life was ignited.
So, Zhang Xuexia and her husband made a vow to find Zhizhi back, and after that, they embarked on a long road to find their son.
Although this road is destined to be full of thorns, they are willing to go on, because they know that only by regaining wisdom can their family be filled with laughter again.
After that, Zhang Xuexia and his wife chose to give up their jobs and devoted all their body, mind and energy to the process of finding Zhizhi.
After countless tossing and turning, the couple has become more and more tired, but the persistence in their eyes has never relaxed.
Although their relatives persuaded them to have another one while they were young, in their hearts, how could they give up the flesh that fell from their bodies so easily?
So how did the young Zhizhi disappear?
02
The child is missing
Although more than 20 years have passed, Zhang Xuexia, as a mother, still can't forget the sad day when her son was abducted.
In every sleepless night, Zhang Xuexia always kept thinking about one thing, that is, if she hadn't chosen to work overtime at that time, maybe Zhizhi would not have disappeared, and her husband would not have died of depression due to the loss of her child.
Zhang Xuexia is a salesperson in a large department store in Guizhou, and her husband Song Huainan is a large truck driver.
Soon after the two got married, they soon welcomed their lovely son Song Yanzhi, although the life of a family of three is not rich, but the life is warm and happy.
However, when Zhizhi was 3 years old, the happy life of a family of three was completely shattered by an accident.
On the eve of the Spring Festival in 1991, in order to earn extra overtime pay, Zhang Xuexia chose to stay overtime, and entrusted the 3-year-old Zhizhi to her father to take care of.
It was this seemingly ordinary decision that became a decision she regretted for the rest of her life.
Zhizhi's grandfather worked as a warehouse manager on a construction site, and his work was relatively easy. There happens to be a movie theater next to the construction site, and the surrounding crowd is dense and very lively
The day before, it snowed heavily in Guizhou, and Zhizhi's grandfather took the young Zhizhi to the cinema to play in the snow in order to make his grandson not so boring.
However, just a short time after Grandpa went to the toilet, an accident appeared.
What grandpa never expected was that in this short period of time, his grandson Song Yanzhi disappeared and could no longer be found.
This sudden disappearance panicked his grandfather, and he hurriedly searched around, calling out his grandson's name, but all around him was the sound of falling snowflakes in response.
At this time, Grandpa's heart seemed to be tightly grasped by an invisible hand, and he felt extremely anxious and desperate.
He immediately called his daughter and son-in-law Zhizhi to inform him that the news was missing. After the couple met, Zhang Xuexia finally couldn't help crying.
After a brief period of panic, they knew they had to start a search immediately, because the longer it dragged on, the less certain the child's safety became.
While reporting the case to the local police station, they frantically expanded the search area despite exhaustion. In addition, they also produced a large number of missing person notices, which were posted at railway stations, bus stations and other places as soon as possible, hoping to attract the attention of relevant personnel.
However, a few days passed, and there was still no news. The couple were anxious, but they didn't dare to slack off, and looked for Song Yanzhi's traces everywhere day and night.
Because they think that the child may be in the vicinity of a stranger, and at the same time they cannot imagine the child being wronged.
During that period of searching, Zhang Xuexia's weight even plummeted to just over 70 pounds, and her spirit became a little trance.
However, in the process of searching for Zhizhi, unfortunate things once again befell this already broken family.
03
The father committed suicide due to depression
In September 1992, Zhang Xuexia and Song Huainan received a call from the director of the local abduction office, saying that they had caught the trafficker who had abducted Song Yanzhi that year.
This news is like a lifesaver for the couple, because if they find the trafficker, it is possible to know where Song Yanzhi was sold.
With great anticipation and anxiety, the couple rushed to the place where they met the traffickers. They knew that this meeting was likely to be the last hope to get their son back.
According to the clues provided by the traffickers, Zhizhi should have been taken to the vicinity of Anxi, Fujian, but he did not know where it was.
After learning the news, the couple immediately bought a train ticket to Anxi, Fujian.
They sat on the train, their hearts full of anticipation and anxiety, silently praying that they would find their son's whereabouts.
After the two arrived in Anxi, Fujian, they first posted missing notices about their son at the local train station and bus station, hoping to attract more people's attention.
Immediately afterward, they traveled to a nearby town and began a difficult search for them.
There are more than 30 villages in the town, and the couple decided to go their separate ways, going door-to-door in the hope of getting some clues.
They wandered through the village, searching for every possible clue, and unfortunately, each time the couple returned disappointed.
In 2004, 13 years have passed since Song Yanzhi was lost. However, fate once again launched a brutal attack on the family.
Zhang Xuexia's husband could no longer bear the blow of life, suffered from severe depression, and jumped from a tall building.
The news of her husband's sudden death was like a thunderbolt from the blue, making Zhang Xuexia miserable. This kind of despair made Zhang Xuexia's heart cut like a knife, and she faced the hardships that life brought her helplessly.
But the strong Zhang Xuexia always firmly believed that her child was alive and waiting for her somewhere.
In order to expand the scope of searching for children, she began to learn to go online, created some family search accounts, and posted news on major family search platforms to let more people know that she was looking for children.
With the release of information on the Internet, Zhang Xuexia has added many new friends to her mobile phone. Some of them knew that they were trafficked, but after communicating with them, they found that they did not match their son's situation.
This made Zhang Xuexia's mood fluctuate, sometimes full of hope, sometimes deep in loss.
04
A "miracle" appeared
With the launch of CCTV's "Waiting for Me" family search program, Zhang Xuexia finally seems to have a glimmer of hope in front of her.
So, she signed up for the show, and on the day of the recording of the show, Zhang Xuexia stood on the stage, looked at the camera with anticipation, and issued an affectionate call: "Zhizhi, mom has been looking for you, if you see it, please be sure to contact mom." ”
In 2016, a person who had contacted Zhang Xuexia through a friend in the address book four years ago contacted her again, and also claimed that he was his lost son.
In fact, as early as four years ago, Zhang Xuexia found that the mole on this person's body was different from the information she remembered about her son, so she ruled out this person early.
Although he was already dead, because the child had been persevering, Zhang Xuexia finally transferred the travel expenses to him and asked him to come to Guizhou to meet.
never thought that this boy who had been in Zhang Xuexia's address book for four years was really Zhang Xuexia's lost son Zhizhi after medical testing!
At this point, the mother and son finally met. After taking his son to sweep his father's grave, Zhizhi also met his grandfather, who was nearly eighty years old.
For so many years, this old man has not had a good time, and he has been living with the guilt of losing his grandson.
However, it is gratifying that her son, who is nearly 30 years old, is now married, and Zhang Xuexia also has a cute little grandson called her grandmother.
In the long 25 years of searching for her son, Zhang Xuexia has changed from a young woman to an elderly woman with a face full of vicissitudes.
Her life experience is like a touching movie, full of ups and downs and twists and turns, but finally ushered in a happy ending.
Yet, even as her story ended well, many children around the world were still trafficked, and many parents still struggled with the disappearance of their children.
Children are the hope of the family and the continuation of life. Once lost, it is undoubtedly a heavy blow to a family.
May there be no crutches in the world.
Source: "Mother Searching for Abducted Son for 25 Years, Husband Committed Suicide Due to Depression in Search of Son" China News Network
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