A year ago, Liu Jun, who was abducted and sold, returned to his biological parents and sister. However, the story did not end perfectly as expected, and after the ecstasy, the family fell into their own troubles.
Forgotten names
Wearing uniforms, carrying cameras, holding microphones, surrounded by dozens of adults, Lele panicked.
A man rushed out from the crowd and hugged him. The man with white hair cried out in his ear: “Son, Dad has been looking for you for ten years”.
Lele twisted his body, just wanting to get away from this man. But the strange man never let go. Lele cried in anxiety and turned his head in the other direction to ask for help: “Daddy! Daddy! “
The night of January 2, 2020 was also the last night that Lele stayed in that home. Others told Lele that he had another name, Liu Jun. And the one he had called Dad for ten years was not his real dad.
On April 11, 2010, the 2-year-old Liu Jun was taken by traffickers in front of his home and sold for 25,000 yuan to Cui Ping couple who had many miscarriages and did not have children, and from then on became Lele, who sold barbecue home in the village of Anding, Jiaocheng County, Shanxi Province. He did not know that 60 kilometers away from Taiyuan City, a man named Liu Liqin, ran through half of China, and finally with the clues obtained during the live broadcast, to find the barbecue restaurant less than an hour’s drive.
For 10 years, Lele learned to talk, go to school, read words, and grew into a naughty boy who loved to make a lot of noise in the eyes of his neighbors, and he had no impression of the name Liu Jun at all.
That night, Lele heard this story for the first time. He didn’t cry or make a fuss anymore, his eyes were full of disbelief and panic. He was taken out of the house, taken to the police station, and handed over to the man with the white hair. Everyone said it was the right thing to do, but he didn’t understand, he just felt he had no other choice but to “do as he was told”. What happened that night was called a “rescue” by various media.
At 2:00 a.m., Lele walked into the door of a home in the Wanbailin district of Taiyuan as Liu Jun, and was greeted by a group of strangers, old and young. They cried, laughed, cried and laughed again, came up to hug him and kiss him. Mom, sister, grandfather, grandmother, aunt, uncle, uncle, he called them one by one obediently.
The house is much bigger than the original home, with smooth tiles on the floor and no cracks on the white walls, so it is not cold even after taking off the cotton clothes. There are two beds inside and outside the house, unlike his house, where everyone was crammed into one bed and sometimes fell to the floor when they turned over.
There is an old group photo in the living room bookcase. In the photo, the little boy with the same round head as himself is wearing a colorful cotton shirt with an orange bear on it, his mouth slightly open, being held in the arms of the little girl next to him who is a head taller. The girl who had just called her sister, pulled herself in as soon as she entered the door. The pair of long, thin eyes, just like in the photo, curved into a crescent moon when they smiled.
The two of them also appeared in the large photo above the bedroom bed. The little boy is being held in the arms of a young woman with slanted bangs and a sleeveless red cheongsam, while the little girl is being held by a man with a full head of black hair. Although the man’s melon face bulged into a round face, but also added two beards, Liu Jun still recognized that this is the man with white hair who led him home. Others also told him that the little boy in the photo, that is him.
The two photos were taken in March 2010, just in time for a free event at a nearby photo studio, and Liu Liqin took his family there. This cheerful and stereotypical family photo, a month later, appeared on millions of people search notices.
A few hours ago Lele, now Liu Jun lying in bed how can not sleep. Next to him is the “father” who just hugged himself and cried, and The “new” mother and sister. He kept thinking, “What’s going on?
The next day, Liu Jun changed into a letter sweater, sneakers, big red socks and a big red cotton jacket that his new mother bought for him. He picked his way through many rows of shelves in the supermarket. This was beyond the reach of Lele’s world: the largest supermarket in the village had only three rows of shelves.
A voice kept asking him, “What do you want? “Liu Jun licked his lips and said boldly, “Bluetooth headphones “. The “new father” immediately agreed, but also touched his head and said. “What do you want daddy will buy you”. He was very excited, but still felt that this dad was strange. Unable to resist repeated requests, he reluctantly stamped on his new dad’s face and quickly looked away.
A week later, an even bigger gift came – a twelfth birthday party for 300 people.
Although it was a make-up, it was much grander than his sister Liu Jing’s. Those who attended were not only relatives at home, but also family seekers who came from all directions. The aunt gave Liu Jun a satin red flower that was about to drown his upper body, and the four members of the family gathered in that family photo.
Dad and mom were crying, sister also seemed to be holding back tears, only Liu Jun looked a little overwhelmed.
But soon, his attention was drawn to the two large cakes in front of him. In the past, he could only know the taste of cake from his classmates’ birthdays, and finally had a cake with his name on it.
That mom and dad can not give, are satisfied in this new home.
Completely separated from the past
After saying his first wish, Liu Jun soon received a Bluetooth headset that his sister Liu Jing bought for him. He gradually let go of his shyness and said more wishes one after another, “burgers,” “basketball”, “cell phone “, no one blamed him for his request, but all showed delight, which made his voice become more and more loud.
Compared with the rough days when he was poor and beaten at every turn, Liu Jun “feels good” and enjoys everyone’s pampering to the fullest.
His mother, Zhang Yuping, bought Liu Jun a lot of clothes, and she enrolled her son in homework tutoring classes for more than 300 per month, without having studied for several years. She was so immersed in the joy of finding her son that she felt he “never left”.
Liu Jun’s everything makes Zhang call Ping extra care. The son did not come home at noon, Zhang called Ping learned to take out his cell phone to go through several times, repeatedly confirming that no missed calls. “Did not sue me ah”, she muttered, “can not remember I can’t remember my phone, only his father’s. “In the middle of the meal, she suddenly remembered something and asked her husband, “He did not lose the car afraid to come back, right? “Any details, will provoke the worry of Zhang Yu Ping.
From time to time, Liu Liqin orders burgers and fried chicken for his son online, and he can’t forget what his son said to him, “Dad, you should come back two days later to find me, I can have a good meal (eating mat) “. His heart was full of heartache and guilt for his son, and he bought him all kinds of toys, just the ball, there are basketball, soccer, leather ball three. Even after making a good meal, as long as his son said he wanted to eat meat, he immediately went out to buy.
The old friend Shi Richeng, who has been a partner in the family search for ten years, understands that Liu Liqin wants to compensate his son for all the lost ten years. His daughter, Shi Xiaoyu, has been lost for 14 years. In order to find the child, he and Liu Liqin searched through half of China. This time, from determining what the child looks like, to getting the hair for DNA comparison, he also accompanied Liu Liqin all the way to bring his son home. He was happy to see the family reunion, as if his daughter had returned.
But he reminded Liu Liqin, do not overindulge, “do not dare to hit, scold, scold, what to give what, this will waste the child”. Liu Liqin also feels justified, he has to cross the heart of the guilt. “Do not feel indebted to the child,” he tried to convince himself.
The family’s doting and the sympathy of those around him have gradually convinced Liu Jun that those past ten years were unfortunate encounters. Together with the almost replica of his father’s features, he seems to have quickly integrated into the family.
He seldom speaks voluntarily about the past, the former “dad”, “mom” and “dad”. “mom”, “sister ” are now “that fat guy”, “that girl”, “that girl”, “that girl”, “that girl”. “that woman”, “that little girl “. Most of the things he said were also bad, his adoptive father would beat him up and kick him in the street, “How can a biological one beat him to death like that? “
Then asked more, he pretended not to hear, or with a consultative tone, “Can we not talk about these.”
Occasionally, in the face of questions from reporters he will be confused: “Which mother and father? “
Not to mention the past, is the family’s tacit agreement. Liu Liqin couple hope that time can make their son “slowly forget the past”. The only link to the past – the clothes worn on the night of the rescue – has also been thrown away.
In the spring of 2020, it was time to start school. Liu Liqin chose an elementary school not far from home for her son. The transfer of school registration went smoothly, but Liu Liqin didn’t want it, because using the old school registration number meant using Lele’s identity. He found the Taiyuan Education Bureau and asked for the original school registration to be invalidated. Soon, a new school registration number was generated under the name of Liu Jun. Now Liu Liqin got down to earth.
“Completely separate from the past,” Liu Liqin’s hand waved hard in the air.
Four months after Liu Jun returned home, his grandmother died of a cerebral hemorrhage. Grandmother had been looking forward to seeing him again before she died, home that night more than 2:00, insisted on taking the car to see him. At the funeral, as the eldest grandson of the family, Liu Jun wore mourning and held the effigy. That was the first time he took up his duties as a member of the family.
Reformation
When his brother came back, Liu Jing was as proud as he wanted to be, even a little proud. Good friends about to play in the park at the weekend, she could not wait to bring her brother to show off, “Look, I have a brother! “The two best girls and six boys around her have all met Liu Jun.
She was willing to spoil this brother more and make up for the past times of not being around.
But gradually, the brother took it for granted –
“Sister, help me take the charging cable. “
“Sister, help me peel an apple. “
“Sister, this can’t get it. “
Liu Jing couldn’t help but explode: “Nothing, what do I need you to do! “
Imagined that the brother should be “not noisy” kind, she did not expect her brother to play up like this: a moment to come over and joke The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of the size of your foot. See sister did not respond, will extend a finger poke.
Sometimes, she really annoyed, but in exchange for a scolding from her parents, “Look, again, your brother angry away wow”. Liu Jing heart aggrieved, feel particularly unfair, “the same children, I am also underage, why light said I? “But the self-blame of losing her brother made her choose to compromise.
This self-blame has been with her for ten years. that weekend in the spring of 2010, she and her brother were playing at the gate. She went home to get a snack for her brother, and he was taken away.
Now her brother is back, but Liu Jing has turned from happy at the beginning to happy and disturbed. “After 10 years of being an only child, now suddenly popped out a brother, a little uncomfortable”, she said.
Her mother, Zhang Wuping, who has to deal with the siblings’ conflicts every day, is also annoyed. “Apart from looking alike, they are different in every way”, she often says. Ten years have not seen the son, but the behavior has long deviated from the style of their family: unruly sitting to eat, do not help with household chores, do not like to bathe, love to fight, love to talk back, poor learning …… especially compared to the single-handedly brought up daughter, this son needs The son needs to be “transformed” too much.
One day for dinner, Liu Jun clip a series of five buns, a gas bubble into the hanging noodle soup, Zhang Wuping’s eyebrows wrinkled, people are eating a dip a, he is all soaked in. Zhang Wuping let him sit properly to eat at the table, Liu Jun backtracked: “I’m at home to eat this, out and not. “
After eating, Zhang Yuping, who has been working all day, leaned back on the pallets, and a prompt popped up on WeChat, someone in the parents group @ her. She clicked on a look, “Liu Jun mother, your children why hit my children? “
Liu Jun should have been promoted to sixth grade, but transferred from the village school to the city, learning can not keep up, can only be inserted into the fourth grade, and a group of children two years younger than he became classmates. A fresh face in school, it is easy to become the target. Liu Jun is used to settling with his fists. “What’s wrong with the newcomers? So what if you stayed a few more years? What’s the difference? “He was so confident in fighting that some kids taller than him and a few years older than him couldn’t beat him.
When he won the fight, the call came from the teacher: “Find another school if you keep this up.”
How to get his son to change is the most headache for Zhang Wuping. When she said more, she didn’t listen; when she was angry, she did it, but she was hurt by her sturdy son. What hurts her the most is the words: “If you don’t like me, why do you want me back? “
In a side Liu Jing could not listen, on behalf of his mother scolded back: “Why do you say so, parents find you more than easy”. Liu Jun stopped talking and put on his jacket to go. At first Liu Jing will stop, and then Zhang called Ping angry simply said: “You do not stop him, let him go, anyway, not looking for him! “
Liu Jun stayed downstairs for a few minutes and came back, and the family acted as if nothing had happened.
Sometimes Zhang Wuping can not help but envy the son of a friend’s family, “understand, learn well, speak with adults. She felt that this year is too tired: “did not find back the heart trouble, find back or heart trouble”.
Conflict at home makes Liu Liqin also headache. Once, just downstairs Liu Liqin received a crying call from his wife. He felt that he could not go up at this time, afraid that he could not control his temper. He excused himself and said he was out doing something, and sat in the car from 9:00 to 11:30, when his family was almost asleep.
When he entered the door, his son was still awake. To the father is pouring water and handing ashtrays, a look of self-awareness to do wrong good behavior. Liu Liqin did not mention the night, only to urge his son to sleep early. He deliberately opened the phone’s family search video for his son to see, he pretended to sleep first. During the night, he heard his son sobbing. After a while, the hot, wet little mouth in his face a soft kiss.
There are also times when Liu Liqin draws a red line.
In the summer, Liu Liqin found that the money in his cell phone account was inexplicably missing by more than 3,000 yuan. He recalled that only his son used his cell phone on weekdays. Sometimes when his son wanted to buy snacks, he would give both the payment code and the phone to his child. During that time the son had time to play games with the phone, he suspected that the money was invested there.
At first, the son did not admit. Liu Liqin asked him to open the game, looking through half a day, found that his son used the money to buy game equipment.
Liu Liqin was furious, beat him up, and stipulated: the game uninstalled, can never play again.
This time, Liu Jun did not run away from home.
The number of times he has left home is fixed at 5. Liu Jun remembers it clearly, but when it comes to the conflicts he has had with his family, he bows his head in embarrassment and says softly, “I forgot. “.
Why not run away? “
“They have been looking for me for ten years, they are also old, I do not want to run again.
After that time, Liu Liqin specially bought a smart learning machine to his son. To his relief, his son said, “Dad, you beat me, scold me, I never remember.”
He has been very content, “some people find their children, but the children do not want to go home, so what. “
Liu Liqin sometimes also explain the daughter-in-law, “now there is a quarrel, before it is to let the quarrel. Zhang Wuping also want to open up, and friends around a chat, who is this family, today the girl sued the son, tomorrow the son sued the girl, “all the same thing”.
My name
At 9 p.m., there was a knock at the door. Liu Jun, who went to answer the door, asked, “Hello, is my delivery here? “It was sister Liu Jing who came back. Liu Jun closed the door behind his sister and returned to the living room with a jump, “Oops, it’s really my delivery that arrived”.
Liu Jing washed his hands, pulled out a bag of spicy strips from his pocket and waved it in front of his brother’s eyes, “silly egg, know that you do not eat”. A minute later, and then slapped the snack on his brother’s shoulder. Liu Jun was so happy, this is his favorite food. What he doesn’t know is that this is what his sister brought back specifically for him, “This is delicious, give it to him”.
Liu Liqin also came home, he served a bowl of rice, sat down at the table and opened the live broadcast, chattering familiarly with his fans.
A netizen entered his live broadcast room, hoping he could help him find his relatives. Liu Liqin straightened up, moved the stool forward, and asked carefully. “Send the photo, the situation is clear”, he stressed. “No need to spend money”.
Since his son was found, his fame in the circle has risen to 110,000 fast followers, after all, few people have succeeded in finding their relatives. People have asked to connect with him to attract attention. As soon as he returns home, his live broadcast will not stop. Cooking, eating and even chatting with family members are broadcasted, at least 4 or 5 hours a day.
The line down to find his help one after another, he simply rented a room with Shi Risheng as a family search studio, posted in the living room with a variety of family search information, the bedroom put two sets of bunk beds like a student dormitory, “to the family search people live”.
After finding his son, many years without contact classmates took the initiative to call. On weekends, Liu Liqin took his daughter to the clinic opened by his classmate to see a dentist. “This is the ‘son finder’, know it? ” the old classmate introduced to the others. He showed a reserved smile, long accustomed to these.
In the evening, Liu Liqin, who said goodbye to his friends, opened the car door and lit a cigarette. Cigarette filaments zhi burning light up a cluster of fire, and quickly recede into a red dot, with his cheeks bulge deflated back, bright and dark, reflecting the bags and fine lines hanging on the face more obvious. At the moment, his body is missing the “Shanxi Seeker” self-confidence, replaced by the sourness of middle-aged disappointment: the previous out of work together have bought a house, but also become the boss, only he can not go in front of people. Only he could not walk in front of people. He is still living on odd jobs, and in one week in December 2020, there were only two small jobs, totaling 160 yuan. His wife works as a cleaning lady in a property company, which is only enough to pay the rent.
He repeatedly thinks that if so much had not happened, he might have lived a little better than now. “The child was found, my heart was in turmoil.”
On December 2, 2020, Liu Liqin received a criminal verdict and ruling from the People’s Court of Wanbai District, Taiyuan City. The verdict showed that the trafficker Cui Jinping was guilty of child trafficking and sentenced to ten years in prison and a fine of 30,000 yuan. Foster father Zhang Jianbin committed the crime of buying trafficked children and was sentenced to two years in prison.
Liu Liqin decided to appeal. He felt he had paid too much, and at the very least, the 50,000 or 600,000 spent on finding the child in the past ten years should be compensated.
Sixty kilometers away, another family also paid the price for this decade.
The husband and the second brother were sentenced, and the incident made the news. Cui Ping saw her son Lele on TV again: new clothes, a new haircut, and a changed accent. It seemed like yesterday when she recalled the little boy she held in her arms 10 years ago.
The day Lele was taken away, the 5-year-old daughter was frightened, and from then on, as soon as she saw a stranger, she screamed and cried, waving her hands and repeating “No, no! “. The kindergarten refused to accept her. Cui Ping took her daughter to the provincial children’s hospital for a checkup, and the doctor suggested finding a psychiatrist. Once she heard that, she was so scared that she took the child back the way she came.
In the online world, she has been the sinner of the whole society. Once took her daughter to buy something in Taiyuan, was recognized by a woman, scolded very badly, leaving two bloody marks on her arm. Cui Ping did not dare to say anything, she was afraid that if she fought back, the fight again to go into the Public Security Bureau once again. She can’t stand it, and the child can’t stand it. “Forget it,” she consoled herself.
With less husband and son, Cui Ping retired from her previous house and moved to the home of her third sister in the same village. She relied on selling grilled sausages and fish balls, earning a few dozen a day. The neighbors who owned the supermarket felt that Cui Ping and her husband were okay with their children, giving pocket money and never seeing any scolding.
Cui Ping accepted the fact that her husband was sentenced and admitted that she had done something wrong. She did not dare to aggravate, just feel that they have lost more, “I am not a bad person, so many years to get his children healthy”.
However, “his children” schoolbag, toys, she has not been willing to throw, “even if I miss him, it does not matter”.
After the adoptive father was sentenced, the family ushered in another wave of reporters. The 20 pounds of fat Liu Jun sturdy a lot, he no longer want to mention the former, “think that why”, the tone of voice rightfully.
From the former friends he did not contact one again. He made new friends in the city, in addition to classmates and ball friends. He used to carry his ball to the basketball court in the neighborhood to meet his buddies by chance.
He cherished his family now. His sister loved to sing, and he was willing to connect his phone, plug in his headphones, and keep the sound card tuned to his satisfaction. Then the microphone is raised: “Sister, it is left to you, you sing and I listen, you sing your favorite song. “He was sitting next to him with his hands on his cheeks obediently,” my sister sings songs I love to hear “.
Liu Jing is still annoyed with her brother sticking to her, but once she is aggrieved, her brother has become a small warrior ready to explode. Once Liu Jing was made to cry by a friend, Liu Jun almost hit the man, although the other party was taller and stronger than him. He has changed many of his bad habits, but fighting is one hurdle that he is still overcoming.
It was dark. A thin layer of vapor formed on the glass inside the house, and Liu Jun used his fingers to write the word “Liu Jun” on it.
(Liu Jun, Liu Jing, Cui Ping are pseudonyms in the text)
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