Boundless benevolence

Long before Li Shixi and others boarded the plane, they already knew the personnel list of the Dudan operation, namely Dr. Li Shixi from Taiwan, China, Dr. Chu Xiao from Thailand, Dr. Lindsay from the United Kingdom, and a nurse, including Du Rusong. Several logistics staff including.Chu Xiao showed more interest in Dr. Lindsay, who was clearly a woman, than others.

"Hey, if there are men and women, it shouldn't be too boring." Dr. Chu Xiao had a longing look on his face.

Li Shixi couldn't help laughing when he heard his words that seemed to have some hidden meaning.

"Huh? Leslie, what are you laughing at? Ha, you don't think I'm thinking of romance, do you? No! I mean that the atmosphere will be better if there are men and women, and everyone will be more motivated to work if they are in a happy mood! Isn't there a saying called 'Men and women match, work is not tiring'? Hey, what I said is true, stop laughing!"

After getting along with each other in the past few days of training, Li Shixi and Chu Xiao have become familiar with each other.This 28-year-old pediatrician not only looks like 18, but also has a lower mental age.Chu Xiao's parents are both doctors. He is the youngest son in the family, and his elder brothers and sisters are also doctors.Perhaps because he was loved so much since he was a child, his father always felt that he was a little naive and could not bear hardships, so Chu Xiao decided to become Doctors Without Borders in a fit of anger, in order to prove his ability to his father.Li Shixi likes Chu Xiao's temperament very much, and when getting along with him, he will always unconsciously treat him as a younger brother.And Chu Xiao is also a familiar character, coupled with a few half-familiar Chinese that pops up occasionally, it can always make Li Shixi laugh.

The plane finally landed at Dudan Capital International Airport.When the two walked out of the waiting hall, people in uniforms without borders were already waiting outside.Because Chu Xiao had spoiled the list of members before, when Li Shixi saw that the person who came to pick him up was Han Yujun, he couldn't help being very surprised.

"Hello! You have worked hard all the way! My name is Han Yujun, I am from China, and I am also a member of this Du Dan mission." Han Yujun put on the white T-shirt of Doctors Without Borders again, and his skin color was darker than when he saw it in Hong Kong .He shook hands with Chu Xiao first, then turned to Li Shixi with a smile: "Hi, we meet again."

Li Shixi stretched out his hand in a daze, and asked in confusion, "Why are you here? Didn't you do this operation without you?"

"Huh? Leslie, do you know Dr. Han?" Chu Xiao asked from the side.

"We met Dr. Li when he went to Hong Kong for an interview." Han Yujun answered for Li Shixi with a smile, and then explained to the two of them, "That's right, Dr. Lindsay from England is pregnant, so he can't participate in this mission. It happened to be my last mission. When it's over, I'll come here instead of her."

"Ah? So we lost a female doctor in this mission..." Chu Xiao sighed regretfully.

Han Yujun looked at Chu Xiao's regretful expression, touched his chin on purpose, and said, "Well, although I shouldn't go behind the scenes, I remember that Dr. Lindsay is 38 years old and weighs 80 kilograms..." Seeing Chu Xiao surprised Seeing the wide-mouthed expression, Han Yujun patted him on the shoulder comfortingly, "Although Dr. Lindsay is not here, there are still beauties in our group, don't be discouraged."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and picked up the luggage in Li Shixi's hand, and said, "The plane is waiting outside, let's go there."

Li Shixi suppressed a smile, followed Han Yujun's example and patted Chu Xiao's shoulder, then walked out with Han Yujun.

Classmate Chu Xiao maintained the expression of "O-shaped eyes and O-shaped mouth" for a full 5 seconds before he reacted. He quickly chased after him: "Hey, I'm just joking! Wait for me!!"

Chu and Li followed Han Yujun and turned left and right at the airport, and finally turned to another apron.What appeared in front of them was a very small plane.Han Yujun put Li Shixi's salute on the plane, and explained to the two: "The traffic here in Du Dan is very bad, and the roads are very underdeveloped, so we mainly rely on planes to go to various states. Our camp is not too far away from here. An hour. Let's go!"

Amidst a roar, the small plane took off.Li Shixi and Chu Xiao looked at the scenery outside through the narrow windows on both sides of the plane.Although I had already seen the appearance of this land before the plane landed, but sitting on a small plane flying at a lower altitude, everything underground can be seen more clearly.There are stretches of pale yellow sand and gravel land, with some shrubs occasionally appearing in it, and you can’t see the urban agglomerations that can be seen everywhere in Eurasia. Only the occasional flash of thatched roof reminds the people on the plane: in the 21st century Today, there are still people living in such a desolate land.

After getting off the small plane, the means of transportation was replaced by a car. This time, the two of them could see more clearly. The land was full of sand and gravel, and there was no asphalt road. ruts.Looking up and looking around, all that comes into sight are shack-like things with thatched roofs. Occasionally, you can see a house built with dirt, which can be regarded as the top luxury building here.

The two looked at everything in front of them, and the previous smiles had already turned into seriousness.Even Li Shixi, who had been to Africa, was deeply touched.Without further explanation, everything in front of them is enough to let them understand how necessary their upcoming MSF service is here.

"It's called Pibor, and it's the location of our mission," Han Yujun said, pointing forward, "Here, we're here."

Ahead, a group of buildings appeared on the desolate land—it seems inappropriate to say that it is a group of buildings, because they are just bungalows, but compared with the local thatched shacks, these brick and stone bungalows undoubtedly look better. Too much.And on the periphery of these houses, there is a circle of fences, which surrounds a huge circular camp. At the gate of the camp, a flagpole has been erected-in two days, the flag of Doctors Without Borders will be here. Fluttering.

The three got out of the car one by one, and a familiar figure was already waiting outside - Du Rusong.

"Welcome, welcome!" Du Rusong was wearing a cowboy hat, a white T-shirt of Doctors Without Borders on his upper body, and a pair of loose cloth trousers on his lower body.Moreover, on the pants and shoes, there is still a lot of dirt and dust.This rough, cowboy-like attire is in stark contrast to the gentle and refined him in Hong Kong.

Seeing Li Shixi's astonished gaze, Du Rusong laughed and explained: "Just now I have been instructing the workers to build toilets, and they are very busy. The locals in Pibor have never seen toilets, so it will take a lot of work to explain them clearly. But today we should If you can build one, you don’t have to go to the open-air toilet.”

Never seen a toilet?Li Shixi realized that he didn't know what words to use to describe his inner feelings. He looked at Chu Xiao, and the latter seemed to feel the same way.

Du Rusong didn't seem to feel anything wrong, he continued to say enthusiastically: "You guys must be tired from the long flight, right? How about this, Han, take them to the living area to put down their luggage first, and then take them for a walk Go shopping, I have to be busy here for a while. I will let them cook something delicious tonight, shall we clean up the dust for the two new doctors?"

"OK." Han Yujun nodded, and said to Li Shixi and Chu Xiao, "Let's go, let's go to the dormitory."

The whole camp is divided into two parts, the working area is in the front, the living area is in the back, and the road leading to the dormitory just passes through the entire camp.Han Yujun also took this opportunity to introduce the two of them.

"This is the waiting shed, where all the patients have to do a simple classification after they arrive, and then triage them according to their symptoms and severity.

"This shed is our diagnosis and treatment area. At that time, several of us will mainly work in this shed. The room behind it is the operating room, where two operations can be performed at the same time.

"This shed is a ward, which can accommodate about 50-80 patients, but if their condition is serious, we will consider transferring them to hospitals with better conditions in the capital or neighboring countries.

"This is the only air-conditioned room in our entire camp - the pharmacy. One of our very important tasks in this operation is to vaccinate local children, and these vaccines are placed here. This is the most important place in our entire camp, So it’s also built to the highest specification.”

The two looked at the air-conditioning box on the outer wall of the house and nodded in agreement.

"OK, this is our living area." Following Han Yujun's words, the scene in front of him changed somewhat.The big houses or big tents just now disappeared, replaced by small independent houses. They are about two meters high and seem to be made of mud mixed with brick walls. These houses painted with beige exterior paint stand in a On the loess, it looks clean and lovely.

"This is our dormitory. Although it's not big, it's a good place to live." Han Yujun smiled and pointed to the row of small houses, "That one belongs to Johnson, this one belongs to me, and the few over there are There are several other doctors. Bypassing over there is the canteen and the bathroom. These two are empty here, so each of you can choose one.”

"Leslie, do I want that one?" Chu Xiao asked Li Shixi, pointing to the one near the main road.

"Oh, good." Li Shixi nodded, he happened to like a quieter place.

"Then put your luggage down and take a rest." Han Yujun looked at his watch, "It's three o'clock in the afternoon, you can take a nap, and I'll call you to have dinner in two hours."

"Han, where is the bathroom? I want to take a shower, is that okay?" Chu Xiao asked, pointing to his sweat-drenched T-shirt.

"Oh, of course it's okay. The bathroom is at the back, and I'll take you there." Han Yujun turned his head and asked Li Shixi again, "What about Dr. Li? Do you want to take a shower too?"

"I don't need it." Li Shixi shook his head.He is not a person who likes to sweat. Although the weather is very hot now, there are hardly any beads of sweat on his forehead.

"Well, you rest first, I'll call you at five o'clock." After Han Yujun finished speaking, he led Chu Xiao to the back.

Li Shixi carried his luggage and walked into his room.

The inside of the small room is very simple.There is a single bed on the inner side, with clean sheets already made.There is a table by the window with a small desk lamp and a small fan on it.All in all, simple yet thoughtful.

Li Shixi looked at his own room with a slight smile on the corner of his mouth.

Well, this will be home for the next few months.

The author has something to say: Pibor is a real place name in South Sudan. I have seen a documentary of Doctors Without Borders before, and they are on a mission in Pibor.The details about the accommodation are also referred to the relevant documentary reports.

The gap between the rich and the poor in the world is really huge, and the people who can live and work in this kind of place are really amazing.