"My name is Carmela. I'm Algordo's mother. After all these years, there are still outsiders who remember him... I don't know whether I should be happy or not." The old woman led Xiao Chen and Luo Ling to sit on the sofa in the living room, "You sit down first, I'll go to the kitchen."
Xiao Chen looked at the furnishings in the living room and found that there were many photos on several cabinets and side tables in the living room. He recorded all these scenes in his meditation world. Perhaps a photo or a corner of a room would become the most deadly weapon at some point in the battle.
Luo Ling walked beside the cabinet and looked at the photos in the frames. Some were photos of the old woman when she was young, and most were of her, her husband, and their two children. Slowly, the children in the photos grew up and became two identical young people. "Hey, Xiao Chen, look here."
Xiao Chen looked at the photos and showed a surprised expression: "This... there are two identical young men. Does Algordo have a twin brother?"
The two people in the photos always appear in every place at the same time, from playing together when they were young, going on outings with their parents together, observing animals in the wild together, planting trees in the woods together, playing football together when they were older, appearing in a group of friends together, and later graduating from high school at the same time and attending the graduation ceremony together.
Xiao Chen showed a happy expression and said, "This is a pleasant surprise. Seeing that the life trajectories of these two people have always been together, Algodo's brother is the best mirror. We can learn a lot from him."
"That's Bermudo and Algordo. They are both very good kids. They are smart, kind, compassionate, and they love life." Carmela went to the kitchen and brought coffee and a plate of cookies. "I just made this this morning. My sons love it. You can try it too."
Kind? Compassionate
I wonder what this mother would think about her son just causing half the population of the continent to be halved in another world. Xiao Chen secretly complained.
Carmela took a look at the photo and said, "Fortunately, Bermudo is here, otherwise I really don't know how I would have lived."
Luo Ling's heart moved, and she saw a slightly old pencil drawing on the wall opposite the living room. Judging from the yellowing of the paper, it couldn't have been drawn by the Algordo brothers. She asked, "Whose work is this? It's so lifelike."
"This is the work of my husband Fedro. He is a person who loves nature very much. He used to be an associate professor of botany at the University of Barcelona. When he was young, he often went to the wild to draw pictures of various animals and plants. It's beautiful, isn't it?"
"He was a person who loved nature very much. He was the kind of person who would smile from the bottom of his heart when he saw a beautiful flower or a lovely pine tree. He didn't want to hurt them, so he painted them." Carmela seemed very happy when talking about her husband, as if she rarely had the opportunity to tell others about these past events. "Sometimes he would stay in the wild for a day or two, and sometimes he would take the Algodo brothers to travel and paint together. They had a very good relationship, and even some of their strange habits were very similar."
Carmela said and laughed to herself.
"Strange problem?" Luo Ling asked curiously.
"Yes. I used to say that they were a wild man with two little wild men, wandering around in the forest every day and not knowing how to go home. When I was young, I got angry more than once because of these things.
But they have always been like this and never changed. Maybe this is what makes them lovely. "Carmela sighed softly, "Federuo not only likes these things, but also keeps running for environmental protection. He often takes my sons to participate in such protests."
"Protesting pollution?" Xiao Chen asked.
"Well, it's like this. You know, the river water pollution in Spain is also very serious, especially in the early years. He has been running around for these things many times. Not only this, but also activities such as protecting endangered animals, protecting forests, opposing nuclear testing, opposing whaling, and opposing the discharge of toxic waste. Sometimes I go too. The one that impressed me the most was the protest against the 'Rainbow Warrior explosion'. I went to the demonstration with them, and our whole family was photographed on TV together."
"They have a problem of not liking new things." Carmela looked around the room and said, "Look at the TVs in the room. They are all old from more than ten years ago."
Xiao Chen and Luo Ling exchanged glances. No wonder the child raised by this family chose to become the God of Nature. This is very important information. Perhaps it explains the motivation of the other party to do many things to some extent. Xiao Chen knows that in the eyes of some extreme environmentalists, human rights are far less important than the natural environment. The development of science and technology must also give way to the preservation of nature. The extreme ones among them will even strongly oppose the application of many new technologies. If this Algodo is also such a person, then his actions in another world can be reasonably explained.
"Aren't they all a little weird? But also very cute guys." Carmela said with a smile while taking a sip of coffee.
"Well, yes. But it seems that these works are quite old. Aren't there any recent works?" Luo Ling asked.
"It's been almost ten years since Fedoro died."
"Oh, I'm so sorry." Luo Ling covered her mouth.
"Nothing. I'm very happy chatting with you today. It reminds me of the past days. People should remember more beautiful things, right? Fedro has lung cancer. He always said that if it weren't for the terrible smog weather in Barcelona and the pollution in the river, he wouldn't have died so early. Poor guy." Carmela looked up at the painting and said, "After Fedro passed away, Algordo and his friends rarely went to paint. They grew up and had a lot more things to do. Later they all went to college. They were both talented children and entered the University of Barcelona. Then one of them went to study in China, and the other stayed at home after graduation to help me take care of the business. My health has not been very good in recent years, so I handed over the flower garden and flower shop run by my family to Bermudo."
"Why did Algodo choose to go to China at that time?" Xiao Chen asked.
"Because there was an exchange program with China at the time, with very good scholarships. The two of them had traveled a lot before and had always been interested in China. They both had the opportunity to go there, but fortunately one of them decided to stay and take care of me. Otherwise, I might have lost my two sons."