Father, you have returned to your hometown... "On the eve of the Spring Festival, in Miaoping Village, Luojiang Town, Dazhou City, Sichuan Province, 74 year old Yu Zhuyan walked slowly towards his ancestral tomb with tears in his eyes, accompanied by his relatives. At this moment, the 40 year long journey of searching for relatives has finally come to an end. In 1933, Yu Zhu's father Yu Daijiang left his hometown of Laolingou Village (now Miaoping Village) to join the Red Army. In 1947, due to serious injuries, he was resettled in Raoyang County, Hebei Province, and later got married and started a family there. In 1955, Yu Daijiang passed away due to illness while Yu Zhu was still in his infancy. After becoming sensible, Yu Zhu's understanding of his father came entirely from his mother's narration. In the final moments of his life, his father missed his hometown so much that even when his consciousness was vague, he kept muttering, "Bashan... Laolingou... go home..." Finding his father's hometown became something that Yu Zhu longed for in his heart. However, searching is not easy. In 1986, Yu Zhu went to Laolingou to help investigate all households surnamed Yu, but no one had heard of the name "Yu Daijiang". Until the autumn of 2025, things took a turn for the better. A news report about a retired military affairs department searching for the relatives of a martyr reignited the flame in Yu Zhu's heart. He immediately wrote a letter to the Retired Military Affairs Bureau of Dazhou City, detailing the matter. After receiving the request for family tracing, the Retired Soldiers Affairs Bureau of Dazhou City immediately established a special working group. A team of people rushed into the archives and historical records office, searching for any military records with names similar to "Yu Daijiang" or others in the yellowed archives; Another team of people visited Luojiang Town and surrounding villages all the way, visiting the elderly in the villages. Among them, the name 'Yu Zhongheng' has been mentioned multiple times, and it is said that his family has served in the Red Army. The staff traced the clues and found Yu Peipei, the granddaughter of Yu Zhongheng. There is indeed a Red Army at home, "Yu Peipei said. She heard from her grandfather that a youngest uncle named Yu Zhuangsheng joined the army in 1933 and hurriedly returned home in 1935, but there has been no news since then. The staff took out the only remaining early photo of Dai Jiang, and Yu Peipei scrutinized it for a long time - his eyebrows and eyes were very similar to his grandfather's. During the war years, many predecessors changed their names and surnames due to work requirements. ”The staff said that although there is no direct record, they have repeatedly sorted and verified the time of joining the army, the Long March experience, family memories, genealogy records, and related historical materials. They found that the basic information of Yu Zhuangsheng is consistent with Yu Daijiang, and the key time nodes also match. It can be confirmed that Yu Daijiang is Yu Zhuangsheng. So, there was the scene at the beginning. (New Society)