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Chapter 802: Fat Crab Legs

"I'm back!"

"dad!"

"dad!"

Huang Xiaochuan was busy handing the briefcase to Yu Xiang while responding to his two children.

"What happened today? Why are you only coming back now?" Yu Xiang asked Huang Xiaochuan as she disinfected his briefcase.

"My teacher's niece and her family moved from Taiwan to Shanghai. I just went to my teacher's place and saw them, and we chatted for a while."

Yu Xiang asked in surprise, "Really?" But then urged the man to take a shower, "Go take a shower first, we're waiting for you to eat together, we'll talk more later."

"Um!"

Yu Xiang always insisted that, unless it was a business trip, a business banquet, or a social event, the family had to eat together, and no one could be missing. Moreover, her two children were not allowed to touch their chopsticks unless Huang Xiaochuan sat down at the table. Huang Xiaochuan had thought this was unnecessary, but Yu Xiang insisted on it and clearly explained her reasons.

First, cultivate patience and respect in your children; second, teach them social etiquette and rules; and third, strengthen their sense of belonging to the family.

Therefore, Yu Xiang subtly integrates respect, care, order, and a sense of responsibility into the daily lives of her two children in this way, so that they eventually become part of their character. Yu Xiang believes that this kind of family education method has the lowest cost but the highest return.

After understanding Yu Xiang's intentions, Huang Xiaochuan stopped saying anything and actively cooperated with Yu Xiang's actions. Unless he was out socializing or on a business trip, he would go home on time to have dinner with his wife and children.

After dinner, the children returned to their rooms to do their homework as usual, while Yu Xiang took a leisurely stroll in the yard with her husband's arm in hers, a custom known as a digestive exercise.

The two strolled along, chatting as they went.

"Hey, your teacher's niece and her family are here. Why don't you have dinner with them?"

"I only found out they had moved to Shanghai when I met them. Tonight, let them have a good meal with the teacher. In a few days, after they have settled in, our family will treat them to a meal."

Yu Xiang nodded upon hearing this. This arrangement was the most appropriate and formal for a man.

The decision to invite Wang Lan's family to dinner was made during the couple's walk.

Autumn has arrived, the weather is getting cooler, and many ginkgo leaves have already fallen to the ground.

The two were tired from walking, so they sat down in a pavilion in the courtyard. At this time, Li Huan came over and told them that Yu Wei and Tang Yuan and his wife had arrived.

Upon hearing this, Huang Xiaochuan stood up first, then pulled Yu Xiang along, saying, "Come on, let's go inside!"

After entering the house, I learned that Yu Wei had gotten two baskets of crabs today and had specially brought one basket over.

Upon seeing his sister and brother-in-law, Yu Wei exclaimed, "Come and take a look! These crabs are absolutely enormous!"

"Big sister, brother-in-law." Tang Yuan, who came with Yu Wei, greeted Huang Xiaochuan and Yu Xiang.

When Yu Xiang met Tang Yuan, she started chatting with her about everyday things.

Huang Xiaochuan likes to eat crabs. When he heard Yu Wei's words, he went over to take a look. Sure enough, each crab was quite large. Huang Xiaochuan even reached into the bamboo basket and rummaged around. He estimated that each male crab weighed about eight ounces and each female crab weighed about six ounces.

He then asked happily, "It's really big. Where did you get it? It must have been expensive, right?"

Yu Wei said proudly, "Genuine Yangcheng Lake crabs! This basket weighs thirty jin, which is exactly nine thousand yuan."

Huang Xiaochuan took the tissue from Yu Xiang and wiped his hands, asking curiously, "When did you go to Suzhou?"

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Yu Wei plopped down on the sofa: "My company arranged for me to go to Suzhou for two days of training. I just got back today. I asked my colleagues from Suzhou Customs to take us to Yangcheng Lake to find crab farmers to catch these crabs fresh from the lake. I guarantee these are genuine Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs, not 'washed crabs' (crabs that have been washed in the lake)."

With such delicious crabs placed in front of him, Huang Xiaochuan couldn't help but swallow hard. He loved this kind of crab. When the autumn wind blows, the crab legs are plump, and this is the time when the crabs are at their fattest. Thinking of the crab roe and crab paste inside, he just couldn't resist.

He suggested to his brother-in-law, "These crabs are so good, it's a waste to leave them like this. How about I steam a few now, and we can have some drinks?"

Yu Wei, of course, wouldn't object. "Sure!"

But the two women were unhappy, especially Yu Xiang: "We just had dinner, can't we wait until tomorrow to eat?"

Huang Xiaochuan argued confidently, "This thing won't keep. Rather than letting it die and be thrown away, we might as well eat it now. Besides, it doesn't have much meat, so it won't cause indigestion."

Yu Xiang knew that men had a taste for this, so she couldn't stop him anymore. She could only glare at her younger brother and blame him for bringing crabs at this time. Yu Wei, on the other hand, just looked up and pretended not to see anything.

Tang Yuan, standing nearby, chimed in, "Sister, just let them have a drink! Don't you know what kind of people they are?"

Yu Xiang could only compromise: "Drink less, I'll have Auntie get you some crabs."

Unexpectedly, Huang Xiaochuan stopped Yu Xiang: "No need, no need, steaming crabs is very simple, I can do it myself, I'll ask Auntie to help clean up later."

As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeves, picked up the basket of crabs, and headed towards the kitchen, calling out to Yu Wei as well: "Come on! Don't just sit there, go to the kitchen and help me chop some ginger."

Although Yu Wei was reluctant, he still went to the kitchen with her.

Seeing her man looking like such a glutton, Yu Xiang couldn't help but chuckle.

Tang Yuan praised Huang Xiaochuan from the side: "Brother-in-law is so much better. Yu Wei is far inferior in this respect. Let him go to the kitchen? He wouldn't even bother to pick up a fallen oil bottle."

Tang Yuan's words were a mix of praise and criticism. Yu Xiang was still a little unhappy to hear her complain about her younger brother, but she still comforted Tang Yuan: "Yu Wei is influenced by my dad. You know what kind of person my dad is. He never does housework. Yu Wei has also learned to do exactly the same thing. When I was at home, the housework was done by my mom, me, and Yu Min. I'm used to it."

Tang Yuan understood the implication in his sister-in-law's words and quickly tried to salvage the situation, saying, "Now we have a housekeeper to take care of all the housework. This is all thanks to you, sister and brother-in-law."

Seeing Tang Yuan's attitude, Yu Xiang didn't press the matter further, as she was gentle and knew that some things were best left unsaid.

Meanwhile, in the kitchen, Huang Xiaochuan and Yu Wei were busy at work. Although they rarely went into the kitchen these days, Huang Xiaochuan's skills were still there, especially since it was just something as simple as steaming crabs.

On the contrary, Yu Wei was clumsy. The crabs had been cleaned and put into the steamer, but Yu Wei hadn't even cut the ginger properly. The cuts were all crooked and messy.

Huang Xiaochuan, who was wiping his hands, couldn't stand it any longer and was afraid that Yu Wei would cut off his own finger, so he snatched the knife from his hand: "Alright, alright, go stand aside. You can't even hold a knife properly when you're cutting ginger."

Yu Wei retorted, still unconvinced: "I'm almost done cutting it!"

Huang Xiaochuan was amused and annoyed. He picked up a strip of ginger, about the thickness of a little finger, from the cutting board and asked him, "Tell me, is this the ginger you cut?"

Unfortunately, he underestimated Yu Wei's shamelessness: "I hadn't even finished cutting yet! And you snatched the knife away, really!"

"Okay! You win!" Huang Xiaochuan felt that arguing with this guy was a waste of time, so he simply admitted defeat, found another piece of ginger, and quickly sliced ​​it into strips.