He Xincheng poked and prodded through the food with his chopsticks, but he still couldn't figure out what it was.
The main problem is that the contents of this lunchbox don't look like edible food.
I noticed that Dr. Chen had filled his lunchbox with the same things.
He Xincheng couldn't bring himself to say the words of accusation he wanted to utter.
If Dr. Chen himself eats well while they eat poorly, you could say he's giving them special treatment, but they're eating the same stuff anyway.
He Xincheng couldn't resist shoveling a mouthful of food into his mouth.
He threw down his lunchbox, turned around and ran out of the dugout, then lay down on the ground next to it and vomited his fill.
I almost vomited up all the jaundice fluid, and it took a lot of effort to stop before I could go back inside.
Seeing that Dr. Chen looked unwell, He Xincheng apologized.
"Teacher Chen, I'm sorry, what is this? Why does it taste so bad?"
"You should apologize. Look at yourself, how little you value food. You just threw the lunchbox on the ground, wasting a whole box of food."
Look at yourself.
These things don't taste good. Let me tell you what they are.
These things that look like vegetables are wild vegetables that grow in the fields during the summer.
They picked all the edible wild vegetables, dried them, and stored them until winter.
These contain bran, black flour, and black bean flour.
"Because we are providing free medical assistance, the production team leader specifically instructed the villagers to give us a grain with less bran and more black flour and black bean powder."
It tastes much better than what the villagers eat.
Villagers often mix this into their food, sometimes even adding a little bit of reed powder used to feed livestock and bark from red willow trees.
Even with this mix of various grains, they still couldn't get enough to eat.
Do you know that the food we eat is the result of the villagers tightening their belts? They can only eat two meals a day, but they saved food for us.
The villagers even switched to eating only one meal a day.
These are the things you described as extremely unpalatable, things even pigs wouldn't eat if thrown on the ground—that's the villagers' staple food.
Dr. Chen's face didn't look good. Such a thing happened on the first day. This batch of interns is really hard to manage. They look like they've been pampered all their lives.
He Xincheng looked a little embarrassed.
He had no choice but to take out his money and food coupons from his pocket.
"I didn't know about what happened to Teacher Chen this time. Otherwise, when I have the chance to go to the nearby county town, I'll use the food coupons and money to buy some food for everyone."
We don't need to eat the villagers' food. I'd feel bad about it.
The other three interns also hurriedly took out money and food coupons from their pockets.
"Teacher Chen, we are willing to use our money to buy food for everyone."
"Teacher Chen's diet is too harsh; we really can't stand it."
"Besides, we can't take advantage of the villagers."
The interns were unimpressed; in their minds, it wasn't like they were trying to take advantage of the villagers.
They're not even willing to eat such unpalatable rations.
"Teacher Chen, we didn't mean anything by it. We just might not be able to accept the taste all at once."
Teacher Chen, we just hope to improve everyone's lives, and we are willing to spend money and food coupons.
There's no need for everyone to suffer like this, Teacher Chen. We're here to provide free medical assistance.
We hope that all teachers can persevere in their work, so eating well gives us the energy to do good deeds!
He Xincheng hurriedly spoke up, saying that on the one hand, they did indeed have a sense of superiority.
The money and food coupons they had were beyond the reach of ordinary families.
Secondly, I wanted to use this opportunity to get closer to the teachers.
"He who pays money is bound to be grateful; he who eats food is bound to be grateful." The teachers can't very well criticize them for not appreciating food.
In case they encounter any difficulties in this rural area, it would be impolite for the teachers not to help.
More importantly, He Xincheng wanted to take this opportunity to do well in front of the teachers and hopefully get them to end this free assistance program early so they could return to the military hospital sooner.
Who has the patience to stay in this poor, remote place? Everyone was already fed up on the first day, let alone staying for several more days.
Dr. Chen looked at the four people in front of him with a cold face. Sure enough, the dean was right. These people had no idea about human suffering.
"No need, our hospital has a quota system that treats us the same as all of you."
Moreover, it was a rule personally requested and formulated by the hospital director that every medical team sent to rural areas to provide free support must enjoy the same treatment as the villagers.
We are not allowed to receive special treatment.
Of course, you are interns and do not need to follow this rule. If you really want to improve your lives, then do as you please.
We can divide the food rations.
"Since the four of you are living together, you'll have to take care of your own meals."
We don't need to tell you what to eat or drink, provided you're capable of supporting yourselves.
After saying this, Dr. Chen and the other members of the medical team sat down and started eating their lunchboxes. No one vomited, and no one complained that the food was bad.
The quiet dining atmosphere made the four interns in front of them feel a little uncomfortable sitting still.
He Xincheng led them back to the dugout, and the atmosphere was somewhat despairing as the four of them sat on the beds.
"Is this Teacher Chen sick? And is Dean Ouyang seriously ill? Isn't this just making things difficult for himself?"
"They wouldn't let us stay at the perfectly good military hospital, so we had to come here."
"The most important thing is what kind of ridiculous rules were these? They insist on treating us all the same. What good food can we possibly eat in this godforsaken place?"
"They can eat it or not, I originally wanted to get along with them."
"Fine, don't eat then, I refuse to believe it. With money and food coupons, you can't buy anything."
He Xincheng disagreed, feeling that it wasn't as simple as they imagined.
"Forget it, Teacher Chen and the others naturally have their own ideas. Besides, since Dean Ouyang arranged for this to be done, he is the hospital director. How could others not follow his orders?"
Let's talk to the village chief.
"With money and grain coupons, we can spend a little more money and grain coupons to buy some grain from the villagers."
They currently need to solve their basic needs for food and clothing.
He Xincheng, along with another intern, left the dugout and headed towards another dugout ahead.
After asking around for a long time, they actually managed to find out where the production team leader lived.
The production team leader was stunned when he heard that their new medical aid workers actually wanted to buy food.
"Why do you need to buy food? I've already sent all the food to your Dr. Chen. What's wrong? Is there not enough food for you?"
The production team leader thought it was impossible. Every year when these medical aid doctors came, the team provided them with food rations calculated per person.
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