Chapter 392: Resolute
Han Zheng was a little emotionally broken when he learned that the big cat beast on the other side of the creek was not a leopard, a few seconds ago he was still fighting in his heart about whether he should leave Xiao Nan to escape alone, but a few seconds later he was told that it was an oversized cat, which felt like he had been subjected to a prank specially designed to play tricks on him.
"Xiao Han, did you bring a mobile machine, take a few pictures of it, this guy is hard to see!" Xiao Nan behind him lowered his voice and reminded carefully.
"Oh, good!" Han Zheng seemed to wake up like a dream, the limbs that had been restrained by fear and couldn't move just now suddenly regained their self-restraint, he hurriedly took out his hand to unlock the interface and open the camera program, but when he finished all these preparations, when he raised his head again, he was stunned to find that the big cat on the other side of the creek had quietly disappeared for some time, and there was no trace left on the empty pebble beach, as if the fierce guy had never appeared.
"Oh, Xiao Han, you are really, you can't move quickly, you see, let's run......" Xiao Nan complained with some dissatisfaction: "I originally wanted to take a few photos and bring them back for everyone to see......"
Han Zheng ignored Xiao Nan's complaints, sat on the pebble beach with weak legs and a fart, and wiped the sweat beads from his forehead with his hands. "Xiao Cheng, are you sure that thing is really...... Not a leopard?" he asked, apprehensively.
"The scientific name of this thing is the lynx, also known as the bobcat, but it is actually an oversized wild cat. Xiao Nan saw that the back of Han Zheng's shirt was soaked in cold sweat, and felt a little funny in her heart. "What's so scary about a cat?"
"But...... That thing is so big, it looks stronger than the native dogs in the countryside, and no one will think of it as a cat when they see it......" Han Zheng defended himself.
"No matter how big it is...... it's also a cat," Xiao Nan explained with a smile: "In the classification of animals, the cat family is divided into cats and leopards, not by their size, but by whether they can roar...... Oh, by the way, Xiao Han, do you know what the mountain people in the Taihang Mountains call this guy?"
"How do I know ......" Han Zheng shook his head blankly. He couldn't help but be a little curious, where did Xiao Nan get this strange knowledge. "They don't call that thing a cat, do they?"
Xiao Nan smiled and shook his head, and said, "You've always heard the word earth leopard, right?"
"What?Earth Leopard?" Han Zheng was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help laughing: "How is it possible, isn't the Earth Leopard used to describe a countryman who has never seen the world?"
Xiao Nan shook his head again: "It's not...... You know the leopard, right? The pattern on the body is like a copper coin in ancient times, so it is called the leopard, and the leopard is ......."
"Oh...... I understand!" Han Zheng patted his head and suddenly realized: "Although that thing looks like a leopard just now, it doesn't have spots like a leopard, that is, because it has no money, it will be called a soil leopard!"
This time, Xiao Nan finally nodded and said with a smile: "So, the difference between having money and not having money is too big, even animals are like this......"
Han Zheng, who was still giggling, seemed to be touched by Xiao Nan's unintentional joke, the smile on his face gradually condensed, and he looked back at the last place where the lynx disappeared, looking thoughtful......
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Under Xiao Nan's patient guidance, Han Zheng disassembled the seat cushion of the off-road trail locomotive, removed the water from the air filter and exhaust pipe, restarted the engine, and after several failed attempts, finally relied on the foot starting lever to hit the car.
"Great, we succeeded!" Han Zheng raised his arms proudly and cheered. Although Xiao Nan was carefully guiding on the side, after all, this was the first time in his life that he had repaired a locomotive by himself, and he actually repaired it, and he felt a sense of accomplishment.
"It's repaired, it's repaired, but will you drive it?" Xiao Nan sat on the big pebble, holding his chin with one hand, and looked at Han Zheng a little helplessly. The old injuries on her body have not healed, and her movements are a little bigger, and she is in pain, and she can't drive in this state.
Because he had just repaired an off-road motorcycle that he couldn't understand before, Han Zheng's self-confidence was a little bursting at this time, and he patted Xiao Nan's chest and said, "It's okay, you teach me well, I'm sure I'll be able to learn it soon!"
Although he didn't have much hope for Han Zheng, Xiao Nan still nodded in agreement. She asked Han Zheng to ride on the car, and first told him about the various control parts on the car: "The left hand is the clutch, the right hand is the front brake, the left toe is the gear lever, and the downward step is the first gear, and the right foot is the rear brake ......."
Although Han Zheng had never driven this kind of geared locomotive, he quickly realized from Xiao Nan's explanation that driving a motorcycle with gears is actually the same as driving a manual transmission car, and it is necessary to disconnect the engine power through the clutch to change gears, but the motorcycle puts the clutch handle on the left handlebar and the gear lever on the left toe.
Anyway, after all, Han Zheng also has experience in driving cars, and it is not particularly difficult to learn to drive a motorcycle. After overcoming the initial difficulties of starting out and shifting to suffocate the engine, Han Zheng finally slowly adapted to this off-road trail locomotive, and slowly ran on the path by the stream with a low throttle.
Han Zheng drove the off-road forest road locomotive back and forth in the pebble beach a few times, and felt that he was already a little sure, so he drove the car back to Xiao Nan's side, and tilted his head at her pretending to be chic: "Get in the car, I'll take you back!"
Xiao Nan looked up at Han Zheng, who was riding on the saddle with a lively spirit, and asked cautiously, "You...... Okay?"
"No, this little car is not as difficult to drive as I thought. Han Zheng confidently patted the back seat and said to Xiao Nan: "Come on, I want to surprise everyone!"
"But, but will you drive across the stream?" Xiao Nan reminded: "Don't be like Xiao Tong, drive to the deepest part of the water level and lose control, and then drop the two of us into the water!"
"Huh?" Han Zheng was immediately a little deflated when he heard this, and let him, a novice who had only learned motorcycles for more than ten minutes, drive an off-road forest road motorcycle and rush over a knee-deep stream......
However, maybe it is every boy's instinct to be a hero in front of the girl he likes, Han Zheng was reluctant to give up so easily, he looked at Xiao Nan's beautiful almond eyes, hesitated slightly, and finally decided to take a risk.
"Why don't I go for a run myself?" Han Zheng said, but his tone didn't sound very confident.
"No, forget it, don't take any chances, anyway, everyone will come back to pick me up later. Xiao Nan obviously has no confidence in Han Zheng, the stream is turbulent, the water is full of round and slippery pebbles, and the wheels are slippery, even an old driver must be cautious, not to mention Han Zheng, who has just learned to drive a gear locomotive?
Sensing Xiao Nan's expression of distrust in his ability, Han Zheng's psychology of wanting to be reckless in front of girls was stimulated, he turned his heart sideways, blew two throttles and loosened the clutch and drove away.
"Hey, Han Zheng, don't be too reluctant!" Xiao Nan shouted to stop but it was too late, Han Zheng rode on an off-road motorcycle and ran to the side of the stream, pinched the brakes and stopped and stretched out his head to look into the water, as if he was observing which path to take to cross the water with the highest success rate.
"Han Zheng, Han Zheng, come back quickly!" Xiao Nan saw that he was really going to drive across the water, and he was very anxious but had nothing to do, so he could only watch the front wheels of the off-road vehicle disappear into the water little by little.
Han Zheng is a novice after all, he didn't dare to rush the car directly from the shore into the creek like an old driver like an old driver, he just used a gear to hit the throttle to maintain a high speed and slowly go into the water, but even so, the slippery pebbles under the water still caused him a lot of trouble, as soon as he was pressed by the tires, he rolled around, the tires did not have any grip at all, the off-road vehicle twisted back and forth in the creek as if drunk, and several times the body shook off and almost lost its balance, in a hurry, Han Zheng stretched out his feet to support the bottom of the water with his strength and did not let the car slip, and finally drove the locomotive to the opposite bank without danger。
"I've succeeded!" Han Zheng shouted excitedly to Xiao Nan on the other side as soon as he got out of the car.
Although in Xiao Nan's opinion, Han Zheng's level of water crossing is not worth making a fuss about, but seeing this guy so happy, she doesn't want to pour cold water, and stretching out a thumbs up at Han Zheng from a distance is her congratulations.
"Well, I can do it!" Han Zhengran said with some pride: "Although I am only a novice, I can also walk the path that you veteran drivers can take!"
"Mmmm, you're so powerful......" Xiao Nan couldn't help but laugh when she saw Han Zheng's self-swelling appearance.
"Now you should have confidence in me, right?" Han Zheng said to Xiao Nan with a smug face: "You wait, I'll drive back to pick you up." So saying, he turned the car around on the shore, intending to cross the creek again to the other side.