Chapter 143 Ancestors
"Tony, it turns out that Chinese people really have long braids!" Heidi said to Tangning excitedly as soon as she got off the boat.
"Uh, to be precise, Chinese men all have long braids!" Tang Ning corrected.
"But don't they think it's ugly to keep such braids? Or is it a special custom?" Heidi asked in confusion.
Tang Ning thought for a while and replied: "To be precise, this is stipulated by the government, and in fact, this kind of braid is not the ugliest. It is said that the braids of Chinese men a hundred years ago were even uglier!"
Heidi shrugged after hearing this and said, "I really can't understand it, but I respect other people's customs!"
As the two were talking, a young man in a long gown came over and asked in a broken English: "Sir, do you need a carriage?"
Tangning felt that listening to such poor English was a torture, so he replied in Mandarin: "Yes, I need to hire a carriage to the Bird Hotel in the British Concession, and I can speak Chinese." (The British Concession was already in 1845.)
The young man was stunned for a moment, and then replied with a smile: "Okay, I'll call you a carriage!"
Originally, Tang Ning wanted to communicate with the coachman on the road, but he was depressed and found that the coachman's dialect was not understood by himself. It was a bit like Shanghai dialect, but he couldn't speak Shanghai dialect.
When he arrived at the hotel and after a short rest, Tangning asked the waiter about the coffee shop of Deanna's friend. Not to mention that there was really this Charlie Coffee Shop, and it was not far away.
So the two walked over and found that the store was not as big as Deanna said, and there were not many customers in the store. If it weren't for the camera, Tang Ning really wanted to take a picture of this scene.
But since you have come, you must come in and try it. To be honest, the coffee here is still very authentic Brazilian coffee beans, and Downing is very satisfied with this.
Then he asked the waiter: "Do you usually have more foreigners or Chinese people like me?"
The waiter replied without hesitation: "Of course there are more foreigners like you, and there are almost no Chinese people who drink coffee!"
Just as Tang Ning was proudly trying to ask something more, he suddenly became stunned and then explained to Heidi quickly: "Wait for me here!" After that, he hurriedly ran out.
The reason why Tang Ning was so out of control was because he just saw a passerby passing by a coffee shop through the window, which actually looked very similar to himself. Note that it was not Tang Ning now, but Tang Ning who had traveled through time!
Fortunately, this person didn't go far, and Tang Ning caught up without running much, and then asked him panting: "Sorry, I want to ask you something for advice!"
This young man who was very similar to Tangning was stopped by a foreigner and was stunned for a moment. However, his national strength is weak now, especially in places like the concession, he dare not offend foreigners, especially this foreigner who can even speak official language, which is even more difficult, so the young man replied restrainedly: "Sir, you, you said!"
"What do you call me sir?" Tang Ning asked with a serious face.
"My name is Tang Yunfeng!" the young man replied casually.
Hearing the name "Tang Yunfeng", Tang Ning thought in his heart that "Clouds and cranes are flying in the sky and dragons are flying in the sky". No, it is "clouds and shadows and winds, mountains and seas are clear and bright". Although his name is not a word, it is actually a word of Hai. Then this Tang Yunfeng, who looks so cool, belongs to the word of Yun, but he really can't remember who the elders of his great-grandfather had, and what are their names.
But for the sake of caution, I asked again: "Sir, is your hometown in Yanggu, Shandong?"
"How do you know?" Tang Yunfeng took a step back and couldn't help but exclaim.
"Well, that's right. I know a friend who looks very similar to you, almost exactly the same as you, and like you, the word in the middle of his name is also cloud. According to him, this is the naming culture of your Chinese clan, representing inheritance, so I caught up with you curiously and asked you, please forgive my presumptuousness!" Tang Ning said nonsense.
But Tang Yunfeng could still accept this explanation: "Oh, so that's the case. You are right. The middle of the names of a family and a seniority of our Chinese are the same. They are all based on the requirements of the genealogy. In this way, you can clearly know which person is of which seniority through the name! Uh, what is your friend's name?"
"Tang Yunning!" Tang Ning had no choice but to raise his seniority several levels
"Tang Yunning!" Tang Yunfeng muttered several times, then shook his head and replied, "I'm sorry I don't know you, but maybe you are a distant relative. Life has been difficult these years, so our Tang family's descendants are scattered!"
At first, Tang Ning was worried about how to explain, but now he met Tang Yunfeng himself and was very happy. So he nodded and agreed, then changed the question and asked: "Mr. Tang, what work are you doing now?"
"Oh, I work in the Public Directors Bureau of the French Concession. This year I will send a document to the Industrial Bureau!" Tang Yunfeng replied.
Tang Ning knew that the Public and Directorate Bureau mentioned by Tang Yunfeng was equivalent to the government of the French Concession, and the corresponding Industrial and Industrial Bureau was equivalent to the government of the British and American Concession. He really didn't expect that his ancestors could actually get involved in the Public and Directorate Bureau. You must know that before the liberation, people who could work in the Public and Directorate Bureau were not simple, and the treatment was quite good. But Tang Ning didn't understand a little. Since he had such a powerful ancestor, why did his grandfather and father have been so miserable later?
Originally, Tang Ning wanted to help his ancestors, but now it seems that there is no need, so he took out a business card and wrote the hotel room number on the back, handed it to Tang Yunfeng and said, "Mr. Tang, I am very happy to know you today, but seeing that you still have work to work, you are welcome to come to me for a chat and have coffee!"
"Okay, Mr. Tang Ning, I will visit you someday!" Tang Yunfeng took the business card with respect and replied.
Originally, Tang Ning thought Tang Yunfeng might come to visit immediately that night, or he might be scared by his presumptuousness today, so he didn't dare to come over, but he never expected to learn about his bad news two days later.
Chapter completed!