On the morning of August 11, Luguan Town, Xinhua County, Loudi, Hunan Province was very lively: Brother and sister Zhang Liang and Zhang Jianfen returned to their hometown after 37 years of absence, and they both wore big red flowers on their chests.
Walking through the lively streets of the town and passing through arches, they heard the continuous sound of fireworks and firecrackers. They walked to the old house of their grandparents and met their sister Zou Shanshan. "I'm so happy. I can't find any other words to describe my feelings except happy." Zhang Liang said.
Mr. Xiao is the baby return volunteer who follows up on this family search. In April 2014, he received a request for help from Hebei. The person asking for help was Zhang Jianfen. On the phone, she told the volunteers that she was abducted to Hebei at the end of 1987, and a boy named Zhang Liang was also abducted at the same time. He was suspected to be his brother, and he was sold to another family in the same village. .
At the beginning, Mr. Xiao suggested that Zhang Liang find relatives, but his supporter family was not very supportive. Until January 2016, Mr. Xiao received a request from Hebei to find a relative. He was pleasantly surprised to find that the seeker was Zhang Liang. It turns out that Zhang Liang and Zhang Jianfen were very close when they were young, but they always relied on each other. Zhang Jianfen even called each other "cousin": If his brother had delicious and fun toys at home, he would secretly leave them to his sister, and some people would bully her. Sister and brother will also step forward to protect her.
Subsequently, volunteers and the police have been following up on the matter. In July 2024, Zhang Jianfen confirmed her brother-sister relationship with Zhang Liang, and successfully compared the DNA with He Huaqing from Xinhua County, confirming that He Huaqing was their mother. The brother and sister's journey to find their relatives has finally come to an end.
reporters learned that He Huaqing also has a young daughter, Zou Shanshan. In 1987, after she divorced her ex-husband and lived with her young daughter, Zou Shanshan took her stepfather's surname. The original names of Zhang Liang and Zhang Jianfen were Li Jun and Li Lan respectively. In 1987, on their way to Xiangyin with their father, the brother and sister disappeared for unknown reasons at the Xihe Railway Station in Xinhua County.
After the brother and sister were missing, his father inquired in many ways and learned that they might have been abducted and trafficked to Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province. However, he went to search for them many times, but to no avail.
"My brother has a vague impression of what happened before. My sister told me that when she was more than two years old, she was always crying for her brother. She even thought that the cousin in the same village was her biological brother." Zou Shanshan said. , Based on this, the brother and sister went to match the DNA.
Zou Shanshan told reporters that on the afternoon of August 12, she would go to Shijiazhuang with her brothers and sisters. “It is summer vacation now, and I happen to be free. I plan to take my children there to see the place where my brothers and sisters have lived for so many years. .”
Xiaoxiang Morning News reporter Man Yankun
