On October 9, 2019, gray-haired Zhang Dong was anxiously waiting for someone. When the car slowly stopped and the middle-aged man got out of the car, the two of them had red eyes and clasped their hands.

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On October 9, 2019, Zhang Dong, with gray hair, was anxiously waiting for someone. When the car slowly stopped and the middle-aged man got out of the car, the two of them had red eyes and clasped their hands.

The man's name is Zhang Yuchen, and he is Zhang Dong's younger brother who has never met. This is the first time the siblings have met.

Zhang Dong took his younger brother to the ancestral hall at home and offered a stick of incense to his ancestors. When Zhang Yuchen saw his name being added to the Zhang family tree, he felt that he had finally returned to his roots.

Zhang Yuchen has been looking forward to this reunion for six years, but his father Zhang Guochen never saw his dreaming daughter until his death.

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Zhang Guochen was born into a large family in Qin County, Guangdong Province in 1927. Their family has always been a scholarly family and their family background is relatively good. With outstanding achievements, he was admitted to Qinzhou Normal School, which is now Beibu Gulf University.

Later, through someone's introduction, he married Zhang Dong's mother.

Originally, this would be a happy family, but with the arrival of the catastrophe, the family was torn apart.

In 1949, when New China was founded, the remnants of the Kuomintang retreated to Guangdong, which caused quite a stir in the local area. At that time, Zhang Guochen was about to graduate, but was forced to join the army because of the war.

Later, the Kuomintang retreated again and again, leaving the mainland and retreating to Taiwan. Zhang Guochen was also wrapped up in fate and had no choice but to go to Taiwan.

Just before he left, he found out that his wife was pregnant.

With deep attachment to his wife and children, Zhang Guochen arrived in Taiwan.

During those days in Taiwan, he was thinking of ways to return to the mainland. However, due to the tense situation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, there was no chance. In this way, Zhang Guochen had no choice but to live in Taiwan.

The wife on the mainland firmly believes that her husband can come back. At that time, many people around her advised her not to wait. Maybe Zhang Guochen was no longer alive and she should find a good family to marry.

But she didn't believe it. She gave birth to a daughter alone, named her Zhang Dong, and raised her daughter with difficulty.

Zhang Guochen, who is in Taiwan, is also having a very bad life. He is torn apart by his longing for his wife and children and his helplessness towards reality.

Slowly, he seemed to have accepted his fate. At the age of 50, Zhang Guochen met and got married to a woman in Taiwan, and then Zhang Yuchen was born.

Zhang Yuchen's father in his memory has always been a serious man, because they are 50 years apart, and they seem to be a little different from ordinary fathers and sons.

As long as he can remember, his father taught him to read " Nostalgia ". Every time he read this poem, his father's face was always filled with a sad atmosphere.

My father rarely mentioned his past, probably because mentioning it would be in vain and would only add trouble to himself. But Zhang Yuchen always saw his father looking in the direction of the mainland, and sometimes he sat there all afternoon.

Zhang Yuchen never knew why his father always looked unhappy, so he could only make him happy by making faces and telling jokes.

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In 2013, Zhang Guochen passed away at the age of 86. His mother had also passed away long before that.

8-year-old Zhang Yuchen suddenly became a loner.

Thinking of his father, he felt sad, so Zhang Yuchen began to sort out his father's belongings. Among his father's belongings, he found a large number of letters. The address on the letters was a place called Shangbeiying Village, in Qin County.

Just when Zhang Yuchen was puzzled, a yellowed photo suddenly fell out. He picked it up and took a look. The photo showed two women, an old one and a young one. On the back, it was written: "For Father: Daughter and Mother" , and the date was 1985.

Zhang Yuchen couldn't help being shocked when he saw this.

In his vague memory, his mother seemed to have said that his father had been married, but it was only mentioned, while his father kept it secret.

He remembered that in the early years, his father was always unhappy, but later he often had a smile on his face. It was probably from that time that the two parties got in touch.

Looking at these letters again, he realized that his father was not a native of Taiwan. His hometown was Qinzhou, Guangxi, far away on the mainland.

At that moment, Zhang Yuchen decided to find this sister. Perhaps it was God's will that allowed him to discover these letters and photos. After

, Zhang Yuchen embarked on a long journey to find his sister.

Zhang Yuchen was full of enthusiasm and first looked for clues in Tainan .

But there is very little information about his father in Tainan, so how can there be information about his sister?

Just like that, Zhang Yuchen searched around Taiwan for six years and still found nothing.

Later, Zhang Yuchen thought that he should seek help from the mainland police. After all, his sister was in the mainland.

On June 4, 2019, with excitement, Zhang Yuchen wrote a letter to the Qinzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau, in which he described in detail his father’s relationship with the mainland, and proposed that he wanted to use the police’s help to find his sister. demands.

The local public security bureau attached great importance to this letter of help from Taiwanese compatriots and quickly invested in helping Zhang Yuchen find his relatives. The household registration section of the Qinbei District Public Security Bureau and the local police station jointly completed this task.

The only clue so far is an address on the letter: Shangbeiying Village, Qin County .

Deputy Director of the Police Station Lao Min decided to personally lead a team to conduct an on-site inspection.

But after so many years, with the reform of administrative divisions, this village has long since disappeared, and many elderly people have never heard of this village.

After investigation, there was a community called Beiying Community, with the word "Beiying" in it, so Lao Min decided to try his luck in .

But what is disappointing is that this community has nothing to do with Shangbei Yingcun. I have asked many elderly people and found nothing. The general area of ​​​​the upper north camp was still not found, and for a while, the search for relatives seemed to have reached a deadlock.

Later, someone came up with another idea.

Because the surname "Zhang" is a popular surname in the local area, and there is a special council, you may be able to get useful information there.

So, Lao Min took people to visit the president of Zhang's Council. After explaining the purpose of his visit, the president said, I know where this Shangbeiying Village is. It's not in Qinbei District at all, but Qinnan District . The location is about the school ground near No. 1 Road.

This is really an unexpected surprise. The specific location of Shangbeiying Village has been found. Does it mean that the mystery will be revealed soon?

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Then, the president began to check the family tree based on the information provided by Lao Min.

But there is no Zhang Guochen's name on the family tree. Instead, there is a woman's information that seems to match him.

This woman’s name is Zhang Dong. According to genealogy information, her father graduated from Normal University and went to Taiwan in 1949.

And Zhang Dong's age is basically the same. Lao Min was very excited about this result. After so many days of investigation, he finally got important information.

The next task is to find Zhang Dong's residence.

Although she had moved twice, the household registration department easily found her residence.

In order to ensure nothing goes wrong, Lao Min decided to keep Zhang Yuchen secret for the time being, and first visited Zhang Dong to verify the information.

At this time, Zhang Dong was 69 years old. She had two sons and had become a grandmother. When Lao Min expressed his intention to come, Zhang Dong was so surprised that he was speechless.

She knew about the existence of her father and brother, but she never thought that her brother would come to find her in her lifetime.

She told Lao Min about the difficulties faced by her mother and herself over the years. As mentioned before, the mother has never remarried and insists on raising her daughter by herself. It is conceivable that the life of an orphan and a widowed mother must not be easy.

was able to contact his father again not long after the mail was opened between mainland China and Taiwan.

My father tentatively sent a letter to his hometown address, and then the contact was restored.

In the communication, my mother learned that my father was married and had a son in Taiwan. Although she was unwilling to do so, she later thought that it would be good to have someone by his side to take care of him.

Later, considering that the other party already had a family, her mother rarely contacted her father. It was Zhang Dong who contacted her father and told her about some of the shortcomings between her and her mother's parents. In the letter, she also learned that her father had a son over there. son.

Later, Zhang Dong moved and lost his father's mailing address. The letters his father sent home were not received or answered, so contact was cut off.

Zhang Dong recalled that although her mother never said it, she would cry every time she mentioned her father, which shows that she misses and cares about him in her heart.

After saying this, Zhang Dong also took out a lot of yellowed letters, which were correspondence between the father and daughter over the years. Some were lost when they moved.

Lao Min took out a photo of Zhang Guochen and his son.

Zhang Dong recognized at a glance that these were his father and younger brother, and was very excited for a moment.

After everything was verified to be correct, Lao Min shared the good news with Zhang Yuchen.

Zhang Yuchen was very excited. He did not expect that the mainland police only took 9 days to help him find his sister, which he had not finished for six years. He was very grateful to Lao Min and others.

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With the help of the police, the siblings added their contact information to each other and met for the first time in the video.

Later, after repeated consideration, the two set the date of meeting on October 9th. Originally we wanted to set it on October 4th, which happened to be Zhang Yuchen’s birthday, but due to visa issues, it was still a few days late.

Then the opening scene appeared. When the siblings looked at each other, Zhang Yuchen felt that he finally had roots.

Although the two of them did not speak the same language, they still had a great time chatting with each other. After all, the closeness inherent in blood ties is indispensable. Zhang Dong kept holding on to his brother, who was 27 years younger than him, and the two of them seemed to have endless things to talk about.

Zhang Yuchen was able to stay with his sister for four days this time. During these four days, Zhang Dong took his younger brother around to see his hometown.

They first came to the Zhang family ancestral hall. Zhang Yuchen, who looked solemn, offered three sticks of incense to his ancestors. Then, under the witness of the clan members, Zhang Yuchen's name was added to the Zhang family's genealogy.

With the help of local media, Zhang Guochen’s alma mater, Beibu Gulf University, also extended an invitation to them. Zhang Yuchen and her sister stepped into their father's alma mater. Listening to the old teachers of the school telling the history of the school, it was like seeing their father's past.

In the next few days, the siblings visited various scenic spots in Qinzhou . The elder sister seems to want to make up for the regrets of the younger brother over the years all at once.

first took him to Qinzhou Port Zhongshan Park. Under the majestic statue of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, he felt the rapid development of Qinzhou under his personal planning.

Then they went to the China-Malaysia Qinzhou Industrial Park. Here, Zhang Yuchen felt the rapid industrial development of the motherland and lamented the increasing prosperity of the motherland.

Every time he went to a scenic spot, Zhang Yuchen took photos like crazy. He wanted to take these photos back to his father. Let him see how much his hometown has changed that he has been unable to let go of for so many years.

In addition to visiting scenic spots, the siblings spent the rest of their time chatting and doing housework. Zhang Dong's two children also welcomed their uncle's arrival. They said they didn't expect their mother to have a younger brother, and now she was no longer alone. The time

spend together is always so short.

Four days later, Zhang Yuchen will return to Taiwan. After all, his family and career are in Taiwan, and it would be unrealistic for him to abandon everything there and come to the mainland.

The two siblings had to wave goodbye after a brief reunion.

But fortunately, the relatives have been found, and modern communication is also very convenient. The two often chat about daily life through video.

Of course, the siblings are also looking forward to their next reunion. After all, Zhang Dong is already in his 70s at this time.

However, the physical condition of the two sisters has been relatively good over the past few years. However, due to the impact of the epidemic and the situation in Taiwan, it has not been easy for the two to meet each other.

really hopes that the epidemic will end soon and the motherland can be reunified soon, so that the siblings can really visit each other frequently, so as to make up for the missing family ties over the years.