75.75 Exotic Encounters
Zong Kai is free today and has been following her.
In the intervals, he asked from time to time, "Are you tired?" Do you want to drink water? Take a break? ā
Li Min shook his head and continued to divide things.
When Zong Kai asked her for the fifth time if she was tired, she didn't answer and asked, "Why do people here have so many children because of their living conditions?" ā
Dr. Zong's beautiful eyes looked at her quietly, as if sensing her mood fluctuations, and he helped her hand a small piece of pizza to a child, and said to her, "There is a saying that the poorer the place, the more fertile it is. Because the survival rate of children here is low, only a few more can be born to ensure the family bloodline. ā
The little black hands picked up the pizza and nibbled on it, looking at them with big eyes.
Li Min wanted to touch the child's face, but the child took the pizza and stepped back vigilantly.
Zong Kai: "The children here are more sensitive, and they will have a sense of trust in you when they confirm that there is no danger. ā
Li Min nodded, and the things in his hand had just been divided.
As the two talked, a few children were eating while playing with a picked up plastic bottle containing water and placing it in the sunlight to reflect a rainbow of luster.
Li Min pouted at the two children, "Look, a bottle can have so much fun, happiness is so simple." She turned her head to look at him, "I heard Tang Tang say a few days ago that nearly one-third of children in Central Africa are disabled, and about half of the girls here are married before the age of 15. ā
Zong Kai confirmed the number in his mind, "Yes, why did you suddenly think of this?" ā
Li Min smiled and diverted from this heavy topic, "It's nothing, I suddenly wondered, what will Dr. Zong's children be like in the future?" It must be cute. ā
Zong Kai had indescribable love surging in his eyes, he looked at her, and said lightly: "That also depends on who he was born with." ā
Li Min was stunned, immediately heard the hint in his words, and said no more.
After a long day of traveling, it is especially easy to get hungry at night.
They lived in a humble place where the local refugee office was located, a small, dilapidated house with cracks in the walls.
If it is placed in China, it can be identified as a dangerous house by experts, but everyone who comes here knows that it is not a blessing to come here, the officials here live not far away, and the house is similar to that here, and the place arranged for them is already good, so no one has any complaints.
Dinner was a big pot of very thin porridge and some fried cassava, Li Min ate some casually, and asked Tang Tang if he wanted to go for a walk.
Tang Tang didn't know what he was writing, he scribbled, and said without raising his head: "I'm busy, good, you go play by yourself, don't go far." ā
Li Min: "......" She pouted, and she didn't call Zong Kai, but only brought a camera crew to walk around.
The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the yellow sand, and there was still heat drilling up through the sand. The two of them hadn't gone far before they saw several vague figures walking towards them.
The cameraman's name is Fang Xiaowei, and he is a little worried about Li Min's safety, so he asks yƬ to go back first.
Li Min glanced at those people and shook his head, "It's okay, it should be a family of three who came to flee." After saying that, he took the lead and stepped forward to meet them.
Fang Xiaowei didn't have time to stop it, so he had to follow.
When I got closer, I realized that it was really a family of three, a couple and a little girl.
The men were unclothed, and the women were unkempt, as if they had just escaped from the ruins.
When the three of them saw Li Min, they were vigilant at first, but then Li Min chatted with them a few words, and the couple's expressions gradually relaxed.
But the little girl next to her suddenly screamed.
Li Min hurriedly lowered her head and saw the little girl running behind her mother in horror, pointing at Fang Xiaowei, and shouting, "Mom, he's going to kill me!" ā
Li Min looked at Fang Xiaowei, who was holding the camera and explained to the child in a friendly manner: "I'm not a bad person, I just want to take a picture of you, OK?" With that, he pushed the camera forward.
"Go away!" The man who had been silent just now suddenly rushed in front of him and said angrily.
Li Min saw the man looking at the camera angrily, and immediately understood, and the other party Xiaowei said, "Put away the camera!" ā
Fang Xiaowei didn't understand why, but he still put away the machine and put it at his side.
Li Min rummaged through her pocket, pulled out a lollipop, and she beckoned to the girl, "Come on, that's not a gun, it's for taking pictures, you know?" Don't be afraid, I'll treat you to sugar. ā
The little girl was about seven or eight years old, wearing a dirty pink dress, because she was skinny, her eyes were very big, her lips were a little split because of thirst, she was pulling her mother's clothes with her hands, but her eyes were staring at the candy in Li Min's hands.
Li Min squatted down and handed her the candy with a smile, the girl licked her lips and hesitated, this colorful candy had a fatal allure to the children here, she reached out and quickly snatched the lollipop.
Li Min looked at the scratched hand and didn't say anything, she stood up and pointed in one direction, and said to the woman, "The place where I live is not far from here, you can go over and rest." ā
Between women and women, there is always less hostility between many strangers.
Unexpectedly, the woman shook her head, and then whispered a few words to the man, the family of three didn't say anything, and continued to the original route, Li Min recognized that it was the direction of the refugee camp, but there were several kilometers, did they plan to go on foot?
Fang Xiaowei fiddled with the camera next to him, muttering, "Are all refugees so strange?" ā
Li Min did his homework before he came, explaining: "It's not that they are strange, it's because they have seen too much war, and that little girl thought you were carrying a gun, so she was afraid." ā
āā¦ā¦ I see. ā
"Next time, don't point the camera at a child."
"I see."
When Li Min went back, Zong Kai was smoking at the door, he was wearing a dark gray T-shirt, his hands were clasped in front of his chest, and the scarlet red of the cigarette butts was blown away by the wind.
At such a distance, she obviously felt that his love was a little wrong, and hurriedly walked over and asked, "What's wrong?" ā
Zong Kai seemed to be thinking about something, and only reacted when he heard her ask the second time, "Are you back?" He snuffed out the cigarette butt and covered it with his foot in the sand beside him, and then smiled at her.
"What's going on?"
"Nothing."
"If you don't say it, you won't say it." Li Min was just about to bypass him and go upstairs, when he grabbed his wrist and hugged him into his arms.
She subconsciously froze her body, this was the first time that a man had done such an intimate action to her except Lin Zesheng.
Li Min looked up at him, only to find that he looked very tired, and he didn't bother to take his hand away, and asked, "What's wrong?" ā
"I went to the hospital and saw the children inside...... Don't say it, so as not to disturb your mood. ā
"Doctor Zong, shouldn't a qualified doctor be accustomed to life and death?"
"That's what you say......" Zong Kai reacted, "Are you saying I'm not qualified?" I'm someone's attending physician, and if you say that about me, aren't you afraid that I'll prescribe medicine to you? ā
Li Min laughed, "I trust you so much, you actually want me to take medicine indiscriminately?" ā
"Of course not, how can I give it up."
"Zong Kai, you are talking more and more excessively, I remind you to pay attention to the words."
Zong Kai let go of her and let her go, "After chatting for a while, it seems to be a little more relaxed." ā
Li Min was about to say something when someone suddenly knocked on the door.
Both looked towards the door at the same time.
There were no lights on in the courtyard, and the moon shone softly in the open field of vision.
The first thing Li Min saw was a car parked at the door, and several bodyguards got out of the car and opened the door of the back seat.
The legs in the trousers stepped out, and then a long figure, the man didn't seem to see them, and after getting out of the car, he walked straight into the yard.
Li Min rubbed his eyes, isn't that Lin Zesheng? How did he come over?
Lin Zesheng held his trouser pocket in his hand and walked with his head slightly down, in fact, he didn't expect to meet them as soon as he got out of the car, and glanced at them lightly when he stepped into the threshold.
Hug.
He continued to walk with his head down, and his footsteps suddenly stopped.
Hold?!
The dark eyes suddenly swept towards the two of them.
Li Min was so surprised that he reacted when he saw his eyes, and hurriedly pushed Zong Kai away.
As soon as his arms were empty, Zong Kai's smile faded.
Li Min asked in a flat tone: "Why is Mr. Lin here?" "It's a very flat question, as if this is not Africa, but on a street in Licheng.
Zong Kai also looked at him, with a hint of banter in his eyes.
Lin Zesheng understood his eyes, this look seemed familiar. It was a scene where Zong Kai confronted him-for-tat after Li Min jumped into a coma, and he still remembered that Zong Kai was in the ambulance and said to him: "Lin Zesheng, if you let go today, it means that even if you succeed in the operation in the future, you will not be qualified to stand in front of Li Min again." ā
The memories are not good, and I still have lingering palpitations when I think about it.
And now, Zong Kai's eyes seemed to ask him, since you let go at that time, what happened with you this time?
Lin Zesheng said to her: "Come and talk about business." As if afraid that she wouldn't believe it, he shook the briefcase in his hand.
Li Min: "Oh, what a coincidence, you also live here?" ā
At this time, a person who looked like an official came over and shook hands with Lin Zesheng to greet him, Li Min thought to himself, how can this person be offered like a leader everywhere, and there are people who bow their heads to him everywhere.
Li Min pursed his lips, and was just about to go upstairs, when a gust of wind came over, it was Secretary Ding.
Ding Jun was carrying a small bag, probably a daily necessities that he had brought with him, and he muttered while patting the ashes on his feet, "Rub, why is there so much sand in the car!" ā
Li Min: "......"
As if he only saw Li Min and Zong Kai when he looked up, Ding Jun grinned, "Miss Li, good evening, don't you welcome us?" ā
The air that seemed to solidify just now flowed again, and Li Min pulled the corners of his mouth, "Welcome, welcome Mr. Lin and Secretary Ding to come here to discuss business." ā
Ding Jun didn't seem to hear the sarcasm in her words, glanced at Zong Kai, then grabbed her arm to the side, and whispered, "Miss Li, I want to ask you to borrow something." ā
Li Min looked at him, "What?" ā
Secretary Ding was a little twisted, "It's the thing you women use......"
Li Min's face was a little stiff, and he also asked in a low voice, "Secretary Ding, it turns out that you will also come once a month?" ā
The corners of Ding Jun's mouth twitched suddenly, "Miss Li, you are really joking, I wanted to ask you to borrow hair removal cream, I forgot to bring it." I'm going to wear shorts tomorrow, my calves are unsightly! ā
Li Min subconsciously swept his legs and pouted, "You go and ask Tang Tang to borrow this, I don't need it." ā
"Oh."