There is also spring for passers-by

In the original owner's memory, the adoptive father was rarely at home. When he was at home, he would drink and eat peanuts. Their unit did not allow drinking at work, so he would only drink when he was at home.

He would go out when he was six points drunk and not come home until the next day.

Every time he came back, he would leave enough living expenses for his wife and children. This money was not given to Wan's mother, but to Wan Wu.

"When my adoptive mother was young, she worked as a factory security officer. A worker made a mistake and a machine fell over, breaking several of her ribs. She has been ill ever since. The company gave her ten yuan a month for living expenses, and she never went back to work."

Mother Wen continued to ask: "Where are the uncle and aunt you mentioned?"

"My uncle is a cadre at the Friendship Store in Nanjiang City, Huai Province. His hometown is in our county."

Father Wen asked, "What's his name?"

"My name is Wen Zhichun."

"Who?"

"Wen Zhichun!" Wen Wan repeated.

Mother Wen and Father Wen exchanged glances. Mother Wen was so excited that she was shaking. "This shameless man, Wanwan didn't get lost back then. He must have taken Wanwan away..."

Wen Qiang didn't understand.

The eldest sister-in-law was confused: "Mom, what's going on?"

"Wen Zhichun was your father's elementary school classmate. At that time, there was no elementary school in our village, so you had to go to the commune to attend elementary school. That's when we met. Wen Zhichun's parents died early, and he lived with his grandmother, uncle, and aunt's family. He suffered a lot as a child.

When I was 20 years old, the county allocated 20 recruitment quotas for our commune.

Originally, your father had already obtained a job application because he could read and write, but Wen Zhichun came to your house and cried, saying that he was an orphan and that life was difficult at his uncle's house, and begged your father to give him the job application quota.

That year, Wen Zhichun's grandmother passed away, and Wen Zhichun came back from Nanjiang City to attend the funeral. He brought gifts to our house and stared at the sisters Wanwan and Xiaowan without blinking.

Your father asked him: How many children do you have?

Wen Zhichun said his wife was infertile, but she had married him decisively when he was broke, and he couldn't abandon her for that reason. He said he loved daughters the most and that he had a good relationship with your father, so could he give him a daughter?

I just thought it was a joke and refused at the time.

After he left, that afternoon, Wanwan could not be found.

We never thought of him before, but now think about it, it is very likely that he took Wanwan away and took her to Nanjiang City.

Just now, Wanwan said that Wen Zhichun's adopted daughter is the daughter of the Wan family. It is very likely that Wen Zhichun's wife did not agree to adopt Wanwan and wanted to adopt her sister's daughter, so she sent Wanwan to the Wan family and took the Wan family's daughter to the Wen family.

Wen Wan didn't expect that Wen's parents knew Wen's uncle, and they had this relationship and favor. They secretly took the other family's daughter away and gave her to another family. Wen Zhichun's job was given to him by Wen's father. This is a typical case of ingratitude.

No wonder Wen's mother was shaking with anger when she figured out all this.

"Giving them a shitty thank you gift is a good thing. We didn't sue them for kidnapping my sister. This is human kidnapping, and you're going to go to jail. They've torn our family apart, and we're still giving them support? Wanwan, if you don't give me a penny, you're our Wen family's daughter."

Father Wen also came to his senses. "We can't let this go. Wen Zhichun took Wanwan away. His uncle and cousins ​​must know about it. Wanwan stayed at his house for a night. How could they not know? Tomorrow morning, I will take people to the Red Flag Brigade to seek justice. This matter will not be over until we explain it clearly."

Wen Wan and her sister-in-law were at home with their three children. Wen Tieniu and his son were not convinced, so they took a few eloquent clansmen to the Red Flag Brigade. Some clansmen also reported to the police, accusing the Wen family of stealing their daughter.

The case caused such a big stir that even the county police were alerted, and they asked the public security department to ask Wen Zhichun and his wife to return to their hometown to cooperate with the investigation.

Wen Zhichun's cousin and his wife pointed out that Wen Zhichun brought back four-year-old Wen Wan from the Sunshine Brigade and had her stay at home for one night. Wen Zhichun said that the Wen couple adopted their eldest daughter to him.

The Wen couple was so shocked by what they heard that they refused to admit it at all. The neighbors and clansmen in the Sunshine Brigade could also testify that when the child was lost, all the men in the brigade went to help find the child, and the commune police station even reported the case. It was even more impossible for them to give the child away. For a healthy couple, they could afford to raise two sons and two daughters.

Wen Zhichun said: "I took Wanwan away, but I didn't treat her badly..."

Mother Wen rushed over and slapped him, "Wen Zhichun, you have no conscience. During the political review, you were the descendant of a rich peasant, and my family is poor and lower-middle peasants. The recruitment form was given to my son Tie Niu by the production team, and you cried so pitifully, begging them to give it to you.

How did you repay us? You stole my daughter!

She was not treated badly. My daughter was only eight years old and she had to make matchboxes to earn her own tuition. Her adoptive mother refused to give her even fifty cents.

Since your family adopted the daughter of the Wan family, you should send my daughter back, but you sent my daughter to live with the Wan family. The adoptive mother is a sickly woman, lying in bed and unable to move. My daughter has to wash clothes, cook and serve the adoptive mother at such a young age.

Her own daughter doesn't want to suffer this, so she lets my daughter do the job of a nanny?

He is not treated badly at all?

My daughter has loved studying since she was young and was admitted to work in a textile factory. My adoptive father's stepmother immediately asked my daughter to go to the countryside under her biological daughter's name to take away my daughter's job.

You, Wen Zhichun, know about these things, right?"

How could Wen's mother agree? Now that the truth is out, the Wen family must hold Wen Zhichun and his wife accountable.

"Your wife is infertile, what does it have to do with my family? You want a child, and none of your cousins ​​have children? Why do you have to steal my baby and let her suffer at such a young age..."

The Wen family refused to acknowledge that their daughter was living well in the city. They thought that if she was living well, she wouldn't even be able to pass the household registration for the college entrance examination. They were in a bad position and were bullying their daughter.

It was only when my aunt returned to her hometown that she found out that Wen Wan was the top scorer in the city and had been admitted to a medical university. With her score, she could get into either Huaqing University or Peking University, but because she had already applied to a medical university earlier, she could only go to this one.

If I had known she was so good at studying, I shouldn't have exchanged children with her sister.

Although Wen Tingting is doing well now, she didn't even get into a technical secondary school when she took the college entrance examination this time.

The Wen family refused to accept a private settlement, nor an apology from Wen Zhichun and his wife. They insisted on pursuing Wen Zhichun's charges of kidnapping a young girl. In the late 1970s, the sentences for those caught kidnapping children were relatively severe. During the Ten Years' Movement, such cases were often met with beatings to death.

Wen Wan was the top scorer in both the provincial and municipal exams. This incident, revealed in the city's daily legal column, caused a local uproar, drawing widespread criticism from residents. Some families, including those who had lost their children, wrote to the newspaper, urging the state to severely punish Wen Zhichun. Wen Zhichun's father had given him a worker's position, but instead of repaying his kindness, he had stolen the child, not caring for him well, and even sent the younger child to work as a nanny in another household, where he was mistreated.

Wen Zhichun and his wife were sentenced to prison for kidnapping a young child. Wen Zhichun was the mastermind and his wife was an accomplice.