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The sky is full of snow. In front of the straw yellow mud wall courtyard, there are rice fields all over the mountains and fields, and a small river flows through it, with thick ice on it.
A tall man walked in front, and he was wrapped like a little penguin, stumbled and chased after him.
On one day in 2017, in Longyan Prison, Fujian Province, Zheng Jiang (pseudonym) woke up from his dream again.
Zheng Jiang
In recent times, Zheng Jiang has repeatedly had the same strange dream. In my dream, there is home, parents, and I have my childhood self. But everything is different from his real childhood.
Why is Zheng Jiang in prison? What does a strange dream mean?
Abnormal death penalty
The scene in the dream is so sweet and warm, making people feel like spring breeze, but Zheng Jiang just feels uncomfortable, like a big rock blocking, so stuffy that he can't breathe.
In November 2017, as strange dreams become more frequent and realistic, Zheng Jiang's mental state plummeted. He was out of his mind all day and was listless whether he was eating or working.
Even, because of some trivial matters, Zheng Jiang also quarreled with his inmates repeatedly, and almost escalated into physical conflicts several times.
Seeing this scene, the prison guards felt both strange and worried. After all, Zheng Jiang is a well-known "model" prisoner in Quanlongyan Prison.
Zheng Jiang
Zheng Jiang was born in March 1985 and is from Nan'an City, Fujian Province. After graduating from elementary school, Zheng Jiang dropped out of school and was idle all day long and was lingering on the streets.
During a gangster's appointment on September 5, 2005, Zheng Jiang and his accomplices accidentally beat a young man named Wu seriously injured. The other party was too seriously injured and eventually died of ineffective rescue.
" Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China " stipulates that if a crime of intentional injury causes the consequences of death, he shall be sentenced to more than ten years in prison for , life imprisonment or death penalty in accordance with the law.
After committing the crime, Zheng Jiang and the others did not choose to flee for fear of crime, but sent Wu to the hospital as soon as possible. According to reasonable speculation, the probability of him being sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment is relatively high.
However, Zheng Jiang was too rebellious when he was young, and often did evil and violated laws and discipline. In 1999 and 2002, he was sentenced to two and a half years and three and a half years in prison respectively.
00 was only 20 years old and had many previous records. He naturally had to be severely punished. In April 2006, after court trial, Zheng Jiang and his accomplices were both sentenced to death and suspended for two years.
Although the law clearly stipulates that as long as the death penalty is not committed intentionally during the reprieve , the two-year period will be automatically changed to life imprisonment after the two-year period expires.
But when I think of myself in my prime, I have to be trapped in the iron window for the rest of my life. Zheng Jiang, who has always been unscrupulous, felt unprecedented fear and regret.
In order to make up for the mistakes to the greatest extent and strive for a reduction in sentence, Zheng Jiang changed his past mistakes, restrained all his bad habits and bad tempers, and honestly accepted the transformation actively.
. With his good attitude of remorse and outstanding performance, Zheng Jiang has been publicly praised by the prison many times. Not only did he successfully "escape" the death penalty, his sentence was reduced to 20 years in a row.
Zheng Jiang was grateful for this. He has already reformed himself and has devoted himself more actively to the transformation. After being released from prison, you must go from a social cancer to a useful person for society.
is also due to his positive image that has been on the rise for 2011 years, which has greatly changed his current temperament and seems particularly abnormal.
In order to prevent Zheng Jiang from wasting all his previous efforts, the discipline police officer Chen Bin (pseudonym) specially talked to him alone.
Faced with Chen Bin's care and concern, Zheng Jiang's emotions that had been suppressed for a long time finally found a release port and poured out instantly. He talked about his dreams and his unfortunate childhood without reservation.
Strange Dream reveals the mystery of life experience
says, "Family is the first school for children, and parents are the first teachers for children." Unfortunately, for Zheng Jiang, the "lighthouse" of his parents has never been lit up in his life so far.
Since Zheng Jiang has remembered that he was the only one by his side. My parents have been working in various cities all year round. Although they have always been in Fujian Province, they never take time to go home to see him. Even during festivals, there is no phone call.
Children of the same age will "riding a horse" on their father's shoulders and enjoy the meticulous care of their mothers. Some people feel sorry for their injuries and some people scold them for doing wrong things. And all of these exist only in Zheng Jiang's fantasy.
All he has is the endless indifference and ignorance of his parents, as if he was a ball of air.
During those years when Xiao Zhengjiang was dependent on each other, at least someone cared for and took care of him. But after his grandfather passed away at the age of 9, his world was left with the misery of living under someone else's roof and the insults that my aunt always said: "This wild child is really uneducated."
When I was 13 years old, I changed from a child to a teenager. Zheng Jiang finally couldn't bear it anymore and couldn't wait to escape from that "home".
However, in the face of his unauthorized dropout and his rebellious relationship with hooligans and gangsters, his parents still ignored him and ignored him.
Uncontrolled indulgence, coupled with the idea of giving up on oneself, Zheng Jiang made a mistake and went on a wrong path.
Zheng Jiang has always believed that his depravity cannot be separated from his irresponsible parents. And I made up my mind for this, no longer have expectations, and never go back to that "home".
But at the same time, he couldn't help feeling wronged and couldn't figure out why his parents treated him like this.
However, just recently, those strange dreams seemed to finally give the answer.
"I remember it has been snowing all the time. The weather is very cold, so my mother hugged me."
"There is another clip. I don't know if it is my father or my brother. I often follow him and go to a river next to my house."
You should know that the household registration information shows that Zheng Jiang is a native of Fujian. Fujian Province is located on the southeast coast. It is hot and rainy in summer and mild and humid in winter. The average annual temperature is around 17 to 21 degrees Celsius. Except for the high-altitude mountainous areas in the north, they are basically out of reach.
Moreover, Zheng Jiang lived in a dormitory building in , Nan'an City since he was a child. He did not have the experience of rural life, so it is natural that a small river and rice fields could not appear at his doorstep.
Although the content of the dream is inexplicable, the familiarity and closeness that hits the depths of the soul always makes Zheng Jiang feel extremely heartbroken after waking up.
subconsciously told him that the scene in the dream might come from the true memories hidden deep in his heart, and the person in the dream is his biological parents.
In this way, parents' indifference and disregard for the whole time, the wild children mocked by the aunt, and even the strange eyes of the neighbors, all have reasonable explanations.
After understanding Zheng Jiang’s troubles, Chen Bin was sympathetic and could not hide his surprise: Do you doubt that there is something wrong with his life experience just because of a few dreams? This is a bit whimsical!
However, just as Chen Bin was hesitating and didn't know where to enlighten him, Zheng Jiang's voice sounded again in his ears:
"At least, I hope I can live a clear life. If I have too many questions, I will be very sorry for myself in my life."
No matter what the result is, I just want a truth! Chen Bin understood the meaning of the words. Zheng Jiang's sincere and firm attitude and earnest gaze finally made him shaken.
After the conversation, Chen Bin thought about it carefully and felt that Zheng Jiang’s guess was not impossible.
Looking at other prisoners in the prison, no matter how busy their families are, no matter how far away they are, or how much they feel, they will still take time to visit the prison once a year or two. Only Zheng Jiang's family has never been exposed once in 11 years.
Whenever a family meeting was held in the prison, Zheng Jiang could only hide in the room alone, for fear of seeing the scene of reuniting and having a happy family. Even the prison guards felt sympathy.
Moreover, according to Zheng Jiang, he was sentenced three times and his parents have not attended the trial once. They never care whether he is dead or alive.
The more Chen Bin thought about it, the more strange he became. Out of rigorous and responsible consideration, he specially used his rest day to rush to Nan'an City, intending to find Zheng Jiang's parents to verify the situation in person. Unfortunately, the old house has long been abandoned, and it is impossible to determine the whereabouts of Zheng Jiang’s parents for a while.
In desperation, Chen Bin could only ask the neighbor for information.
As expected, the fact that Zheng Jiang is not the Zheng family's biological child is well known in the local area. I don’t know if he adopted it or bought it. In short, Xiao Zheng Jiang suddenly fell from the sky, and the Zheng family had never held full moon wine , 100-day banquet and so on.
Police visit villagers
Seeing the truth clear, the fog in Zheng Jiang's heart finally disappeared. The resentment towards parents that had accumulated for many years also disappeared.
On November 28, 2017, with the help of the prison, Zheng Jiang's dreams and experiences were written into help-seeking articles and uploaded to the official online platform, officially starting Zheng Jiang's journey to find relatives.
28 long search for relatives
"When he was very young, he followed his father to many places alone. Dad was only concerned about buying things and did not hold his little hand."
"At this moment, a person next to him gave him a piece of candy, and he was taken away."
On December 2, Zhang Mingying (pseudonym), who lives in Jinjiang City, Fujian Province, accidentally saw this article "The death row prisoner seeks help in prison: Ask the prison police to help him find his parents."
Zhang Mingying
Every word in the article, Shunjiang brought Zhang Mingying's memory back to his hometown in Qianxi, Guizhou: an earth-walled house made of yellow mud, a small river flowing in the door, fields and ponds. Isn’t this talking about her hometown?
And Zheng Jiang's photos were like a bolt from the blue, which shocked Zhang Mingying. These eyes, ears, and mouth were clearly the same as her younger brother who was abducted by human traffickers.
It was when my younger brother was 4 years old. My father took him to the market to buy things. If he was not careful, my younger brother disappeared.
At first, everyone in the family thought that there was a crowd in the market, and my brother was accidentally squeezed out and couldn't go far. But dozens of people from relatives, friends, neighbors and neighbors all went out to find the surrounding area, but there was no sign of a younger brother.
For a long time, the whole family's spirits tend to collapse.
Mother asked door to door every day in the streets and alleys, and asked everyone: "Did you see my son? Is he on the mountain or in the fields?"
My father was even more deeply trapped in his strong self-blame and could not extricate himself. He always blames himself for not taking good care of his children, giving human traffickers an opportunity to take advantage of.
Because I heard that many abducted children in the local area were sold to Fujian Province. Zhang Mingying and his elder sister came to Fujian to work and settled here to avoid missing the opportunity to find their younger brother.
Although Zhang Mingying and his family have found nothing for nearly 30 years. But they never forgot their younger brother and hope to be reunited with him every day.
Just 3 months ago, my father passed away due to illness. Until the moment he returned, he was still thinking about his younger brother, and he kept crying and repeatedly muttering: "It must be retrieved."
Perhaps it was because my father had a spirit in the sky, and Zheng Jiang actually dreamed of distant memories without warning. Zhang Mingying was also published in the article searching for relatives for a while and saw the news by chance.
Zhang Mingying couldn't wait to contact Longyan Prison and conducted DNA paternity test with Zheng Jiang .
On December 12, the comparison results were released. Zhang Mingying and Zheng Jiang are indeed brothers and sisters who have been separated for many years.
Blood ties are so wonderful
"I was very excited at the time, but I was very scared. It has been twenty or thirty years, and it is very difficult for the family to be at home. But in the end, I am very worried about what my family will think in this way."
Seeing the longing relatives approaching, Zheng Jiang felt a deep sense of timidity in his heart.
First of all, it was unbelievable, afraid that everything was a mirror flower of water and a false dream.
Secondly, he was afraid that his relatives would cast disgusting, disgusting, and shameful eyes.
If Zheng Jiang had fear of the death penalty and gratitude to the prison guards, he decided to change his mind and be a good person. .
So at this moment, he completely regretted it. He was ashamed of what he did and was deeply ashamed of his identity as a robber, murderer, and criminal. He regretted that he had done so many wrong things and appeared in front of his relatives in such a bad face.
For this reason, Zheng Jiang even wanted to refuse, and the prison arranged a special meeting.
However, the real situation broke all Zheng Jiang's uneasy expectations.
On December 14th, Zhang Mingying, his mother and sister were eager to come to the meeting room two hours earlier. The three of them refused to sit and rest, refused to eat and drink water, and stood in the middle of the room, staring at the door without hesitation. The moment Zheng Jiang walked in, they opened their arms without hesitation. Seeing this, Zheng Jiang quickly walked forward and knelt on the ground with a thud. The four of them hugged each other tightly and cried.
obviously hadn't seen the photos in advance, There was obviously no communication and dialogue. But at a glance, Zheng Jiang immediately recognized his mother, the biological mother who could not see her face clearly even in the dream.
Zheng Jiang buried his face on his mother's thin shoulders, grabbed the corner of her clothes tightly, and couldn't stop crying. At this moment, he truly felt the maternal love and unprecedented warmth.
When an interview was later, Zheng Jiang couldn't help but sigh: "The relationship of blood is really, it can only be said to be very wonderful. You can feel it when you see the past for the first time. "
In order to truly reunite the family, his mother also specially brought his father's photo. Zheng Jiang knelt in front of the photo and kept kowtowing, stroking his father's face hard.
He finally got it The tall figure walking in front of the dream turned out to be a father, and the father looked like this.
I am not a pitiful person who was abandoned, ignored, and not worthy of love. Over the years, my parents and sisters have suffered no less pain than me, but they have never stopped missing themselves and never gave up looking for themselves.
This truth has touched and overwhelmed Zheng Jiang's grievances and resentment over the past 30 years.
It is worth mentioning that it was not until now that Zheng Jiang knew that his birthday was not at all. March 19th, it was a time when the snow was falling in my hometown in December.
Mother and sister specially prepared cakes and gifts in advance, intending to take the opportunity to celebrate Zheng Jiang's birthday. This is also the first time Zheng Jiang celebrated his birthday in his life.
Accompanies his relatives, in the company of the prison guards singing in unison, Zheng Jiang closed his eyes and made a birthday wish piously:
"I hope my sister, my family can be safe and smooth. "
" I hope my mother's lifespan can be longer. When I get released from prison, I will definitely repent and be filial to her. "
, and Zhang Mingying also said that they would definitely come to visit their younger brother often, and when he was released from prison, he would take him back to his hometown in Guizhou. Moreover, the two sisters and sisters have agreed to help Zheng Jiang do some small business in the future so that he can support himself and truly gain a foothold in society.
In the past, Zheng Jiang suffered all the pain of loneliness, while his family suffered all the pain of longing. Now he is finally reunited. This may be the sweetness of suffering. .
Review the whole incident. If there were no trafficking and population trading, if Zheng Jiang had grown up in such a warm, happy and loving family, he might have grown up to be an upright young man.
But one code remains the same. As the saying goes, "You can't choose your origin, but you can walk the road by yourself." Faced with the difficulties of life, it is Zheng Jiang who chose to degenerate himself. He must pay the price for it, and everyone should also learn it.
