In a police station in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, two middle-aged men close to half a hundred hugged tightly and burst into tears. This scene surprised several citizens who came to handle the business.
So, what is it that makes these two big men so emotional in public? Could it be that they have been separated for many years and finally found their lost brother?
On that dark night forty years ago, in a small mountain village in Wenxi Town, Qingtian County, Sun Shengrong was born. The poverty of his family made him develop an independent and strong character. When he first started Chinese, his family could no longer afford him to continue his education.
In 1986, 14-year-old Sun Shengrong left his hometown and stepped on the bus to the county seat to start his social career. After arriving in the county seat, Sun Shengrong worked as an apprentice at a barber shop owned by his cousin.
Three months later, he was finally promoted from shampoo to trainee barber. However, he was so young that no guest dared to ask him to help with a haircut. For nearly half a year, he never managed to complete his first business, which made him feel depressed and lonely.
For countless nights, Sun Shengrong was secretly wiping away tears. Such days were unbearable for him, and he even had the idea of going home. However, instead of giving up, he chose to persevere.
Until one day, the appearance of a "nobleman" made him regain his long-lost confidence and happiness. In 1987, when Zhang Aimin walked into a roadside barbershop, he saw only a teenage boy sitting there.
Zhang Aimin asked him about the whereabouts of the shopkeeper, and the boy replied that the shopkeeper had gone out. Zhang Aimin asked the clerk again, and the boy replied that he was the clerk. Zhang Aimin looked at the boy in surprise, thinking that he was going to leave like everyone else.
However, he didn't, and instead asked a question. "Do you know how to get a haircut? Hearing Zhang Aimin's question, the young man nodded subconsciously. So, Zhang Aimin said: "That's great, you can give me a haircut." ”
Faced with Zhang Aimin's request for a haircut, Sun Shengrong's mood was unusually high. He had been waiting for half a year before someone was willing to let him try a haircut himself. For this precious opportunity to practice, Sun Shengrong nervously prepared the tools and let Zhang Aimin sit on the chair.
Although he had already practiced with the dummy many times, he was still nervous when it came time to actually start getting a haircut. However, Zhang Aimin saw Sun Shengrong's nervousness at a glance, comforted him not to be afraid, and told him to rest assured that he would cut it on his head, and even if he cut it wrong, he would not find trouble.
In this way, Sun Shengrong successfully completed the first haircut in his life. Later, Zhang Aimin became a regular customer of this barber shop, and every time he came, he would ask Sun Shengrong to give him a haircut.
The friendship between the two has gradually deepened, and they have become good friends who talk about everything.
The friendship between Zhang Aimin and Sun Shengrong deepened through mutual understanding. Zhang Aimin is ten years older than Sun Haisheng, and Sun Haisheng has always called Zhang Aimin his elder brother, and Zhang Aimin also treats Sun Haisheng as a younger brother.
When he first entered the society, Zhang Aimin was like a ray of light, bringing precious warmth to Sun Shengrong. But with a massive labor outflow, Sun Shengrong's cousin's barbershop faced closure, and he had to travel to Wenzhou alone in search of new opportunities.
When boarding the train to Wenzhou, Sun Shengrong felt that he might never see his eldest brother Zhang Aimin again, and felt lost and sad in his heart, because it is not easy to find like-minded people in a complex society.
However, what he didn't expect was that Heaven did not let their fate end. Soon after, Sun Shengrong and Zhang Aimin met again. When they meet, they are brothers, so why bother with flesh and blood.
After arriving in Wenzhou, Sun Shengrong looked for work everywhere, but because the employment environment in the whole city was not ideal, jobs were basically saturated, and many stores were already full.
He ran into walls everywhere, and could only wander the streets every day, and the confusion about the future became a boulder weighing on his heart. Eventually, Sun found a factory to help polish the glass, but it wasn't what he wanted.
His dream has always been to return to the barbering profession.
Sun decided to quit his job after a month of work, and he was looking for a new job on the streets. As he walked into a barbershop, he was stopped by a familiar voice.
It turned out that the voice came from Zhang Aimin, an employee of a state-owned enterprise in Xuzhou City, who was on a business trip in Qingtian County and Wenzhou. Zhang Aimin told Sun Shengrong that he was right to stick to his ideals, and that he had been learning the barber for a long time, and that with more training, he would definitely be able to shine in the industry in the future.
Sun was pleasantly surprised and decided to continue pursuing his dream.
Zhang Aimin's encouragement made Sun Shengrong very excited, and the haze that plagued his work was also swept away. Zhang Aimin saw that Wenzhou's employment prospects were not good, so he invited Sun Shengrong to Xuzhou, where all walks of life were in dire need of talents.
Sun Shengrong happily accepted the invitation, and after coming to Xuzhou, Zhang Aimin took out another 1,000 yuan to help Sun Shengrong open a small-scale barber shop. Sun Shengrong was deeply moved and shed tears of gratitude.
Zhang Aimin often said, "When you meet, you are brothers, why bother with flesh and blood", this sentence made Sun Shengrong remember it in his heart, and the kindness of Zhang Aimin's brothers with different surnames was deeply rooted in his heart.
Despite the support of his older brother, it is not easy for a young man under the age of 20 to start a business. Soon after, Sun Shengrong's barber shop was forced to close due to profit and loss problems.
Seeing that he had lost his brother's support, Sun Shengrong's eyes were red from crying that night. However, the next day he approached Zhang Aimin to apologize and promise to return his support in the future.
However, Zhang Aimin did not care about this, but comforted Sun Shengrong with his usual calm attitude, telling him that there will always be wins and losses in business, and only by experiencing failure can he make better money.
After Chen Shengrong joined the army, he returned to Wenzhou to participate in the conscription and became a PLA soldier. Before going to the army, he wrote to Zhang Aimin that he hoped to pay back the money when he returned from the army.
However, the letter was lost and never heard from again. Two years later, Chen Shengrong retired and returned to his hometown, always wanting to repay Zhang Aimin's kindness. During his time in the army, he sent eight letters to Zhang Aimin in a row, but they were returned because the recipient could not be found.
Chen Shengrong began to suspect that Zhang Aimin had moved somewhere else, so he prepared to go to Xuzhou to look for him. However, his friend suggested that he go abroad with him to earn a lot of money.
Chen Shengrong thought about it for a while and decided to go abroad to earn money first, and then come back to repay the favor.
Chen Shengrong has a wandering numerology since he was a child, in December, he took a plane to Spain again, in order to give back to the motherland, he decided to develop in Spain.
However, due to the language barrier, he had to start with the most basic jobs, such as being a dishwasher, a small vendor, and reselling pirated CDs. During these three years, he tried almost every legal way to make money.
With his tenacious character and ingenuity, Sun Shengrong's business is getting bigger and bigger. He often invited local friends to dinner, which not only strengthened his network, but also laid a solid foundation for his career.
In 2000, he founded his own company in the local area, and two years later, with his strong financial resources and extensive contacts, he became the chairman of the Chinese and Western Department Store Association, with a net worth of more than 100 million.
Seeing that he finally succeeded in his career, he realized that he should go home to repay his brother's kindness. So, in 2008, he flew back to his hometown of Xuzhou, wanting his brother to see his achievements.
However, to his disappointment, his brother had moved out of his old home, and the neighbors did not know his new address.
Despite repeated setbacks in his search for his brother, Sun never gave up. He regarded the second trip to repay his kindness as a new challenge, and while handing over the business to his subordinates, he also vowed not to leave until he found Zhang Aimin.
However, after searching for more than a week, he still did not find his brother's whereabouts, which led him to despair. He began to wonder if his brother had moved out of Xuzhou, but no matter what, he was unwilling to give up his determination to repay the favor.
At this time, he thought of using modern technology to find clues about his brother through the online archive.
When Sun Shengrong told Xuzhou ** about the past, they were deeply moved and decided to help find Zhang Aimin. **Soon found Zhang Aimin according to the clues provided by Sun Shengrong and told him.
* After connecting, Sun Shengrong heard the voice he hadn't seen for a long time, and his heart was excited. Zhang Aimin was also excited when he heard the voice of his long-lost brother, and eagerly asked Sun Shengrong's current location.
20 minutes later, Zhang Aimin hurried to the scene and saw the 40-year-old middle-aged man in front of him, and tears instantly fell. Sun Shengrong was also so excited that he burst into tears, and when they reunited after 25 years, they hugged each other tightly.
After Zhang Aimin reunited with his younger brother Sun Shengrong, his younger brother proposed to give his brother two properties in return for his kindness. But Zhang Aimin decisively refused, he has partnered with a friend to open a small store, living a self-sufficient life and a happy family.
Back then, he helped Sun Shengrong just because he regarded him as his own brother, not because he wanted to reciprocate. Sun Shengrong deeply felt that if he did not repay his brother's kindness, it would be the regret of his life.
In order to solve this problem, he decided to invest 10 million yuan in Xuzhou to set up a winery and let Zhang Aimin manage it on his behalf.
Zhang Aimin deeply felt his brother's heart to repay his kindness, so he promised to help Sun Shengrong realize his wish. Little did he realize, however, that Sun had changed the name of the winery's investors and managers to himself.
After managing the winery, Zhang Aimin was not satisfied and lost, but regarded this unexpected wealth as a gift from God, and often gave back part of the profits to the society. On March 1, 2019, the list of China's good people was announced in Jiangsu, and Zhang Aimin won the title of "Jiangsu Good Man" for his years of charity.
Hearing the news, Sun Shengrong was very happy for his brother, and he immediately bought a plane ticket from Spain and rushed back to attend his brother's award ceremony.
At the award ceremony, Zhang Aimin held his brother's hand tightly and said that without his brother's help, he would not have been able to win this honor no matter what. Therefore, now he owes his younger brother a huge favor.
Regarding his brother's words, Sun Shengrong also waved his hand again and again, saying that this was his brother's own achievement and had nothing to do with him. In fact, in 2021, Zhang Aimin's winery's annual interest rate was already among the highest in Xuzhou, which made his reputation spread throughout the city.
However, whenever faced with compliments from those around him, Zhang Aimin would tell them that although the name of the winery was his, it was actually the property of his younger brother Sun Shengrong.
He said that he was only managing the winery on his behalf, and when he retired, he would definitely return the winery to his younger brother.