Chapter 72: You're Not a Local, Are You?
"The honesty of the distinguished guest is admirable, but before talking about business, shouldn't the distinguished guest be more honest and introduce himself?" Yang Pingwei said with a smile as he looked at the person in front of him.
The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, then patted his thigh and said, "It's me who was rude..." After saying that, he drank it all.
"Hehe, contemptible Bai Gang, a person from Zhongshan Country..."The middle-aged man, that is, Bai Gang put down his wine glass, said solemnly, and then he pointed to the big fat man on the right, "This is my best friend, Mr. Fat Money." ”
"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be..."Hearing Bai Gang's introduction, Fat Money-worthy of the name-hurriedly waved his hand, looking 'flattered', and said, "How dare you be with Bai... Mr. Climb!"
Bai Gang was accustomed to this, and without any expression, he turned his gaze to the young man on the other side, and said with a smile: This is the little dog Bai Nengwu..."At this time, the young man reluctantly let go of the 'beautiful scenery' outside the window, and reluctantly nodded at Yang Pingwei and the others, just as a greeting, and then without waiting to see how others reacted, he quickly turned his head out of the window, leaving only a handsome side face for everyone.
"Ahem..."Bai Gang was embarrassed, and it seemed that he was really helpless against his son, "There is no way to teach your son, so you can laugh!"
"Eh, it's okay, it's okay, it's really enviable..."What else could Yang Pingwei say, he had to pinch his nose and praise it against his will.
Because of Bai Nengwu's 'arrogance', he suddenly felt a little cold, but after a period of buffering, Bai Gang finally got rid of the impetuousness caused by longing, his mentality regained calm, and gradually his temperament turned back to the way he was when they first met.
I saw that he didn't ask about the coins again, but picked up the knife and fork with a smile, cut the barbecue meat on the plate neatly, and said: "I don't think you gentlemen are like criminals exiled here, or even people from Hedong!
Seeing that Bai Gang suppressed the desire in his heart so quickly, Yang Pingwei was not too surprised, he followed the other party's example, and also began to tinker with knives and forks, and said while competing with the barbecue: "How can you see it?"
Speaking of knives and forks, when this thing first began, Yang was deeply disgusted, although the tableware of the Chinese people in ancient times was also knives and forks - the nobles in ancient times carried a dagger, even if it was a self-defense weapon, it was cutlery - but after all, it was an obsolete goods, Yang had never used it, he wasted the old nose to learn to imitate, so that he had the current elegance and skill, and the process during the period was not enough for outsiders.
Amazingly, although this world is different from the earth, there are many similarities between the two worlds.
Ethnically similar. All have one head, one pair of feet, two eyes, two ears, one mouth, and one nose;
The property is similar. Most of the animals and plants can find relatives on the earth, and there are very few completely native animal and plant brands;
The environment is similar. Whether it is the natural environment or the human environment, if you don't consider the two moons in the sky, the first impression of earthlings when they first arrive in this world will definitely not think that they have traveled to another world, at most they will think that they have traveled to ancient times - if the crossing point is a city.
Therefore, Yang Pingwei will be curious, why does Bai Gang think that he is not from the Hedong region, you must know that in addition to the slight unfamiliarity of the language - even the natives of Hedong do not speak the lingua franca of the sixteen countries of Hedong better than him - the gap between his words and deeds and the locals is not very big, anyway, it is difficult to see if he does not stay together for a long time.
Is it by coins?
Stuffing the piece of meat on the tip of the fork into his mouth, Bai Gang chewed it a few times, swallowed it into his stomach with a 'rumbling' sound, and then took a sip of water, and said: "First of all, in terms of hairstyle, I don't remember any country in the Hedong region that has a strange hair ornament like you. Bai Gang pointed to the top of his head, "Although I don't know if it's a personal hobby or a national tradition for you to tie up your hair, but personally, I think it's a national tradition." ”
Yang Pingwei and the three of them were stunned at the same time, they never thought about the hairstyle problem, the Chinese nation, men tied their hair, since ancient times, they have long been used to it, so they naturally neglected this, even if they saw all kinds of strange hairstyles of the locals, they only simply compared it with themselves and passed, plus after a long time, it was not strange to see it, and they didn't feel that they were any different.
Moreover, there are more hairstyles here, and there are more bizarre ones, and others will not shout at their hair, so Yang Pingwei and others will not think about their hairstyles.
It's just that I didn't expect it to be mentioned by Bai Gang now.
Anyway, it's true, they really haven't seen anyone with the same hair as them along the way.
Although the evaluation of Bai Gang in his heart was one level higher-at least he was divergent and well-informed-Yang Pingwei still continued to tinker with the barbecue quietly, and said: "Since there is a first, then what?"
"Hahaha... Naturally, there will be then!" Bai Gang smiled heartily and said, "Then... Then there is the etiquette, the etiquette is in the Hedong area and even the area outside the Hedong region that I know, the meeting etiquette is all conventional, very different, but there is no strange behavior of clenching fists with both hands!"
Well, Yang Pingwei was taken aback, if I remember correctly, from the meeting to the present, Qin Han didn't pay attention and made a fist salute, but at that time, he was stopped by Yang Pingwei with his eyes, and replaced it with a generic one-handed half-bow salute, but he didn't expect that such a simple short mistake was noticed by the other party.
[Sure enough, people in high positions don't have a straw bag!] Yang Pingwei sighed secretly, and he no longer dared to look down on the other party because of the other party's previous gaffe.
And Qin Han obviously realized his mistake, touched his nose in embarrassment, and then turned his shame and anger into food, focusing on eliminating the food in front of him.
"Mr. Bai is really insightful, and I admire it!" Yang Pingwei said with sincere emotion.
"Hey, it's ridiculous!" Bai Gang waved his hand confidently and said, "The last point is the most important, hair accessories can be faked, etiquette can be made up temporarily, but it is absolutely impossible to create a new one at will." And the words on the coin..."Pointing to the words 'First Year of Huaxia' on the coin on the dining table, Bai Gang said with a serious face: "I swear I have never seen it, that is to say, it is definitely not the language of any of the sixteen countries in Hedong, and even as far as I know, there is no script outside Hedong that is similar to it!"
"Oh, are you sure this must be a text, it can't be a kind of ornament?" Yang Pingwei said curiously, "Even if it is a text, how can you be sure that it is not something that we carved randomly?"
"Hehe, I wasn't sure before, but now it's confirmed!" Bai Gang looked at Yang Pingwei with a smile, a little proud.
As he wished, Yang Pingwei was indeed a little depressed and was tricked.
Secretly scolding the old fox, he simply stopped dwelling on these miscellaneous things, and was ready to go straight to the topic, and said: "Introduce yourself, in Xia Yang Pingwei, the word... Eh, from the Eastern Huaxia Kingdom across the sea, this is Qin Han, the chief of the guard, and this is Zhu Yi. At the behest of my lord, come to the Wilderness of Atonement in search of a long-term business partner. ”
"A long-term partner with the ability and credit!"