Yohachi Nakajima: Adopted by a Chinese mother at the age of 3, refused to return to Japan when he was 13: China is my home

Nakajima Yuhachi is a Japanese orphan adopted by a Chinese adoptive mother. Although the two are not related by blood, Nakajima Yuhachi treats the Chinese adoptive mother as his biological mother.

When he was a child, Nakajima Yuhachi had a strong feeling of rejection towards returning to his hometown in Japan.

But when he grew up, he hurried back to Japan for some reasons. His adoptive mother was heartbroken when she heard the news.

Many years later, Nakajima Yuhachi returned to his adoptive mother's hometown again, only to learn that his adoptive mother was devastated by his departure.

The Pacific War broke out in 1941, and Nakajima Yohachi was born in 1942. At that time, the Japanese Kwantung Army formulated a plan called "Manchuria Agricultural Immigration to One Million Households."

From 1936 to 1945, about 200,000 Japanese agricultural poor entered Northeast China in 14 batches. Nakajima Yuhachi’s father was among them. He came with the dream of starting a business and making a fortune and followed the tenth batch of dispatches. Teams poured into China.

In 1943, Nakajima’s father took a large family and set off on the "Hakusan Maru" steamer. They traveled several times on the road to Ning'an County in the northeast and settled here

Dao's father did not expect that the wealth gained by invading other countries would not last long.

In 1945, as the war situation became increasingly tense, Japan's military strength was seriously insufficient. In July of that year, Japan began to recruit soldiers. After Nakajima's father joined the army, there was no news again.

Nakajima was only three years old at the time. He had an 8-year-old sister named Nakajima Sanko, and his mother was still six months pregnant. The family's life was difficult. Living in a foreign country is like walking on thin ice.

A month later, the Soviet army joined the battle, and the defeat of the Japanese army was determined. On August 15, Japan surrendered. The news of the defeat reached the ears of these pioneering groups, and some old people and women instantly fell into panic. middle.

Because of this war, most of these Japanese women and elderly people lost their sons and husbands. With no way to make a living, many of them followed the instructions of the Japanese authorities and decided to seek self-determination.

The Nakajima family was relatively lucky. The leader of his pioneering group did not want to die, so the leader fled with more than 500 people in the group. They got lucky by hiding in the mountains. Survive until the Soviet army allows these people to return to their base and spend this cold winter.

That winter left a shadow on Nakajima Yuhachi’s heart. The cold, illness and hunger put everyone in a state of panic. Three-year-old Nakajima became skin and bones, and his stomach suffered from indigestion. Very swollen.

Due to lack of nutrition, the mother’s child died shortly after birth, and she herself was dying. The mother knew that instead of starving to death with her two children, it would be better to send the child away, so that she could at least survive. They survive.

So the young Nakajima Youhachi was given to a hawker by his mother. The hawker was called Lao Wang. He often carried a burden to develop the group and sold some odds and ends. He had a good relationship with the Nakajima family. .

After learning about the situation of the Nakajima family, Lao Wang was also willing to help them. In this way, the young Nakajima Youba was carried around on a burden by Lao Wang, and finally went to Shalan Town. Settlement.

Lao Wang couldn’t raise the child, so he thought of giving Nakajima Youba to a family without a boy to inherit the family. At first, he found out that a family named Li had no son, so he went straight to Found it.

Unexpectedly, because Nakajima Youhachi was too weak and skinny at the time, the family refused to take him in. Just when Lao Wang was watching the child in trouble, a middle-aged man suddenly came women.

The woman opened her mouth and said: "This little life is so pitiful. It's so hard to be born, but it can't even survive. What kind of world is this? If you don't want it, I'll take it!"

After that, Nakajima Yuhachi followed the woman back home, but his life after being adopted was also very difficult.

At that time, the biggest problem Nakajima Yuhachi encountered was the identity of Japanese orphans. The so-called Japanese orphans refer to those who stayed in China after Japan surrendered, withdrew its troops and repatriated prisoners of war. Japanese orphans who were raised by Chinese people.

Compared with other Japanese orphans, Nakajima Yuhachi is much luckier. At least he knows the names of his parents and has the memory of his hometown. Most of the other orphans were adopted when they were still in their infancy. I don’t know my life experience either.

Nakajima Yuhachi has lived in China for 13 years and had several opportunities to return to China. However, due to various reasons, he stayed in China until he was 16 years old.

Nakajima Yuhachi’s adoptive mother was called Sun Zhenqin, an enthusiastic and cheerful Northeastern woman. Ten months after adopting Nakajima Yuhachi, she almost lost the child.

Back then, the surviving members of the pioneer group had the opportunity to return to their hometown, and they were deported one after another. Before Nakajima's biological mother returned to Japan, she went because she was reluctant to leave her son who stayed in China. The Sun family wants someone.

Although Nakajima Yuba is not her biological child, Sun Zhenqin has raised him for ten months and has already developed feelings for him. She naturally has no good face when Nakajima's mother comes to "negotiate". .

As a result, the biological mother returned disappointed, but she did not give up the idea of ??regaining her son.

When we went to Sun's house again, the biological mother's attitude became tougher. She told Sun Zhenqin directly: "I must take this child away."

After Sun Zhenqin rejected the other party again, the biological mother suddenly gave birth to the baby. She was so angry that she picked up Nakajima Youba and ran away. However, due to her weak body, Sun Zhenqin grabbed her before her biological mother could run out of the door.

Soon, the news spread in the village that the Sun family's child had been snatched away. The villagers united and gathered in front of Sun's house. The biological mother's "child snatching" operation also failed.

This sensational "baby snatching" incident was so big that it eventually alarmed the local government.

So the government made a decision. Since the mothers on both sides refused to let go, it was better to let the children make their own decisions.

The two mothers stood on each side, and Nakajima Yuhachi stood in the middle. An official stood beside the child, carefully comforting him, and asked: "Child, which mother's arms do you think of?" Go there? Go by yourself."

The young Nakajima Yuba didn't even look at his biological mother, and ran straight in the direction of Sun Zhenqin, hugging this person who only lived with him. She has been a "mother" for more than ten months.

Her son did not want her, which made her biological mother devastated, but she could only accept the result.

Before leaving, the biological mother came to Sun's house again, accompanied by her daughter Nakajima Sanko. The biological mother unwrapped the package she carried with her and handed a blanket and a brass kettle to Sun Zhenqin.

She said sadly to Sun Zhenqin: "Please adopt this child."

At this moment, Sun Zhenqin finally understood the heart of a mother, and she returned the things He went back and said with emotion: "It's getting cold. I need you on the road. Please stay."

When the biological mother came to Sun's house, Nakajima Yuhachi happened to be taking a nap and saw her son sleeping soundly. The biological mother She covered her face and cried bitterly, and then left Sun's house with her daughter.

Early the next morning, the biological mother took her daughter with the pioneering team and boarded the ship back to Japan. Sun Zhenqin knew that she could not let go of her son, so she carried young Nakajima Yuhachi to see him off.

When they got on the boat, the biological mother gritted her teeth and said nothing, while the third son Nakajima turned around and cried, shouting his brother's nickname.

Decades later, when Nakajima Yuhachi was asked why he chose an adoptive mother who had only raised him for ten months, Nakajima Yuhachi replied like this: "After being adopted for ten months, my mother We are no longer strangers, but we always appreciate the meticulous kindness of the Chinese mothers around us.”

Nakajima Yuhachi’s words are not an exaggeration. In his memory, his adoptive mother really regarded him as her own. Son raising.

When Nakajima Youba was first taken in, his teeth and appetite were not good, so Sun Zhenqin chewed up the food and fed it to him.

Nakajima Yuhachi also said: "She was so considerate of me, pulled me to grow up, raised me as her own child, and brought me back from the brink of death."

1955 In 2001, Nakajima graduated from Yoba Elementary School and had the opportunity to return to China for the second time in his life.

One day, he overheard the conversation between his adoptive father and Sun Zhenqin. His adoptive father whispered to Sun Zhenqin: "There is a letter from Japan."

At that time, his adoptive father was already Sun Zhenqin's second child. She has a husband. Her first husband has passed away long ago. This husband's surname is Li.

After Sun Zhenqin remarried Nakajima Youba, he also changed his name to Li Chenglin. His previous Chinese name was Chen Qinghe.

Although he has a famous name, his adoptive mother who loves him always calls him Laifu or "Fu'er".

The "letter from Japan" that Li's father spoke of was a letter written by Nakajima's biological mother a year ago and handed over to the Chinese Red Cross delegation that visited Japan for the first time after the war.

In the letter, Nakajima’s biological mother wrote the following:

Later, the letter was transferred to the district government, and the local government began to investigate the situation of Nakajima Yuhachi and followed the clues. Found Li's father.

Early the next morning, Sun Zhenqin took Nakajima Youha to the district government and explained in detail the entire process of her adoption of Nakajima Youha.

During this period, when Nakajima Yuhachi knew that he was going back to Japan, he was so frightened that his calves were shaking. Seeing him like this, the staff patiently comforted him and said that if he was willing to return to China, the Chinese government would take him Send it back safely.

But Nakajima Yuhachi refused. He told the staff clearly: "I will never go back to Japan. If you pull me on a train, I will jump out of the train and run back. China is my home."

Sun Zhenqin was so moved by her adopted son’s words that she hugged Nakajima Yuba and shed tears. Although the two were not related by blood, they had been together for so many years and they had become like a biological mother and son. .

The next day, the biological mother sent a letter to Sun Zhenqin. In the letter, she expressed her extreme gratitude to Sun Zhenqin for raising the child. At this time, Nakajima was also the first in the letter. I learned about my hometown, Japan, for the first time.

Later, the biological mother sent a package to the Sun family, which contained items such as jeans, jackets and nylon socks. Sun Zhenqin understood the biological mother's feelings of missing her son and asked Nakajima Yuhachi to send a letter back. , the letter also included a photo of Nakajima Yuhachi.

Sun Zhenqin’s open-mindedness and generosity also touched Nakajima Yobaichi. When he was growing up, Sun Zhenqin never concealed his life experience from him. After many Japanese orphans were adopted by the Chinese, they His life experience has been concealed.

But Sun Zhenqin was different. She had always regarded Nakajima Yuhachi as a pride and promoted his identity everywhere. But if Nakajima Yuhachi was to be sent back to Japan, she would not do it.

There was a reason why Nakajima Yuhachi refused to return to Japan when he was a child and a teenager. Although he was Japanese, he knew that Japan was an aggressor. As a Japanese citizen, he also shared the same feelings with the Chinese. Just the same victim.

Many orphans left behind after the war will hate the war, including Nakajima Yuhachi, and when he was growing up, he read many books and movies about people like Zhao Yiman. hero.

The greatness of these anti-Japanese heroes further highlighted the ruthlessness and cruelty of the invaders. This also caused Nakajima Yuhachi to have a fear of Japan at that time, and he was not sure about returning to Japan. It was his teacher Liang Zhijie who changed Nakajima Yuba. The reason why they met was because of their adoptive mother Sun Zhenqin.

After graduating from elementary school, Nakajima Yohachi was not admitted to junior high school because his grades were too poor. Sun Zhenqin was reluctant to let his son spend his whole life digging for food in the fields, so he gritted his teeth and sent his son to his daughter's home.

Nakajima Yuhachi cannot forget what his adoptive mother said back then.

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After that, Nakajima Youba followed Sun Zhenqin and went to his sister's home in China. Her sister was already married, and her husband worked in the Forestry Bureau, and the conditions were pretty good.

Nakajima Yohachi was only 14 years old at the time, but Sun Zhenqin had already planned his future.

In that era, people in the countryside called the Forestry Bureau "Lin Datou", which meant that the work was good, the food was good, and the salary was indispensable.

When Nakajima was barely eight years old, Sun Zhenqin thought about letting him live in his daughter's home, go to a local school as a transfer student, and then find a way to work in an employer.

At this time, Sun Zhenqin also had her own plans. Her relationship with her second husband was not good because of Nakajima, the adopted son. When her daughter saw that her mother was having a hard time, she divorced Sun Zhenqin and her husband. .

Later, her daughter found Sun Zhenqin a third husband. This man's surname was Zhao, and he worked as a cook in the Forestry Bureau. He had a good temper, an honest man, and was good to Zhongdao.

The day after the blind date, Sun Zhenqin made it clear to Nakajima Youba and said: "Laifu, Mom is thinking about it. For your future, let's just move here and be with Uncle Zhao yesterday. Let's live together."

Sun Zhenqin's plan was very good. She first asked Mr. Zhao to apply for housing from the Forestry Bureau so that the family of three could have a place to live. Then she would return to her hometown and change her household registration so that Zhongdao could also live there. Successfully worked as a transfer student locally.

After Sun Zhenqin returned to his hometown, Nakajima Youba was entrusted to Zhao's father, and his name was changed to Zhao Chenglin again.

Sun Zhenqin really did his best for this adopted son. Although Nakajima Youba was not the child of Zhao's father, Zhao's father gave him all the love just like Sun Zhenqin.

When Father Zhao first took in Nakajima Yuhachi, he planned to take him to live temporarily in his own place.

On the way there, Zhao's father discovered that the railway track had been washed away by floods, and the two could only walk across it. When they passed a section of the way, they found a ten-foot-long railway track hanging halfway up the mountainside.

There are rolling rapids at the bottom of the mountain, and the floods are coming in waves. It looks really scary. If you want to pass this section of the road, you must hold on to the rock wall and pass carefully on the rails. Once you fall into the water, The consequences are disastrous.

At that time, Nakajima was only in his teens and very timid. He was so frightened by the sight in front of him that he burst into tears. However, Father Zhao patiently comforted him: "My child, don't be afraid, I will carry you." Go over there."

After crossing the railway track, Father Zhao tied Nakajima to his body. After confirming that the rope was firm, he slowly held on to the rock wall and passed the railway track.

In Nakajima Yuha’s memory, Li’s father was strict and often quarreled with Sun Zhenqin over his existence, but Zhao’s father was gentle. He experienced the fatherly love he lacked from Zhao’s father. arrive.

He went to see movies and travel with Zhao’s father, and they got along like father and son. At that time, everyone’s conditions were not good, but Zhao’s father wanted Nakajima Youba to live a better life. He would meet every month Give him fifteen yuan for living expenses.

This fifteen yuan was a lot of money at the time.

It’s just that Zhao’s father is too busy at work and Nakajima Yuhachi can’t stay with him all the time. The school’s teacher Liang has become Nakajima Yuhachi’s close friend.

When Zhao’s father was busy at work, Nakajima Yuhachi lived in Teacher Liang’s dormitory. He would also call Teacher Liang brother in private. Nakajima Yuhachi would later return to Japan because of Teacher Liang. for the sake of.

One day, Teacher Liang asked Nakajima Yuhachi: "Your mother in Tokyo must miss you very much, don't you?"

Nakajima Yuhachi But he shook his head and said: "I want my adoptive mother more. If my adoptive mother doesn't come back, I don't know how many tears I will shed.

Teacher Liang told him: "Your mood is understandable. This is a sad fact. The flesh and blood are torn apart by Japan's war of aggression against China. What a tragic history it is." "

At that time, Nakajima Yuhachi was shocked by these words. He had always been touched by the kindness and love of the Chinese people, but his biological mother who was far away in Japan was also missing him. < /p>

Since then, Teacher Liang has been instilling some knowledge of Japan into him, and Teacher Liang hopes that Nakajima Yuhachi can return to Japan and make efforts for the friendship between China and Japan.

So Nakajima Yuhachi made the decision to return to Japan.

In 1958, 16-year-old Nakajima Yuhachi, with the preparation of Teacher Liang and the help of many parties, started. In preparation for returning to Japan, he planned to go to Harbin to contact him about returning to China. However, as he had no money for travel, Nakajima Yuhachi was embarrassed to speak to Zhao's father.

When he proposed that he wanted to return to Japan. At that time, instead of being angry, Father Zhao gave him 50 yuan for travel expenses. At that time, Teacher Liang’s monthly salary was less than 50 yuan.

From this, we can see that Father Zhao is serious. He regarded Nakajima Yuhachi as his son. Before Nakajima Yuhachi left, Zhao's father did not look back, but he turned his back to Nakajima Yuhachi and said this sentence: "The world is big, go out and do it well this time." See and learn. "

But Nakajima Yuhachi did not expect that when he left this time, he would be separated from Zhao's father forever, and it would become an eternal pain in his heart.

Before returning to Japan, Nakajima Yuhachi Eight returned to Shalan Town to see his adoptive mother, and Sun Zhenqin also found his customs notice.

Sun Zhenqin was a little excited about this. She cried and hit Nakajima Yuhachi: "You want to go back to Japan? To put it bluntly, even if Mom sells the cow, she still has to provide a compass for you. Although you were not born by me, I have raised you for more than ten years and you have become a piece of meat in my body. "

In Nakajima Yuhachi's memory, this was the first time that his adoptive mother shed tears. She was a strong woman, and she never cried when life was hard, but she shed tears because she was separated from herself.

Many years later, Nakajima Yuhachi recalled this scene and said with emotion: "I returned to Japan because my adoptive mother was no longer with me. After many years, when I got older, I realized that my adoptive mother was I have turned my life into pieces. ”

It turns out that Sun Zhenqin and Zhao’s father were together because of Nakajima Youha. She obtained a city household registration for her son and asked him to stay in the Forestry Bureau for the sake of his future.

Sun Zhenqin did not have an urban household registration and could only stay in her hometown in the countryside. The separation of mother and son caused Nakajima Yuha to complain about her. It was not until his seventies that Nakajima Yuha understood Sun Zhenqin's approach and understood It was for his own good that he wanted to marry her.

The procedures for Nakajima Yuhachi to return to China were completed quickly. When he went to the Public Security Bureau to complete the final procedures, he was told that the Japanese ship to pick up Japanese nationals was about to leave. , and this was the last ship.

Because of the rush, Nakajima Yuhachi had no time to say goodbye to his adoptive parents, so he embarked on the road back to China. When Nakajima Yuhachi returned to China, it was July 1958. On March 9, he and his family took the "Shiroyama Maru" ship when they came to China, and they took the same ship when they returned.

After returning to Japan, Nakajima Yuhachi reunited with his biological mother. However, He had to start everything over, he had to learn Japanese, and he had to adapt to the local food and climate.

All of this made him miss China extremely, and he also missed his Chinese adoptive mother and adoptive father, Nakajima. Yohachi regretted returning to Japan.

He began to inquire about the ship back to China, but China and Japan had not yet restored diplomatic relations.

Seeing that it was impossible to return to Japan, Nakashima Yoko. Hachi thought of Teacher Liang's words. Yes, he wanted to contribute to the friendship between China and Japan.

After graduating from high school, Nakajima Yuhachi worked for the Japan-China Friendship Association. He also became a translator.

In 1969, Zhao's father, who regarded Nakajima Yuhachi as his biological son, passed away in this year.

In 1972, diplomatic relations between China and Japan were restored. , Nakajima Yuhachi started working as a translator for the visiting delegation to Japan, and also received people such as Deng Yingchao and Liao Chengzhi. Deng Yingchao also praised him for his good Chinese.

Working at the China-Japan Association. After a long time, Nakajima Yuhachi had the opportunity to return to China, but due to some reasons, he could not return to Shalan Town to visit his adoptive mother. For this reason, Nakajima Yuhachi made a special phone call.

On the other end of the phone, Sun Zhenqin called her adopted son's name with great sadness. She shouted: "Laifu, Laifu. ”

His mother’s hoarse and sad voice has been lingering in Nakajima Yuhachi’s ears for many years, making him unable to forget it for a long time.

During his stay in Japan, Nakajima Yuhachi He kept in touch with Teacher Liang, including his childhood friends.

In early 1976, a friend in China brought him bad news. His adoptive mother, Sun Zhenqin, who he had previously sent to his adoptive mother, passed away. One hundred yuan of living expenses also became funeral expenses.

After hearing the bad news, Nakajima Yuha was deeply saddened. He wanted to return to China to visit his adoptive mother’s grave and visit his father Li, whom he had not seen for a long time. Now, he is here. Li’s father is the only “relative” left in China.

He submitted an application to the relevant departments, and finally, under the arrangement of the government, he met with Li's father at the International Hotel in Ning'an County.

At that time, Li's father was already seriously ill. He was lying on a stretcher and was carried into the hotel to meet Nakajima Yuhachi.

This "father and son" only got together for one day. Although it was only one day, Nakajima's young Baji showed his filial piety. He helped Li's father to urinate and defecate, and fed him to pick out fish bones.

Perhaps the reason why Nakajima Youba is so good to Father Li is that Father Li has raised him, and he feels guilty for both his adoptive mother and Father Zhao. They raised him, but he still Before he could fulfill his filial piety, his adoptive parents passed away.

In 1978, Li's father passed away. Many years later, Nakajima Yuba returned to China. He buried Li's father and Sun Zhenqin, and then went to Zhao's father, who regarded him as his own son, and Sun Zhenqin's first Let her husband sweep the grave.

When he came back this time, Nakajima Yuhachi also heard from his neighbors that after he left China in a hurry, his adoptive mother was extremely sad.

When Sun Zhenqin learned that her son had left suddenly that day, she fell to the ground crying and shouted: "My son, why did you leave your mother behind and go back?"

In 2007, Nakajima Yuhachi returned to China again. This time he came back to move Zhao’s father’s grave.

In his later years, Nakajima Yuhachi often recalled the past and his ordinary but turbulent life.

Nakajima Yuhachi said: "I hope that the people of China and Japan can live in harmony and enhance understanding, so as to prevent the nightmare of disaster from happening again.

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