Boundless benevolence

On the other side, Han Yujun led Chu Xiao to a simple building surrounded by a fence.

Chu Xiao looked up at the strange two-storey building in front of him - above it was a large water tank, and a water pipe protruded downward from one side of the water tank into a square space surrounded by fences.

"This is the shower room?" Chu Xiao asked a little uncertainly.

Han Yujun nodded with a smile: "Well, don't look at it as a little rudimentary, but the shower effect is still good." Then, he pointed to a thick wooden stick placed by the fence gate, "By the way, because here It is relatively humid, and there may be small animals hiding in the fence, so remember to tap the stick on the fence before you go in to take a bath." Seeing Chu Xiao's eyes wide open, Han Yujun smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "Don't worry , These small animals are very polite, as long as you give them some time to leave, they will not make things difficult for you. Well, you can wash slowly, and you can take a rest after washing, I will call you at five o'clock. "

Probably because he still had something to do, Han Yujun left after the introduction.Chu Xiao hugged the toiletries and a change of clothes to his chest, bowed his head and approached the fence step by step, and carefully looked between the gaps, wanting to see if there were really any snakes, insects, rats and ants hidden in it—— He is not afraid, but he was bitten by a snake when he was a child, so he still has a small shadow on snakes.

"What are you doing?!" A cold voice suddenly sounded from behind, the voice appeared so suddenly, Chu Xiao was really frightened, and the whole person jumped up exaggeratedly, taking the things in his arms with him It also fell to the ground with a crackling sound.

Chu Xiao turned his head and saw an oriental woman standing in front of her. She seemed to be about the same age as him. She was also wearing a MSF shirt, and she was looking at him vigilantly with bright eyes.

Seeing the other party's gaze, Chu Xiao knew that his actions just now caused people to misunderstand.He sighed helplessly: "Miss, I just want to take a shower, not a peeping tom." Then, he picked up the work shirt he dropped on the floor, "We are colleagues, OK?"

Knowing that Chu Xiao is also a doctor on a mission, the girl's expression softened a lot, but she still had a little scrutiny: "Then what did you want to do just now?"

"I just want to see if the fence is safe. Han said there may be small animals hidden in it..."

The girl didn't seem to expect that Chu Xiao would answer like this, she blinked her eyes in surprise, and then recalled Chu Xiao's exaggerated reaction just now, she seemed to understand something gradually, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

"I can't tell, you are quite tall, but..."

"I'm not timid, I'm afraid of scaring those little guys, okay? Those little things are small, but they are still alive. They are always beaten and frightened, and they will get a heart attack. The doctor's parents think, Cherish every life." Chu Xiao said solemnly.

"Yeah." The girl raised her eyebrows and nodded cooperatively. She put the thing she picked up into Chu Xiao's hand, picked up the wooden stick by the door and helped Chu Xiao knock the fence around, and then turned to him. Said, "Okay, the little lives are gone, big doctor, you can wash slowly."

"Well, I know I made a mistake and I have to correct it next time!" Chu Xiao climbed up the pole, and he didn't forget to add a sentence before entering, "Also, girls don't be so violent, they won't be able to get married."

Chu Xiao finished his mouth addiction and went into the bathroom with a smile, but he didn't see the flash of light in the eyes of the girl outside the door when she heard the last sentence.

"Papapa—" In the bathroom, before Chu Xiao started to wash, he heard the sound of knocking on the fence outside.

"What?" No need to guess, it must be the girl from just now.

"Remind you, remember to look outside when you turn on the shower." The girl's voice came from outside.

"Looking out?" Chu Xiao was taken aback. The small shower room was surrounded by fences. Looking up was the shower head. What could you see? !

"What do you mean by hello?" Chu Xiao called out, but he didn't wait for an answer—the girl had already left.

If Chu Xiao was a little more careful, he would have noticed that the girl's voice was a little cold when she said the last sentence, but at this moment, Chu Xiao lost his vigilance amidst the exhaustion of the boat and the jet lag, and he just looked up at the very ordinary girl above his head. The sprinkler, opened it half-believingly...

Two seconds later, a scream resounded over the camp: "Ah—"

A few tens of meters away, the girl twitched her lips when she heard screams coming from the bathroom, and continued walking forward.

After putting away his luggage, Li Shixi walked out of the room with the camera in hand.

This mission, Li Shixi did not bring much luggage, there is a lot of photography equipment in the suitcase - of course these things belong to Zhuo Xuan, as a professional photographer, Gu Zhuoxuan has never bought equipment. Be stingy with money.Li Shixi followed him, and also learned a lot of photography skills. This time he went on a mission, he brought several cameras. Since Zhuo Xuan couldn't come, he should take good pictures of this land for him.

Li Shixi picked out a lens and installed it, and walked out of the hut with the camera.Probably because the camp has not officially opened yet, the camp seems very quiet.In the northwest corner, Du Rusong was talking to a few local youths, who were listening and watching with shovels in their hands, with a half-understanding look. This is probably the toilet that Du Rusong mentioned just now. Let's build the project.Seeing Du Rusong's busy appearance, Li Shixi felt that it was better not to disturb him, so he took the camera and walked towards the south work area.

The working area is more lively than the living area. Some people are moving things and fixing tents under the guidance of several staff members wearing MSF T-shirts, apparently making final preparations.Han Yujun was asking some black men to move boxes of medicines into the medicine storehouse, when he turned around and saw Li Shixi, so he greeted him.

"Why don't you take a break?" Han Yujun wiped the sweat from his forehead, saw the camera in Li Shixi's hand, and smiled knowingly, "Why, do you want to take a picture?"

"Well, it's my first time here, I want to take some photos. You are busy with your work, I will go out for a walk."

Hearing this sentence, Han Yujun was a little embarrassed: "Doctor Li, you know, the organization stipulates that we can't go out of the camp alone, it's not safe. Why don't you find a companion, or how about going out with you when I'm done working?"

Just as Li Shixi was about to answer, he suddenly heard a woman's urgent shout from the front: "Help! Help!"

Everyone was stunned and turned their heads together.I saw a woman dressed in local clothes rushing into the camp with a child in her arms. She screamed and ran all the way in, her expression quite flustered.

Li Shixi and Han Yujun looked back at each other, and immediately ran towards the woman.

The woman's cry alarmed many people in the camp. When Han Yujun and Li Shixi arrived, someone had already asked about the situation. A black staff member introduced to Han and Li, "Her child was scalded by hot water."

Han Yujun and Li Shixi looked at the woman's arms at the same time. It was a little baby about one year old. It must have been crying for too long, and the baby's cries were already hoarse.Han Yujun raised his hand and pointed: "Emergency room, hurry up!"

In the emergency room, a baby was lying on the operating table. Han Yujun and Li Shixi listened to the medical introduction while wearing surgical gowns and gloves.

"The boy is 13 months old. The child had diarrhea two days ago. The witch doctor of their tribe said that there was something unclean in the child's stomach, and then poured hot water into the child's anus and door, causing burns. .His mother saw that the child was not well, so she brought the child to us."

"What?!" Li Shixi was taken aback.Did he hear correctly just now? !Pouring hot water into the anus and opening of the child? !

Han Yujun's reaction was much calmer than his. He slowly opened the package outside the child's body——

Under the package is a black baby with a length of three palms, but now almost half of the skin of this small body is a shocking pink, piece by piece, and there are still liquid oozing in many places, obviously It is a symptom after burns.Especially near the anus and anus, it is simply horrible.

"God!" Li Shixi's eyes widened.

"2-3 degree burns, with symptoms of infection." Han Yujun observed the baby's body and said calmly.He looked up at Li Shixi, "Doctor Li, help me."

Li Shixi came back to his senses, glanced at Han Yujun, and understood his intention.So he calmed down, gently lifted the baby's leg, moved it and then put it down: "Fortunately, the bones are fine."

"That's good. Anti-inflammatory for us first, and then apply burn ointment."

Han Yujun said to a nurse beside him.The nurse nodded and ran out, quickly taking back the burn ointment and gauze.Han Yujun and Li Shixi cooperated to treat the infected wound first, then applied ointment, and finally wrapped it with gauze.The child began to cry very badly, but probably because the coolness of the ointment made him feel comfortable, then the crying gradually subsided.When everything was done, the child's legs were completely wrapped in gauze, and most of his chest and abdomen were wrapped.Trapped in the heavy wrapping of gauze, the child actually fell asleep peacefully.

Han Yujun carefully picked up the baby, handed it to a nurse, and then pointed to the mother who had been waiting by the side with his eyes: "Tell her that the child has an infection and needs an infusion in the hospital, and the ointment for external use will take a day." One change."

The nurse translated Han Yujun's words to the child's mother, who kept nodding and chattering, apparently agreeing to stay in the hospital.So, the nurse walked out with the baby in her arms, and the mother followed with a worried face.

When Han Yujun and Li Shixi walked out of the emergency room, it was almost five o'clock. It was dusk, and the sun showed a mild orange-red color. Along with the large fire clouds around them, the entire camp was covered in warm colors.Each building is drawn into long shadows by the setting sun.The two watched the woman walking towards the "inpatient department" with the nurse.

Han Yujun looked at it, suddenly twitched the corners of his mouth, and smiled softly.

"What's wrong?" Li Shixi turned his head.

"It's nothing, I just thought that this time is the same as the last mission, it will be opened early." Han Yujun said with a smile.

"Does this happen often?"

"I heard from the old team members that it is basically the same. Most of the places where we perform missions are very backward and there are no hospitals at all, so the locals will come to ask for help as soon as they see our camp. Today is the fifth day I have been here. When it comes to the first copy, it’s already slow compared to it.”

"Then what do they do when they are usually sick? Just rely on those witch doctors?" Li Shixi frowned thinking of the child just now.

"There is no way. Dudan has just established the country not long ago. This place is in war all the year round. There are almost no public service facilities. Ordinary people can only rely on witch doctors when they get sick."

"But they also believe in scalding children with boiling water?!"

Hearing the strong dissatisfaction in Li Shixi's words, Han Yujun's smile seemed a little helpless: "The reason why those people are called witch doctors instead of doctors means that they still have the elements of 'witch'. For the local people, witch doctors Medicine is somewhat similar to the existence of God. God told you to do this, can you not do it?" Seeing Li Shixi's dissatisfaction and wanting to speak, Han Yujun continued to explain, "Of course, modern concepts are more open after all. Local people I am not so superstitious about witch doctors anymore. You know, the locals are actually very repulsive to seeing foreign doctors. But look, didn’t the mother still want to come to us when she saw that her child was not doing well today?”

Hearing what Han Yujun said, Li Shixi felt mixed feelings in his heart for a moment, and he didn't know how to speak.After a long time, he let out a long sigh and looked in the direction of the ward: "I hope that child will recover."

Han Yujun also turned his gaze: "The situation will get better and better." It seems to be talking about children, and it seems to have a wider meaning.

The afterglow of the setting sun coated the sides of the two with golden light.

Han Yujun looked down at his watch, the hour hand was already pointing to 5, he looked at Li Shixi beside him, and suggested: "It's a bit late today, why don't I accompany you to take pictures some other day?"

"Ah? Oops! My camera!" Li Shixi yelled suddenly, and ran away—when he saw the patient just now, he threw the camera aside and went to rescue him. He didn't remember where he put the camera at all!

Li Shixi first ran back to the operating room, where there was only one nurse arranging the instruments.Asked if she had seen the camera, the nurse shook her head blankly.Li Shixi immediately ran out again - when the child came just now, he and Han Yujun were standing outside the waiting shed, if they weren't here, they must be there!

"What's the matter, the camera isn't here?" When Li Shixi ran out the door, he ran into Han Yujun who was rushing over.However, Li Shixi didn't bother to answer at all, but just ran out. Seeing that he was anxious, Han Yujun didn't ask any more questions, but just followed him quickly.

Li Shixi ran all the way to the waiting shed, where there was only a young black man of eighteen or nineteen years old.The young man was a little scared by Li Shixi's appearance at first, but after he understood Li Shixi's question, he showed a big smile, and he replied in English with an African accent: "Oh yes, I know where it is."

"Really?!" Li Shixi was ecstatic.The young man nodded, walked aside, and took his camera from the cabinet.

"When I saw this camera here just now, I asked them whose it belonged to. They said that a doctor left it in a hurry for an operation, so I put it away for you. I thought you would definitely come back to get it. "When the young man smiled, he showed a mouthful of snow-white teeth.

Li Shixi noticed that when his camera was placed in the cabinet, there was a thick cushion under it, apparently for fear of damaging the camera.He said gratefully, "Thank you."

"Ron, thank you." Han Yujun followed at some point, and patted the young black man on the back with a smile.The young man obviously recognized him, and smiled even more happily. He said something to Han Yujun, and Han Yujun nodded with a smile after listening.

"By the way, you don't know each other yet. Let me introduce you. This is Dr. Li Shixi, and this is Ron. Ron's hometown is here, but his family has immigrated to Kenya now. He went to university in Nairobi, and now he is using He came to help us during the holidays. Ron is very familiar with the language here, and when we communicate with local patients, he is always an interpreter for us.”

After listening to Han Yujun's introduction, the two greeted each other again. Ron had other things to do, but he stayed here just now because he was afraid of losing his camera.At this moment, the property returned to its original owner, and he quickly left first.

"You treasure your camera very much." Han Yujun said with a smile as he watched Li Shixi caressing the camera lightly.

Li Shixi's hands paused, and then he said: "Oh, this is given to me by a good friend...he always likes to take pictures..."

I don't know if he noticed Li Shixi's slight sadness when he said this, but Han Yujun just nodded and didn't ask any more questions.He raised his hand and looked at his watch, and suddenly said, "If you're not tired, let me take you somewhere?"

"Huh?" Li Shixi didn't expect Han Yujun to change the subject suddenly, and asked in a daze, "Where are you going?"

"A place that you will find interesting." Han Yujun showed a mysterious smile, "Let's go!"

The author has something to say: When I was a child, I read a set of books called "The Adventures of Hal Roger", one of which was about them going to the cannibals in Papua New Guinea and seeing the backward life of the primitive tribes.But that set of books is a product of the 70s.However, in the Doctors Without Borders documentary, I still saw real cases of children being scalded. Those witch doctors, witchcraft, and medical methods full of superstition and mistakes have not completely disappeared in the 21st century.A child who can grow up in that kind of backward land is really destined...