Mountain Looting: Targeted by a Leopard at the Start-Chapter 70 - A Fruitful Day
Chapter 70: Chapter 70 A Fruitful Day!
Chapter 70 -70 A Fruitful Day!
Having discovered another nesting spot for gold, Xu Yang felt extremely happy.
Throughout history, whenever the words “gold panning” were mentioned, people would become fanatic.
This was true both domestically and internationally.
Gold was always tempting.
Thinking about the countless scattered gold grains buried in the river, the entire river seemed to become rich and opulent.
“If I continue to explore downstream or upstream, perhaps I could find larger gold grains.”
“Now that I think about it, the river contains more valuable things than the forest.”
Walking back, Xu Yang thought to himself.
At this time, Little Leopard began to paw again at his trouser leg.
Xu Yang looked down and saw the little guy’s big eyes innocently looking up at him.
It seemed a bit tired and wanted to be held.
“It’s just that my hands are full and I still need to scout ahead, it’s inconvenient.”
“Alright, I will hold you.”
Xu Yang was carrying a mole cricket bag in one hand and a wooden stick in the other; he truly had no spare hand to hold it.
So, he simply placed it in the bamboo basket on his back and let it lie on top of the heaping golden mushrooms.
The little one, upon seeing the golden mushrooms, suddenly huffed angrily at them.
Xu Yang continued to wander along leisurely.
The female leopard still followed unhurriedly.
After a journey that involved climbing mountains and wading through waters, today’s Mountain Rushing also came to an end.
It had a bit more of an unexpected surprise than a usual Mountain Rushing.
If not for the Treasure Compass, perhaps even after a hundred or so years, nobody would have discovered the scattered gold grains in that seemingly ordinary stream.
This only proves that there must be a small gold mine in the mountain depths upstream.
The area’s mineral resources are equally abundant, so the presence of a gold mine is normal.
On the way back, Xu Yang had turned off the live stream early on.
The rest of the journey back wasn’t live-streamed either.
As he neared the farm, Xu Yang set Little Leopard down.
“Alright, you two go back.”
“If anyone comes into the mountains, hide well.”
“There are quite a few bad people around now.”
Xu Yang patted the two leopards before preparing to leave.
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He wasn’t too worried.
In this era, although there are poachers, very few dare to poach tigers and leopards.
The reason is simple; these animals are all over zoos, and tigers and leopards are highly protected, so poachers aren’t that foolish.
If they really want to trade, they would turn to unscrupulous zoos to buy farmed tigers.
Moreover, leopards are exceedingly alert, and aside from Xu Yang, they remain highly vigilant around anyone else.
It’s in their fierce nature to be so.
Xu Yang placed Little Leopard back in the female leopard’s arms and patted the female leopard’s head.
The gesture meant: I’m returning your baby to you.
The female leopard sighed, a hint of melancholy in her breath.
Little Leopard tried to chase after Xu Yang but was swiped back by the female leopard and then held tight, so the little one could only give up.
Another wonderful day.
It was now two-thirty in the afternoon.
Xu Yang returned to the farm and first went to the kitchen to find something to eat.
In simple terms, he boiled a pot of instant noodles, added a chicken leg, a few slices of braised pork, and an egg, and cooked them all together.
Xu Yang always thought that boiled noodles tasted much better than instant noodles. Boiled instant noodles still smelled aromatic.
The noodles were chewy.
This bowl of instant noodles could also be considered luxurious.
After he was full and satisfied, he rode the tricycle, taking the golden mushrooms and mole cricket, to the market to sell.
The mole crickets had all been placed in a red bucket and were very active.
The mountain goods market on weekdays was not as lively as on weekends.
But there were still many people around.
In the market, there were many permanent stalls set up with tents, and they were there virtually every day.
These stalls weren’t the focus.
What really attracted attention were the mountain runners returning from the mountains.
Many people couldn’t bear the hardships of mountain life and thought it too dangerous.
Mountain runners were a group living on the edge of danger, hustling for a living, so not many could go into the mountains, even fewer dared venture deep into the mountain forests.
Whenever a proper mountain runner arrived at the mountain goods market, as soon as they reached the entrance, a crowd of people would gather around them.
If there was fresh ginseng, it would be considered a top-grade hot commodity.
Previously, when Xu Yang came here, the middlemen hadn’t paid much attention to him.
After all, other mountain runners were all wearing military outfits, straw hats, with weather-beaten skin, looking very windblown.
He seemed too clean-cut, tall, and handsome, giving off a vibe that didn’t quite fit the mountain market.
But after a few visits, people started to recognize that Xu Yang’s Mountain Rushing ability was extremely formidable and that he always managed to find good stuff.
Now in the village, people call him “Little Leader”.
“Leader” is a term of respect, usually used for mountain runners who can lead a team into the mountains and who are trusted by everyone.
This was enough to show that Xu Yang now had a bit of a reputation.
The moment his tricycle arrived at the entrance of the mountain goods market, several people crowded around.
Among them were middlemen and buyers of mountain goods.
The best things at the mountain goods market are definitely those freshly sourced from the mountains.
Now Xu Yang didn’t even need to shout his wares, as long as he showed up, the crowd of onlookers would swell.
Xu Yang slowed down.
People peered into the bed of his tricycle.
Seeing the full crate of golden mushrooms, they nodded slightly in approval.
The golden mushroom is a fine product, never hard to sell at the mountain goods market.
Then, everyone caught sight of the mole crickets lively bouncing around in the red bucket.
“Damn, mole crickets, so many of them! They’re really big too!”
“Real mole crickets! Haven’t seen them in ages!”
“Lucky day today!”
“I’ll take half a pound of mole crickets, get a few; these mole crickets are big, huh!”
“How much are you selling these mole crickets for?”
People immediately became excited, clamoring with their offers.
Coming here to sell mountain goods, Xu Yang simply declared,
“The mole crickets I found are fresh from today, big-sized, pure wild, 500 a pound.”
Mole crickets are expensive, and the price varies with quality.
If they are the smaller kind, there are some bred ones available nowadays, but you can’t breed the big ones; they basically sell for 120, 130 a pound.
Small mole crickets are mainly used to make mole cricket tofu, which doesn’t have much meat if eaten directly, but has the right taste when made into mole cricket tofu.
For big-sized, pure wild mole crickets, the price is 500 a pound.
In times of scarcity, they can even go for up to 800 a pound.
Hearing Xu Yang’s price, a few people hesitated, but one person said outright,
“I’ll take them all.”
As his words fell, the expressions of the few people around him changed.
Damn, bro, you’re not following the rules, are you?
It’s so expensive, aren’t you going to haggle?
“Alright, no problem.”
Xu Yang readily agreed.
“I want some too!”
“I’ll buy half a pound!”
Two other people immediately stepped forward to say.
“I said I’ll take all, none of you made an offer just now.”
“I haven’t seen big mole crickets in ages, usually just have some mole cricket tofu.”
“Don’t you guys fight over it!”
The first person spoke up again.
Xu Yang parked his tricycle to the side, grabbed a black plastic bag, poured all the mole crickets from the bucket into it, and placed it on the scale.
“Three and a quarter pounds, I’ll charge you for three and a half, that’ll be 1750.”
Xu Yang stated.
“Sure.”
The other person was clearly not short on cash, promptly paying for the purchase.
While things are cheap here, that doesn’t mean there aren’t good, expensive items as well.
Most people might not have much money, but there are definitely those who are financially better off.
So there’s always a market for quality goods.
With the mole crickets sold, Xu Yang drove his tricycle further in, calling out to sell golden mushrooms.
Golden mushrooms were much cheaper, thirty bucks a pound.
The golden mushrooms Xu Yang found were all large-sized, so there were plenty of buyers.
A crate of mushrooms weighed about eight or nine pounds, and in the end, only the smaller mushrooms were left unsold; the rest had been bought up.
He took in more than two hundred and fifty in earnings.
In total, his daily income was around two thousand.
Of course, he still had four gold grains that Xu Yang hadn’t sold yet.
Such items had to be dealt with carefully.
If he took the gold grains to a gold recycling merchant, they would immediately recognize it as river gold and start to wonder where Xu Yang had panned it from.
Finding such large river gold nuggets surely indicated a treasure trove.
The best way to handle them was to melt the gold down himself, shape it into something that didn’t betray its origin.
He didn’t plan on selling just yet; better to hold onto them.
After all, gold is a form of asset.
Better to sell it when it’s needed.
