After 24 years of searching, she finally got the best Mother’s Day gift： reunion.

After 24 years, Li Fang became a mother again. On May 8th, Mother’s Day, my son Zhang Yangyang rushed back to his hometown in Henan from Hainan to spend Mother’s Day with his mother Li Fang. After waiting for 24 years, Li Fang finally got the best Mother’s Day gift: reunion.

On January 23, 2022, a two-way recognition triggered the focus of the whole network. At Tianhe Airport in Wuhan, Hubei, Li Fang came from Henan, and his son Zhang Yangyang came from Hainan. The mother and son hugged each other and cried. Since 1998, when 4-year-old Zhang Yangyang was lost, the fate of this family has been completely pushed to another track. After the divorce, Li Fang worked while looking for a child, and never gave up for 24 years. Zhang Yangyang was abducted to Puning, Guangdong, and worked in Hainan when he grew up. Zhang Yangyang tried to find his biological parents, but there was no news.

Today, Li Fang and Zhang Yangyang are reunited. They approached each other and walked into each other’s lives, trying to make up for the 24 years that were stolen.

Looking for children for 24 years

I have never been to the ends of the earth.

After the Spring Festival this year, Zhang Yangyang took his mother Li Fang from his hometown in Henan to live in Hainan for half a month.

For Zhang Yangyang, Hainan is the place where he has worked for six years. There are his accustomed environment and familiar people here. For Li Fang, "after 24 years of searching, the place I have never been is this’ Tianya Haijiao’, and my heart is still very complicated."

Zhang Yangyang took Li Fang to see where he worked and where he lived, and to visit various scenic spots. Wherever he went, Zhang Yangyang held Li Fang’s hand or put his arm around her shoulder. Everywhere she goes, Li Fang will stop to take a closer look. She wants to know more about her son.

"There are islands, windy, warm and the weather is good. However, living habits are completely different from those in Henan. " Li Fang has been running around for 24 years looking for children. "I can still adapt." Unlike the haggard when looking for a child, Li Fang has a lot of smiles on his face at this time.

After 24 years of separation, they began to get to know each other. "Yangyang is very casual and kind, so there is no strangeness when we get along." Zhang Yangyang sometimes spoiled in front of his mother. Li Fang said, "He is exactly the same as when he was a child."

Only past experience is a sensitive topic between them. When he learned his true life story, Zhang Yangyang stayed up all night. He searched online about Mom.Damn itAll the news. Zhang Yangyang said, "It’s understandable that my mother looked for me for three or five years, or ten or eight years, but she didn’t find me and then gave up. It should be considered for herself. But for 24 years, my mother has been looking for me, which is shocking. " In front of his son, Li Fang didn’t want to mention the past experience of finding children.

After recognizing relatives, where children should stay has always attracted much attention. Because of the need of work, Zhang Yangyang decided to stay in Hainan temporarily. Li Fang understood the child’s wishes. "Yangyang is very sensible. We are already very lucky. We have not considered the future problems yet."

After returning to Henan from Hainan, Li Fang started a live broadcast to bring goods. "I have been running around looking for children all the year round, and my work has changed a lot. Now I can live broadcast the goods and have a job to do." Li Fang said, "The big stone in my heart has fallen, and I can live in peace, but I will continue to work hard. I want to do everything my mother should do. "

Days that should have been accompanied.

But I’ve been looking for it.

"No one knows that I have been here for 24 years." This experience, sometimes like a movie, Li Fang can’t help crying when he thinks about it. "The days that should have been accompanied have always been missing, and they have always been on the way to find."

Li Fang is a native of Luohe, Henan Province. When he was young, he opened a barber shop in Luohe City with his own skills. In 1994, my son Zhang Yangyang was born, and a family of three lived a simple and warm life. On June 6th, 1998, Li Fang worked in a barber shop as usual. Li Fang said that her son was abducted by a young man in his twenties from the canteen opposite her barber shop. At noon that day, Li Fang went to buy noodles. In just a few minutes, he couldn’t find the children. The boss of the canteen thought that the man playing with Yangyang was a relative of Li Fang, so he didn’t care. From then on, Zhang Yangyang was never heard from.

When the child was just lost, Li Fang only drank ice soda every day to calm himself down. Li Fang said: "I can’t eat, and my heart is burning."

In 1999, a year after Yangyang’s loss, Li Fang divorced her husband. Li Fang has been alone in the barber shop. She hopes Yangyang will have some memories of the barber shop, hoping for a miracle. Around 2008, Li Fang had to close the barber shop and rent a house nearby because his hand was allergic to hair dye.

The barber shop is closed, and Li Fang does odd jobs everywhere, selling cabinets, solar energy and computer consumables … Once there is a clue, Li Fang will leave. Throughout the year, I work for eight or nine months and look for children for three or four months. Many times, she came back disappointed, and when she came back, she often lost her job, so she had to look for another job.

Li Fang lives frugally, and all the money he earns is spent on finding children. "My parents have left, I am alone." She spoke helplessly and helplessly.

"In order to find Yangyang, I have been to most places in China." Sometimes it’s Li Fang alone, and sometimes it’s with her relatives and friends. On one occasion, Li Fang received a clue and went to Nanyang Mountain alone to find a child. "There was no car in the mountains, and I couldn’t see the village for a long walk, and I almost died in the mountains."

Many times, but Li Fang never wanted to give up.

At the end of 2021, with everyone’s help, Li Fang handed over the children’s photos to the Chongqing Public Security Anti-Abduction Team. On January 18th, 2022, Li Fang received good news, and the police found Zhang Yangyang through portrait recognition technology. It turned out that Zhang Yangyang was abducted to Guangdong, and later he went to work in Hainan. "At that time, I didn’t expect it to be so fast. Because the original photo of Yangyang was lost when he was a child, the photos have always been remake. " Li Fang said.

Now, there are many photos of Li Fang and her son in her mobile phone. Li Fang said: "I feel that he just went out once and went home."

Two-way reunion

Son becomes a volunteer to find relatives.

At 2: 30 pm on January 23rd, 2022, Li Fang and Zhang Yangyang met at Tianhe Airport in Wuhan, Hubei. Li Fang came from Henan, and his son Zhang Yangyang came from Hainan. It was a two-way reunion.

Zhang Yangyang, 28, is nearly a head taller than her mother. He kissed his mother on the forehead. "Mom, it’s okay." Li Fang’s tears still streamed down her face.

Two days after the marriage in Li Fang and Zhang Yangyang, Luohe police announced the results of DNA identification. Before waiting for the appraisal results, Li Fang had been convinced that the other party was the child he was looking for, and he couldn’t wait to recognize each other. Li Fang said: "When I first saw the photo, I found that we looked alike, and his face was exactly the same as mine. I was sure at the time. "

After getting Zhang Yangyang’s contact information, Li Fang sent the first message, "Are there two spirals on your head, one on your right forehead and a mole near your hair behind your neck?" After waiting for a long two minutes, Li Fang sent a second message: "I am in Luohe, Henan, and I am your own mother."

After receiving the text message, Zhang Yangyang’s head went blank. After five or six minutes, Zhang Yangyang replied, "Everything is right."

In fact, Zhang Yangyang didn’t know his life as a child. Until the age of 2034, Zhang Yangyang’s foster mother let slip, and Zhang Yangyang realized that she was not their own. From then on, he began to look for his biological parents.

The day before she went to Wuhan to recognize her relatives, Li Fang went to buy clothes for her children. "Considering that he came from Hainan, the clothes he wore must be thin, so I bought him thick clothes, which fit him well."

Li Fang’s life-saving pills were still in his pocket when he was betrothed. Li Fang said, "After Yang Yang lost it, I couldn’t adjust my mood, which had a great influence on my body. I am afraid that I will be excited after seeing the children. "

In addition to being impressed by the photo in Li Fang’s "Looking for Children", Zhang Yangyang still remembers playing with his cousin when he was a child. Zhang Yangyang also went back to the street where Li Fang used to run a barber shop, where his life track was changed.

24 years, so many things have changed. Li Fang made Zhang Yangyang a special hot soup from Henan. Li Fang said, "Yangyang has been used to the food there, but after drinking my spicy soup, he said it was delicious and delicious."

Since then, Li Fang and Zhang Yangyang have participated in many paternity activities together. Zhang Yangyang told Li Fang: "I saw a lot of parents looking for relatives. I didn’t expect it to be so difficult and so bitter." From then on, Zhang Yangyang decided to become a volunteer to find relatives. Li Fang and Zhang Yangyang, through live broadcast or video, helped parents to release information about finding relatives, and called on abducted children to come forward and find a home as soon as possible. Li Fang said: "I know the pain of finding parents. I will always do it. I hope all abducted children can find a home."

Do you still hate the past? Li Fang said frankly, "It’s unforgivable, because the past really can’t be found. This incident has completely changed our lives. " Li Fang hopes to hold the traffickers accountable, and Luohe police also said that the case is under investigation.

I cried the day before Mother’s Day.

This is a bitter-sweet cry.

Zhang Yangyang calls or videos his mother almost every day. Li Fang said cheerfully, "At first, Yang Yang called my mother, but now it’s different. One moment I call her Buffalo, and the other moment I call her Li Damei."

"Yangyang tastes weak, so I cook lightly." Li Fang pays attention to the details of children’s life, and she rediscovers the feeling of being a mother and realizes this identity again.

On May 7th, Zhang Yangyang flew from Hainan to Wuhan. On May 8, Zhang Yangyang returned to his hometown in Henan by train from Wuhan. This was the way to recognize relatives at that time, and Zhang Yangyang walked again. He wanted to spend Mother’s Day with Li Fang, who was 24 years late.

In his hometown in Henan, Li Fang is also preparing for the return of his children. "The lack of 24 years, the pain of 24 years, I was most afraid of Mother’s Day before." Li Fang still cried the day before Mother’s Day. "This time it was a happy cry, a bitter cry."

On the afternoon of May 8, Zhang Yangyang rushed back to his hometown in Luohe, Henan. In the video he sent to his mother Li Fang, Zhang Yangyang said, "Mom, today is Mother’s Day. I wish you a happy holiday."

"Finally, I can say Happy Mother’s Day." Li Fang choked and said, "I used to be very sad if others said such things in front of me, but now I am excited and happy."

Li Fang wants to pack jiaozi for the children. She sometimes hums a few songs, and there are more happy things in her life. Li Fang has many wishes: "I hope that my family will live a good life and I hope Yangyang will have a good future."