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May 2021 is a day worth remembering – it is the one-year anniversary of the death of Wen Hongcai's adoptive father, Wen Deqiang.
As a heroic active-duty soldier, today, with a complex and touching mood like turning over the river and the sea, including his sister and the public security officers responsible for escorting him on the trip, he embarked on the high-speed railway train to Siyang, Jiangsu Province, and began his extremely difficult but expectant road to find his roots.
As the train slowly drove out of the beautiful Sichuan hometown, Wen Hongcai's adoptive mother Zhou Yizhen sat quietly in a corner of the carriage, tears welling up, although she had been fully psychologically prepared for this day, but when this moment really came, the reluctance in her heart was still irrepressible.
Wen Hongcai has been adopted by Wen Deqiang and Zhou Yizhen since he was a child, and after 26 years of ups and downs, he has now decided to embark on a journey to find his biological parents.
Zhou Yizhen recalled that distant rainy night, Wen Deqiang, with a kind heart, picked up Wen Hongcai, who was only 5 years old at the Chengdu Railway Station, and took him home to take care of him and raise him.
Since then, Wen Hongcai has become the treasure of the husband and wife. A few hours later, the train arrived at Siyang Station. When Wen Hongcai stepped off the train, an old man with silver hair had been waiting on the platform for a long time.
Seeing Wen Hongcai, who was now heroic, the old man choked up and called "Yunjiang", and hugged this long-lost biological flesh and blood tightly.
It turned out that the old man named Xie Zhenquan lost his 5-year-old son at the Chengdu Railway Station on that rainy night 26 years ago because of negligence.
Not far away, relatives and friends in the village happily beat gongs and drums, set off firecrackers, and reporters' cameras also focused on it.
When he returned to his homeland, he felt the unique atmosphere of this familiar land, but the family bond with his biological parents was quietly broken in the long 26 years.
How to re-establish a close family relationship is undoubtedly an unprecedented challenge for him.
It was a cold and rainy night after the Spring Festival in 1995, and the noisy spring rain was like a river bursting its embankment, surging and flooding this southwest land.
In the bustling urban area of Chengdu, a simple and hard-working truck driver couple, Mr. Wen Deqiang and Ms. Zhou Yizhen, have just finished a long and difficult day, they braved the heavy rain, carried umbrellas, and embarked on the journey home.
As they marched to the bustling Chengdu Railway Station, a thin figure broke into Mr. Wen Deqiang's field of vision in the rainy night.
When he looked closely, he saw that it was a boy who was only 5 years old, shivering with cold, standing alone in the pouring rain.
Witnessing this situation, Mr. Wen Deqiang's heart swelled with endless sympathy and pity. As a warm-hearted man who was well aware of the sufferings of the world, he stopped the car without hesitation, opened his umbrella and walked towards the poor child, hoping to provide him with a place to shelter from the wind and rain.
However, the child seemed to have lost his sense of direction, and he curled up and stood there trembling, unresponsive to Mr. Wen Deqiang's concerned greetings.
Seeing the child's miserable appearance, Mr. Wen Deqiang's heart became more and more painful, and he made up his mind to bring the child back to his warm home and give him meticulous care.
When they returned home, Ms. Zhou Yizhen was very confused by the scene in front of her, she did not expect her husband to bring back a strange "son".
However, when she saw the child's embarrassed and drenched appearance, she could not help but feel a deep pity in her heart, so she decided to take the child in for the time being and take care of him carefully.
Due to the family's poor financial situation, Mr. Wen Deqiang's family was originally a family of four, and all their sources of livelihood depended on the income earned by Mr. Wen Deqiang driving a truck.
Despite this, the kind-hearted couple decided to adopt and raise the "accidentally" picked up child unconditionally, and they did everything they could to hope that he would grow up healthy and happy.
Since then, Mr. Wen Deqiang's family has officially become a family of five. For this adopted child, the husband and wife treated it as their own and gave them the same care and education as if they were their own children.
Ms. Chow Yizhen took care of his daily life with her kindness and love, while Mr. Wan Deqiang taught his children how to become a man with a sense of responsibility for the country and his family with his years of experience in the military.
Since then, in Wen Deqiang, an ordinary and simple truck driver family, this once neglected "pearl" has been gradually regained with the full efforts of the owner and his wife.
In this family, despite the hardships and hardships of life, the children have received meticulous love and care from their parents.
As a result, Wen Deqiang and Zhou Yizhen, a simple truck driver, have evolved from the original family of four to a big family of five today.
Even though the family's financial situation is stretched, they still do everything they can, treating the child they picked up by chance at the train station as their own, and giving him endless love and teaching.
In order to give this "picked up" child an official identity, his parents did not hesitate to name him "Wen Hongcai" to express their deep love and attention to him.
Since then, the child has officially become a member of the Wen family, no different from his own children.
Time is like an arrow, time is like a shuttle, and in the blink of an eye, several years have passed. Wen Hongcai has grown from a thin child to a heroic teenager.
He was tall and heroic, making a deep impression of sunshine and cheerfulness.
He is lively and active, which makes him very popular with his parents.
Despite his mediocre academic performance, Wen Hongcai's sense of responsibility for his family and society impressed Wen Deqiang and placed high hopes on him.
As a veteran who has served in the army for many years, Wen Deqiang taught Wen Hongcai with his rich life experience, hoping that he will inherit his ambition in the future, join the military and serve the country.
Just when Wen Hongcai had a successful career and attracted much attention, a sudden illness ruthlessly took the life of his adoptive father Wen Deqiang.
When he was dying, Wen Deqiang's heart was full of regret, and his greatest wish was to be able to witness his adopted son's wedding ceremony in person, and reveal to him the secret he picked up at the train station 26 years ago.
Facing her imminent husband, Zhou Yizhen burst into tears, she knew that the time had come to make this long-sealed past public. So, at the last moment before her husband's death, Zhou Yizhen confessed the truth to Wen Hongcai: You are not our biological flesh and blood, but an orphan who was picked up 26 years ago.
When he heard the news that he was an orphan who was adopted 26 years ago, Wen Hong instantly fell into deep confusion and consternation. He couldn't believe that his parents, whom he had always regarded as his closest relatives, were not his biological blood relatives!
Faced with this sudden fact, Wen Hongcai's eyes widened, his eyes were full of doubts and questions, as if he was seeking the final affirmation from someone.
He struggled to spout a few words: "Do you, ...... Really not my biological parents?" Looking at his son's painful expression, Zhou Yizhen replied affectionately: "Although this is the case, you will always be the most cherished child in our hearts, and we love you as if you were our own flesh and blood, there is no doubt about it."
Everyone present was deeply moved by this scene, and Zhou Yizhen almost choked up to tell the story of how they found the five-year-old Wen Hongcai at the Chengdu train station and raised him on that stormy night.
Time flies, and 26 years have passed in the blink of an eye. Today, Wen Hongcai has become a brave soldier in military uniform, and he embarks on a journey to find his roots with excitement and mixed feelings.
Before leaving for Siyang, Jiangsu, Wen Hongcai hugged his elderly adoptive mother Zhou Yizhen tightly, and he said affectionately to his mother: "Mother, I deeply feel your selfless maternal love, you have raised me through countless hardships, how can I not be full of endless gratitude?" Zhou Yizhen burst into tears, her hands kept shaking, and she watched her dearest "son" embark on the road of parting.
Although Zhou Yizhen had no complaints about Wen Hongcai's return to his biological parents, she couldn't hide her deep reluctance to leave her son after all.
And Wen Hongcai also firmly promised that no matter what happens in the future, he will often come back to visit his adoptive mother and repay her kindness with filial piety.
Looking back at those difficult years in the mid-90s of the last century, life is still very difficult for ordinary people. However, it was in such a predicament that Wen Deqiang and Zhou Yizhen, an ordinary truck driver couple, made a touching decision - to adopt a homeless orphan.
During this period, Mr. Wen Deqiang, with his rich experience accumulated in his years of military career, guided the child to shape the excellent qualities of loyalty, patriotism, and family responsibility.
As an honorably retired veteran, Mr. Wen Deqiang is full of anticipation that this child can inherit his spirit and contribute to the motherland.
As a result, the family spent more than ten years of good time together in a difficult living environment. However, the only regret for the couple is that until the last moment of their lives, they have not been able to fully unravel the mystery of the child's origins.
When he was dying, Mr. Wen Deqiang could only earnestly tell his wife Zhou Yizhen to wait until the child became an adult, and then make this secret hidden for 26 years public.
As a wife, Zhou Yizhen could not disobey her husband's last wishes, so she decided to keep this secret in her heart forever.
After the death of Mr. Wen Deqiang, Ms. Zhou Yizhen took on the responsibility of the family alone. Whenever she recalls the days of picking up the "lost pearl", she is always full of emotion.
Although she can't be sure who Wen Hongcai's biological parents are, she has already loved and cared for him as if he were her own son.
Under the careful nurturing of her and her late husband, this child has grown into an outstanding young man who is full of responsibility for the country and the family, and knows how to be grateful and reciprocate.
After 26 years of searching for relatives, when Wen Hongcai's biological parents, Xie Zhenquan's family, finally reunited with him under the DNA comparison of the police, everyone at the scene couldn't help but burst into tears.
This touching scene of reunion after a long absence made everyone present deeply feel the power of family affection that blood is thicker than water.
Mr. Xie Zhenquan expressed his endless gratitude to Mr. and Mrs. Zhou Yizhen, who had adopted and raised Wen Hongcai to adulthood. As a father, he spoke highly of Mr. Wen Deqiang's selfless dedication to teaching his son to become a talent.
In Mr. Xie Zhenquan's mind, Mr. Wen Deqiang and Ms. Zhou Yizhen are like mentors and friends, they used their kindness and fraternity to nurture Wen Hongcai, and carefully cared for and patiently educated this lost child, and finally made him the heroic soldier he is today.
After the joy of reunion, Wen Hong began to seriously examine his life path. As a man who dares to take responsibility, he knows that no matter when and where, he must repay his adoptive mother Zhou Yizhen who once raised him with filial piety.
It is the mother and her late husband Wen Deqiang who did not hesitate to devote all their energy and sweat to raising him.
After countless in-depth and protracted reflections, Wen Hong made a firm decision not to look for his biological parents for the time being, but to return to Sichuan first to accompany his mother Zhou Yizhen, who raised him alone.
In the face of such an unexpected but affectionate choice, Xie Zhenquan's family showed great understanding and respect, which they regarded as a deep kindness of knowledge, and also a heartfelt praise for Zhou Yizhen's noble sentiments.
For Wen Hongcai, this is undoubtedly a difficult and important choice, and it is also a new starting point on his life path. He made up his mind that in the future, he would return to Jiangsu regularly to get together with his biological parents to explore his roots and find clues about his life experience.
However, he will also often return to his hometown in Sichuan to repay his adoptive mother's nurturing kindness with practical actions.
It is precisely because of the careful cultivation of Wen Deqiang and Zhou Yizhen that Wen Hong has been able to grow into an outstanding young man who adheres to moral principles and is consistent with words and deeds.
With gratitude, he clarified his ideals and direction in the new journey of life.