China News Service, Hefei, July 23 (Zhao Qiang, Liu Guanzheng and Jiang Tingting) "Thank you the police! Thank you for your help in finding our relatives..." A few days ago, the Qinghe Police Station of the Public Security Bureau of Huaining County, Anhui Province received a letter from Taiwan compatriot Chen A thank-you letter from XX couple.

  In 1948, Chen XX's father-in-law Zheng XX (deceased, from Huaining, Anhui) went to Taiwan with the army and settled in Kaohsiung City.

In May 1972, Zheng Moumou, who had been missing his hometown, left a last wish before his death: "He has his sister and younger brother in Qinghe Township, Huaining County, Anhui Province. If you have the opportunity, you must go back to the mainland to find it."

  In April 2021, when Zheng's daughter was cleaning up his father's belongings, she found two maps hand-painted by her father during his lifetime in an old box. One was a schematic diagram of the route from Taiwan to Huaining Qinghe; the other was Zheng. A detailed site plan of the ancestral address.

The family members burst into tears when they saw it, and made up their minds to fulfill his father's last wish.

Police help Taiwan compatriots find relatives

  On May 13, Chen called the police from Qinghe Police Station to explain the cause of the incident and provided that his father-in-law’s hometown was named Qinghe Zhengjiazui.

The police from the police station visited the whole village team and did not find a place called Zhengjiazui.

According to the azimuth plan drawn by Zheng XX, the police marked a bridge near Zhengjiazui called Guangdong Bridge to further expand the scope of visit.

An elderly insider learned that there was a place near Guangdong Bridge called Zhengjiazui before, but now it has been adjusted to Nanfang Village, Sanqiao Town, with the adjustment of the zoning.

  The police visited Nanfang Village and found out that Zheng's sister and brother had passed away, and his juniors were working in Hefei and other places.

The police informed the Chen and Mrs. Chen of the contact information of Zheng's nephew. After contact and verification, the two sides confirmed that it was a cousin relationship, and a dream of seeking relatives across the strait was finally realized.

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