cohabitation contract

"Huh? There's a power outage again..." Serena jumped off an old tractor that was humming, hammered her limbs that were numb from the bumps, looked at the dark night around her, and wrinkled The beautiful little nose wailed in broken Chinese.

Nie Changsheng from the same team came down with the medical case and thanked the driver who escorted him all the way. The driver waved his hand, turned the car around happily, and returned to the original road.

The small town where the volunteer medical team is stationed is very old. There is a power outage for half a month, but the residents here are used to a hard life, and they don’t have many entertainment programs at night. , Lighting candles is also more economical, so even if someone in the voluntary medical team went to the county power supply bureau to complain several times, the power supply was still limited. Over time, everyone calmed down and adapted to the work and rest habits here.

The two walked towards the guest house at the intersection of the town, which was the camp of the volunteer medical team. It was said to be a guest house, but it was actually a dilapidated residential building with only two floors. There was only a nagging old woman guarding the door. I have two big dogs who are as good at creating a sense of presence as she is. As long as someone approaches the guest house, they will bark shockingly and notify the people in the building by growling that their partner from the clinic is back.

The old woman opened the door to let them in, while yelling at the two dogs who were barking endlessly. She was old and could not learn English, so she said something to Nie Changsheng and Serena who came in in local dialect. I can't understand Spanish very well, so I can only say thank you to her in Spanish.

Several people from the hostel have already come out to welcome them. The village they visited is relatively close to the town, and they came back earlier. They consciously prepared the meals first. Although it is a guest house in a small town, the conditions of the kitchen are actually quite good. It's very simple, with only three gas stoves. If Nie Changsheng was the cook, it would be just right for cooking rice, stir-frying, and soup. However, there are many people in the volunteer medical team, and the tastes are different. Several Westerners are not used to Chinese food, so they made it a few times. , I still couldn't bear it, so the teams were assigned according to personal preferences, and this solved the problem of eating.

Fortunately, everyone's visit time is inconsistent. Whoever comes back first in the team will cook their favorite dinner first. The large refrigerator in the kitchen is stuffed with seasonal vegetables, because the frequency of power outages is too high, and meat The old lady who asked the gatekeeper to buy it at the market, but the weather is hotter now, and the meat that has not been put in the refrigerator will change its taste at night.

In the dim candlelight, several people gathered around the dining table and ate baked potatoes. This was a dinner made by another American female doctor. The potatoes were baked with tin foil, cut open with the tin foil, and sprinkled with Shredded yellow cheese, accompanied by finely chopped green onions, cooked minced meat, sprinkle with fine salt and pepper when eating, mix well with a knife and fork, if you like salty, you can also add some soy sauce, The taste is also very good. Among the difficult foods, it is considered a very popular delicacy.

Nie Changsheng also likes to eat. In fact, he lived through hard times in his childhood. As long as he can satisfy his hunger, he doesn't pay much attention to the quality of food. Besides, this dinner is really delicious, and the cooking is simple. It's not as complicated as Chinese food. How to change it? As Zhuang Lingxiao, I was either picky about the poor taste of potatoes, or I was dissatisfied with too little seasoning, so I couldn't eat it at all...

Why did you think of him again?

Nie Changsheng frowned, the food in his mouth seemed a bit bitter.

It has been more than a month since he appeared here as a voluntary doctor. At first he thought he could temporarily put aside the predicament that trapped him, but since the phone call with Ye Junke, Zhuang Lingxiao's image is like the performance of a lonely flute , in the long and long notes, each hand is changed slowly or quickly, like a conscious bud waiting quietly on the branch, and like a shadow under the sunset.

Nie Changsheng won't deny that he misses that man, whether it's a noisy day or a quiet night, that man is like Huang Liang's dream, every time he appears in the dream, there is endless tenderness and embrace , Kissing, lingering to death, as hot as moths to a flame.

This sum of long-term lovesickness cannot be parted after all, even if there is an insurmountable ocean between each other.

"Li, do you agree too?" Serena's raised voice rang in Nie Changsheng's ear.

Nie Changsheng came back to his senses, looked at her with a little confusion through the dim candlelight, and asked, "What?" Among the pseudonyms he is using now, Li is his surname. Fortunately, foreigners like to use their surnames. Let me tell you, another Taiwan compatriot in the volunteer medical team has an uncommon double surname Baima, and Nie Changsheng didn't know that China has the surname "Baima" until he came here.

"Tomorrow is a rare vacation, let's go to Raksha Village to have fun!" Under the candlelight, Serena's eyes shone like jewels with unknown meaning.

"Yes, yes, maybe I saw a pirate!" Another male doctor who was about the same age as Serena also agreed. He was also from New York, but he was the heir of a California farmer. There was a gap between ideals and reality. In the end, the ideal defeated the reality, so he came here to be a volunteer doctor without hesitation. Since he was a child, he has admired the lonely heroes in film and television, and Captain Jack is one of his idols.

"The captain said that there is nothing necessary. Let's not get close to Raksha Village..." Nie Changsheng finally understood. It turned out that Serena was very interested in the pirates with a long history in her country. Going to the coast of Luocha Village, where pirates are said to have landed, not to mention whether you can meet pirates, but if you get a little bit of stories about pirate legends from the mouths of local residents, you will not be in vain.

This place called Luocha Village is the name of a small fishing village near the small town of Kangbalo. The original name of the village has been replaced by this sinister name, because every year pirates land here for supplies, and it is said that they are also lurking. In the small town of Cambaro, a group of wealthy businessmen were captured on board to earn a generous ransom.However, the law and order is much better now. In the past ten years, there has been no incident of pirates committing crimes. As a tourist attraction built by Spain, Cambaro attracts countless foreign tourists every year. Tourists with the same idea ran to Rakshasa Village, but unfortunately they didn't hear of encountering pirates.

"The captain also said that if necessary, you can go for fun and relax." The male doctor echoed Serena retorted. He hoped that Nie Changsheng would better not follow him, otherwise it would hinder his relationship with Serena. The two spent time together, and if the three of them were together, Serena would definitely spend more time with Nie Changsheng than with him.

Another middle-aged woman obviously didn't like taking risks, and said, "Michael, you have to go to the doctor tomorrow. Your rest day is not the same as Serena's." In the voluntary medical team, there is only one rest day a week, and she With Michael on the same team, the vacation time has just passed not long.

"Ah!" Michael cried out in pain, obviously forgetting that he had no vacation, and took a bite of the potato to relieve his hatred.

Nie Changsheng thought that this trip to Rakshasa Village would be aborted, so he didn't care too much. After dinner, he chatted with everyone for a while, and people from the doctor came back one after another, and the guest house became more lively. The battery of the mobile phone that has been used for a whole day is also dead, and it is impossible to chat with friends if you want to charge it. Many programs are restricted, and few people even play cards.

Nie Changsheng didn't use his mobile phone very often, and he only had contact with Ye Junke on his SIM card. The battery was quite sufficient, but Serena borrowed it to make intermittent calls for nearly an hour until the battery ran out.

After a restless sleep, when he woke up, the sky in the east had not yet turned white. Remembering that today was a vacation, Nie Changsheng closed his eyes in a daze, until his ears were filled with Serena's tireless calling, He opened his sleepy eyes again.

"What's wrong?" Nie Changsheng yawned and asked Serena, who was in good spirits, by the bed. He remembered that the door was locked, probably because the people in the dormitory forgot to lock it when they went to the doctor, but Serena never locked it. It is not uncommon for the old lady at the gate to ask for a spare key to break into his bedroom. When encountering such a situation, he can only pretend not to mind.

"Let's go, let's go to Luocha Village!" Serena still speaks awkward Chinese. She learned from Taiwan compatriot Baima, with a faint Taiwanese accent, soft and sweet, and Nie Changsheng suddenly became jittery, and his sleepiness disappeared.

"Why don't you give up on this place?" Nie Changsheng said helplessly as he got up and folded the quilt.

"Not only me, but also Fan Dans!" The Fan Dans she said came from the Netherlands, he was a humorous and handsome guy, his age was almost the same as that of Nie Changsheng, and he was very popular among school girls when he went to see a doctor.

"Then you two..." Nie Changsheng was about to suggest that the two of them go together, but he stopped talking halfway. He remembered that Fan Dansi was a road idiot, and he would get lost when he went to the market to buy vegetables. The restroom must be accompanied by someone, otherwise, he will not be able to tell the difference between the south, the east, and the north...

As a last resort, Nie Changsheng had no choice but to accompany them to Luocha Village.

There is no bus station in the town, so the three of them waited on the side of the road and stopped a few trucks passing by. Unfortunately, they couldn't speak the language. After waiting for more than an hour, they still couldn't get on the bus. Finally, they met a truck driver who knew a little English. After comparing the pictures, I realized where the three of them were going. Although they were not on the way, they enthusiastically called a friend who was going to Kang Baro to drive them there.

After three or four hours of bumpy journey, at noon, the three of them finally arrived at the small town of Kangbaro. After writing about the hitchhiking driver, the three of them headed straight to Luocha Village, where the legendary pirates landed. This is a prosperous port. It is close to the tourist resort town of Cambaro, and the village is full of foreigners. Unfortunately, the village is really small. Apart from a very nice beach, there is almost nothing to do.

Van Dans also has the adventurous spirit of pirates in his blood. He asked someone where the bar was, and took the hands of two companions who came with him and went straight to a large tavern with a lot of fish and dragons. It is said that the place where pirates must go to land is the tavern. , and this is also the case in pirate movies, maybe in the big tavern, you can meet the pirates who landed!

However, in this big tavern, the three of them didn't meet any one-eyed, rough, ruthless man who looked like a pirate, but they met a bartender who suddenly passed out. It happened too fast, just now The three people seated haven't ordered wine yet.

The crowd became a mess, and none of the noisy ones called an ambulance.

"Get out of the way, out of the way, we're doctors, let's see the patients!" cried Fan Dans in English.

In a place where fish and dragons are mixed, there are many people who can understand English. The anxious crowd made a way for the young man who claimed to be a doctor to walk to the patient.

Fan Dansi took some first aid measures for the patient, and at the end, he said to the crowd: "It's a shock caused by a myocardial infarction. Hurry up and send him to the hospital. There is no medical equipment here, and we can't do anything."

The crowd moved the patient to the car. After a period of turmoil, Nie Changsheng finally understood from the indistinct conversation among the crowd that there is no hospital in this village, not even a clinic. Go, rarely come back from the hospital.

As for why there are no hospitals and clinics in a prosperous port village, it is of course because the pirates who landed, in addition to supplies and captured wealthy businessmen, also arrested doctors on board to treat the crew and save them. , haven’t come back for decades, who doesn’t know life or death, who would come to this place without fear of death and wait for the pirates to come ashore to arrest people?