The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman

Clark was looking at hats. He saw a lot of Mexican-style hats in a stall near the east gate. They were colorful and very eye-catching.

In addition to him, there were a lot of tourists gathered in front of the stall. A brown-skinned Mexican guy was holding a tower of hats more than two meters high in one hand, waving with the other hand, and introducing them with spittle.

Lex nudged Clark with his elbow and said, You didn't buy a hat when you went to Mexico. Why did you remember to buy it now?

Unexpectedly, Clark shook his head and said: There is no Mexican style in the Mexican countryside. In fact, there are not many in the towns. Except for souvenir shops in big cities dedicated to tourists, there are few such colorful places there.

Lex was silent. Clark looked at the pile of tall colorful hat towers and said, There are large tracts of desert and Gobi there, as well as rivers, lakes and tropical rainforests. There are cowboy towns that are common in Western movies, and there are also dry Stone Town is a very beautiful country.”

Is the countryside nice too?

Ordinary rural areas, if I must say, have a very original lifestyle. Clark shrugged and said, In fact, life in the countryside is much better than in urban slums, because they can get nutrients from nature. Although it is hard, but We can still survive, it’s just underdeveloped.”

Is your family like this too?

Clark laughed easily and said: There are no real farmers in the United States. The Kent family are farmers. We own a large area of ​​farmland, pastures, various facilities, two warehouses of large agricultural machinery, and we hire several people every year. Hundreds of helpers.”

Similar to a small company?

It's almost the same, but we don't have shareholders, so decisions basically rely on internal discussions within the family or accepting advice from professionals.

“The original corporate form.”

When they said this, the queue finally reached them. Clark looked at the Mexican guy holding the hat. The important thing was to listen carefully to his English accent, so he went up and said, Hello, can you give us a hat? A hat with an eagle on it? Maybe a cactus flower one?”

Lex heard him speak Spanish, and it was a very Mexican Spanish, with some unique Nahuatl words, and he sounded like a real Mexican.

The Mexican guy was stunned. He hurriedly put down his hat, stepped forward and gave Clark a big hug, and also said in native Spanish: Oh my God, you are from Guazhou, right? My parents are residents of a small town near Mexico City, and my grandma is from Montreal. Are you okay?

I'm fine, but I'm American, but I lived in Guadalajara for a while and the farmland there is beautiful.

I can tell from the way you choose gifts, you must know our nation's culture very well. The Mexican guy showed a bright smile, gave him a thumbs up, and then started to look through a pile of hats. try to find.

Tourists often like simple colorful stripes or things related to the Mayan civilization. I'm not saying they are bad, but if you want to talk about Mexican characteristics, the male must be the eagle, while the female is the flower, among which the cactus flower is the best. We all love it.

Yes, I want to send a male friend of mine and my girlfriend. Her name is Louise and she is a reporter.

Then I'll give you this and this. The little brother handed over two hats, then stretched out a finger to signal Clark to wait, then pulled out two other hats from underneath and said.

This is the best item I have at the bottom of the box. Do you see it? The patterns around the pyramids of the moon and the sun are the murals in them. The Aztecs believed that the moon represents women and the sun represents men. When they are put together, Shaped stone, sand and oases. The Mexican guy held his hat with one hand and wrapped the other hand around the introduction.

This is great, Clark exclaimed.

He decided to buy four hats, but in the end the Mexican guy only took the money for two hats. He shrugged and said, I can tell that your accent is very native, even a little more native than mine. It sounds like A rural person.

Those senior Americans in agricultural products companies will not learn such an accent. I guess you may be a rural teacher or doctor. Only those who interact with villagers every day can learn so many indigenous words.

Anyway, thank you, big guy, just for speaking this language to me. It's better than I thought.

Clark said goodbye to the Mexican guy with a smile, and then put the eagle hat on Lex's head. After a moment of hesitation, he said, I think Louise will be more interested in the pyramid hat. The two of us Each person can have one crown, so the cactus flower seems inappropriate. Who should I give it to?

Maybe you can keep it for yourself. This isn't Mexico and no one will have a problem with you wearing a hat with a female pattern.

Clark was hesitating when he found that his cell phone rang. After he answered the call, he showed a surprised look and began to look around.

Oh my god, you're here too, where are you? I didn't see you, I'm at a restaurant called Sha Kee Tea Room... Oh! I saw you!

Clark grabbed the phone and ran in one direction, Lex following behind him, and then he saw a tall woman waving towards here.

God, Diana, why are you here?

Diana smiled at Clark and said, I'm here for the festival, and I guess you are too.

I just didn't think you'd be interested in this type of music festival, Clark joked. You look like the kind of guy who goes to the theater every weekend.

I am, human music is one of the few art forms that I appreciate. Others are a bit too advanced for a demigod. In fact, I also like avant-garde music, especially the well-known avant-garde art group Bu on the West Coast. Buster, I couldn’t get enough of Hummingbird when they did it last time at the Met.”

Clark immediately put the hat into her arms and said: I bought it just for you, madam. By the way, what are you doing here?

Diana looked at the hat in her hand and said, Before I came to Gotham, I was invited to attend a dinner party held here. However, after I arrived, I realized that the standard of the dinner might be higher than I thought. I originally Ordinary dresses can no longer be worn.”

To show respect and for status reasons, I need to wear the formal clothes of an Amazon princess, but I lack some suitable accessories. I heard that there is a Paradise Amazon store here, and I am going to take a look.

Clark knows that Paradise Amazon is the official brand launched by Amazon. It is divided into several sub-brands, including souvenirs, sporting goods, outdoor equipment, and even cosmetics and jewelry. After decades of evolution, it has been sold all over the world and is considered the best-selling brand in the United States. A relatively well-known foreign brand.

Then they walked to the store together, which was very eye-catching because it was probably the largest store in the entire market.

We have always wanted to open a store in Gotham, but for some reason, you know, several attempts failed. We were about to give up, but this time we were actively invited by the mayor. With my guarantee, Next, the royal family decided to try it one last time.

Actually, this is just a test product. Diana said standing at the door of the Paradise Amazon store: If the effect is good, we will open an entire shopping mall here and open a direct tourist route to the Gotham Pier.

Most brands here are like this. Lex said: When Gotham was opened to investment, most people were dubious. They were worried that this terrifying city would make the same mistakes again, but they really couldn't give up the business territory of a megacity. , so they decided to test the waters first.”

If nothing else, the stores here will get good profits through the boom of the music festival, which will give foreign investors confidence. That's why Roy wants to make this event such a big one.

They began to enter the store to make a selection. Many of the Paradise Amazon brand routes were condensed into a small area and did not appear to be very crowded. However, because there were too many tourists, it was more like they were being pushed forward.

Diana expressed her apologies, but Lex suggested that Diana could accompany them to a fashion store later. The princess's advice would be very useful, because it was obvious that she was also an old-fashioned person.

Diana picked a pair of armbands as quickly as possible, because there were too many people here, and her tall figure and outstanding appearance had attracted attention. The crowd was talking about whether she was the one. Famous princess.

They just seemed to be passing through a school of dense coral fish, swaying their way out of the crowd, and witnessed the dispute between Bruce and Selina next to the gate.

To be precise, Selina wanted to drag Bruce out, but Bruce refused to do so.

About ten minutes ago, they finished their drinks. Selena wanted to go for a walk on the pier. By the way, it was 11 o'clock in the morning, and the sun was high above her head. Looking out through the gate, the crowds were all concentrated. Under the sun umbrellas placed in the pier square.

Until the moment Bruce stepped out of the door, he didn't realize the seriousness of the problem. Until he took one step forward, he felt like he had jumped into the magma of hell.

Bruce retracted with a swish, and looked outside with a shocked look.

The scene outside was indeed different from the Gotham he knew. Under the harsh morning sun, everything outside was made of glass, or it could be said to be sparkling crystal. In short, the outline was very... It's blurry, light is reflected everywhere, and it stings people so much that they can't open their eyes.

The sea is of course usually dark blue, with a bit of green visible near the beach on the easternmost side of the pier, but now it's almost emerald green.

The number of chemical components contained in Gotham's seawater can fill a periodic table of chemistry. This resulted in them having a perfect glass sea without even artificially adding seawater purification chemicals. This is almost impossible to appear in the eastern United States. Coast area, but it just shows up.

This also means that the ultraviolet rays here will be like a tropical island and will not let go of any child who does not take sun protection measures. Bruce is unfamiliar with the scene in front of him, but his skin is telling him that any white person has the chance to become a red neck. One day, others are the past, and he is today.

Listen, I'm not going out. Bruce leaned against the iron sheet next to the gate and said, The environment outside is not suitable for any human being to survive. I will stay here until the sun goes down.

Selena put one hand on her hip and raised her hat with the other and said, Who said you need to make up for the sun that you haven't had in the past 20 years?

That's not the sun. Bruce refused to admit it. He said, The sun shouldn't be like this, absolutely not.

Then you must have some misunderstanding about the sun.