God's Palette

On both sides of the road, fat Caucasian women are walking in swimsuits, and thin Japanese old men are here to spend their lives here. Coupled with the bustling tourists, the shops are so tightly covered that Xia Xun has to slow down. Speed ​​up and take a good look at what's around you.

This kind of little exploration is also the joy of travel.

But she in the car has also become the scenery in the eyes of pedestrians.

Every time someone marveled and wanted to take a photo with their mobile phone, Xia Xun would step on the accelerator with considerable experience, and don't overdo it, so that the shutter speed automatically determined by the other party's mobile phone would be slowed down, leaving only a smear of himself.But no one dared to strike up a conversation. A pretty girl like her was driving a rough car, so she wouldn't be easy to mess with at first glance...

On the way, Mian Yu discovered something interesting.

"Xia Xun, there is a store selling cameras there, would you like to be interested?"

"It's normal...a tourist holy place sells cameras to those who don't have them...but can it continue? After all, people nowadays only need to carry a mobile phone." Xia Xun didn't forget to follow the pointing words while commenting. looked over.

But this store is a little different.

After the car got closer, Xia Xun and Mian Yu realized that it was not a simple camera shop, but a "lost and found office".From more than ten years ago to the present, countless tourists come and go, and of course they will lose something. This store collects the lost cameras of tourists and displays them for claiming.

It may be the claim of the owner, or it may be the claim of other interested people.

For some money, the camera, film is yours - that's how this little shop works.After the Japanese-looking auntie, the owner, smiled kindly after the introduction.She speaks fairly fluent English and can also speak Chinese and Japanese.

Mian Yu is more interested in this store than Xia Xunlai: "Well, that is to say, you run this store to return lost cameras to their owners?"

"Yes, this is the meaning of my store." The auntie shopkeeper said kindly, her expression darkened, "But it's too difficult, many people only come to Hawaii once in their life... and they record it with their cameras. My precious memories, but only exist here...Maybe someone will be destined for it."

Having said that, she brought Xia Xun and Mian Yu into the store.

Flowers, grass skirts, coconuts... All kinds of decorations full of southern flavor are also available here.Under these special packages, there are indeed a lot of photographic equipment displayed in the two cabinets.

From mainstream products made in Japan to card cameras produced by various manufacturers, there are also a large number of Polaroids and film SLRs, and even antique SLRs from the previous year... The entire time span is a full one hundred coming year.Some were clearly soaked in seawater, and a few were still clinging to sand.

Xia Xun looked around, and he probably had a good idea, and suddenly commented dissatisfiedly: "Sony's is relatively rare! I quite like that brand, and I know its camera is very powerful."

"Yes, Sony's are more expensive." The owner's aunt replied without changing her expression, "The owner will take good care of expensive cameras, so the probability of losing them is very small."

"Are there any data in these cameras?"

"Yes! Guest, you understand the meaning of our store! These cameras store memories of various tourists! We don't know what photos are in them, but you can open this treasure and share it with a little money. Other people's travel memories..."

Xia Xun nodded lightly, calm from beginning to end.

And after hearing these words, Mian Yu suddenly calmed down.Previously, she was immersed in the literary and artistic atmosphere of this store, feeling the strong humanistic warmth of the Hawaiian residents—but then she felt something was wrong...

This... isn't this just selling other people's privacy?It doesn't feel good... Then, how did these lost cameras end up here?Mian Yu blinked her eyes, as if she understood a little bit...

This is likely to be a sale of stolen goods!Mian Yu thinks so.

She didn't dare to say it, but she felt fear in her heart. The kind aunt in front of her is likely to control the thief business of the entire Hawaiian tourism industry. The world is scary.

"How about it, do you want to share other people's memories?" The auntie shopkeeper is still enthusiastically selling.

"I, I'll take a look..."

Coping like this, Mian Yu couldn't help approaching Xia Xun, tugging at her white T-shirt, trying to hint but didn't dare to make too much movement.But Xia Xun is like an idiot, still staring at various cameras with bright eyes, feeling a bit obsessed with photography and ignorant of world affairs.

For the first time, Mian Yu had the idea of ​​wanting to protect her.

But Xia Xun got deeper and deeper, and even acted as a customer, lighting up: "How much does this one sell for? It's the khaki leather casing. I think it's quite small and beautiful..."

"That's a Leica M.9, Hermès limited edition, $[-]."

"Uh..." Xia Xun frowned, really surprised.

In fact, she is very clear about the operation of this kind of store. As a world-renowned tourist destination, it can create various industries and economic benefits, including many gray businesses, such as selling stolen goods and so on.Each kind of stolen goods will be classified and flowed into different dealers, and photographic equipment is also one of them.

But Xia Xun didn't mind these things, as soon as he came in, he set his sights on this Leica m.9-p limited edition, cooperated with Hermès, asking for an extremely expensive luxury.People who will spend money to buy it, to be honest, their brains are probably flooded.But if there is a leak to pick up, Xia Xun is willing to enter the water once...

However, even if Xia Xun pretends to be an ignorant tourist, the boss is really not easy to fool...

"Buy, can't afford it..." Xia Xun said dejectedly.

At the same time, I had to kick Mianyu to wake up the boss who subconsciously planned to spend money to buy this thing to please Xia Xun, but Xia Xun didn't intend to leave like this——

She turned to the other side in frustration: "What about this one? This one looks black..." She became curious about another thing in the showcase.

"That's a lens." The owner explained with a smile.

"Oh? It's the kind used by SLR? I know!"

"Minolta."

"...I've never heard of this brand... Ah, no, my dad seems to have an old Minolta camera, and it still works!" Xia Xun tugged at Mian Yu, smiling like ordinary little girls chatting with each other. Said, "Let me tell you, Yu Yu, my dad is so funny, he usually keeps tinkering with those broken lenses and cameras, I don't know if he will want this lens..."

"...Yu...Yu? Xun Xun, did you take the wrong medicine?" But it's so cute!Mian Yu exclaimed in her heart.

Knowing the situation, the owner opened the cabinet and continued to introduce with a smile: "This lens is not expensive, only fifty dollars is enough. It is a 24 2.8 with Minolta MD mount. It is very difficult to buy. As a gift, your father will definitely accept it. would be happy."

"Uh, it's not cheap either... But Dad should like it, so let's have it."

……

Back in the car, Mian Yu realized it later, like waking up from a dream.

Her previous fear was dispelled by Xia Xun's sudden cuteness, so that after that, she felt that it was wonderful to step on cotton candy even when she was walking.But after Xia Xun took the lens away, his innocent expression faded instantly, and Mian Yu realized something.

"Did you miss it?"

"Yes." Xia Xun touched the lens in his hand, carefully confirming each stamp on it, "a special version of Minolta 24 2.8..."