When the plane was about to land, all the medical staff of the Haidong Provincial Medical Team stood on the hanging windows and looked at this strange African country from above.

The propaganda in China has always been about the beautiful and rich African savannah, the hospitable black uncles, and the hordes of wild animals, which makes it feel like a paradise.

But when everyone looked down from the plane, the land below was full of ruins, and black smoke was rising from time to time. It looked very desolate.

Sierra Leone International Airport is located on the outskirts of the capital. The capital, everyone thinks this should be a peaceful paradise, right?

As a result, what everyone saw was the slums next to the airport.

There are almost no high-rise buildings in the whole country, and there are also lively scenes with busy traffic.

The first impression that Sierra Leone gives everyone is that it is "poor, backward, dirty and messy".

Compared with such a country, everyone thinks that China can really be regarded as a paradise. At the same time, everyone's heart begins to feel cold.

Everyone, you look at me and I look at you, and my heart keeps sinking. Do you want to work in such a country and such an environment for two years?

Chen Qi thought to himself, you have never seen the movie "Blood Diamond", otherwise you would know what kind of devil country this is.

When the plane landed, the waiting hall next to it was as big as a bus station in some county, and there wasn't even a second plane on the tarmac.

Fortunately, the Sierra Leone authorities and staff from the Chinese Embassy came to pick him up.

While the two parties were shaking hands and greeting each other warmly, Chen Qi was looking around, but he didn't see a group of enthusiastic African aunts dancing hula and beating elephant foot drums to welcome him.

There were only real guns and loaded ammunition, and armed officers were constantly patrolling around, making the atmosphere a bit depressing and tense.

The staff of the Chinese embassy and consulates are very enthusiastic. It is estimated that they have not seen their compatriots for a long time, and all of them have become chatty.

Among them was a cadre who was wearing a suit on a hot day and was standing in a big truck, greeting everyone loudly.

"Hello, compatriots, I am the counselor of the embassy. My name is Wu Hongqian. First of all, I would like to welcome you to the beautiful Sierra Leone. In the next two years, our embassy and consulate will definitely serve you doctors wholeheartedly.

I also hope that you can spend your two years in Sierra Leone happily."

Chen Qi almost spit out a mouthful of salt soda, thinking to himself, this guy is really talking nonsense, is he still beautiful like this?

Qi Yunming quietly touched Chen Qi: "Don't laugh, I didn't notice that the Serbian officials are here, of course you have to tell them what they like to hear."

Chen Qi nodded, lowering his head and pretending to look at the ants. I have to say that the ants in Africa are really big. If you wrap them in flour and fry them, they must taste good. Black uncles like to eat them.

Then officials from the Sierra Leonean Ministry of Health gave a speech.

Although the people are poor, the officials are all highly educated, so their English is very standard. Chen Qi understands it, but God knows whether other doctors understand it.

Anyway, when Uncle Hei said thanks a lot, the audience burst into applause.

Only then did Captain Qi ask: "Counsellor Wu, where are we going next?"

Wu Hongqian said with some embarrassment:

"Director Qi, I'm really sorry. With the conditions in this country, it's impossible for us to arrange a hotel for you, so we used an old military camp in the suburbs and transformed it into a camp, which will also be your home for the next two years.

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Captain Qi doesn't care whether the conditions are good or not. After all, everyone has been through hardships, and the living environment is almost the same, as long as it can protect you from wind and rain.

But he still has a very important question:

"Counsellor Wu, how can we solve the problem of food and medicine?"

"Oh, all the medicines are sent from China. We have regular ships traveling between the two countries, so don't worry about that. As for food, well, our embassy and consulates are responsible for basic food security, but..."

Wu Hongqian rubbed his hands in embarrassment and his face turned a little red:

"But it can only provide food and clothing, and it mainly relies on potatoes and corn. After all, this country does not produce rice and wheat. All these things have to be imported, which is too expensive. Our conditions are really, hehe..."
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Chen Qi interrupted at this time:

"Counsellor Wu, the hundred or so of us are all from the south, and our staple food is rice. We understand the country's difficulties, but we can't let us eat potatoes every day. Can you improve the food regularly and provide some rice?"<

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At this time, an embassy staff member said:

"We also hope that you can bring some rice from China. We have not had rice for several months and miss it so much. Do you know? The daily staple food of Sierra Leoneans is mainly cassava and banana. This

Food is very scarce around here, and most people still don’t have enough to eat.”

"Eat bananas every day?"

"Wow, I'm so happy. It's not easy for us in Haidong to buy a few bananas."

"Are bananas expensive here? Why don't we eat bananas every day? Eating fruits can also improve our beauty."

Many female doctors and nurses got excited and started chatting. Women always have different concerns.

In the 1980s, transportation and storage were difficult, so southern fruits were rarely seen in Haidong Province. Except for buying some during the New Year and energy saving, they couldn't eat them if they wanted to.

When I heard that the African black uncle could eat bananas every day, many women thought that this was like heaven.

Wu Hongqian smiled bitterly:

"Banana rice tastes pretty good once in a while. If I let you eat it every day, I guess you will vomit it out when you see bananas. Anyway, I can't hear the word banana now because I get stomach acid after hearing it."<

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At this time, a doctor from another city joked:

"Stomach acid is not a simple matter. It happens that Dean Chen's wife is working on a gastric disease project, mainly to treat gastric acid. I heard that there is still a fund of 2 million US dollars. Is this the case for Dean Chen?"

There are no secrets in the health system, and Lan Lijuan’s problem is well known to doctors across the country.

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But the staff of the embassy and consulates had never heard of it. When they heard that there was a funding of 2 million US dollars for this project, they all opened their mouths.

"Oh my God, our country is so developed now? Just give us US$2 million for any scientific research? Then why don't you support our diplomatic system?"

Wu Hongqian was also shocked: "So much money? If you give it to us, how many things can we do? We can have rice every day."

Chen Qi quickly waved his hand:

"Stop, stop, this money is not given by the state, but sponsored by foreign pharmaceutical companies. But if the embassy staff has any stomachaches, you can come to me. I secretly got a lot of omeprazole from my wife.

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The embassy staff were delighted when they heard this:

"Okay, to contradict what Director Chen said, if we are sick, we must come to our own medical team in China. Damn it, eating corn and bananas every day will hurt your stomach."

At this time, Chen Qi quietly came to Counselor Wu and whispered:

"Counsellor Wu, I want to ask, isn't there a lot of wild animals in Africa? If I want to get some buffalo, wild birds, elephants, or other wild animals, will it be against the law in Sierra Leone?"
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Counselor Wu smiled and said:

"It's not illegal, you can eat whatever you want, but the prerequisite is that you have money to buy it. Africans are very good. If you have money, even lions will dare to bring them to you. If you don't have money, you can't even let them touch them."

Poverty means poverty based on strength."

Once he heard that as long as he had money, Chen Qi felt relieved.

Chen Wanwan doesn’t have much else, but he has a lot of money. It seems that he will not be hungry in Africa for two years, and there is no need to look at the face of animal protection organizations.

Counselor Wu suddenly remembered another thing:

"Sierra Leone not only has many wild animals, but the city of Freetown where we are located is close to the sea. There is also a lot of seafood here, and it is super cheap. You can find all kinds of fish, shrimps and shells. Such a big lobster, which weighs several kilograms, only costs a lot of local currency."

, it’s only 3 or 4 yuan when converted into RMB.”

After hearing this, Chen Qi's eyes were filled with envy. Damn, he can have freedom of seafood.

"Wow, Counselor Wu, you are still complaining about not having enough to eat. This is a wild animal and a giant lobster. This is not suffering, but enjoying happiness."

Wu Hongqian rolled his eyes at Chen Qi:

"With our monthly salary of more than 100 yuan, we have a family to support, what do you think we can eat?"

The country is not rich and wages are not high, which is also an embarrassment for all workers.

The diplomats of later generations are definitely a high-income group, and they also receive subsidies for being stationed abroad, but the diplomats in the 1980s worked under difficult conditions.

It’s okay for staff assigned to developed countries such as Europe and the United States. For the sake of face, the country will also let you eat well and wear good clothes, and will never let you suffer even the slightest injustice in front of outsiders.

But for diplomatic staff assigned to Africa or war-torn countries, it is really miserable until it can’t be any more miserable.

Not only is the income low, but it is also difficult to provide basic supplies. The embassy and consulates need to find ways to overcome this problem.

The worst and greatest person is Mr. Wu Zhonghua, the first diplomatic ambassador of the Chinese Embassy in Kiribati.

Looks awesome, right? Ambassador level.

But you have to know that when Ambassador Wu went to Kiribati, a small country in Oceania with a population of only 110,000, he was the only staff member in the entire embassy.

He lives in a small thatched house and drinks water all by himself from rainwater.

Since Kiribati is not suitable for growing vegetables and fruits, the locals rely on fish and shrimp as their staple food, and they eat them raw.

Ambassador Wu followed the mentality of "doing as the Romans do when you are in the country", so he could only eat fish and shrimp raw, without soy sauce and mustard, and only with some salt.
To be continued...