21. Relaxing Room
"Is this knife a family heirloom?"
Lu Mingfei glanced at Spider Cut. After all, he had studied at Kassel College. Although he was wet, his eyesight was still improved.
"No." Yuan Zhisheng said: "I am an orphan. I was adopted with my younger brother when I was a child. It was not until I grew up that I was confirmed to have the blood of the Yuan family. Just like Lonely George. Do you know Lonely George?"
Lu Mingfei shook his head repeatedly. Instinctively, he judged from the other party's tone that this was not a two-dimensional character, so it was not easy to make bad remarks.
"That's a Pinta Island tortoise." Gu Chen said.
"Elephant turtle?" Lu Mingfei asked for popular science.
"The giant tortoise is the largest terrestrial tortoise in the world. The largest one can grow to nearly two meters and weigh more than 200 kilograms." Chu Zihang said: "The Galapagos Islands in South America were once the habitat of giant tortoises.
They clumsily and peacefully stayed away from human life until they were discovered by sailors exploring new lands.”
The word "pioneering" can be praised or derogated, but imagine that century, everyone with the name of pioneering and adventurous spirit ended up in blood and fire.
Chu Zihang took a sip of sake and said, "The sailors carried the whole elephant turtle on board. They are very resistant to hunger and will not die for a year without eating or drinking. They are fresh meat stocks that will not spoil. But there are
Sometimes, the sailors would throw these turtles into the sea because they were overwhelmed."
"It's something a human being can do." Lu Mingfei forced a smile.
When you read more books and gradually understand the world, you will find that sometimes compared to those uneducated animals, humans are just beasts.
"Later, there were fewer and fewer giant tortoises on the Galapagos Islands. The rarest of them was the subspecies on Pinta Island. Only the last male tortoise was recorded on Pinta Island." Chu Zi
Hang said: "When it was discovered, it was huddled alone on the deserted Pinta Island, and all the vegetation on the island had been gnawed away by exotic wild goats."
Lu Mingfei subconsciously said: "Did the wild goat invade with the boat?"
"Maybe he swam across the ocean by himself." Caesar sneered.
The development of mankind is a history of invasion. As the heir of the Gattuso family, he has been exposed to a lot of dark things since he was a child. However, whenever he hears about such extinctions, his heart will inevitably be touched.
Maybe, this is where people differ.
Gu Chen saw that Lu Mingfei's face was not very good, so he gave him a piece of sashimi, "In the following decades, scientists never found a purebred Pinta Island tortoise, so this male turtle named George
It’s the last Pinta Island tortoise in the world, and people call it Lonesome George.”
Lu Mingfei was quite hungry originally, especially after seeing such a table of excellent Japanese food, but now after hearing about the elephant turtle, he suddenly lost his appetite.
"You know George too?"
"I occasionally read it in the book." Gu Chen said.
Yuan Zhisheng looked at the four people in front of him, and for the first time he felt that although they didn't look very close to each other, somewhere deep down in their hearts, they were connected.
"The Minamoto family is an old family, but since the Edo period, there have been fewer and fewer members of the Minamoto family. The family elders once thought that the Minamoto family had no descendants. Later they found my brother and me in the mountains, and we were confirmed
With the blood of the Yuan family, the Yuan family has regained its seat in the family."
He said: "I am called the head of the Yuan family, but I am the only one in the Yuan family, so I feel like that turtle. It is in the Galapagos National Park. If I have the opportunity to travel around the world, I want to
Go see it."
When he said this, it was very dull at first, but later he felt a little yearning for it, but this yearning was more like some kind of extravagant wish.
Just like a caged bird, although there is an exit to leave, it chooses to stay for one reason or another.
Chu Zihang said: "You just said you have a younger brother."
Yuan Zhisheng said calmly: "He is probably dead."
"Hey, I didn't expect that everyone had a hard time when they were young." Lu Mingfei drank the sake in one gulp and said with emotion, "When I was in junior high school, my parents went abroad, and now they haven't said anything about coming back to see me. Sometimes.
I just thought, maybe they gave me another younger brother or sister and hid it secretly abroad without telling me. Otherwise, I am the only one in our family, so they wouldn’t have left me alone, right?"
Gu Chen didn't say anything. He had asked Frost about Lu Mingfei's parents, but with all the energy the other party could use, his investigation was fruitless.
Caesar smiled heartily, "I thought we couldn't find any similarities at all, but I didn't expect to find anything in common with parents. I think I can also join your parents' death group."
Hearing such nonsense, Chu Zihang's face darkened.
"My parents are not dead, I just have unreliable parents. They are all alive and kicking somewhere!" Lu Mingfei said quickly: "Senior brother's mother is still eating well, and boss, don't you also have a flower?
Mr. Daddy?"
"I thought he was dead for many years." Caesar shrugged and turned his head, "Where is Lao Gu?"
Maybe this filial guy was really drunk and his name changed inadvertently.
Gu Chen said: "I don't know what my parents look like."
"I think we should have a drink." Caesar raised his glass and said loudly.
Lu Mingfei quickly responded with a cup, but immediately cursed himself secretly, "Can you join in the fun of Fei's parents?"
Chu Zihang shook his head and looked at the three of them, asking Yuan Zhisheng: "I just heard you say you like traveling?"
"I like it, but there are very few opportunities." Yuan Zhisheng said with a smile: "What I want to go to is France. There is a famous nudist beach there. I want to find a job selling sunscreen there."
Naturist beaches are beaches where people can legally and freely get naked, and nude swimming is the most common form.
"Don't you think it's too much of a career change to switch from being the head of the Jidao family to selling sunscreen oil?" Caesar rejoined the topic.
"It is the job of the head of the Yuan family to manage the Ji Dao. As for myself..." Yuan Zhisheng was silent for a moment and said softly: "I want to leave Tokyo and find a warm and comfortable city to live a life of eating and waiting to die."
"You have such great ambitions." Lu Mingfei ate sushi in a nonchalant way, "I never expected that you also have this kind of otaku attribute. When I get rich, I will move next door to you and take you to square dance."
Yuan Zhisheng smiled and said: "I thought you would talk about wearing a vest and playing chess."
"I'm no longer interested in that." Lu Mingfei waved his hand, as if you were out of date.
Gu Chen touched the drink on his lips with his thumb. He was not joking. This young man with a little bit of literature suppressed in his heart a desire to break through the shackles of the world and free himself.
At this moment, although they could not appreciate the Zen meaning in "Life is like a summer flower", the food was still delicious. It was raining and thundering outside, and they sat barefoot on the cool tatami, enjoying the food while overlooking the rain.
Chapter completed!