The Mid-Autumn Festival is a good day for families to reunite.
But Lin Chuzhen, 56 years old this year, does not know whether she can find a sister who resembles her and realize her dream of reunion.
"Mom and dad did not have any intention of doing the wrong things." Father Lin had passed away before seeing the younger sister.
Lin's mother has reached 87 years old this year. Looking back on her half of her life, she sent her daughter away in a moment of disappointment, which turned out to be a lifelong regret.
Today, Lin Chuzhen only hopes to let her mother see her sister again, but she has a worry about it.
Seven sisters were sent for adoption at birth and haven't seen each other for half a century
The Lin family and the separated little sister's family consisted of 10 people, with a total of eight brothers and sisters. Lin Chuzhen ranked fourth and the little sister ranked seventh.
The family set up a "Lin Long Fa Food and Miscellaneous Hair Shop" in Da Hom Village to survive. In 1970, Qi Mei was born in a private birthplace in Kowloon.
Lin Chuzhen recalled that there was already an eldest brother and 5 sisters in the family. In that era of patriarchal sons, boys were the main labor force in the family. Lin's mother Chen Shujuan hoped to "chasing her son" again, and seeing another daughter after giving birth, she was disappointed in her heart. Suddenly, she said, "I'm a girl again!" At this time, my aunt Lin Meiqing heard this, and proposed to send the Seventh Sister into adoption. Mother Lin was confused and agreed that the seventh sister was born on the day he was born and said goodbye. Since then, the Lin family has never seen her After Qimei, Lin Meiqing also refused to disclose the news of the adoption of Qimei's family.
Seven sisters adoptive father used to drive a minibus in Wong Tai Sin
Over the past 50 years, the former residence of the Lin family in the wooden house area of Tai Hom Village has been converted into a Diamond Hill MTR station.
Lin Meiqing, the only aunt who knows the whereabouts of Qimei, has also passed away long ago. She only knows that her aunt lived in the Lower Village of Wong Taixian at the time. The family name of the adopted Qimei was Huang. She began to make a fortune after adopting Qimei, so her nickname was "Fa Cai". , And the adoptive father of the seventh sister, Mr. Huang, used to drive a minibus in the area of Wong Tai Sin, and later opened a minibus company. Later, Mr. Wong remarried and had his own children.
Lin Chuzhen sighed, "Qu (Mother Lin) is very hard. She takes care of her brothers and sisters alone, but she also wants to take care of her brothers and sisters, but she also wants to take care of her brothers and sisters.
When the daughter was sent off to her adoptive mother, she regretted her father's reprimand: She worked so hard to give birth to a daughter and send her to her!
Lin Chuzhen sighed: "People at the time might think that adoption was a big deal. My father was adopted and returned." In her memory, her parents were busy at work and rarely had time to get close to their children. Lin Chuzhen even laughed and said that she was always looking forward to it at the time. Be able to "beat the wind", because only on typhoon days can parents close the store and "fire the stove" with their children.
The mother not only has to take care of the six children, but also take care of the grocery delivery and other tasks.
Lin Chuzhen guessed that her aunt might have sent her seven sisters up after seeing Mother Lin had trouble taking care of her many children. She sighed: "Qu (Mother Lin) has worked so hard to take care of her brothers and sisters alone, but she also wants Tommy and send them away. Huoshui, and no one can help."
In fact, Mother Lin regretted immediately after learning that Lin Meiqing had put her daughter in adoption.
Lin Cizhong, the father of Lin, once reprimanded, "You have worked so hard to give birth to a daughter to give you a gift!" At this time, Lin's father and Lin's mother even had time to hug their daughter in his arms in the future, carefully examining her appearance.
But because the daughter was given away by her relatives, and Lin Meiqing said, "If you are lucky, you don't want to be a good man." Because of the sister's face, Lin's father did not forcefully ask to take her daughter back.
Lin Chuzhen said that her aunt once said she was similar to Qimei Xiao, and sometimes strangers would mistake her for another person.
(Photo by Huang Yingjin)
Lin Chuzhen said: "Actually, my father is not patriarchal." In her mind, her father is not smirking but attaches great importance to affection. He silently pays for his children but never talks about it.
She recalled that Wumei was also at risk of being adopted by a foreigner, and her father immediately canceled all adoption procedures after learning about it, but this matter has left a shadow in Lin Wumei's mind.
Today, Wu Sister still occasionally blames Mother Lin: "Did you treat me as a girl?" Lin Chuzhen said frankly, although she was worried that Seven Sisters and Wu Sister were equally resentful, but she also said that "Mum and Dad have done something wrong. I don't care about it." She hopes to meet Qimei so that her mother can make up for her regrets.
I was mistaken for my sister by strangers on the street several times, hoping to make up for my regrets for my mother
Lin Chuzhen was only 5 years old when Qimei was put in for adoption. It can be said that she had never met her relatives. She even learned of Qimei's existence more than 10 years ago because of her mother's whim.
For more than ten years, Lin Chuzhen has been posting tracing messages on the Internet, mobilizing church friends and praying for her relatives and sisters to be found as soon as possible, but she never found anything. I know what's going on in the lower canal." She described the mother Lin in Canada as always feeling guilty, hoping to make up for this life-long regret. The family also kept silent about the matter, thinking it was a "scandalous thing."
Lin Chuzhen also speculated that maybe Qimei is still in a certain corner of Hong Kong.
She pointed out that her aunt once called Lin Chuzhen and Qimei Xiao similar, and sometimes strangers would mistake her for another person.
Regrettably, Father Lin has passed away. Lin Chuzhen made a wish, "I think it is a pity for (mother), because she just lost her daughter when she only spoke with anger, and hopes that she can return when she is alive. Amei."
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