"Tony, it turns out that all Chinese people really have long braids!" Heidi said excitedly to Tangning as soon as she got off the boat.
"Um, to be precise, all Chinese men have long braids!" Tang Ning corrected.
"But don't they think it's ugly to have braids like this? Or is this a special custom?" Heidi asked in confusion.
Tangning thought for a moment and then replied: "To be precise, this is a government regulation, and actually this kind of braid is not the ugliest. It is said that Chinese men's braid was even uglier a hundred years ago!"
After hearing this, Heidi shrugged and said: "I really can't understand it, but I respect other people's customs and habits!"
While the two were talking, suddenly a young man in a long gown came over and asked in broken English: "Sir, do you need a carriage?"
Tangning felt that listening to such poor English was really a torture, so she replied in Mandarin: "Yes, I need to hire a carriage to go to the Bird Hotel in the British Concession. In addition, I can speak Chinese." (Already in 1845.
British Concession.)
The young man was stunned for a moment, then smiled and replied: "Okay sir, I will call you a carriage right away!"
Tang Ning originally wanted to communicate with the driver on the road, but she was frustrated to find that the driver spoke a dialect that she couldn't understand. It sounded a bit like Shanghainese, but she couldn't speak Shanghainese.
After arriving at the hotel and taking a short rest, Tangning asked the waiter about Deanna's friend's coffee shop. Not to mention that there was actually Charlie's Coffee Shop, and it was not far away.
So the two of them 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 lack of a camera, Tang Ning really wanted to take a picture of this scene.
But since I'm here, I definitely want to come in and have a taste. One thing to say, the coffee here is still very authentic Brazilian coffee beans, and Tang Ning is very satisfied with this.
Then he asked the waiter: "Do you usually have more foreigners like me or more Chinese customers here?"
The waiter replied without hesitation: "Of course there are many foreigners like you, and almost no Chinese drink coffee!"
Just when Tangning was about to ask something more, she suddenly froze, and then she said hastily to Heidi, "Wait for me here!" After that, she hurried out.
The reason why Tang Ning was so rude was because just now he saw through the window a passerby passing by the coffee shop who looked very much like him. Note that it was not the current Tang Ning, but the Tang Ning before time travel!
Fortunately, this man didn't go far. Tangning caught up with him before he could run far, and then asked him breathlessly: "I'm sorry, sir, but I have something to ask you!"
This young man who looked very similar to Tang Ning was stunned for a moment when he was stopped by a foreigner. However, now that the country's national power is weak, especially in a place like the concession, he does not dare to offend foreigners, especially since this foreigner can actually speak Mandarin, even more so when he thinks about it.
It's not simple, so the young man replied cautiously: "Sir, you, you say it!"
"Excuse me, sir, what do you call me?" Tang Ning asked with a serious face.
"My, my name is Tang Yunfeng!" the young man replied casually.
Hearing the name "Tang Yunfeng", Tang Ning secretly thought in her heart that "clouds and cranes rise from the sky, dragons soar across the sea", ah, no, it means "cloud shadows grow in the wind, mountains and seas are clear and bright". Although her name does not have the character "Fan", she is actually from the Chinese character "海".
Tang Yunfeng, who looks so much like him, probably belongs to the Yun generation, but he really can’t remember who his great-grandfather’s elders are and what their names are.
But for the sake of caution, I asked again: "Sir, is your hometown Yanggu, Shandong?"
"You, how do you know?" Tang Yunfeng took a step back and couldn't help but exclaimed.
"Well, that's it. I know a friend who looks very similar to you, almost exactly the same. And just like you, the character in the middle of his name is also "Yun". According to him, this is the name of your Chinese family.
Culture represents inheritance, so I am curious to catch up with you and ask, please forgive me for being presumptuous!" Tang Ning said nonsense.
But Tang Yunfeng was still able to accept this explanation: "Oh, so that's what happened. You're right. We Chinese have the same character in the middle of each family's name, and they all follow the requirements of the family tree.
Named so that you can clearly know who belongs to which generation by name! Um, sir, what is your friend’s name?”
"Tang Yunning!" Tang Ning had no choice but to raise her seniority several levels.
"Tang Yunning!" Tang Yunfeng muttered it several times, then shook his head and replied: "I'm sorry, I don't know him, but he may be a distant relative. Life has been difficult these years, so the heirs of our Tang family have been scattered widely!"
Originally, Tang Ning was still worried about how to explain it, but now she saw that Tang Yunfeng had come to terms with it. She was very happy, so she nodded in agreement, then changed the subject and asked, "Mr. Tang, what are you doing now?"
"Oh, I work in the public affairs bureau of the French Concession. This year I am going to the Ministry of Industry Bureau to deliver a document!" Tang Yunfeng replied.
Tang Ning knew that Tang Yunfeng's Public Affairs Bureau was equivalent to the government of the French Concession, and the corresponding Ministry of Industry Bureau was equivalent to the government of the British and American Concessions. She really didn't expect that her ancestors could actually sneak into the Public Affairs Bureau. You must know that before liberation,
It's not easy for people to work in places like the Public Affairs Bureau and the Ministry of Industry Bureau, and the treatment is quite good. But Tang Ning is a little confused. Since she has such powerful ancestors, why did her grandfather and father end up in such misery?
Originally, Tang Ning wanted to help her ancestors, but now it seemed that there was no need, so she 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 today.
I can get to know you, but I see that you are still busy with work. You are welcome to come and chat with me and drink coffee when you have time!"
"Okay, Mr. Tangning, I will definitely pay you a visit some other day!" Tang Yunfeng respectfully took the business card with both hands and replied.
Originally, Tang Ning thought that Tang Yunfeng might come to visit immediately that night, or that she might not dare to come because her presumptuousness today scared him, but she never expected that she would learn the bad news about him two days later.
PS: If I may offend readers, I sincerely think that two to three hundred chapters is the most appropriate length for most novels, because once this length is exceeded, many plot copies begin to be repetitive and clichéd, including many openings that are eye-catching.