Chapter 303: Caste

"This is my wife, Shimani." The old Dong introduced Fang Ze. "She doesn't speak much Chinese. There is no problem with English."
Immediately after the old Dong's words fell down, Shimani said hello in Fangze and Fang Ze, and then said a lot of welcome words in English.
When Fang Ze heard Himani's English, he continued to pretend to be only a high school student, and answered a few words awkwardly.
The old Dong walked over and spoke a few words to Himani, and then made Himani retreat first, and then he took Fang Ze to the study upstairs.
"You are already married here," Fang Ze said to the old Dong, "doesn't it seem like you plan to return to China?"
"When I was young, I was poor. I had no choice but to come here to discuss my life. Now that I am accustomed to living, it should not be a surprise to plan to go back."
On Dong's desk, there is a wedding photo of him and Shimani. Old Dong said a little proudly to Fang Ze, "My wife's family is a large family with a high caste in India. When I married her, I was in India. The Deputy Prime Ministers all called to congratulate. "
"Oh." Fang Ze was a bit interested after listening to the old Dong's words. He asked, "Isn't India a caste system, what kind of caste are we foreigners in India."
"Reluctantly, it can be counted as Kshatriya." The old Dong took out a cigarette and tried to give Fang Ze one. After Fang Ze waved his hand and refused, he smoked by himself. "We Chinese in the eyes of Indians It is considered a run-down noble, so the status is still good. Of course, Europeans and Americans are higher. But this is only a bit useful for men. No matter how noble you are in India, you have to be very careful when you go out. Some Indians initiate love, but Regardless of the caste, sometimes the species is not an issue in their eyes. "
"Um." Fang Ze recalled the news about Indians and animals and nodded in agreement with the words of Lao Dong.
"I've heard that the caste problem in India is very serious. What's the situation in Delhi. Are your Indian servants the legendary pariah?"
"No no no, although my servants pay them a small part of their salary every month, they are only low-caste Indians, not pariahs." Old Dong spit out his cigarette circle and said to Fang Ze, "Indian The caste system is very complicated and cannot be interpreted from the literal meaning of 'Brahman' Kshatriya 'Vaishor' Sudhara '. "
"People in our country may, for historical reasons, understand this hierarchy as a difference in class, aristocracy and civilians, or the equivalent of the Mongolians in the Yuan Dynasty. But in fact, it is not the same as that of the Mongolians. Race classification, the caste system of the Indians is much more poisonous. "
"First answer your question." Old Dong said, "These people who serve as servants in our family belong to Sudhara, but they belong to the lower caste, not the pariah. In India, the real pariah does not have its own Castes, they do the dirtiest and hardest work, and are required not to appear in public. Except for work and remuneration, if a pariah wants to reach people of other castes, they will be killed. Because They represent unknown, understand. "
"I see." Fang Ze only felt his back cold when he heard the words of Lao Dong.
"Speaking of caste division, there are more than 10,000 subcastes derived from the four castes in India. The division between these subcasts is also very fascinating. For example, my wife ’s last name is Kshatriya in Delhi, but in other Some of the states can be counted as Brahmins. Some in Delhi are castes of Kshatriya, and in other states they are counted as low castes of Vaishya. "
"So it's actually very difficult to judge class based on gender alone. In India, your caste does not represent your nobility. What really represents your nobility is work."
"Work?" Fang Ze didn't understand.
"Yes, because the caste system was established very early, for thousands of years, various caste families in India have tried to move closer to high castes and fight to despise other castes. This has been done for thousands of years, let alone us, even India People don't understand themselves. "
"But the real purpose of dividing castes in India is not to distinguish between classes, but to distinguish between work. For example, in India, God is supreme, then Brahman is God's spokesperson, responsible for communicating with God, and the boss of the family.
Kshatriya is responsible for managing family affairs and is considered the second child. The barking house responsible for earning money to support the family is the youngest, and the housework of cleaning is done by the old fourth Dhara. These are considered family members. For some dirty jobs, such as flushing the toilet and sinking the drain, you have to invite an outsider to do it. This outsider is a pariah and is also called an inaccessible person. "
Old Dong smoked a cigarette, his tone was relaxed, but what he said was not easy, "Inaccessible people are not considered family members in India, so you can sometimes see an Indian who loves small animals very much. The whole person is very Caring and good people, but in the face of inaccessible people, they will not take them as a life. "
"My company previously hired an unreachable person as a coolie. One day he didn't come and I didn't care. His father came over a long time ago and told me that he was found because he was approaching the wall of a rich man's wall. He was later killed. His father did not try to call the police. This is the status of the unreachable in India. "
"No one is trying to resist?" Fang Ze was a little dumbfounded. After all, even if he knew more, he only understood the Indian caste in writing. Now in India, he heard these from the mouth of a fellow who had lived in India for many years Then, the inexplicable feeling is a bit scary.
"Don't think that resistance to oppression is an easy thing. One sentence in our country is still poisonous for how many people have been killed. But the situation in India is more complicated. I told you that they have more than 10,000. Derived castes, these castes actually represent work. For example, it is also Sudhara. In India, there are motorcycles and tricycles to pick up passengers. However, the two waves of people who drive motorcycles and tricycles are not a subcast. They despise each other and refuse to contact. If you are not a caste who drives a motorcycle, you cannot drive a motorcycle, or else someone will drive you away because their union is also controlled by this caste. "
"So the most complicated situation in India is that they not only have high castes despise low castes, but castes of the same level also despise each other. You are a land farmer, you can only plant land in your life, you ca n’t weave, because you Not a weaving caste, you ca n’t make flying cakes as a cake maker, everything is because of the caste. Also, the caste will accompany you throughout your life, and even if you change your last name, your job will be leaked. What level of society. Even if you change to another religion, your caste remains the same. Any religion in India must obey the caste system. They discriminate and hate each other. More than 10,000 subcasts, religions, occupations, regions, The nations are entangled with each other. They are not pleasing to each other and refuse to marry each other. The high-level can only communicate in English, and the low-level languages ​​do not necessarily understand each other. "
"This kind of situation can only be slowly passed away by time. The set we used to do here won't work, because there is no landlord here, only castes that despise each other. When the time comes, they will not know who to fight." Old Dong Saying, in the ashtray, "There is an Indian self-deprecating word to explain all this, 'In India, no one will make the mistake of letting others have dreams.'"
"Let's talk about some of the news that Lao Sha's people are missing." Fang Ze heard the words of Lao Dong, feeling inexplicable, and skipped this topic and asked about the business.
"In addition to a girl, Sha Ge sent two men to Feng Zhongjie and Huang Sheng. One of them was very familiar with Feng Zhongjie. He had been to Delhi several times and said that he was a special soldier. Physical fitness is also good. There are no problems playing five or six by one person. "
The old Dong said he took a book from the side ~ EbookFREE.me ~ and turned out a photo from the book. "This is Feng Zhongjie's picture."
Fang Ze took a look at the photo. The man in the photo was about 25 years old, with an inch, and the whole man looked very muscular.
"That is to say, it is not because the three people who disappeared did not have any news for so long because they encountered some gangsters and rogues."
"Yes." The old Dong nodded and said, "The Indian gangsters. The gangsters also bullied and bullied women, making them guilty of robbery on the road, because they would be killed directly if caught. So this time the three were missing. It was so big that they suddenly had no news, the phone could not be reached, and no explanation was given in advance. "
"And then we sent someone to track Feng Zhongjie's mobile phone signal and found that the three people disappeared on the same day. The mobile phone signal also disappeared. We searched in situ but did not find the mobile phone."
"The phone card should have been pulled." Fang Ze thought for a moment and then asked, "Do you know where they last went?"
"They didn't tell me when they left, but we asked the driver of the taxi they went out to find out that they got off near the Delhi Metro station. There is a slum nearby. You know, the most troublesome part of the slum is that, You don't know who is telling the truth and who is telling the truth. "
"Isn't they here to buy new medicine, why go to the slums?" Fang Ze then asked.
"This is also where I am puzzled. Because they came here this time, I also prepared a lot of ice cubes in advance. The original plan was to get the medicine, put them in the refrigerator to keep warm with ice cubes, and then leave Delhi to return home. But when they went out, they didn't bring ice platters, which means they didn't get medicine. "
There are too many doubts.
Fang Ze leaned weakly on the chair.