That day, Li Zheng and the others went to a garbage dump.
This was the original plan. After taking care of the problems on the way, they would go to the garbage dump and escort the garbage truck back to the camp.
A few little kids also went.
Everything is clear.
So desperate, I just learned that the camp area has been undergoing renovations recently, and whenever there is renovation, there will be construction waste.
Here, construction waste is also money, and someone collects it.
What's more, for these little black kids, there are not only treasures such as construction scraps and scrap metal in the garbage, but also a very precious thing - food.
But is that food?
You can say yes or no.
A large part of kitchen waste is food.
Li Zheng had eaten rotten things.
During the earthquake that year, he persisted under the rubble for several days. In addition to drinking water from the pot, he also ate food that had been knocked to the ground on the table.
The food started to go rancid the next day.
In order to survive, Li Zheng endured it and ate it.
He knows what that food tastes like.
If you are not extremely hungry, who will eat it?
The garbage dump is in a fork in the road next to the asphalt road. Leave the asphalt road and follow the sandy dirt road into the depths of the desert.
The sand was soft, and the dust raised by the garbage truck in front almost formed a large dust area, completely covering the vehicles behind.
There were deep ruts on the road that had been rolled over by cars, and the uplifted sand made the chassis of the car rattle from time to time.
At first, there were some one-meter-high small plants on the roadside. After turning a few turns, the small plants were replaced by taller coniferous trees.
When he was approaching the garbage dump, Li Zheng saw two black vultures on the sand dunes not far away. Their appearance reminded Li Zheng of the 1993 Sudanese famine, when photographer Kevin Carter showed the despair of the entire African continent. of that photo.
In that photo, a vulture stares closely at a shirtless little girl, waiting to peck at her death.
Many people have seen this photo.
The sewage dump designated by the United Nations League is a relatively open area with a large cement-hardened garbage pit used to store solid waste, and people come to clean it regularly.
After the garbage truck arrived, it began to reverse, put the dump truck bucket against the cement pit, and then began to dump.
What shocked Li Zheng and the others the most was not the garbage dump, but the dozens of children and some adults beside the garbage pit.
They gathered around the sidelines, staring intently at the bed of the garbage truck.
When the garbage in the dump truck pours out, before it is completely dumped, people around are already swarming around. The situation is like the situation when the jade pits are opened in a certain Southeast Asian country.
But what's here is not jade, just garbage.
Hou Jun shouted at them: "Don't go there! It's not safe yet! Wait a minute!"
There are a lot of messy things in the car. It is dangerous for them to fall from a height of several meters and hit people.
Too bad no one listened.
Hou Jun's voice was drowned in the noise and was quickly covered up.
Fatty Wei hung his gun and stood there in a daze.
Perhaps in his opinion, the most impactful thing in his life was not the beautiful woman with a beautiful car before he joined the army, nor was it the Japanese power that cost tens of thousands a bottle with his friends every night.
When prosperity and wealth are taken for granted, people will forget that there are still poor people in this world.
Some people who are so poor that you can’t even imagine.
A group of people who seem to live in two different worlds from you.
Even if you look for it in movies, you can't find such a shocking real situation.
No one spoke.
Words are not good enough to express emotion and shock.
Everyone just watched silently, unable to do anything.
Suddenly, Li Zheng understood.
There are no people in the world who are not afraid of death or danger. There are only people who pursue something persistently and forget the danger.
Soldiers pursue honor and responsibility.
And these local poor people are pursuing the right to survive.
Just the right to fill your stomach and live.
When Li Zheng and the others were so shocked at the garbage dump in the desert that they could not utter a single word, in a room next to the camp command room, Commander Xia Zhiguo was sitting in front of his table, drinking tea, and the person opposite Deputy Commander Han Jiangyuan asked him: "Hou Jun and the others violated discipline. Do you think you will ask them to write an inspection?"
Xia Zhiguo knew what Han Jiangyuan was talking about.
But this is really difficult...
When it comes to violating regulations, Hou Jun and those soldiers did.
Giving food to locals without permission is something I have long emphasized and is not allowed.
However, Xia Zhiguo felt that this matter had to be looked at twice.
If I were present, I might give it to him honestly.
After a long time, he slowly said: "Old Han, the disciplines of our soldiers are ironclad and cannot be violated. But why are our disciplines established?"
Han Jiangyuan said: "Ensure combat effectiveness and maintain image."
Xia Zhiguo said: "Then do you think what happened just now has any impact on our combat effectiveness and image?"
Han Jiangyuan shook his head: "No."
Xia Zhiguo made the final conclusion: "That's it. Just tell them when you get back. Don't write anything for inspection."
Han Jiangyuan said: "The people here are very poor. We can't help much. Giving a little food won't make much difference. If we don't criticize, everyone will be overflowing with sympathy and give. I'm afraid something will happen if it happens too often."
Xia Zhiguo said nothing.
Han Jiangyuan added: "Look, how will we solve the problem of garbage truck transportation in the future? We can't let local children just tip over the truck and steal garbage every day. We don't care about that little garbage, it's too dangerous."
Xia Zhiguo said: "Yes, it's dangerous... Just to get good things earlier, you actually take such a risk... Let's do this. When the garbage truck goes out in the future, a group will follow it to ensure safety. It's really not possible to tip over like this. …”
Han Jiangyuan said again: "What about Hou Jun and the others?"
Xia Zhiguo took a sip of tea and asked, "Are they okay?"
Han Jiangyuan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly smiled: "It's okay."
This time the garbage truck incident seems to have just passed.
However, from that day on, in order to prevent similar things from happening, a security team would follow every time the garbage truck went out to ensure that similar problems would not occur.
Li Zheng finally found out the name of the little black kid selling chewing gum, called Boomer.
I also learned some about his family situation.
My parents died in the war.
There is only one grandfather in the family who depends on each other.
Grandpa is old and sick, and can hardly work.
Boomer is now eight years old. He has been supporting himself since he was six years old, and he also has to support his grandfather by the way.
Collecting rags, going to military camps in various countries to sell chewing gum, and selling CDs are all ways of making a living.
Of course, I am also afraid of garbage trucks.
Pick up the scraps from the garbage truck and sell them to the local scrap collection boss. The boss gave you the car and the mobile phone boss.
The scrap boss takes it away, gives some money, and then divides the food among the friends.
After the distribution, continue to the camp area to sell chewing gum and CDs.
After being able to support himself since the age of six, Li Zheng felt that Bulma was very powerful.
Bulma himself didn't feel anything.
His life had always been like this.
Li Zheng felt that Bulma was very pitiful.
Bulma didn't know he was pitiful.
Soon, the peacekeeping battalion began to go out on duty and patrol, driving armored vehicles along fixed routes every day to observe whether there was friction between government forces and anti-government forces, and to stop it if found.
After a few more days, the medical team finally arrived.
