Chapter 224 Reverie (3rd update, please subscribe)

The next day, morning.

Watching the sunlight shining on the black car body, feeling the graceful curves of the car body, there is even a familiar smell in the air.

That’s right!

It smells like gasoline!

That’s the taste!

Familiar taste, familiar...

Breathing in this familiar scent, Zhu Xianhai sighed inwardly, now he also has a car!

Even though this car looks similar to the Model T, so what? It is a groundbreaking means of transportation.

“Is this a car?”

Suddenly, a voice beside him interrupted Zhu Xianhai's thoughts. He turned around and looked at Elizabeth. She was holding a child in her arms. It was his son, but his son, who had just turned one year old, was looking at the car curiously with his beautiful big eyes, as if he saw a toy.

"Yes, ma'am, please!"

Zhu Xianhai opened the car door with a smile, and the dignified Lord of Nanhua turned into a coachman.

However, Elizabeth was not his wife. Even though she had given birth to a child for him and was pregnant again, she seemed to have never intended to marry him.

Including Monica, Malena and Maria, they have all given birth to children for him, but they are not his wives, but... according to the Chinese, they are concubines.

It was not because they were worried that their European identity would not be accepted, but because Elizabeth had always been against it. In her words, she had to find a wife for Zhu Xianhai that was suitable for his identity.

Ordinary people can’t do that.

Zhu Xianhai has always given enough respect to Elizabeth, and she has even won the respect of many people in Nanhua. The staff around him all call her "Madam", but this does not change her status as a "concubine".

Of course, the son she gave birth to for Zhu Xianhai is the rightful heir.

The emperor's household affairs are a bit messy!

After Elizabeth got on the bus, she sat in the back seat holding her child and looked at the car curiously.

"Is this just made at the factory? Have you driven it before?"

"Uh... sort of."

"If there is, there is. If there is not, there is not. What do you mean by 'count it as it is'?

Elizabeth was a little worried, so she reminded him.

"My son is in the car!"

"Well, I know..."

Without paying any attention to her, Zhu Xinghai sat in the driver's seat and tried to adjust the seat.

Um, the seats can't be adjusted!

And...what about the rearview mirror?

Where are the seat belts?

The driving habits I developed in the driving school are... useless here.

Even...how to start a fire?

Where is the ignition for this car?

At first Elizabeth just looked at him curiously, but after a moment, her beautiful eyes flickered with doubt.

Looking at his appearance, he doesn't look like he has ever driven a car.

"Have you really driven this car?"

“This is not the car I drive…”

This is a car from the 19th century!

It was completely different from the cars he had driven before. Apart from the four wheels, everything else... there was no similarity at all.

When I bent down, I saw the joystick under the seat. This car needs to be started by hand!

Just walk to the front of the car with the joystick in hand, insert the joystick into the bumper, and then turn it skillfully.

“Thump…boom…”

The engine started. Looking at the starting car, Zhu Xianhai's eyes narrowed slightly.

After the engine started, the smell of gasoline in the air became stronger. This smell... was so strong!

He even took a deep breath of the exhaust from the engine!

…

Yes, that’s the taste!

It’s this familiar taste!

This tastes so familiar!

This smell... this is the true smell of modern civilization.

After getting in the car, Zhu Xianhai did not rush to drive, but stepped on the accelerator lightly.

“Buzz…Buzz…”

Zhu Xianhai narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he was carefully distinguishing the rising and falling sound of the engine. A very strange expression of slight enjoyment actually appeared on his face.

He was really enjoying it. He was feeling the car bit by bit, or more precisely, the modern industrial civilization that the car symbolized.

Elizabeth stopped talking and just looked at him quietly. His expression of enjoyment made her feel much happier.

Zhu Xianhai released the handbrake.

The moment his hand grasped the gear lever, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, as if he was meeting old friends after a long separation.

After checking the structure of the car, he found that the clutch was on the left, and the brake and accelerator were on the right. It was a manual transmission model that he was familiar with...

Two forward gears, one reverse gear...

It may look a bit primitive, but what else can you ask for in this day and age?

It’s good to have a car!

Step on the clutch, shift gears...

Zhu Xianhai's cerebral cortex seemed to be jumping for joy, and that familiar feeling came back again!

It seems like the feeling of driving a manual transmission when I first went to driving school. This feeling...

The fingers holding the gear lever moved slightly, and Zhu Xianhai's mouth curled up into a smug smile.

"Elizabeth, hold on to the child, the car is going very fast."

Its speed will definitely scare you in a while. After changing gears skillfully, release the clutch and step on the accelerator!

The car's roaring engine suddenly stopped!

This...is out of service!

In an instant, Zhu Xianhai was dumbfounded. How could this happen?

While he was stunned, Elizabeth's sweet laughter came from the back seat. Amid her laughter, Zhu Xianhai touched his hair a little embarrassedly and said.

"Even a good horse can stumble sometimes. It stalled, that's all..."

While chatting and laughing, Zhu Xianhai got out of the car again and shook the handle to restart the car.

After a while, the car rushed out with the loud roar of the motor...or should it be said, it drove out slowly.

…

"Isn't this speed a bit too fast?"

"Is it fast? Only 40 kilometers at most!"

"Hey, hey! Be careful, there's a carriage on the road. If you don't slow down, I'm going to shout!"

"Madam, when a man is driving, you'd better not talk beside him, it will affect driving safety."

Elizabeth couldn't help rolling her eyes, but she still couldn't help opening the car window and feeling the wind. The wind from the car window messed up her long hair, and the son in her arms felt the strong wind and laughed.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the car was extremely warm.

Half an hour later, Zhu Xianhai parked the car on the side of the road. Looking at the endless wheat fields on both sides of the road, holding the slightly hot front of the car with his hands, Zhu Xianhai glanced at the back seat of the car, then looked at the woman beside him. Seeing the child in her arms, he suddenly felt a pity in his heart.

“What a pity…”

"What?"

"nothing?"

While shaking his head to get rid of the sinister thought, Zhu Xianhai was a little curious. This car might be his invention!

Maybe this is his invention in the future!

I have set up a book club: 335260551. Everyone is welcome to join and discuss and deduce the plot together.

(End of this chapter)