Wiping the sweat off his head, Jackie Chan looked around and pulled the backpack on his shoulder. He then said, "Let's go to the airport bus station first and take a bus directly to the center of Cairo. We'll get a room at the Four Seasons Hotel first."
"If we have time, let's go shopping in downtown Cairo first. Tomorrow we'll go see the pyramids and the Sphinx. The day after tomorrow I want to go to the Cairo Museum."
"It will take some time for people from the British Museum to come here anyway, so we can take advantage of this time to travel."
Xiaoyu was very happy to hear Jackie Chan say this.
It feels like an interesting journey.
But the weather was too hot, and Xiaoyu really couldn't muster any energy.
"Great……"
Xiaoyu cheered weakly, then looked at Tom for help, asking, "Tom, it's so hot here, is there anything you can do?"
Tang Mu was also very hot at this time. The cat was bent over weakly, sweating all over, with its mouth open and tongue sticking out, as if it had been turned into a dead dog by the heat.
Hearing Xiaoyu's words, Tang Mu waved his hands listlessly, then grabbed his tail and wrung out the water as if he were wringing a towel.
Along with the sound of flowing water, a lot of sweat was squeezed out of Tom's tail, and immediately gathered into a pool under its feet.
After squeezing out all the sweat in his body, Tom the cat looked a lot more energetic.
Tang Mu felt it was okay with Xiaoyu's request.
Jackie Chan has been through many battles, so maybe he can still endure it.
Tom could tolerate it, but it was unnecessary.
Because it clearly has a way to solve the problem, but it doesn't solve it. That's not called strong will, that's called being a jerk.
Suffering is always suffering, and the truly powerful people are those who can survive suffering.
This is exactly what Tang Mu is going to do now.
After thinking about it, Tang Mu reached out and grabbed a rope hanging from the sky beside him, and pulled it hard!
With a "crash", like a stage curtain, the originally bright sky was instantly covered by the falling black curtain.
In just a moment, the sky was dotted with stars and the moonlight was bright.
At night, the temperature in Egypt dropped significantly.
Although it was still over 20 degrees, it was much better than when the sun was high in the sky.
"Wow!"
"Oh my God!"
"Oh my God! What happened!"
The sky suddenly turned dark, causing the passengers who had just come out of the airport to shout in panic!
It immediately caused quite a commotion.
It seemed that some people had noticed Tang Mu and were looking over here.
Xiaoyu was still looking up at the moon, exclaiming in amazement.
Jackie Chan noticed the movement over there and quickly bent down to pick up Xiaoyu and Tang Mu.
Grab one in each hand and run!
After running for a distance and turning a corner to avoid the sight of the tourists, Jackie Chan put Tang Mu and the others back to the ground with a heavy breath.
Looking up at the night sky above his head, Jackie Chan felt his head hurt again.
Crouching down and looking directly at Tom, Jackie Chan went crazy: "This won't do. The temperature has dropped, but the noise is too loud. Besides, we'll be staying in Egypt for a long time in the future. We can't let it stay dark all the time. This will cause chaos in the world!"
"Wow! Cool!"
Xiaoyu, who was standing next to him, put her hands in her pockets and shouted excitedly when she heard Jackie Chan's words.
"No! Jade! That's not cool!"
Jackie Chan turned his head and looked at Xiaoyu again.
"Okay, whatever you say is what it is."
Xiaoyu shrugged indifferently.
Tang Mu also shrugged like Xiaoyu.
What Jackie Chan said makes sense. We really can't let the sky stay this dark forever. If it goes on for too long, there will be trouble.
In that case, let’s try another method.
Tang Mu pulled the rope hanging from the sky.
It was like flipping a light switch.
The sky, which was pitch black just now, suddenly became bright!
The scorching heat and light returned to the world.
There was another burst of exclamations from the airport gate.
This bright and dark weather is really confusing.
After today's incident, I'm afraid many people will start to doubt their lives when they return home.
Fortunately, there are many theists among foreigners, so what happened today should not drive them crazy.
There is a great possibility that this will make them believe in gods and spirits more.
On Tom's side, after the sky became bright again, he thought of another solution.
It whistled towards the clouds in the sky.
I saw a pair of big cartoon eyes open in the thick cloud and look towards me.
Tom raised his paw to greet it, then pretended to be dying of heat and wanted to ask it for help.
Seeing that Tang Mu wanted to ask for help, the thick clouds did not hesitate. They closed their eyes again and began to move slowly in the sky. A dark cloud suddenly blocked the top of Tang Mu and the others' heads, blocking out all the sunlight.
As a result, without the direct sunlight, Tom and the others suddenly felt their body temperature drop a lot.
Although it was still hot, it was bearable.
Although Tom also has the ability to send Egypt into an ice age, that is completely unnecessary and would have a huge impact on the lives of the normal people there.
After initially solving the heat problem, Jackie Chan took Tom and the others to the airport bus station.
After buying tickets, the group got on the bus. After waiting for half an hour, the bus finally started and headed towards its destination.
Fortunately, the bus had air conditioning, otherwise, in this kind of weather, after being stuck in the bus for half an hour, we would have lost all our selves.
The bus driver seemed to be in a good mood. Although the weather was very hot, there was always a cloud to block the sun for him, which made the driver feel like he was blessed by God.
The bus was driving on the yellow asphalt road, bumping from time to time.
Gradually, the bus began to enter the city.
Distinctive Egyptian-style buildings also began to appear around it.
"Uncle Long, what's wrong with those houses? Why don't they have roofs?"
Xiaoyu had just arrived and was not very familiar with the various cultural customs in Egypt.
Hearing Xiaoyu's question, Jackie Chan also looked out the car window.
The bus was still moving slowly forward.
The scenery on both sides of the bus was also receding as the vehicle moved forward.
The rows of two- or three-story buildings without roofs on both sides of the road are indeed eye-catching.
At first glance, it looks like rows of unfinished buildings.
However, it is obvious that there are still many people living in these unfinished buildings.
"More than half of the buildings in Cairo are unfinished, but unlike in other countries, those buildings are not roofed or finished, but they are not unfinished."
Jackie Chan is worthy of the title of scholar, he can answer any questions Xiaoyu casually asked.
"There are many reasons why Egyptians don't cap their houses, and there are many factors that have contributed to this situation."
"First of all, there is the issue of the wedding house. After the wedding, Egyptian parents will build another floor for their children based on the original house as their wedding house, and they can continue to build on top if necessary."
"The second is the tax issue. There is a law in Cairo that as long as the house is not completed, there is no need to pay taxes. So in order to save money, many people will choose to leave the house unfinished and never complete it."
"In general, the lower-class people have no choice but to choose this way of life in order to make a living. Cairo officials have thought about controlling it, but they also encountered a lot of protests, and in the end, they had to let it go."
Having said that, Jackie Chan looked at Xiaoyu's big mouth again, with a look of disbelief.
As Jackie Chan's uncle, he certainly would not miss this good opportunity to educate him.
Then he said to Xiaoyu: "It's not bad to have you accompany me for a walk this time. Let you see more of the outside world, so that you can know the real living environment of many people in this world."
"Although those unfinished buildings look shabby, at least they have their own house and most of them have a job that can support themselves."
“But in Egypt, there are still marginalized people who cannot even afford to live in such unfinished houses.”
"Due to the population explosion, many people who came to Cairo to seek a living needed to find a place to live. They set their sights on the Karafah cemetery complex, known as the city of the dead, and lived with the dead."
"Originally there would have been several suites of rooms next to the mausoleum for relatives to mourn. Those marginalized people moved in and used them as their daily residences, and some even used the coffins as tables."
"This may be hard to believe for Chinese people who value the dead, but it is the truth."
Listening to Uncle Long's narration, Xiaoyu nodded and looked out the window, not knowing what she was thinking.
In fact, it’s not just Egypt.
There are similar slums in many countries.
This is true even in prosperous Hong Kong.
There is a type of housing community in Hong Kong called squatters.
In the 40s, due to historical reasons, a large number of refugees poured into Hong Kong. At that time, the Hong Kong government was pursuing the principle of free trade and did not have a public housing plan.
The refugees built huts on the outskirts of the city and on the hillsides.
Most huts are built of iron sheets and wood. The hut areas are very crowded and have poor sanitation, so fire accidents often occur and infectious diseases breed.
The living conditions of the local people are very poor.
As of 2009, there were more than squatters in Hong Kong, of which more than were still occupied.
Fortunately, with the development of the times, the subsequent situation will get better and better.
Seeing the big from the small.
If we turn our attention to inland China, compared with other countries around the world, China has made significant improvements in the lives of the poor.
In just two or three decades, the entire Chinese nation went from being poor to being rich, as if the world had completely changed.
Until the year 2023, even though some poverty still exists in the vast land of China, the government's poverty alleviation efforts have not stopped.
Many things may not be apparent in a short period of time.
But once time is extended, it can be seen that China's development trend is generally positive.
Perhaps this is why so many people become more patriotic the more they travel abroad.
People who have the ability to think independently will find out how lucky they are to be born in China if they travel abroad.
Tang Mu likes a passage from Teacher Luo Xiang very much: The less knowledge a person has, the more he has an inexplicable courage and an inexplicable sense of pride.
Because the less knowledge you have, the more absolute your beliefs will be, because you have never heard of opposing views.
Arrogance is the nature of the ignorant and argumentative.
Jackie Chan was chatting with Xiaoyu as the bus, which was shaking, finally entered the city of Cairo.
There were honking horns all around and the traffic was obviously increasing.
When the bus arrived at the station, Jackie Chan put on his backpack and asked Tang Mu and the others to get off.
Jackie Chan had also been to Cairo. He didn't even need to look at a map like the other passengers who got off the bus. He took Tom and the others to the Four Seasons Hotel to check in with ease.
You can exchange Egyptian pounds here in the hotel, so Jackie Chan exchanged some.
Tom also changed a lot.
It is the richest now, and before Jackie Chan makes money, Tom has to cover the bulk of the expenses.
As a cat owner, Jackie Chan has to be taken care of by a cat, which is really embarrassing.
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