The Long Disgrace
Posted: 2015-09-22 19:59
上礼拜去了一趟加拿大西边旅行，最后一站是温哥华，在温哥华的最后两天，一直间间断断的下雨，好在住在Downtown，趁着早上一点阴天的时间下到waterfront去看了看。温哥华的Waterfront做了很多很多的牌子，上面都是一个一个跟建设温哥华相关的故事。
跟华人有关的有几个，有一个最为详细，题目叫The Long Disgrace。
我本想网上找找有没有现成的拷贝过来，没找到，我就自己敲一下给大家看看吧。
那的确是一段，非常昏暗的日子，最后一章老太自己借主角的口说，做人靠自己争气，依然是她上百本小说大多数的共同主题。
我们以前一起读书的一个同学，曾经在那个小镇的中餐馆打工，跟老板很熟，听老板讲他过去的事，说当年是偷渡到西班牙，曾经在广场上做流浪者，后来辗转到了美国，给人打黑工，后来又怎么跑到我们读书那个山高水远的荒凉小镇，开了中餐馆，半生跌宕起伏，十分戏剧化。
想想咱们中国人，有些真能吃苦忍辱，这些个熬出头的人们背后，不知道有多少故事。
当然水边的故事不止这一个，来不及读完，我便拍下来回家慢慢读了一些，下面几个，都让我读得颇有感触。看看标题，主角多多少少，跟我有那么点共同点，感同身受这回事，还真是需要点共同背景什么的。
跟华人有关的有几个，有一个最为详细，题目叫The Long Disgrace。
我本想网上找找有没有现成的拷贝过来，没找到，我就自己敲一下给大家看看吧。
我在阴天的水边把这一段话看了两遍，看的时候总想起老太的那一本《纵横四海》，老太的这个故事，不知道有没有H.Y,Louie的模子，儿女情长比她别的书少，虽然有个好的明亮结局——一如温市现在所有的华人——，看的时候总不免心情灰暗。BC's first Chinese settlers date back to the discovery of gold in the Fraser River in 1858, many more came to build the Canadian Pacific Railway between 1881 and 1885 - at half the wage of their white counterparts.
About six hundred died during construction.
Laid off after completion, they found themselves stranded, surrounded by hostile Europeans.
Legislation prohibited Chinese from voting, training as doctors or lawyers, and working on government projects. A head tax was levied on Chinese immigrants, and from 1923 Chinese were prohibited from coming to Canada.
In 1907, a racist organization called the Asian Exclusion League formed, and a mob nearly destroyed Chinatown. Farmers campaigned to prohibit Chinese from owning or leasing farmland. The Children’s Protective Association called fro the removal of Chinese students from classrooms.
With the conspicuous valour of Chinese Canadian soldiers during World World II, attitudes began to change at last.
In 1949 Canadian Chinese were given the vote provincially, ending 75 years’ of humiliation and disgrace.
The Great Storekeeper
Hoo Yat Louie arrived in Vancouver from China in 1896, a farm laborer with a dream of starting his own business. By 1903 he had saved up enough money to open a small general store in the heart of Vancouver’s Chinatown.
His sons, Tong and Tim, expanded the family business - despite a climate so hostile that, in 1941, their decision to move the family home from Chinatown to Vancouver’s West Side generated a storm of pretest.
His sons inherited their father’s business ethic: “Be honest, fair and loyal with your customers. Discuss things with your workers and be friendly to them.”
The H.Y. Louie Co. acquired the IGA grocery franchise in 1955, in 1976 Tong repatriated the London Drugs expanded to 50 stores, and H.Y. Louie Co. is now the second largest business in the Province.
那的确是一段，非常昏暗的日子，最后一章老太自己借主角的口说，做人靠自己争气，依然是她上百本小说大多数的共同主题。
我们以前一起读书的一个同学，曾经在那个小镇的中餐馆打工，跟老板很熟，听老板讲他过去的事，说当年是偷渡到西班牙，曾经在广场上做流浪者，后来辗转到了美国，给人打黑工，后来又怎么跑到我们读书那个山高水远的荒凉小镇，开了中餐馆，半生跌宕起伏，十分戏剧化。
想想咱们中国人，有些真能吃苦忍辱，这些个熬出头的人们背后，不知道有多少故事。
当然水边的故事不止这一个，来不及读完，我便拍下来回家慢慢读了一些，下面几个，都让我读得颇有感触。看看标题，主角多多少少，跟我有那么点共同点，感同身受这回事，还真是需要点共同背景什么的。