Chapter 163 This Stone is Very Valuable
The kitten walked to the stone curiously and looked at it for a few times, then stretched out its little paw and gently moved it a few times, looking up at Li Mu: "This stone is not as beautiful as the one that Master Yogurt picked up."
"What stone?" Brother Nan also came over with his cell phone.
The clouded leopard looked at Brother Nan approaching and quietly moved closer to Li Mu, but did not run away in fear.
"Oh! A yellow stone." Brother Nan walked to Li Mu and looked at the stone curiously.
Suddenly, as if she thought of something, she immediately turned off the live broadcast, squatted on the ground, picked up the stone and observed it carefully.
"Hey Li Mu, the more I look at this stone, the more it looks like a gold nugget." Brother Nan weighed the stone a few times in his hand, turned his head and looked up at Li Mu.
"It does look like natural gold and stone." Li Mu nodded.
"Hey! You're going to be rich now!" Brother Nan grinned, stood up, and handed the gold and stone in his hand to Li Mu.
Li Mu reached out and took it.
Brother Nan rubbed his sleeve twice, looked down at his palm, rubbed it twice again, and then continued: "I just weighed it, this stone is about two kilograms."
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Li Mu looked at his cuffs and couldn't help but glance at Brother Nan.
"What are you looking at me for? Look at the stone." Brother Nan stared at him strangely, "Hurry up and see if this is a nugget of gold."
Li Mu pursed his lips and said nothing.
Anyway, recently, except for underwear, most of his clothes were washed by Brother Nan.
Besides, what Brother Nan rubbed was just the clouded leopard's saliva and a little dirt on the ground. The most important thing is that he doesn't need to wash it if it gets dirty.
Thinking of this, Li Mu just pretended that nothing had happened and concentrated on looking at the stone.
Brother Nan is right. This stone doesn’t look big, but it is quite heavy. It must be because of its high density.
From this point of view, it is very likely that it is a natural gold stone.
However, to be on the safe side, Li Mu decided to test it again using the method of testing gold.
If it is really natural gold and stone, the confidentiality level of this protected area will have to be raised to a higher level.
Li Mu called Clouded Leopard back to the courtyard.
The kitten and a group of cubs gathered at his feet like followers, looking up at the stone in his hand.
"Mr. Yogurt, don't bring them so close, they will step on you." Li Mu stopped and said to the kitten under his feet.
"Master Yogurt won't be stepped on."
“We won’t get stepped on either.”
Li Mu shook his head. They were very curious and wanted to see how he measured the stones. It was impossible to ask them to stay away.
Just be careful when walking.
"What are you doing in the kitchen?" Brother Nan followed behind.
"Measure for gold."
"Oh, it's fire, right?"
"It's not just fire." Li Mu walked into the kitchen and looked at the wall behind the stove, which was covered with white tiles.
Li Mu picked up the stone in his hand and scratched the white tile hard, and a golden scratch appeared on the tile.
"What does this mean?" Brother Nan walked to the stove and reached out to touch the golden mark.
"Yellow stones are not necessarily gold. For example, pyrite, chalcopyrite, and phlogopite are all yellow and are sometimes mistaken for gold."
Li Mu looked at the scratches on the white tiles. "If it's pyrite, it will leave green-black or brown marks on the white tiles, while chalcopyrite will leave green-black marks."
"How do you know so much about gold?" Brother Nan glanced at Li Mu, "Do you often buy gold for young girls? You must have gained experience."
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Li Mu always felt that Brother Nan's tone of voice was not right, but he didn't know what was wrong for a moment, so he just said truthfully, "My parents used to be in the jewelry business, and when I was a kid I often saw all kinds of gold and gemstones, so I naturally understood more after seeing more."
"I see."
Brother Nan breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at Li Mu. "Your family has been making jewelry since you were a child. It must be a big brand now, right? What brand? Why haven't you ever mentioned it?"
"They are divorced and both are abroad."
"sorry"
"It's okay. They separated when I was in the sixth grade. It's been more than ten years now. I'm used to it." Li Mu smiled and handed the stone to Brother Nan, "You try to test it too." "Ah? Oh, you didn't test it, it's real." Brother Nan subconsciously took the stone.
"It would be safer to test it a few more times."
"it is good."
Brother Nan put the stone on the chopping board and gently scratched it with a kitchen knife, leaving a knife mark on the stone.
"The higher the purity of gold, the softer its texture. It seems that the gold content of this stone is very high." Li Mu touched the kitten that had jumped onto the stove a long time ago and was peeking at the stone.
Brother Nan glanced at Li Mu and found that his expression was the same as usual, so he felt relieved, "Take the yogurt away, I'll boil it again."
Li Mu picked up the kitten, and Brother Nan turned on the gas stove, clamped the stone with a clamp, and put it on the fire to burn.
"It can be confirmed that this is real gold nuggets." Brother Nan turned off the fire and put the stone on the stove.
“It’s real gold, but it’s not necessarily nugget gold.”
"What do you mean?"
"Do you know the book 'The Exploitation of the Works of Nature'?"
"Do you really think I'm an idiot? I just guessed my way through the exam!" Brother Nan clenched his fists and resisted the urge to hit him. "It was written by that inventor from the Ming Dynasty named Song something."
"Song Yingxing."
Li Mu smiled, but looking at Brother Nan's expression, in order to avoid physical pain, he said directly:
"He recorded in Tiangong Kaiwu where gold comes from and what it is called. He said: There are about a hundred gold-producing areas in China, which are difficult to enumerate.
"Gold produced from rocks in the mountains: the big ones are called horseshoe gold, the medium ones are called olive gold and belt-crotch gold, and the small ones are called melon seed gold.
"Gold found in water and sand is called dog-head gold if it is big, and bran gold or chaff gold if it is small. Gold found by digging wells on flat ground is called flour gold, and the big one is called bean-grain gold. All of them need to be washed and smelted into blocks."
"So this stone is indeed gold, but to know for sure whether it is nugget gold or not, we need to ask Clouded Leopard where he picked it up."
After Li Mu finished speaking, he looked at Brother Nan. Brother Nan's eyes were lifeless, and he looked like he was daydreaming in class.
"Oh, then let's go ask the clouded leopard." Feeling that Li Mu had stopped talking, Brother Nan's eyes suddenly regained focus. He touched the stone tentatively, and when he found that it was not hot, he picked it up and walked out.
When passing by Li Mu, he was still muttering, "You are talking so much nonsense, why don't you just ask Clouded Leopard directly?"
Li Mu pursed his lips and looked down at the kitten in his arms. The kitten also looked up at him, "Ni Mu, is this stone called gold better than the stone picked up by Master Yogurt?"
"Neither piece is better, they have different meanings and functions."
"Which one is better?"
"Lord Yogurt's peridot can protect the house, but this piece of gold is more valuable."
“Valuable~”
“Valuable means it can be exchanged for a lot of money.”
"What is money?"
Li Mu thought for a moment, "Money is to humans what mice are to Lord Yogurt. Lord Yogurt cannot live without mice, and similarly, humans cannot live without money."
"That's a lot of money, that's a lot of rats!"
"Lord Yogurt is extremely smart."
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The kitten's expression suddenly became serious, "That stone is very valuable!"
"Although it is valuable, it is not ours."
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Maoer stared at Li Mu blankly, "This is a gift from the clouded leopard."
"Yes."
"That's ours!"
“It’s the state’s.”
"nation?"
"There are laws that stipulate that gold ore unearthed from the ground does not belong to individuals, but to the collective, that is, the state."
"The clouded leopard gave it to us!" said the cat seriously.
Thanks to for the monthly ticket!
ps: Sorry, the update is late today. I stayed up all night to refresh the Little Yellow Dragon and passed it!
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