After coming out of the brick factory, Li Zheng felt a little heavy and unspeakably depressed.
The phenomenon of child labor here cannot be eradicated at all. For the employees, having a job is good, as they can make a living and support their families; while for the bosses, this can lower operating costs and allow them to make money.
Even the local government turns a blind eye to this kind of thing and cannot prohibit it.
For college students like Li Zheng, they can actually understand the practical implications. Thirty years ago, even in China, the common phenomenon was repeatedly banned. Child labor was the most serious phenomenon in some private enterprises, individual merchants and even small workshops in remote areas.
It was not until the relevant laws were promulgated in 2003, and with social and economic development and the enhancement of people's legal awareness, that this phenomenon gradually faded out of people's sight.
People have many rights, and the right to survival is the most basic right among them. Without the right to survive, other rights are like flowers in the mirror and the moon in the water, meaningless.
Therefore, without a stable social environment and education based on a stable foundation, the development of a country is impossible.
Due to poverty and backwardness in country L, the illiteracy rate reaches 73.8%. Here, many vendors cannot understand the simplest math problems for primary school students.
So the things in the market here are bought in terms of "pieces" or "pieces".
For example, how much does one cabbage cost?
Carrots, how much is one?
Melons and fruits are calculated this way.
If you ask them to calculate by kilogram, once there is a decimal point, the merchant will not be able to calculate it anyway.
One time, the guard unit bought a Coke, always paying 2,250 francs, and giving 10,000 francs to the boss. As a result, the boss scratched his head and counted for a long time. He calculated once and found the money.
In the end, Shen Jun discovered that the shop owner had charged him a total of 9,500 western farans, which meant that he only received 500 western farans.
Shen Jun then told the boss that he had changed the wrong money.
The boss looked unhappy when he heard this. He was very angry and felt that the Chinese peacekeeping soldiers in front of him were dishonest.
As a result, Shen Jun had to do the calculations for him several times, repeatedly, one hundred and fifty times, and finally figured it out.
The boss finally figured out that it was his miscalculation and not the dishonesty of the PLA peacekeeping soldiers in front of him. The one who laughed was called Huanshi...
It can be seen how precious and important reading is here.
Bulma's grandfather was discharged from the hospital and went to work as a cleaner in Camp H. Bulma also went to school. The tuition fee was donated by Li Zheng and his comrades.
Li Zheng felt that this matter was very meaningful, at least to himself.
He will stay here as a commander for eight months, and then he will leave. Putting aside high-level things like establishing an image, at least Li Zheng feels that he has done something very meaningful.
But Li Zheng also knows that although he can help one Bulma, there are still many Bulmas in country L, and there are many things that he cannot do. Whether country L can truly achieve peace and finally prosper depends on the people of country L themselves.
In fact, not only Li Zheng felt powerless, but the situation on the medical team was also not optimistic.
The secondary hospital has been built, and the medical team has arrived and is stationed.
However, most of the patients treated are either officers and soldiers from various peacekeeping camps, or a small group of well-experienced people in the city. Villagers from the surrounding countryside rarely come here to see a doctor.
In fact, compared to residents in urban areas, villagers in the countryside are in greatest need of medical assistance.
But they just didn't come.
I would rather trust the witch doctor in the village than come.
The medical team's regular free clinics are still going on, but the front door of the medical center is crowded. Even if the stall has been set up for a day, the number of people who dare to come and be treated by these black-haired and dark-eyed doctors can be counted on the palm of a hand.
No matter what others think, what needs to be done is still done.
As Xia Zhiguo said, trust is built bit by bit.
There is an old Chinese saying that water drops penetrate a stone; where sincerity reaches, the stone will open.
On this day, Li Zheng's security team received another mission to escort the medical team's patrol team to the countryside to conduct free clinics.
And this time the destination is the village called Sambu where Bulma is located.
This is the third time the medical team has visited Sambu Village.
The first two times failed, and the medical point was stagnant after it was set up at the entrance of the village. The doctors sat there bored and swatting flies.
Captain Li Li always brought two doctors and two nurses to the village and asked the brothers from the security team to escort them into the village. They walked around and asked questions, hoping to find a sick room for medical treatment.
As a result, no one paid any attention.
Everyone avoided the members of the medical team like the plague.
There are some people who dare to approach. Those children who are begging for sweets are the most active. From the time the medical team enters the village to the time they leave, they follow them all the time, stretching their hands as long as they can and shouting "sugar, sugar, sugar"—— They even learned to say "sugar" in Chinese.
Apart from this, no patient is willing to contact the medical team.
"It's hot today, bring more water!"
Before departure, Fatty Wei said to Li Zheng while packing his equipment.
"It's probably going to be another day of dry steaming when I go there today."
What he meant by "dry steaming" was that after arriving in Sambu Village, no one would come to see a doctor, and everyone would have to stand there for a whole day.
"Bring them all together!"
Tong Zhi is always so serious.
Hearing Fatty Wei say to bring more water, he reminded everyone.
"Check everything carefully, don't miss anything."
After Tong Zhi left, Fatty Wei started talking nonsense again: "Look at our deputy platoon leader, we are so nervous every day."
Li Zheng said: "I think the deputy platoon leader is right, everything must be done with caution."
Fatty Wei packed up his equipment, stood up and moved around a bit, jumped twice more, and felt that everything was fine. He looked around, looked at his watch, and suddenly said, "Why haven't you set off today?"
In the past, the departure time for medical rounds was usually 8:40 in the morning.
Ten minutes have passed this time, and I haven't received the notice yet to go out and gather to board the train.
After waiting for a while, Shen Jun finally appeared at the door of the row house.
"Gather and get on board!"
Classes 1 and 2 rushed out of the row house with a roar, quickly ran to the open space in front of the building to gather, and boarded the infantry fighting vehicle as quickly as possible.
After the camp was completed, the current medical team was also stationed here. There was no need to go to the city to pick up people. They boarded the warrior vehicle and the medical vehicle directly. After ten minutes, they left the camp and drove towards Sambu Village.
When entering Sambu Village, what was different from before was that the villagers here had always avoided it when they saw the convoy coming. Perhaps this was the third time, but this time the villagers did not hesitate when they saw the medical convoy coming from the peacekeeping camp. He ran away and stood directly on the roadside watching the excitement.
Li Li, who noticed this change in the car, was very happy and said to deputy commander Han Jiangyuan who came with him: "Look, they are not afraid of us anymore. This is a very positive sign."
Han Jiangyuan looked out through the car window.
Sure enough, I saw some women standing on the roadside with baskets on their heads, looking intently at the vehicles. This was something I had never seen before.
In the past, when women in the village saw this kind of armed convoy coming in, they would always run down the roadside into the grass and disappear after a while.
"Yes, it seems that the villagers are no longer shy about us."
The motorcade stopped at the entrance of the village.
Li Li said: "Deputy commander, I think this time we will not set up a point in the open space at the entrance of the village. We will go into the village and set up a point in their square."
The square Li Li mentioned was actually the open space in the center of the village.
Most of the houses in the village are built around that square, where the population is most concentrated.
"Okay. I can look there, too." Han Jiangyuan nodded in agreement.
The convoy could not move forward because the road into the village was very narrow, making it difficult for warriors and infantry combat vehicles to drive in.
Li Li wanted to walk in, but Shen Jun, the commander of the rapid reaction platoon, raised objections.
"If the convoys can't get in, it's a risk in terms of security and I don't agree with that."
His worries are normal.
If there is a machine gun on the roof of the infantry fighting vehicle at the entrance of the village, it can be used as an armored firepower point for anything.
If you enter on foot, it means that the surrounding defenses can only rely on manual labor and light weapons. Without the protection of an armored convoy, the defense capabilities will be greatly weakened.
Moreover, the medical point is set up at the entrance of the village, so it can be evacuated very quickly if something happens. If you enter the village, you have to wait for the medical team to withdraw before driving away, which takes time.
Li Li said: "This village has always been safe, should everything be fine?"
Han Jiangyuan did not answer immediately. In fact, he did not want to tell Li Li that this was an active area of the KLM armed organization. Although there was no recent intelligence indicating that there was a risk here, it was still a sensitive area.
Should you listen to Li Li or Shen Jun?
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