In the world, Pakistanis are difficult to figure out, if you meet a bad person, you can be scolded for a while, if you meet a good person, you can be remembered. During my trip to Pakistan, I met more good people than bad people. The experience on the streets of Pakistan has allowed me to encounter many incredible things and unimaginable people. These things and people have left a deep impression on me, and I think that is the true meaning of "long live China-Pakistan friendship".
In 2018, the ship went to Pakistan to unload, and unloading in Pakistan is nothing new, but traveling to Pakistan is still a destination for me to explore. This country is very interesting, when I meet bad people, I can not eat and go, but when I meet good people, I feel that my character explodes.
At that time, it was the northern hemisphere summer, and the sweltering weather made the crew on board eat and drink uncomfortable, and a colleague on board had been pulling for three days for unknown reasons. The collapsed body is already lying flat on the bed.
Seeing that he was about to arrive in Pakistan, the captain was quite worried that Pakistani hospitals could not treat colleagues, in fact, I think the captain was too careful, even if the medical level of Pakistani hospitals is not good, it can solve basic disease problems.
On the day of arrival in Pakistan, the captain could not see the uncomfortable appearance of his colleagues, but still sent an email to the agent, asking the agent to help take it to the hospital.
When the agent came to pick up the colleague on the ship, he learned that the colleague was having a stomach trouble, and felt that there was no need to go to the hospital at all, just go to the clinic or pharmacy to take a look.
For this matter, the agent's idea is simpler than ours, isn't it a diarrhea phenomenon? Probably in Pakistan, there are too many people with diarrhea, and this kind of thing is not a problem.
After the captain learned about the matter, he asked the agent to take him to the hospital. Due to language problems, the captain arranged for me to be an interpreter and take my colleagues to follow the agent to the local area to see.
This is also exactly what I want, I also went to the local pharmacy to take a look, and they all said that Pakistani pharmacies have many "miracle drugs", such as high blood pressure, cancer and other drugs. I have heard that rose essential oil and saffron in Pakistan are very good and cheap, and I thought about buying some by the way after going down.
After borrowing $500 with the captain, we took my colleague to the agent's car, and the agent took us a long way. Along the way, the agent was also very talkative, and during the drive, he talked to me about the drug situation in Pakistan, and he talked about the ins and outs of the drug, which also gave me a lot of insight, the most important thing is that the agent also wants to do this business.
In my opinion, the agent is looking for me to do business, he knows the need for drugs in the country, but there is no suitable person who can do business with him. During the agent's chat, he probed me several times and asked me if I was interested in Pakistani drugs. In fact, I don't know anything about Pakistani drugs, but I learned a little about local drugs and Bangladeshi and Indian drugs from some movies.
I just know the surface. The agent saw that I was really not interested, so I wanted to find friends around me to cooperate with him, this kind of thing, I still don't help as well, first of all, our domestic customs are strict control of drugs, and secondly, China has also been cracking down on the manufacture and sale of "counterfeit drugs".
The agent first asked me to add his contact information so that he could contact him later. I also added him politely, thinking that I might still be able to use it in the future.
The agent was okay, and he didn't pull down with me directly because I wasn't interested in what he said. He still chatted with me enthusiastically and drove us to the corresponding pharmacy in the city.
The agent believes that the problem of diarrhea in colleagues is not a big problem at all, as long as their local antidiarrheal drugs, the effect can be seen in an hour.
I think the agent is joking with me, and whether it's true remains to be tested.
THE AGENT TOOK THE TWO OF US TO A PHARMACY CALLED NOOR MEDICAL & GENERAL STORE, THERE WAS BASICALLY NO ONE IN THE PHARMACY, THE PHARMACY OWNER WAS VERY ENTHUSIASTIC, SAW US COMING, SAW COLLEAGUES HOLDING THEIR STOMACHS, AND SAW THE PROBLEM AT A GLANCE. The boss spoke a completely unintelligible language, the agent helped translate, and I helped my colleague translate Chinese.
After telling the agent in detail about the physical condition of the colleague, the agent told the boss. The boss smiled, turned around, looked for three medicines on the pharmacy shelf, found two pills each, and wrapped them in a few pieces of paper casually.
I saw that it was a little wrong to order medicine like this, and I wondered if it would be fooling me. This reminds me of a medical visit in China, as long as I enter a pharmacy or hospital, I have to take several boxes of medicine for a casual cold. The amount is large, the medicine is expensive, and it makes people stressful.
I asked the agent again why he only got us a little medicine, but we are the crew, so it is not so convenient to get off the ship and buy medicine. If you can take more, take more, it will be more convenient and safer.
The agent relayed my thoughts to the pharmacy owner, who asked me why a diarrhea phenomenon requires so many drugs, isn't this a waste of the value of drugs?
After the agent explained to me like this, it made me feel incredible. The boss must be a good boss, he didn't plan to make money from me at all, but just did the idea of saving lives.
It would be nice if such a drug boss had more in China, but the reality is just the opposite.
Pakistan, ordinary people are very poor, the average monthly income of about 500-1000 yuan, as a boss, should rely on this business to make more money, even if not to earn the money of the natives, but also can earn foreigners' money.
While we were talking, two Europeans came in, and they seemed to be unwell, and I saw that another staff member also prescribed them a little medicine.
My colleague's little bit of medicine only cost me 8 cents, I gave a dollar, and I found me a lot of change. Such a cheap medicine completely did not expect me. I bought a box of 12 bottles of saffron in the pharmacy, each 10 grams, for only 600 yuan, and also helped my colleagues on the ship bring some drugs that I had been ordered to buy before.
The drugs here are really cheap, and I bought a lot of drugs and only cost me more than 1,000 yuan. The drug boss thought I was a drug dealer, asked me what I bought these for, and asked me if I took them for secondary sale.
After the owner knew that we were the crew, he recommended us to buy two of his medicines, thinking that our crew must be able to use them on board. I looked at the manual carefully, and it almost made me laugh. It turned out to be worried that our crew's waist and kidneys were not good, and recommended us with lumbar and kidney medicine.
It seems that the boss also knows us as a crew, of course, I also think that the boss is kind.
The boss saw that his colleague was about to have diarrhea again, so he asked him to quickly take the medicine in his store, and it would be effective after a while. It seems that the boss said so, and the agent did not lie to me.
The colleague took the medicine on the spot with his stomach, and after returning from a toilet, his stomach did not hurt, and the whole person was also refreshed, and he was able to shop with me on the street.
After we left the pharmacy, the agent knew that after we came down to land, he definitely wanted to go shopping, so he made an appointment with us to meet at a place, and when we had had enough, we waited for him at that location.
After the agent left, we met a young Pakistani again, and some exchanges with him subverted my imagination, it seems that the Pakistani people are really Pakistani, and they did not disappoint me.
As we were on the street preparing to buy fruit, a young Pakistani brother beckoned us to buy his fruit. He said Chinese and caught my attention.
The enthusiastic little brother is okay, let us taste his fruit first. He was there alone and chattering about Chinese, telling me that China is really too beautiful and convenient.
I looked puzzled, this little brother looked like he had been to China.
When I asked him, he told me that of course he had been to China, Jiangsu, Beijing, Guangdong in China. I think this little brother is very remarkable.
If I hadn't worked in sailing, I wouldn't have the ability or the opportunity to travel abroad.
The little brother told me that China is really beautiful, the buildings are very beautiful, it is almost difficult to see the old communities, even in some rural areas, the rural environment is very good.
He also talked to me specifically about spending in Beijing, lamenting that China's technology is too powerful and it is too convenient to pay, and there is no need to exchange local yuan, and you can pay directly online, you can realize shopping in minutes.
He also did not forget to mention the United States, saying that the United States is so developed, and it is not as convenient as China's payment.
The little brother was excited to speak, and felt that it was great that he could know such a big country as China. In his opinion, people all over the world should not learn English, but should learn Chinese.
Instead, he said that Chinese culture is vast and profound, and people around the world should understand Chinese culture more than learn from the United States, which is only a few hundred years old, and the United States is not worth looking forward to.
This paragraph, my mood was also driven by the little brother, I got excited with him, and directly stood and ate three fruits, which made me a little embarrassed.
The little brother has a good impression of China, and he hopes that all people in Pakistan should embrace Chinese and protect Chinese, instead of making some unfriendly gestures towards Chinese. He told me that the clothes he was wearing were from China, and the mobile phones used by the rich people on the street were also Huawei, Xiaomi, VIVO, OPPO and other mobile phones. These are Chinese technologies.
China's science and technology is so developed, you can often see many Chinese engineering teams coming to Pakistan to help them. Many of Pakistan's roads, stations, airports and other facilities are built with the help of Chinese.
He thinks Chinese amazing and helping them is genuine. After these engineering teams came to Pakistan, they also led the locals to fall in love with the Chinese, and everyone wanted to learn Chinese, and then they could help Chinese engineers make translations. Of course, they also want to be able to get the opportunity to join the company, so that they can earn a higher salary.
The little brother must be a big fan of China, he feels that every time his country encounters difficulties, China always reaches out to help them at the first time, except for China, other countries either say some words of concern on their lips or watch the excitement behind their backs.
Based on these perceptions, the little brother believes that if the whole world does not have China, the whole world will encounter trouble. I saw my little brother's excited look, which made me very moved. If I were to say that people in all Pakistan could think so, then the order of the whole society would surely rise several notches.
Now in Pakistan, you can meet many good people on the road, very enthusiastic good people, and you can also meet some people who are disgusting.
I bought some fruit from my little brother, but my little brother still didn't want to accept my money, and I was very touched by what he said: Without Chinese to help us, I would not be able to have my current life, and without Chinese to help us, I would not be able to stand here and sell fruit now. Chinese is my benefactor, and I shouldn't have taken Chinese money.
I was touched again by the words of the little brother. However, because I bought fruit from my little brother, I met several women and kept following us and pestering us.
We were carrying fruit, probably too conspicuous. In the beginning, there was a woman following us, following us, and I always felt wrong, so I asked her why she kept following us.
The woman pointed to the fruit in my hand, meaning that she wanted me to give her some fruit to eat. I didn't hesitate and gave some to her directly. She took my fruit and didn't leave. I thought she would walk away after taking the fruit.
She kept following me, and she followed, and there was another woman by her side, this woman holding a child. The woman holding the child was more active, ran in front of me, and made a gesture to eat.
I only had fruit in my hand, so I gave it all to them. The previous woman saw that I gave all the fruits to the woman holding the child, and her heart may be unbalanced, so she wanted to snatch some from the woman's hand.
The woman holding the child was quite fierce, and she grabbed it directly at the woman, and the woman's face was scratched with blood from her, and she left embarrassed.
I thought it was over, but the woman holding the child still followed us, and at this time, more people followed, one of them, they seemed to know each other, and the two people walked and chatted.
The third woman, who was not polite at all, walked up to me and told me to buy her food. I didn't think it was right. I think if this continues, there will be more and more people around.
I took the woman to a corner and gave her $2 to mean it. In my eyes, $2 is affordable, but for her it's already a week's income.
In Pakistan, most women are unemployed and unemployed. Women have no status and are looked down upon in Pakistan. It's also nice to have $2.
I wish I could buy her something to eat, but this phenomenon of mine made her even more inch. She took the money, as if she didn't recognize it, and still wanted me to buy her food.
At this time, the woman holding the child also came to me, deliberately made the child cry, and then told me that the child was hungry and needed to eat, hoping that I would buy her food.
I think these people are all intentional, like liars. I think that there must be a degree of good people, otherwise it will breed the greed of these people.
The third woman thought that I would buy her food, and immediately changed her words, asking me to give her money directly, and she would buy food herself.
It made me disbelieve. These people are not too poor to eat, but they are purely out on the street to ask for money. I don't think it's necessary to help them at all, blindly helping will only breed them to ask more people for money. This will also make them develop a profession that requires money, always thinking of getting something for nothing.
I feel like I have a clear conscience, and I'm sorry to tell them that I won't give them money or buy them food.
When the woman saw us go, a very unhappy expression emerged. These people are chattering in their mouths, as if scolding us for having no conscience and being unfriendly.
I think some people in Pakistan are really disappointing, they have long been accustomed to the habit of reaching out for money, and they always want to get something for nothing. On the contrary, I can think more of the little brother, he is a very hard worker, his mentality is positive, I am touched, and I feel that there are still many good people in Pakistan.
After walking around, we returned to the place designated by the agent, got into the car, and talked to the agent about the phenomenon of the women, and the agent told me that there are many such people in Pakistan, although they are poor, but this kind of people are not worthy of pity, they have long been accustomed to eating and lazy, they don't want to live on their own, they just want to live by asking for money.
I thought I was doing the right thing and not giving them money. People like this, we can't get used to, if there is really difficulty, it is worth our help.
Of course, this trip to Pakistan still made me feel that Pakistanis are very friendly, and they treat Chinese sincerely and attentively. It is worthy of being a Pakistani iron friend, and may the friendship between China and Pakistan endure forever.