越洋之爱的真切演绎

汪岳云 范秀娟

“小游璐！你用筷子夹菜试试看……”3月22日中午，在龙游县福利院食堂内，保育员童爱玲亲热地招呼一名从美国明尼苏达州回龙游探亲的10岁女童游璐。只见女孩腼腆地笑着，右手相当熟练地用竹筷夹住点心盘中一片龙游发糕往嘴里塞，边嚼边竖起左手大拇指，并朝阿姨们做鬼脸，表示家乡的土特产“真好吃”！

当日上午，这个长发披肩的小姑娘在美国养父斯格特（Scott）、养母珍妮芙（Jennifer）、姐姐邵小娜（Marie）、妹妹赵昆（Justine）等人的陪同下，从太平洋彼岸，不远万里，兴致勃勃地回到了阔别10年的故乡龙游。游璐曾经是龙游县福利院的孤儿，如今在美国有了家，有了幸福的家庭生活。虽然生活在不同国度、不同文化氛围的家庭，但她的中文名字却姓“游”，寓意自己的根在中国浙江龙游。“当年去美国时她还是襁褓中11个月龄的婴儿，两腮胖乎乎，双眼大大的，模样很机灵。”龙游县福利院院长陈永华与童爱玲忆起往事，当时的情景仿佛又浮现在眼前：“是我们民政部门的工作人员帮她办好相关手续后，由美国来的这对夫妇依法领养的。”

据了解，在美国，领养家庭出于交流的需要，成立了各种民间协会。“领养中国儿童家庭协会”(简称FCC)是美国最大的非盈利性组织，在美国近40个州都设有分会。家长们积极参加领养协会以及中国大使馆的活动，通过领养家庭网格化的横向联系，增进孩子们的交流和友谊。在日常生活中，美国家庭大都采取开放的教育策略，不仅不隐瞒孩子的身世，反而想方设法向他们传授中国文化。大多数家庭都会保留孩子原来的中文名字；有的家庭用中国的手工艺品装饰孩子的卧室；有的请华人妇女做孩子的保姆；有的父母送孩子上中文学校，自己也花时间学习中文和中国文化；每逢中国传统节日，他们还要带着孩子去唐人街参加节庆活动。此外，为了让孩子们长大后不为身份认同而困惑，洋爸洋妈们还利用各种机会带孩子们回中国“寻根”。

游璐首次回乡探亲，随行的13岁姐姐和8岁妹妹是斯格特、珍妮芙夫妇分别从湖南邵阳、沅陵两地的福利机构中依法领养的。在明尼苏达州，斯格特是一位食品专业工程师，珍妮芙是一位学前班的教师，夫妇俩十分有爱心，他们都希望女儿们能继承中国传统文化，以保持她们的身份认同。斯格特表示，中国悠久灿烂的文化对于自己的女儿们非常重要，延续文化最直接的方法是从语言开始。他和妻子除了让三个女儿在学校学习中文，家庭生活中还让大家一起练习使用中国的筷子用餐。珍妮芙对翻译蔡女士说：“孩子们刚来我家时，我们就说得非常清楚，她们来自中国，我们虽不是她们的亲生父母，但是我们和她们的亲生父母一样，渴望她们同其他孩子一样能享有快乐的人生！”对此，赶来看望慰问的龙游县农村信用合作联社员工陈赛君感动地说：“这次跨越太平洋的回乡探亲之旅，传递了人世间最珍贵的亲情和乡情！”

在龍游县福利院花园的暖阳下，得知孩子们回国访亲的喜讯后，近百名爷爷、奶奶纷纷围拢过来，大家对外国友人斯格特、珍妮芙夫妇和三个黄皮肤、黑头发的女孩子好奇地问个不停，翻译蔡女士一一笑答。在汉语和英语交叠声里，小游璐掏出笔，俯下身，在一张白纸上用汉字写出她的心声：“龙游您好！我回来看您啦！游璐”听到周围响起一阵掌声和喝彩声后，她面带自豪神情，通过翻译向故乡的长辈们报告：“我平时喜欢弹钢琴、踢足球、打篮球，还是学校同年级的快跑项目第一名呢。长大后，我希望能像国际篮球巨星姚明那样，在中美两国间架起一座文化交流的桥梁，不断把好消息带给故乡龙游！”在其乐融融、互叙家常话的亲情氛围中，斯格特先生幽默地说：“今后，我们愿意帮助游璐不定期地回龙游看看，中国有首歌唱得好——《常回家看看》嘛！”□

Girl Comes Back to Seek Her Roots in Longyou County

By Wang Yueyun, Fan Xiujuan

You Lu is now 10 years old. She is a Chinese American. She was adopted by Scott and Jennifer, an American couple living in Min-nesota, USA when she was merely 11 months old. Her birth parents are unknown. Scott works as an engineer in food industry and Jen-nifer works as a teacher for preschoolers. You Lu lived at Longyou County Orphanage before she was adopted. In March 2012, You Lu came back to visit her roots in Longyou for the first time.

You Lu is one of numerous Chinese children adopted by Ameri-can families. Families with Children from China (FCC) is one of Americas largest non-profit organizations with chapters in 40 states. Most American families with children adopted from China tell adoptees that they are from China. In most of these families, adopted babies keep their Chinese names. Some families have Chinese nannies and some send adopted Chinese kids to study Chi-nese. Some come back now and then to visit their roots in China. The families often take part in events organized by FCC and by the Chinese embassy. The three daughters of Scott and Jennifer keep in touch with their Chinese roots this way.

Scott and Jennifer are two of these open-minded American adop-tive parents and their daughter You Lu is a dearly loved girl who speaks some Chinese but writes Chinese quite well.

In early March this year, the Longyou County Orphanage received a letter from Zhejiang Administration of Civil Affairs that said Scott and Jennifer would bring You Lu to visit the orphanage.

Chen Yongnian, now director of the orphanage, remembered You Lu as a little baby. He was working at the orphanage when You Lu was adopted. He checked the archives, but the nanny who had looked after the baby girl had left. Chen invited many old people and children over to wel-come the American family.

On the morning of March 22, You Lu came to the orphanage, accompanied by her adoptive parents and two sisters. The family was warmly welcomed. Through a transla-tor, the family chatted with the crowd. You Lu wrote on a piece of paper the following words in Chinese: “Hello, Longyou. I am back to see you! You Lu.” The people ap-plauded. Through the translator, the ten-year-old girl reported to her hometown people: “I play piano. I play the football and the basketball. I am the fastest runner of my grade at school. I hope I can, like Yao Ming, the basketball player, build a bridge between China and America for cultural exchanges and bring good news to Longyou my hometown.”

The family had dinner at the orphanage. Naturally, You Lu used chopsticks. □