986. Chapter 986 - Sharing
Dirty!
That was the first impression Yunling Village made on the Medical Team.
Not just the courtyard, the houses, and the furnishings inside and out—men, women, old and young were all unkempt and covered in grime.
The leader, Pediatrician Sun Shuhui, frowned slightly. Cadre Zhu lowered his voice and whispered in his ear, "Conditions in Yunling Village are very poor. It's one of the poorest villages in Dongwang Township. The villagers aren't used to sitting on chairs or stools; they usually sit right on the ground. I'm really sorry. Please make do for now."
"Understood! It's no problem."
Sun Shuhui nodded.
When people had enough to eat, they could think about propriety. The village's circumstances were plain to see. The villagers struggled not only to fill their stomachs but even to survive. They hardly had the energy to worry about such little details.
The village chief had already gone to the trouble of preparing wooden boards for the Medical Team to sit on. That was no small effort.
"Come on, everyone, have some soup! It's delicious!"
A middle-aged woman carried a stack of stainless-steel bowls over to the fire pit.
A fire pit was simply a large hole dug in the ground, with stones or bricks piled around it. A fire was lit in the pit for warmth, and a large pot was set on an iron stand or stones for cooking and steaming rice.
In better-off homes, a hook hung from the ceiling to hold a large soup pot. Those cost far more than ordinary iron pots and were considered a luxury.
But Village Chief Ge's home in Yunling Village had no such hook. Like the other villagers, they had propped a large pot on three stones at the bottom of the fire pit.