Chapter 163: This stone is very valuable
The kitten curiously walked to the stone and looked at it for a few times, then stretched out its little paw to gently poke it a few times, and looked up at Li Mu: "This stone has no yogurt. The small stones picked up by adults are beautiful.”
"What kind of stone?" Brother Nan also came over with his mobile phone.
Clouded Leopard looked at Brother Nan who was approaching, quietly moved towards Li Mu, but ran away without being afraid anymore.
"Oh! Yellow stone." Brother Nan walked to Li Mu and looked down 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, why does this stone look more and more like gold nugget to me?" Brother Nan weighed the stone a few times in his hands, turned his head and looked up at Li Mu.
"It does look like natural gold and stone." Li Mu nodded.
"Hey! Then you will get rich now!" Brother Nan grinned, stood up, and handed the gold stone in his hand to Li Mu.
Li Mu reached out and took it.
Brother Nan rubbed it twice on the sleeve of his clothes, looked down at the palm of his hand, rubbed it twice more, and then continued: "I just weighed it, and this stone weighs almost two kilograms."
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Li Mu looked at his sleeves and couldn't help but glance at Brother Nan.
"Look at what I'm doing? Look at the stone." Brother Nan stared at him with a strange look on his face, "Look and see if this is nugget gold."
Li Mu pursed his lips and said nothing.
Anyway, during the recent period, except for the close-fitting clothes, most of his clothes were washed by Brother Nan.
Besides, what Brother Nan only rubbed was the clouded leopard's saliva and a little bit of dirt on the ground. The most important thing was that he didn't need to wash it if it got dirty.
Thinking of this, Li Mu just pretended that nothing happened and concentrated on looking at the stone.
Brother Nan is right. This stone does not look big, but it is not light. This should be due to its high density.
From this point of view, it is very likely that it is a natural gold stone.
However, for the sake of safety, Li Mu decided to test it according to the method of testing gold.
If it is really a natural gold stone, the level of secrecy in this protected area will probably be raised to a higher level.
Li Mu greeted Clouded Leopard and walked back to the small courtyard.
The kitten and a group of cubs gathered around his feet like followers, staring up at the stone in his hand.
"Master Yoghurt, don't bring them so close, they will step on you." Li Mu stopped and said to the kitten at his feet.
"Yoghurt-sama will not 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 keep them away.
Just have to be careful when walking.
"What are you doing in the kitchen?" Brother Nan followed behind.
"Testing for gold."
"Oh, it's burning, right?"
"There's not just one kind of fire." Li Mu walked into the kitchen and looked at the wall behind the stove, which was covered with white ceramic tiles.
Li Mu picked up the stone in his hand and scratched it hard against the white tile, and a golden scratch appeared on the tile.
"What's this?" Brother Nan walked to the stove and reached out to touch the golden trace.
"Yellow stones are not necessarily gold. 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, the scratches on the white tiles will be green-black or brown, while the scratches on the white tiles will be green-black."
"Why do you know so much about gold?" Brother Nan glanced sideways at Li Mu, "Do you often buy gold for the little girl to gain experience?"
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Li Mu always felt that the tone of Brother Nan's words didn't sound right, but he didn't know what was wrong for the moment. He just said truthfully, "My parents used to be in the jewelry business. When I was a child, I often looked at all kinds of gold and gemstones. I saw a lot of them." Naturally, you will understand better.”
"That's it."
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. Now it's a big brand, right? What brand? Why have I never heard of you?"
"They are divorced and both are abroad."
"sorry"
"It's okay. They separated when I was in the sixth grade of elementary school. It's been more than ten years now and I'm used to it." Li Mu smiled and handed the stone to Brother Nan, "You can also test it." Huh? Oh, didn’t you test it? It’s true.” Brother Nan subconsciously took the stone.
"It would be safer to test it a few more times."
"good."
Brother Nan put the stone on the chopping board and lightly scratched it with a kitchen knife, leaving a knife mark on the stone.
"The higher the purity of the gold, the softer the texture. It seems that this stone has a high gold content." Li Mu touched the kitten that had jumped on the stove and was looking at the stone.
Brother Nan glanced at Li Mu and found that his expression was the same as usual, so he felt relieved and said, "Take the yogurt away and I will burn 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.
"I'm sure it's real gold nugget." 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 "Tiangong Kaiwu"?"
"You really take me for granted. You're relying on deception in the exam!" Brother Nan clenched his fists and resisted the urge to hit him. "Isn't it the inventor of the Ming Dynasty, whose name is Song?"
"Song Yingxing."
Li Mu smiled, but looking at Brother Nan's appearance, in order to avoid the pain of flesh and blood, he spoke directly: "He recorded in Tiangong Kaiwu where gold came from and what its name was, and he said this Of: There are about a hundred gold-producing areas in China, too numerous to enumerate.
"From the mountain rocks, the big ones are called horseshoe gold, the medium ones are called olive gold and crotch gold, and the small ones are called melon seed gold.
"The big ones found in the water and sand are called dog-head gold, and the small ones are called bran wheat and bran gold. The ones found by digging wells on the flat land are called noodle gold, and the big ones are called bean-grain gold. They are all washed first and then smelted into pieces. "
"So it is true that this stone is gold, but whether it is nugget gold or not, you have to ask the Clouded Leopard where he picked it up."
After Li Mu finished speaking, he looked at Brother Nan. Brother Nan's eyes were dull, as if he had deserted in class.
"Oh, then go ask Clouded Leopard." Feeling that Li Mu had stopped speaking, Brother Nan's eyes returned to focus. He tentatively touched the stone and found that it was no longer hot. He picked it up and walked out.
When passing by Li Mu, he was still muttering in his mouth, "It's a lot of verbosity, just ask Clouded Leopard."
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 Mr. Yoghurt?"
"No one is better, the meanings are different, and the functions are different."
"Which one is better?"
"Master Yoghurt's peridot can be used to house your house, but this piece of gold is more valuable."
"Valuable~"
"It's valuable because it can be exchanged for a lot of money."
"What is money?"
Li Mu thought for a while, "Money is to humans what rats are to Yogurt Master. Yogurt Master cannot live without rats. Similarly, people cannot live without money."
"That's a lot of money, a lot of mice!"
"Master Yoghurt is extremely smart."
"!"
The kitten suddenly became serious, "That stone is very valuable!"
"Although it's valuable, it's not ours."
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Mao'er looked at Li Mu blankly, "This is what Clouded Leopard gave to us."
"Yes."
"That's ours!"
"It belongs to the country."
"nation?"
"There are laws that stipulate that gold ore unearthed from the ground does not belong to individuals, but belongs to the collective, that is, the state."
"The clouded leopard gave it to us!" Mao'er said seriously.
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ps: Sorry, the update is late today. I spent all night brushing the little yellow dragon last night and passed it!
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