Of course Fang Ze would not think that this American woman named Pepper would really be the little Pepper in the movie. After all, even Americans with long names have a serious problem with duplicate names.
Unlike Chinese, there are many uncommon synonyms that can be put into names to add a sense of hierarchy and alienation, making them sound nice. Westerners choose names either from the Bible or from ancient celebrities.
The main reason for this phenomenon is that a large part of the roots of Western languages are borrowed from other languages, and there are very few words to express abstract concepts. In addition, several civilization epochs and a lack of historical accumulation can only be achieved with the help of vocabulary from other languages. Name it.
So when you look through Western history books, you find that many people have the same names. Moreover, Westerners do not have the custom of avoiding taboos. Instead, they have a strong habit of celebrity worship. Parents will name their children after other respected elders in the family.
This is easier to see from the Harry Potter novels. At the end, several of Harry's children were named after the elders who had taken care of Harry in the past.
If this were to happen in China, if you named your child the same as the name of an elder who had passed away and took special care of you, there would be a high probability that he would be beaten to death on the spot.
When Pepper heard what Stark said, "How do you know my secretary is also named Pepper?", she thought Stark was joking with him. Just as he was about to say something, Fang Ze quickly interrupted, "Miss Pepper Have you bought your train ticket?"
"I bought it," Pepper said, "but it won't leave for a while."
"We haven't bought the train tickets yet." Fang Ze said, grabbing Stark, "Then let's buy the tickets first, and then come back to you after a while."
"Okay." Pepper waved her hand and said, "I'll go take pictures nearby first."
"Don't be so anxious." Stark said while being dragged away by Fang Ze, "I think this girl is pretty good. Give me some time and let me have a good chat with her. Maybe she can help us. .”
"Don't forget that you are not the famous playboy Tony Stark now, you are the Indian pariah Tony Stark. No matter how blind I am, I will never want to have a romantic past with you."
"Oh, damn." Stark felt a little sad when he thought that he now looked like an Indian.
"I guess that woman is not a racist, so maybe it doesn't matter."
"Then we have to buy tickets first." Fang Ze dragged Stark to the ticket window and said, "Think about it for yourself. After finishing things, it's more important that I take you to a five-star luxury hotel for a big meal. It’s more important to take care of your little brother.”
"Well, actually I want them all." Stark shrugged and said nothing.
"This is where you line up. You line up first." Fang Ze said to Stark, "I'll go to the queue window for foreigners over there and buy the tickets first and then come over to you."
Fang Ze asked Stark to queue up at a long queue window with more than twenty people, and then he quickly went to the foreigners' queue on the other side to get out and queue up to buy tickets.
A few minutes later, Fang Ze arrived at the window and expressed his intention to buy a ticket to Haiderpur.
"Fill out this form first." The staff at the window was a little surprised at Fang Ze's familiarity with the local language, and then handed him a form.
sheet
Fang Ze was stunned for a moment. He didn't know what this was until he took it over.
Buying train tickets in India is also a real-name ticket purchase, but as mentioned before, Indians do not even have universal ID cards, so real-name ticket purchases are actually quite troublesome.
The form handed over by the staff was densely filled with words and various boxes. Fang Ze needed to fill in his passport, what class of carriage, sleeper or hard seat, upper berth or lower berth. .
All in all, it's very troublesome.
Moreover, the classification of truck workshops in India is quite strange.
In China, there are only four fixed categories of train tickets, standing ticket, hard seat, sleeper and soft sleeper. An Indian train has more than ten grades, which can be said to be very powerful.
Because Fang Ze had the credit card given by Xiao Hei, he was not short of money. When I thought about the poor sanitary environment of Indian trains, I decided to buy as good a train as possible.
However, I don’t know if it was because I had memorized it all the way and planned to keep it forever. All the train tickets in the previous classes were sold out. Fang Ze only bought a fifth-class sleeper ticket.
After handing the form to the staff and getting the train ticket, Fang Ze walked out of the queue and found Stark who was still in line.
"You can buy a train ticket of this level when the time comes."
"Fifth grade? It sounds very high. Is it the best grade here?"
"No. The best is gear 12."
"Why don't you buy the twelve gears? Is it because you don't have the money?" Stark was a little dissatisfied.
"There are no more tickets for the first one, so let's make do with it. When we get to Haidepur, I will find the best hotel for you to stay in." Fang Ze explained.
"And the best cook," Stark added.
After more than half an hour, Stark finally bought the ticket. After the two came out, they met Miss Pepper again by chance.
"Hi, Mr. President. Have you got your tickets?" Pepper joked.
"I bought it, but it's just a fifth-grade sleeper berth."
"There is a master giving lectures in Hydepur recently, so there are many people taking the train to Haiderpur, so it is normal that they can't buy tickets." Pepper said, indicating that the three of them could go out for a walk.
There are still more than fifty minutes before the train departs, and there is no place to sit in the lobby of Delhi Railway Station. The Indians here are lying directly on the ground, so instead of being here, it is really better to go out for a walk.
"How did you know we were going to Haiderpur?" Fang Zeluo asked, looking at Miss Pepper with a little vigilance.
"Because you can't buy tickets in the front only for the train going to Haiderpur." Pepper said, pointing to the people sitting and lying down in the hall, "Most of the people here are going to Haiderpur."
"So many people?" Fang Ze was a little surprised, because there are indeed a lot of people staying here now. And Delhi station is not the departure station for trains to Hydepur, so you can imagine how many people there will be.
"There is a very interesting thing about trains in India." Pepper explained to the two of them as they walked. "The environment in the lowest carriages is not only poor, but also generally full of people. This means that the staff have no way to check. Tickets are required, and in addition, the doors of Indian trains are not closed and you can get on and off at any time, so most people in lower-class carriages will not buy tickets.”
"Does the train door not close?" Stark couldn't figure out what this was doing. "Aren't they afraid of falling?"
"Judging from the speed of the train, even if it falls, it will only be a minor injury."
"So this is why the trucks in India are also full of people." Fang Ze finally understood why the trains in India were full of people. On the one hand, the doors are not closed, and you can get on and off at any time, without buying a ticket. Tickets, on the one hand, because there are too many people in the carriage and it is easy to get crowded, so it is better to stay comfortable on the train.
"Yes." Pepper nodded, and then she continued, "But level five is already pretty good. Just bear with it and you'll get to Haiderpur."
"Okay, endure it, endure it." Stark shook his head and said, "Anyway, I have been enduring it since I left the United States."
"I came to India for travel." Pepper shook the camera in his hand and said, "What about you, you don't look like well-prepared travelers. Why are you here?"
"We are looking for someone." Fang Ze answered first.
He didn't dare to let Stark answer this question. He would most likely say that he went to the Vietnam battlefield to inspect the new weapons developed by his company.
This is how many years have passed since the Vietnam War ended.
"Are you looking for someone?" Pepper didn't ask any more questions about this privacy issue, but said, "I see that none of you have bowed behind your back. Have you brought the daily necessities? After all, you have to sit on the train for more than ten hours. It will be very uncomfortable if you don’t brush your teeth and wash your face.”
"That's right, we still need to buy food." Although Fang Ze was not sure whether food was provided on trains in India, he would never eat it even if there was.
So the two of them still need to go to the supermarket to buy some things.
"Then we have to go to the supermarket to buy things." Stark said to Pepper, "Want to come together?"
"Okay." Pepper nodded in agreement and joined Fang Ze's team.
"First I need to buy a toothbrush." Stark muttered, "I haven't brushed my teeth for a long time, and there's no toothbrush in that damn place in Vietnam."
"Vietnam?" Pepper was a little confused.
"He also went to Vietnam before coming to India." Fang Ze quickly explained, and then said to Pepper, "Do you know where I can buy toothbrushes here?"
"No, that's right there." Pepper pointed to an old lady selling things on the ground.
This is an old lady who looks quite old. In front of her are placed a lot of tree sticks that are as thick as a little finger and look very glorious.
"Where's the toothbrush?" Stark's eyes widened but he didn't see any trace of the toothbrush.
"These are the tree sticks." Pepper squatted on the ground and introduced to the two of them. "Toothbrushes in India are something that only the rich can use, and poor people generally use these branches. It is said that these small tree sticks have medicinal effects and can be used to treat hair problems." Beat the hair on it and then use it to brush your teeth, which can make your teeth white and free of cavities."
"What do you think?" Stark turned to look at Fang Ze.
"If there are no toothbrushes in the supermarket, we have to use this."
The three of them went into the supermarket and bought some bread and other things. Only foreigners can buy these breads, and local people just buy the bread and eat it directly. Anyway, most people will wait until the truck arrives at the next stop and then get off the truck directly to buy food.
Bread and mineral water were available, but toothbrushes were not sold in the supermarket. Fang Ze and Stark had to buy the small tree sticks that are said to make teeth whiter to use as toothbrushes.
(End of chapter)