Chapter 1330 Let’s Start Work (1/2)

Gold nugget or dog head gold was a Chinese term for some naturally occurring deposits of impure gold that usually consisted of a combination of pure gold, quartz, and other minerals.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.

It was said that the shape of such gold deposits was similar to the head of a dog, hence the name, but in foreign countries, it was sometimes called horseshoe gold, because foreigners thought it looked like a horseshoe in its primal state.

Whatever one called it, such natural gold deposits were extremely rare and precious in every age and country.

Li Du stopped his motorcycle and went to the puddle to think about how to dig it out. Of course, the water in the hole was frozen into ice and had not melted yet.

The gold happened to be right under the pool. To dig it up, he had to break the ice.

Li Du took out the pistol he was carrying and tried it. He tapped the ice with the handle of the gun. The ice made a dull sound. Obviously, it would be difficult to break the ice.

He could not find help, nor could he explain how he had found the hidden object.

He was distressed when Ah Ow and the others ran over. The three little ones lined up beside him, looking at the ice in the pool as he did.

After a while, Ah Meng huffed and puffed to catch up. The poor honey badger was not good at long-distance running. The motorcycle was not fast, but it was still difficult for a honey badger to follow.

Li Du thought it had gone back to the camp, but it turned out Ah Meng had kept on running after him. This tenacity was typical of the honey badger.

Ah Meng lay down flat when it got near the puddle, then gave out a relieved sigh as if it was saying, Ah, this was so tiring, I can finally rest.

Li Du looked at it and smiled. Ah Meng accidentally looked up and saw this smile, and immediately looked wary. It had a bad premonition, recalling that every time its father smiled there was something he was planning.

Li Du reached out his hand and touched the small flathead. He laughed. ”Are you tired? Ah Meng, are you tired of chasing after me all the way?”

Ah Meng didn't know what Li Du was mumbling about, but its little black eyes looked panicked.

Li Du continued serenely, ”Rest first. Don't worry. After rest, you'll do some work. Help daddy to dig up something.”

That was his plan. He was going to follow a curved path and get Ah Meng to dig from the ground next to the puddle, all the way down to the bottom, and retrieve the gold nugget.

After a rest, Ah Meng managed to breathe a little more freely. Li Du pulled it up and began to teach it to dig holes along the route.

The frozen hole was not big. Its diameter was only three or four meters, and Li Du soon found the nearest route to the gold nugget. Ah Meng only needed to dig two to three meters deep.

He found a good position, and Ah Meng soon dug in with his two front claws.

The ground was thawing, and the soil was firm, but not frozen solid. Honey badgers had sharp claws and were extremely good at digging deep holes.

Since Ah Meng was working, the others could not just stand by and watch. Li Du looked at Ah Meow and Ah Ow and said, ”What are you looking at? Let's make the hole bigger.”

Except for Ali who escaped from the hole digging job because it was not good at digging, the other three had to pitch in.

The three little ones worked while Li Du pondered where the gold nugget might have come from.

As for the source of this precious metal, there were generally two theories in the scientific world. One was that such gold nuggets with impurities were formed from the fall of a meteor rich in gold, composed of a gold-rich ore formed during the geological period of golden rain.