Refugees are some unfortunate people in human society who have no food and clothing due to natural and man-made disasters and even have to leave their homes.

What is a refugee and what is a refugee like. In the past, these were just pictures on television and the imagination of the chief officer, but now, Li Lan deeply feels the meaning of the word refugee, and deeply feels the life of refugees.

Originally, Li Lan thought that it would be very difficult to attract refugees to the territory. He turned out to be wrong, and he was very wrong. When the soldiers, driving a car equipped with lama shouting equipment, out of the territory, encountered the gathering place of refugees, just shouted a few words, and a large number of refugees rushed to the base, and the size of the number became larger and larger.

At this time, Li Lan sat in the front seat of the Humvee, looking at the groups of refugees that appeared from time to time along the road, and looking at the scrawny refugees, his heart became more and more panicked.

The speed of the car was very slow, and it was also very close to the refugees, and the extremely slow movement speed of the refugees along the road allowed Li Lan to clearly see the appearance of each of them.

Compared to the refugees he saw in Bossaso, Li Lan felt that the refugees in Bossaso were very happy.

In this mainstream society, people often complain, complain about academic qualifications, complain about work, complain about life, complain about hating their fathers, and people are also at a loss in this complaining life. In 2012 there was a popular word 'happiness', and what is happiness? Is it a neon villa or a high-rise building? Is it Gucci or Louis Vuitton? Is it Mercedes or BMW or Maserati? And happiness is sometimes the bread that we once disdained and discarded, but let them pursue it with their lives.

July and August are the harvest season for farmers in the northern hemisphere, but many countries on the continent are shrouded in famine.

Coupled with the war, warlords are rampant, and the lives of civilians can be imagined.

People say that Africans are lazy, just sit and wait for help, and don't rely on their own hands to save themselves. However, in this place full of Gobi, how to let them save themselves. War has deprived civilians of everything, drought has made crops unharvestable, and famine has made them search for all the land, but they cannot find food for their stomachs.

Genocide, armed atrocities, these things, they may be far away from us, but they are very close, close to them.

The drought that has swept through most of Africa this year has led to a surge in the number of refugees in Africa, especially in East Africa, where five consecutive years of lack of rain have caused drought in countries such as Eritrea and Ethiopia, and the number of people in need of relief food has increased significantly. In Ethiopia alone, 9 million people are chronically food insecure. In Kenya, 1.5 million people are in need of relief from the government and the Shijie Food Administration due to the inability to grow food in arid and semi-arid areas.

The most difficult part of East Africa is Somalia, which is facing a more severe problem of famine than any other country in East Africa.

There was a sound of brakes, and dozens of armed soldiers got out of the convoy, frightened the moving refugees on the side of the road, and quickly moved away from the convoy.

On the side of the road, what appeared to be a family of five refugees sat on the ground, unable to continue their journey, their skinny hands and feet exposed under the rough fabric.

Under the protection of the soldiers, Li Lan opened the car door and walked in front of the family. The group of refugees, in the sudden situation, all stopped, staring at Li Lan and the others with staring straight eyes.

In front of the family, Li Lan saw that they were struggling to survive the predicament of extreme hunger, and they no longer had the liliang and confidence to stand up, but just sat quietly. Lying or semi-recumbent, awake, asleep or half-asleep. They no longer have the strength to move, even if they blink their eyelids, stretch out their fingers, or move the corners of their mouths. Their eyes cast a ghostly cold and terrifying light, almost "back to the light", there was only a skin and a skeleton left, and the Grim Reaper had quietly walked towards them.

From adults to children, their cheeks are sunken, and from head to toe, they seem to be a pile of dry skeletons. Lifeless, skinny, these words could no longer describe the appearance of these people in Li Lan's eyes at this moment.

"Ask where they came from. It's been a long time since I've eaten. Li Lan instructed the soldiers guarding beside him.

Under Li Lan's order, the two soldiers walked into the group of refugees and asked questions.

Soon, the two soldiers brought back the answer: "Commander, they all came from central Somalia, and they had previously gathered a few kilometers east of here, and were on their way to our territory under our propaganda. ”

"There are quite a few of them who haven't eaten for more than three days, and most of them haven't drunk clean water for a long time. And among them, there are many sick people. Therefore, we strongly recommend that the commander should immediately return to the car and stay away from the crowd to prevent infectious diseases. ”

Li Lan did not speak, nor did she immediately return to the car, but looked not far away, as if freezing the picture.

The shriveled room was like a withered pear, contained in the mouth of a skeleton-like child, and there was no milk in it. In order to comfort the child's hunger, the mother had to endure the pain of being sucked. Hunger comes from the destruction of the body, but the tragic scene in his eyes is straight to the heart, torturing Li Lan's soul.

The shrunken mother and son were waiting for assistance, and Li Lan could see that this mother was not very old, probably not even sixteen years old. The mother's crumpled breasts were so shrunk that she couldn't afford to nurse her own children. Her stomach had begun to develop severe edema, and she couldn't hold on for a few days, and Li Lan couldn't avoid that cold gaze.

In the group of refugees, a small withered figure, crawling slowly on the gravel-covered ground, as if to reduce the weight of his body, without half a piece of clothing, he was completely a living skeleton, there was no trace of flesh on his body, only a crumpled layer of skin attached to the bones.

In the grass in the distance, there was a bare corpse, the bones in the eyes were already terrifying, and the hand that was eaten by the wild dog made the scene even more mean. The images in the eyes are almost symbolic, while the faces and flesh that disappear into the dust are stories of violence poured out to human beings.

Surrounded by panicked eyes, the fear of death, and the longing for life.

Li Lan slowly closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and asked the guards beside her, "Is this the case with all refugees?" ”

"It should be."

"In such a bad situation, how can they get our territory, and even if they can, they can live a few people." Li Lan couldn't help but shout, maybe it was the indignation of the soul, or maybe it was the venting of the injustice in the world.

He had never been in such a bad mood, and on this trip, he originally wanted to see the propaganda situation, but he did not expect to see such a shocking picture. Refugees, in his heart, are just a group of civilians wandering because of famine, and these people in front of him, skin and bones, can all be used as bone specimens, and the scene of hell is nothing more than that. Even if it was said that these refugees in front of him had just crawled out of hell, he would not hesitate to believe it.

If a few days ago he was only taking in refugees with the intention of development, then he is now his conscience as a normal person, which makes him have to do so.

Li Lan, who has seen all the ways of life in the world since he was a child, never thinks that he is a good person, but he will not let himself be a bad person. He has a benevolent side, which is towards his own people, and he also has a cold side, which is towards the enemy.

For the enemy, he will not hesitate to raise the butcher's knife, and in the face of his own people, he will treat them with magnanimity and kindness.

However, seeing the pair of eyes in front of him that showed a desire to survive, Li Lan's heart throbbed boundlessly.

If he wants to save these people, he must save them, because he is a normal person, and because these people are not his enemies, but just a group of poor people who need to be saved.

"Notify the base, double the manpower, bring water and food, and save as many refugees as you can when you encounter a group of refugees." Li Lan slowly opened his eyes and ordered the guards beside him, "Divide the drinking water and food we brought out and divide them equally." And let the base, hurry up and bring water and food, we are waiting here. ”

"Yes."

When water and food were placed next to the refugee group, the entire refugee group quickly gathered around, and if it were not for the deterrent power of the weapons in the hands of the soldiers, I am afraid that the food and water would have been looted.

There is not a lot of water and food, and there are more than 100 refugees, and each person can only get a little bit. But this is already extremely rare for these refugees.

Under the propaganda of the soldiers while distributing food, after learning that the food was given by the Chinese in front of them, and the purpose of their trip was also the territory of the Chinese, all the refugees kept bowing to Li Lan.

The scene in front of her made Li Lan fall into silence for a long time.

PS: I wrote this chapter gorgeously, not to highlight any problems, but to hope that everyone can cherish their current lives.

In the final analysis, the material superiority of some people must be squeezed by the living materials of another part, because the relationship between social progress and competition cannot reach a balance, but it can be slowly approached. So when we have no illness and no difficulty, be grateful for life and others! A little help may not seem like much to us, but it can be valuable in the hands of others.

Some book lovers may say something, for example, example 1: these African refugees are very pitiful, but many of our compatriots are also pitiful. Example 2: The protagonist has money and does not need to be in his own country, but to help the people of other countries, which is pure treason.

Gorgeous wants to say that these are not the point.