My Courtyard Refuge

Refugee Camp

After lunch, He Jian took Xiang Xin to the “black market” in the urban area for a stroll. He said it was a black market, but it was actually half-disclosed.

The black market is located on a street in the south of the city, and it is also the busiest place in Jinglong City. After all, there are hundreds of thousands of people in the refugee camp, and a lot of good things flow out from there.

“Husband, how about this necklace, does it look good on me?”

Xiang Xin held a peacock pendant necklace and compared it to her chest, how she liked it.

“It looks good.” He Jian nodded, and then looked directly at the owner: “Boss, how much is this necklace?”

The store owner looked at the police uniform on He Jian’s body, and didn’t dare to raise the price indiscriminately. He said with a smile on his face:

“Girl, you have a good eye. This necklace is the best jewelry I have here. Look at the luster. It’s made of 24K pure gold and weighs 35 grams. If you two really want it, just give me 30,000 yuan.”

“Hey, it’s less than a thousand yuan per gram, so you won’t have any problems with this necklace, right?”

Xiang Xin immediately put down the necklace in his hand, and at the same time became vigilant.

“Don’t worry, the necklace is definitely real gold, and the price of gold here is like this.” The shop owner didn’t want to say more.

Of course He Jian knew the reason, it was nothing more than a lower purchase price.

He has personally seen a second-hand dealer who exchanged seven or eight steamed buns for a gold bracelet from a refugee camp, earning dozens of times the huge profits.

Seeing her husband nodding her head, Xiang Xin’s heart was moved immediately, and she was going to buy the necklace. Even if she didn’t need it, it would be good to bring it back to Yanjing to make a difference.

“I bought it, can you pay by mobile phone here?”

The store owner pointed to the QR code on the side and replied, “Yes, just scan this.”

How could He Jian let his wife pay for it, so he quickly used his mobile phone to transfer the account to the shop owner. He is hereThe wages plus subsidies are less than 20,000 yuan per month, which is more than many white-collar workers earn.

Throughout the afternoon, the young couple wandered around the street several times and bought a lot of jewelry, which totaled more than 100,000 yuan.

Xiang Xin was very excited, it was a surprise after all.

The time to get together is always short, because He Jian only took one day off, after dinner, the other party rushed back to the refugee camp overnight with some nutritional supplements.

Xiang Xin was unwilling to “keep the empty room alone”, so in order to spend a few more days with He Jian, she went to the police station to sign up as a volunteer in the refugee camp without telling her husband.

Xiao Shao helped her with the registration procedures.

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Early the next morning, a convoy of more than one hundred volunteers set off, and Xiang Xin was one of them.

The road was boring, and the mobile phone had no signal, so a few people in the car simply chatted.

“Water cut off every day in Yanjing?” A high school girl asked in amazement, you know they haven’t cut off water in Jinglong yet!

Xiang Xin explained with a wry smile: “Your side relies on the Lancang River, and there are several reservoirs upstream, so of course there is no shortage of water.

Yanjing is different. All surface rivers have stopped flowing, and several large reservoirs may not last long. How can there be unlimited water? ”

“Then what will you do next?”

“Rely on the seawater desalination plant, otherwise what else can I do.” Xiang Xin said helplessly.

“Wow, it turns out that the capital is even more water-scarce than us!” A slight sense of superiority rose in the hearts of several Jinglong residents.

Xiang Xin took the opportunity to change the subject: “Has any of you ever been to a refugee camp?”

“Our hospital has held several free clinics, and I followed them twice.” A female doctor in her forties nodded.

“Doctor Yang, what’s it like in the refugee camp?” Xiang Xin continued to ask, and the others were also full of curiosity.

Doctor Yang sighed heavily: “The refugee camp is not a good place. It’s just a large flat land with many shacks built on it. Hundreds of thousands of people are crowded together. Compared with it, the slums are like paradise.”

“What about that night?” Xiang Xin wondered.

Although Jinglong’s location is relatively south, the temperature at night is also seven or eight degrees below zero. There is no heating, and people will freeze to death at night.

“Come on, the trees on the surrounding mountains are all dead, and there are people in the refugee camp who are responsible for cutting firewood every day.

Last month, due to heating problems, a fire broke out in the camp, killing thousands of people at once. “Doctor Yang sighed.

“This is too miserable, why don’t we build more houses for them to live in?” The high school girl couldn’t help but spoke again.

“No need.” Dr. Yang shook his head, “The biggest problem in the refugee camps now is the lack of food, not the accommodation.”

The high school girl shut her mouth and said that Daxia was also short of food, and Jinglong was even more short of food. She was just innocent and not really stupid.

Half an hour later, the refugee camp finally arrived. Before everyone got out of the car, they first smelled a stench.

Xiang Xin covered her nose and complained, “Isn’t there a toilet here? Why is it so smelly?”

To be honest, she retreated a bit.

Fortunately, Dr. Yang was prepared and took out a few masks and distributed them to everyone.

“Hurry up and bring it on, and you’ll be fine when you get used to it.”

===Section 62===

“Are you used to smelling bad?” Xiang Xin complained secretly.

After getting off the car, the refugee camp was indeed as Dr. Yang said, not only the living conditions were extremely poor, but even the refugees were skinny and skinny, which looked a little scary.

After moving into the dormitory and putting away their luggage, the people in the car were quickly assigned to different positions.

Dr. Yang naturally went to the free clinic. The high school girl was assigned to take care of orphans. Xiang Xin was unlucky and was assigned to the cafeteria. It is said that the work there is the most difficult and tiring.

But since it’s here, let it be.

Xiang Xin quickly got back to work. It was already past ten o’clock in the morning, and lunch was being prepared in the cafeteria.

It’s just that the canteen here is a bit different from Xiang Xin’s imagination. At least she didn’t see any pots and pans, but only large stoves, which were three or four meters high.

“Master Bao, what are these stoves for?”

Master Bao is the chef in the cafeteria. He is not a volunteer, he is paid.

“Of course it’s for cooking. Otherwise, the entire refugee camp has hundreds of thousands of people, relying on dozens of us, how can we get here?” Master Bao replied with a smile.

“Cooking? How?” Xiang Xin asked curiously.

Master Bao climbed to the top of the furnace, then opened the upper furnace door, and introduced:

“See, put the ingredients and water from here, and after filling it, just steam it for ten minutes, and the food will be ready.”

“So convenient? How many people can feed this stove?”

“About a thousand people!”

“Master Bao, what do refugees usually eat?” Xiang Xin became interested.

Master Bao led Xiang Xin to the warehouse, “The raw materials are here, we just need to mix them in proportion.”

Xiang Xin stepped forward and took a look, “Yo hoo”, this is too stingy, it is worse than pig food, not to mention the bran, at least it can be eaten.

But what the hell is this sawdust?

Master BaoSeeing through Xiang Xin’s small thoughts at a glance, he explained earnestly:

“Xiao Xiang, don’t take it too far. These things are inconspicuous in our country, but for those refugees, they are life-saving food.”