PS: Two chapters in one, count two more.

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On the night of three days after the international rescue organization arrived in the refugee camp, Li Lan was sitting in the conference room of the base car, where a video was being played on a huge monitor on the main wall of the conference room.

In the past three days, Li Lan did not go to see the international humanitarian rescue medical team, but only watched them from a distance on the city wall, and he did not allow them to enter the territory.

However, he quickly allowed the beautiful reporter's interview request, but he could only interview the refugees, and the soldiers were strictly forbidden to be interviewed.

And what Li Lan is watching now is the content of the interview with the beautiful reporter in the past three days.

"Hello everyone, this is Lin Meiqi, a reporter from China * TV in Africa, to introduce to you the latest situation in Somalia, at present, my location is in the north of Somalia, more than 200 kilometers west of Bossaso in a newly built refugee camp, has gathered more than 200,000 victims, and more than 10,000 refugees come here every day to ask for help.

Nearly 24 years of conflict in Somalia, as well as food shortages and even famine in the Horn of East Africa, are expected to cause more than 400,000 refugees to leave their homes, the vast majority of whom are Somalis. Although they live in a humble house, have no food, and face the threat of illness and death all day long, they have not lost their confidence in life, let alone their hope for the future.

Walking on the land near Dadaab that has not seen rain for almost three years, the strong wind rolls up gusts of yellow sand from time to time, making it difficult for the eyes to see the road and make it difficult for people to distinguish the road. After the wind and sand, you can see tents scattered among the tropical bushes and slow-moving refugees. They either carry firewood or carry water. Or build a house, exhaustion and bitterness are written on the face. Over here. Almost every person you get close to will know a sour story, and every time you walk into a tent, you will hear people can't wait to tell it. ”

In the footage, it is the temporary home of the young woman, Sama.

"My father died, and I now live with my mother." Eighteen-year-old Sama said to Maggie Lin with her one-year-old and two-month-old child on her back. Her face is still immature and innocent, but her shy eyes can't hide the hardships of life.

Sama's home was originally in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, and the warm family grew at a maximum of more than 20 people. Later, three family members died, including her father, due to the war. When Sama was 4 years old, his family lacked food and clothing. With no one to rely on, her mother took her with her, drove a few camels, and walked for almost a month to get here.

In order to survive, Sama killed all the animals he could along the way, leaving him with nothing left around him. She pointed to the windy shack around her and said to Lin Meiqi that this was her "home". This "home" is actually built with a few rags and plastic wrapped around a tree branch, and it is less than 4 square meters: the house is surrounded by four walls, and a few stones support a pot. There were several rags on the floor, as well as two broken clay pots for water and several cans for eating.

"Because of the large number of refugees and the limited number of tents distributed, I only received a tarp. The rest of the materials are found by yourself, and the inside is as hot as a steamer during the day and ventilated at night. The child and the mother's health is not very good. Sama said that if it rains. Such a shack simply does not work.

Despite this, Sama is satisfied with her life here. Because you can get help here. "We get food once a day, and although we don't have enough money, we can eat every day. Don't worry about starving. Speaking about the future, Sama said he hopes peace will return to Somalia because the only way to go home is when there is no fighting. Seeing the scrawny child on Sama's back and her expectant eyes, Lin Meiqi gave Sama the only two bottles of water she had with her.

A stall in front of the camp tent caught the attention of Maggie Lin, so she approached and talked to the stall owner. The stall owner, Abdi, is 31 years old and has five children who have just arrived from Mogadishu.

"I walked on the road for more than a month." He said that the other than sleeping is to hurry. Because of the war and famine, the family had nothing to eat, so Abdi had to flee with his children. When I arrived, I received tents, food and water, but life was very difficult because of the large number of children.

Fortunately, Abdi said that he still had some savings, so he set up a stall in the camp. "Business is not very easy because not many people in the camps have the money to spend on these goods, and they sell them for 100 Somali shillings (about 7,600 Somali shillings for US$1) a day." As he spoke, Abdi introduced the price of the goods, 5 shillings for a small bag of milk, 5 shillings for a cigarette, and 10 shillings for a bag of 50 grams of peanuts. Speaking about his future plans, Abdi made it clear that he is ready to apply for permanent residency here.

The picture soon shifts to a slogan composed of Somali, English, and Mandarin: "Only by uniting can we stand, and division will fall!" ”

Change your destiny and hope for education

At the new refugee settlement, 53-year-old Ibrahim took the initiative to greet Lam. Unlike many Somali refugees here, Ibrahim was a farmer in his hometown and lived a relatively prosperous life.

"I contracted 100 hectares of land with six other people, and it was a big farm." Ibrahim said that they have hired 30 workers to help, mainly to grow sugar cane, corn, beans and sesame seeds, so that in good times they can produce a lot of food and the whole family can live a good life.

But in the past three years, Ibrahim's hometown in Lower Juba Oblast, Somalia, has barely rained, and farmers who depend on the weather for food have lost their livelihoods. As a last resort, he had to walk here with his family for 35 days. "It's a tough road, and there's some risk." Ibrahim said. Under questioning, Lin Meiqi said that he was kidnapped by militants on the road for nearly eight hours, and the militants beat him, snatched food, poured water on the ground, and robbed him of the 4 million Somali shillings he had saved up for many years. "This is the only solution to save lives." He said that he came here later on the military card of the territory.

In Ibrahim's tent, his wife and children slept on the floor wrapped in blankets, and pots, bowls, and buckets were messily placed next to them. Compared to many people around him, Ibrahim is already considered the lucky one in the camp. But he said it was better to be a resident here. Sleep in a tent and on the floor here, and become a resident of this place to sleep in a bed.

Talking about the future. Ibrahim's biggest concern is the education of his children. In Somalia, he said. Several of the children are able to go to school, and he hopes to send them to school when he arrives, but unfortunately there are no schools in the new camp. "I used to be a farmer and I knew how hard it was to farm, so I didn't want my children to farm anymore." "I'm going to apply to be a permanent resident here, there are schools in the city, and I'm going to send them to schools to get an education to change their lives and make them live a better life," he said. ”

A child boils water for his mother. They make a living by selling tea.

Biggest Ambition to Get a Job:

The 33-year-old is from Gedo State in Somalia and has been here for almost 50 days. He said he was lucky not to have made a long journey, but to take a four-day car ride to Bossaso. Talking about his hometown, he told Lin Meiqi that although he misses his hometown a lot, there is a lack of job opportunities there, and he is here. Just be a resident of the city, there are a lot of things waiting for people to do.

Work, which is what many refugees who have settled here crave the most. Here, many people tell Lin Meiqi about their desire to work.

"My ambition is to get a job." Boley, who was less than 20 years old around Lin Meiqi, said. He was born and raised in a refugee camp in Bossaso. Never been out of Bossaso. When it comes to work, he uses the English word for "ambition" rather than "desire." Maggie Lin asked him weishenme to use the word. "Because I really wanted to have a job, but I haven't found it yet," he said. I'm trying to persuade my family. Let them join here and become residents here. This way I have more opportunities to get a job. ”

"I don't want to wake up in the morning because I don't have a job, so I'm just wandering the street or smoking in the house."

Maggie Lin: "Famine, the word that hope will never die."

At the Shijie Food Jihua Agency (WFP), the word famine is enough to wake us up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat. Famine is a word we wish never to hear again. Yet in today's Horn of Africa, especially in parts of southern Somalia, famine has struck again, afflicting those who have already suffered too much.

Over the past six months, WFP has stepped up its operations in the Horn of Africa, as we are acutely aware that drought, instability, and difficulties in accessing key areas have plunged more and more people into extreme misery. Even though we are focusing on sending aid to the places in need as quickly as possible, famine is still taking innocent lives every day.

The Horn of Africa is a fragile region, with alarmingly high rates of malnutrition. There, even the slightest fluctuation in rainfall can be a straw that crushes livelihoods. In addition to severe droughts, soaring food prices have long since made it impossible for the poor to afford even the most basic food expenses.

Since last year, 14 WFP staff have been killed in the conflict in Somalia, which has exacerbated an already desperate situation. Across the region, up to 11 million people are waiting for humanitarian food aid.

As the number of refugees increases, the territory is increasing the amount of food distributed every day to help refugees fleeing from the famine areas. There, our staff heard harrowing stories from people struggling to survive: mothers who trekked weeks with their children to seek help, often dying on the road because they were too weak.

I have visited many parts of China before, and I know that many of you still vividly remember the taste of hunger and the difficulty of providing for their families. The fact that the WFP has carried out the largest aid operations in some parts of China and that we no longer need to do so is one of the hallmarks of China's remarkable achievements in recent years. Even more impressively, China has now become a significant donor to WFP's aid operations in many parts of Shijie.

I know that the Chinese people pay great attention to the tragic situation in the Horn of Africa when they see it on television, and they are also looking for ways to help. During my visits in recent months, I have experienced first-hand the eagerness of the Chinese people to be part of such an international liliang of emergency relief. Please believe that several of you are participating in the WFP rescue in Somalia, Kenya, and Ethiopia. The Chinese play an important role in our entire emergency response.

Despite the many dangers and uncertainties that this complex situation poses for our staff, WFP remains determined to get supplies, even in the most difficult places. Presently. The most important thing is to unite all international action and to quickly mobilize the needed supplies and donations. Turn the tide. ”

The following is an interview note from Maggie Lin:

Somalia has been fighting for 20 years. Numerous refugees have fled to the camp. This year, the Horn of Africa region is hit by its worst drought in 60 years, causing more people to flee their homes. But drought is not terrible, what is terrible is war. When interviewed here, what Ms. Lin heard most often was that Somalia was insecure, and that the war had caused people to flee their homes and their jobs.

But the refugees in the midst of hardship still maintain their simplicity and kindness. Every time I came to a tent for an interview, there would always be a lot of adults and children gathered around, and they would rush to talk to Lin Meiqi. Talk about the hardships of life, talk about their lack of food and clothing, talk about their desire to work. Lin Meiqi is busy taking pictures and taking notes, and often opens her backpack but forgets to zip it, although it is difficult to hide her curiosity, they always kindly remind Lin Meiqi to pull the zipper, which is touching.

Refugees in the midst of hardship have maintained their dignity and perseverance. Even a dilapidated tent made of a few branches is always clean. At food and water pick-up points, people are always waiting in long queues. Some refugees even planted small saplings outside their tents. Watering with that scarce water.

Many of them have been erected in the refugee camps, and the huge propaganda posters that read "Unity will prosper, and division will decline" are particularly conspicuous. The children, who are working hard at home, are still dreaming of a career as a doctor and a teacher. Natural and man-made disasters can cost them all their possessions. But it can't destroy their faith in life and their vision for the future.

The camp is a brutal place here. Every day people die of disease, and every day scrawny children and the elderly struggle with malnutrition. Many people here have no relatives, and many families have almost no property. People are running and begging for the basic necessities of life every minute.

But there is also a warm side to the camp. The new arrivals received help from the early arrivals and set up makeshift shelters. This is their new home. In the camp hospital, severely malnourished children fall asleep in the arms of their mothers. The mother's bosom is the child's home.

The two children who were separated from their parents were crying, and the people around them gathered around to help them, and everyone's care stopped the children's crying, and care was the temporary spiritual home of these two children.

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Looking at Lin Meiqi in the video screen, Li Lan not only admired her beauty, but also praised her kindness many times.

Although Li Lan has never met with her, in the past three days, Lin Meiqi's words and deeds have not escaped his eyes, and the two guards equipped with her, in addition to ensuring the safety of his interviews and acting as interpreters, are also important eyes to monitor her.

Every day, the situation of all the members of this medical team is under Li Lan's supervision. Moreover, with the help of military dogs, Li Lan also determined that several people had other identities, including this beautiful reporter.

In the past three days, Li Lan has also remained quiet, not only did not restrict their movements, but also did not bring them the slightest obstacle. Because these people with other purposes are all Chinese, this is also the first time Li Lan has seen a Chinese in Somalia, and it is also the first time she has seen a Chinese with other goals in mind. Basically, it is possible to determine their spy identity.

However, for the sake of conservatism, Li Lan did not let me want to see them in the past three days. However, the problem of food has always bothered Li Lan, and he also wants to quickly understand the purpose of these people. Otherwise, as time goes on, he will become more passive.

The screen of the monitor in front of me was frozen because the video was played, and Lin Meiqi's perfect face happened to be left on the monitor.

Li Lan lowered her head slightly, thinking about how to find out the purpose of these people quietly, but she didn't notice that anyone walked in the conference room.

Looking at the very beautiful woman holding the microphone on the monitor, Natasha's expression suddenly became sad, she glanced at Ling Chen, and her charming phoenix eyes slowly bent a touch of grievance: "People have been with the commander's little brother for so long, and I thought that the commander's little brother already had a little bit of affection for others, but I didn't expect the commander's little brother to like the new and hate the old ,...... so much."

The coquettish voice made Li Lan's scalp tingle for a while, and her body couldn't stand goosebumps.

"You don't report when you come in. And how did you become like this again. Seeing Natasha who was crying, Li Lan's head instantly became incomparably bigger.

"As the saying goes, there is a new person, and the old person is forgotten. But little brother of the commander, we are not old people! Now the commander's little brother stared at the beautiful woman in front of him so intently. It's been so long since Natasha came in, and the commander's little brother didn't even look at me, and the slave family was sad! ”

The coquettish voice made Li Lan extremely uncomfortable, if the woman in front of him could really be pushed casually, then he really hoped that she could do this every day, but the problem was that he didn't dare. Even though he knew that the mature carcass in front of him would always be loyal to him, it was precisely because of this that he didn't dare. It is the so-called gentleman who is cautious and independent. Although he is not a gentleman, he also has a romantic temperament, but he is not indecent.

He knew very well that this scene in his eyes was all pretended, not Natasha was really like this, and the woman in front of him who seemed to be as gentle as water was not an ordinary person, if he was ruthless, he would not be alone. Even if there are dozens more, they are no match for her.

Seeing that Li Lan didn't reply, Natasha's upper body tilted slightly, such a sultry posture. Her proud figure is unmistakable. Originally, her height would not be lower than Ling Chen, who was nearly one meter eight and a half, and such a posture, coupled with her Ling Ran dusty temperament, was enough to make any man standing in front of her feel a strong sense of oppression. Such a proud posture. But he has a full and plump body, undulating under the military uniform. The small waist under the plump and towering chest of Su seems to be full of hand. The proud curve of the upper body alone is enough to captivate countless men. The sharply bulging hips and proportions below are perfect to the stunning slender legs outlined by the military skirt and black silk. It's even more amazing.

For Natasha, Li Lan really loves and hates now. As a very normal man, he likes to see the scene in front of him, but it is precisely because he is a normal man that he can't eat when he looks at it all day, what kind of torment is this. If Natasha is in her usual state, that's fine. But as long as Natasha shows such an appearance, how can Li Lan deal with herself.

There is no way, in front of his subordinates, he can only choose to turn his head, out of sight, at least so that he can feel better. "Red face and troubled water, red face and bad water!"

"Little brother of the commander, why don't you dare to look at the slave family, isn't the slave family as beautiful as this little sister?" Natasha moved lightly behind Li Lan, and put a body that could make men in the world crazy, tightly clinging to Li Lan's back, tilting her head slightly, and spitting in Li Lan's ear.

"Natasha, what is this place, please pay attention to your demeanor." The coquettish voice made Li Lan's bones tingle all over his body, and he knew very well that he couldn't go on like this, so he had to show his majesty as a chief. This was the only way he could deal with Natasha, because he was so afraid that he would not be able to help himself.

Before Natasha could say anything, Li Lan immediately asked, "What's the matter with you coming over?" ”

"Three suspicious characters have just been caught, and they have climbed over the wall to enter the No. 7 Chariot Factory, these three people are three of the sixteen suspicious figures, and the other thirteen have not made any other moves at the moment." Natasha, who was originally charming, instantly returned to normal, and her face was like a spring in March, and she instantly came to the cold winter moon, swept away the previous charm, and became very indifferent.

Hearing Natasha's normal voice, a trace of loss flashed in Li Lan's heart, but he also recovered immediately and said, "It's been almost two months since I came, and I finally couldn't help it?" What about people? ”

"Imprisoned in Barracks One." Natasha replied.

Natasha, who returned to her normal face, did not drag her words into words, and her methods were also resolute. As Li Lan thought, Natasha's previous appearance was a test of Li Lan, as a child who was trained as an agent who cut off emotions, she was only a pure subordinate relationship with Li Lan.

It's just that under a few tests, she has a little more recognition, and only a little favor in addition to the relationship between superiors and subordinates. If Li Lan wanted to do something to him just now, she would not refuse, and she would take the initiative to serve him, but she would never have the slightest good impression of Li Lan from now on.

Serving a man is a means that must be learned as a female agent, Natasha has been trained in this area since she was a child, and she also knows how to tease a man and how to show her charm, but she has never shown it to a man other than Li Lan, for her, the best way to deal with the enemy is to kill the enemy, there is no second way. She wouldn't let other men touch her body, because they didn't have the qualifications, even for something extremely important.

"Wait a minute, I'll tell Ahmed, I want to see the medical team outside the city." Li Lanzheng straightened her dress, and when she walked out of the conference room, she pointed to the woman on the monitor and said, "I also agree to accept her interview." ”

"Yes." Natasha didn't say anything, nodded naturally, and walked out of the conference room with her, without looking at Lin Meiqi in the picture again. For her, the jealous look just now was just a means she used to stimulate Li Lan. heart, and for really to care about it. (To be continued......)