Chapter 164 Maybe There's a Gold Mine
The clouded leopard sat upright in the yard, secretly looking around the courtyard with a reserved expression.
Not far away, a group of golden monkeys were staring at it, as if they were monitoring it.
It smelled the scent of many top predators in this yard, which made its scalp tingle. If the two-legged beast that rescued it had not led it in, it would never have dared to enter this yard.
The two-legged beasts are really powerful, they can actually live with so many ferocious beasts.
If it were it, let alone living, I would be scared to death just by looking at it from a distance.
For example, the big tiger and the wild wolf it saw just now scared it so much that it hasn't recovered yet.
The clouded leopard stared at the awning in the yard in a daze, wondering what it was, and occasionally glanced at the entrance of the small building.
The two-legged beast went in with the stone and hasn't come out yet, and no one knows what it is doing.
Suddenly, there was some movement in the room.
The clouded leopard immediately turned its head back and stared at the door.
It was the cubs of the group of ferocious beasts, chattering about something as they walked out. Behind them was another two-legged beast, holding the stone that it had given to Li Mu.
"Oh, Boss Leopard!"
Brother Nan walked to a place not far from the clouded leopard, stopped, squatted on the ground, and looked at the clouded leopard at eye level. "Boss Leopard, you are so generous. Where did you pick up this stone? Do you have any more?"
The clouded leopard tilted its head, not knowing what the two-legged beast was talking about, and was a little confused for a moment.
Fortunately, the two-legged beast that came to rescue it also came out.
"I don't have anything suitable for you here, so I'll cut a leg of lamb as a return gift to you." Li Mu walked up to the clouded leopard and handed it the leg of lamb.
Clouded Leopard looked at the lamb leg, then looked up at Li Mu and shook his head, "No, thank you."
"I accept the hare and stone you gave me."
Li Mu bent down and touched the clouded leopard's head. "You have come all the way to send such a valuable gift. We humans have a saying that the thought behind a small gift is great. What's more, your gift is a generous one. If you don't accept this leg of lamb, I will feel bad."
The clouded leopard thought for a while, then opened its mouth and grabbed the lamb leg.
Li Mu smiled and said, "Thank you."
The clouded leopard glanced around, stood up with the lamb leg in its mouth and walked out the door.
It felt very stressed staying in this yard, so it prepared to go back since it had already given the things to the two-legged beasts.
"Wait a moment."
Li Mu called out to stop Clouded Leopard.
The clouded leopard stopped and looked back at him in confusion.
"I want to ask where you picked up the stone?" Li Mu looked at Brother Nan, and Brother Nan cooperated by spreading out his palm and showing Yunbao the gold and stone on his palm.
"In the mountains over there," the clouded leopard put down the lamb leg, looked around, and raised his paw to point in a direction. "I chased a hare to a big river and found it among the rocks by the river."
"Oh, I see." Li Mu nodded.
Although the animals know their way around, they have no concept of geography or direction in their minds. The environmental descriptions given by the clouded leopard can be matched to any mountain.
To know the exact address, Clouded Leopard has to take us there in person.
Thinking of this, Li Mu looked at the clouded leopard, "Can you take me to see it?"
"Sure." Clouded Leopard was a little confused, "Do you like rocks? I'll pick them up for you next time."
"Thank you, you don't have to pick it up."
Li Mu turned around and looked at Brother Nan, "I'm going out with Yunbao."
"I'm going to change my clothes, wait for me!" Brother Nan didn't wait for Li Mu to finish his words. He stuffed the stone in his hand into Li Mu's hand and ran into the house.
Li Mu smiled and looked down at the kitten.
As if they were in sync, the cat also looked up at him and said softly, "Master Yogurt, I'll go with you."
"I haven't even spoken yet."
"Master Yogurt is coming with you!"
"Okay, then Mr. Yogurt will come with me." Li Mu smiled.
"Li Mu, we want to go too!" When the cubs heard that Li Mu agreed to let Yogurt go, they also came over chattering.
"It's getting dark, and the mountain road is hard to walk on. You are still young, so stay home and be obedient."
"We're not small anymore. We've all grown taller!" The cubs were not convinced.
"I'll take you to the mountains to play during the day, okay?"
Li Mu squatted down and touched the cubs one by one to comfort them. "The clouded leopard said that there is a big river where we are going this time. We don't know the specific situation. It's dark and the road is slippery. What if we encounter danger?"
"We are not afraid!" the tiger cub sister said firmly.
"We're not afraid!" The rest of the cubs all followed.
Li Mu was at a loss and looked at the kitten beside him.
The kitten immediately understood and looked at the cub, "Tomorrow Master Yogurt is going to catch mice for making rat food. Who wants to go with Master Yogurt?"
"Me!" The tiger cub sister was still the first to respond.
"Let's go too!"
"Well, but you can only choose one between looking for rocks and catching mice. If you go looking for rocks, you can't catch mice with Master Yogurt. You make your choice."
"what?"
"You can only choose one?" The elder tiger cub lowered her head and looked at the other cubs.
There was confusion all over her little face.
After thinking for a while, the cubs still preferred to play with Suanrou and catch mice, so they looked at Li Mu aggrievedly and said, "Let's not go looking for stones."
Who can stand seeing such a group of cute little cubs looking at you with aggrieved look on their faces?
Li Mu's heart softened and he almost agreed to take them all with him.
Fortunately, Brother Nan came out after changing his clothes and asked what kind of meeting they were having, which brought Li Mu back to his senses.
"Be good and listen to me. In a few months, when you grow up, I will take care of you." Li Mu touched the cub, got up and went out.
It is inconvenient and slow for a clouded leopard to walk with a lamb leg in its mouth.
Li Mu helped the clouded leopard hold the lamb leg and let it run in front to lead the way.
Brother Nan picked up Yogurt, and together with Li Mu, followed the clouded leopard and ran into the mountains.
The sun set and the forest became dark, so Brother Nan took out a high-intensity flashlight to light the way.
After one hour.
The clouded leopard slowed down its pace and walked towards a patch of grass half a person's height.
Li Mu also followed behind with a flashlight.
There was a rustling sound in my ears, and when the wind blew, water vapor came to my face.
Brother Nan picked up a wooden stick and slapped the grass as he walked. In case there were any snakes in the grass, he could drive them away to avoid accidentally stepping on them.
After passing through the last clump of weeds, a mountain stream appeared before our eyes.
"It's this big river." Clouded Leopard stood on the bank of the mountain stream and turned to Li Mu and said.
The mountain stream meanders down from the mountain, forming many drops from high to low. The water flows down from the high place and falls on the low riverbed, splashing water.
Li Mu nodded, and the clouded leopard continued walking along the shore.
The kitten is like a forest ranger. When it arrives at an unfamiliar place, it will look around and sniff.
In such a dark night, humans need the help of flashlight to see the road clearly, but in the eyes of cats, it is no different from daytime.
After walking for a while, the clouded leopard stopped at a pile of rocks and said, "I picked up that stone right here."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work."
Li Mu handed the lamb leg to Clouded Leopard, "It's getting dark, this place should not be far from your territory, right? You can go back."
Yunbao didn't answer, but looked up at Li Mu, "Help."
"No, I already know this place, I'll just take a look and then go home."
The clouded leopard looked at Li Mu, thought for a while, picked up the lamb leg, and slowly walked towards the woods.
When he reached the edge of the woods, he stopped and looked back.
"Let's go, now you know the location of the courtyard. You can come to me if you have any problems in the future." Li Mu waved to Yunbao.
"Goodbye, Boss Leopard!" Brother Nan also waved to the clouded leopard.
"Don't eat the eggs too fast, or they will get stuck in your throat." The cat warned the clouded leopard with a serious face.
The clouded leopard nodded, turned and walked into the woods.
After the clouded leopard disappeared in the woods, the kitten turned around and continued her treasure hunt in the mountains.
"You came here to see if there are any more nugget gold. Oh, you're not sure if it is nugget gold. Do you want to see if there is any more gold?" Brother Nan shone a flashlight among the pile of rocks.
"It's a gold nugget."
"Ok?"
"Look at these stones." Li Mu pointed to the pile of rocks under his feet.
"What happened to this stone?"
Brother Nan used his flashlight to shine on the stones under his feet, and then on the mountain stream. Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind. "These stones were not originally here, but were washed here by the water. This place is flat and happens to be where the mountain stream turns, so when the stones were washed down, they were all piled here."
"Brother Nan is extremely smart." Li Mu praised.
The kitten that was scratching the stone stopped its claws and turned its head to stare at Li Mu.
"Are you treating me like a child, like yogurt?"
"Truthfully."
"Tsk!" Brother Nan didn't argue with him and shone his flashlight up the mountain stream. "Then this stone was washed down from the mountain by the water?"
"Yes."
"So even though I found it by the water, this stone is from the mountains, so it must be nugget gold, right?"
"Yes, it's gold nuggets."
"Oh." Brother Nan nodded, "So you came here to see if there are any more gold nuggets coming down?"
Li Mu smiled without saying anything, just looked at Brother Nan.
Brother Nan stared at Li Mu suspiciously, and then his eyes suddenly widened as if he understood something.
“There’s a gold mine here!?”
(End of this chapter)
