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After catching a basket of crabs, the two men headed home.

Xu Wenyan put some leaves on top of the backpack, otherwise the crabs inside would feel uneasy and run around.

When we arrived at Xiaohu's house, Xiaohua and Xiaodong were playing with Old Lady Zhang in the yard.

Mrs. Zhang is already in her sixties this year, but she looks relatively healthy. I heard from Xiaohu before that the old lady suffers from severe knee pain when it rains, and the pain has not been cured for many years.

There are only two people, grandparents and grandchildren, living in the small courtyard. Now putting two little kids in the courtyard makes it lively.

Xu Wenyan watched from afar the old lady smiling kindly at her two little kids. She must like them.

"Grandma Zhang." Chen Sanlin is a quiet person, so Xu Wenyan has to deal with the social etiquette.

Old Mrs. Zhang turned around with a smile on her face. She thought for a while before speaking: "It's Sanlin's wife. Come to pick up Xiaohua and Xiaodong."

Xu Wenyan nodded and took out two persimmons from the cloth bag and gave them to Old Mrs. Zhang, because they didn't pick many in total and left a few for the two little ones.

"Thank you so much for bothering you. We picked them in the mountains. They are very sweet." In order to prevent the old lady from refusing, Xu Wenyan directly broke them open for her to taste. However, he failed to break them open the first time, so Chen Sanlin came to help.

"No trouble, no trouble. I wish these two little guys could come and play with an old woman like me."

Xu Wenyan also smiled at Old Lady Zhang: "As long as you like it."

Because the people in the village had never eaten crabs, Xu Wenyan didn't give them any. He went back to prepare them and asked Chen Sanlin to send a few over.

Chen Dong looked at the persimmon in Mrs. Zhang's hand with envy, licked his lips carefully, but still didn't say anything.

Xu Wenyan walked home, holding one in each hand: "Look what uncle brought you." He took out two more persimmons from the cloth bag, which the brother and sister could hold with both hands.

"It's a persimmon! Thank you, uncle." Chen Dong couldn't wait to take a bite. The child's mouth was small and the persimmon skin was all over his mouth, but Chen Dong still smiled happily.

The village chief’s family is the only one in the village that has a persimmon tree. Every year, the fruits are given to his beloved son and daughter-in-law, and no outsiders get a chance to eat them.

"Uncle, this is for you. Xiaodong and I will just have one." Chen Xiaohua handed the persimmon in her hand to Xu Wenyan. Chen Dong also echoed in a baby voice: "Give it to uncle."

Xu Wenyan rubbed the two children’s heads…they were quite oily. He had to give them a bath and wash their hair tonight.

"Uncle has eaten, this is left for you. If you can't finish it, save it for tomorrow."

After returning to the yard, Xu Wenyan began to process the basket of crabs.

When Chen Xiaohua saw such a big bug-like thing, she dropped the persimmon in her hand in shock: "Ah! Little uncle, I'm scared."

"Haha, what are you afraid of? You are so big and it is so small, so it should be it that is afraid of you." When making toothbrushes before, Xu Wenyan asked Chen Sanlin to use the remaining horsetail hair to make two larger brushes, which can be used now.

"Xiaohua, go boil a big pot of water and go to the inner room to take a bath with your brother. Use the fireplace to light a fire so it won't be cold." Xu Wenyan was really busy, and even if she was a little girl, he wouldn't be able to help Xiaohua take a bath, so just leave it to them themselves.

"it is good."

After the two younger ones left, he and Chen Sanlin began to clean the crabs one by one with brushes.

"The water is cold, I can do it myself." Chen Sanlin looked at Xu Wenyan's hands that were already red from the cold and felt a little distressed.

Xu Wenyan also looked at his own hands. Because of his fair skin, his hands looked really red from the cold. "I'll wash two more and then go cook. Aren't we going to eat at my second uncle's house tomorrow? You can pick a few big ones and bring them over."

"it is good."

At dinner time.

Xu Wenyan went into the inner room with a few washed crabs, prepared ginger slices, set up the pot and put them directly into the pot to cook. The sister and brother had already started taking a bath next door. The towels used at home were all cotton cloth brought back by Xu Wenyan, and everyone used them with extra care.

While cooking, chop some garlic into a bowl, add a spoonful of salt and some soy sauce, and the seasoning is ready.

"Xu Wenyan, everything has been washed, now what should we do?"

Hearing the shouting in the yard, Xu Wenyan didn't want to go out, so he shouted in the inner room: "Just cover it with a frame!"

"it is good!"

When the fishy smell of the crabs is almost gone, take them out and start steaming them. It will take about ten minutes.

While they were waiting, the two little ones had already smelled the fragrance and came over from next door. They stared at the contents of the pot with wide eyes and curiosity. This was a fragrance they had never smelled before.

Xu Wenyan felt bad when he saw that the brother and sister were still wearing the dirty clothes, so he decided to hurry up and finish the clothes.

"You two should dry your hair. It's easy to catch a cold if it's wet."

After Chen Sanlin moved the table to the inner room and closed the door, the house was already very warm because of the fireplace.

The one adult and two children looked at the crabs that Xu Wenyan brought to the table and were a little at a loss. How come it turned orange-yellow, which was green before? It was really strange.

Xu Wenyan sat down with a smug look on his face: "Watch carefully, I will teach you how to eat it." Xu Wenyan first turned the crab over to expose its belly: "The belly part cannot be eaten, just throw it away. Then open the shell from the front. The white areas on the left and right sides are the gills, which cannot be eaten either. The middle part is the heart and stomach, which cannot be eaten either. Then the rest of the parts are edible."

Put the divided crab meat into the two little guys' bowls first: "Try it."

Chen Dong originally wanted to grab it directly with his hands, but he was afraid that his uncle would dislike him if he did so. In the end, he picked it up slowly with chopsticks. He was so impatient that he tried several times but failed and was almost angry with himself.

The crab meat is delicate and fragrant with an excellent taste, especially the crab roe, which melts in your mouth as soon as you touch it with your tongue, releasing a rich crab flavor.

Chen Dong finally took a bite and waved his hands excitedly: "Uncle, the big spider is so delicious."

"Hahaha, this is not a spider, it's called a hairy crab." Seeing Chen Dong eating with relish, he gave some to Chen Sanlin. As for Xu Wenyan himself, he liked to eat crab legs, so the scissors he bought before came in handy.

Cut the thigh open and use the calf to push the meat inside the thigh and it will come out intact. The taste is pretty good. It is a little fishy than what we eat now because there is no cooking wine, but it is good overall.

Xu Wenyan taught it a few more times, and the three of them finally learned it. One should not eat too many crabs, as they are quite cold.

After Chen Sanlin sent a few to Xiaohu's home and taught him several times until he finally learned how to do it, Chen Sanlin asked Xiaohu to get ready to go up the mountain with him tomorrow.

"What's going on, Brother Sanlin? Are you going hunting again?" Xiaohu started asking with the crab claws still in his mouth.

"No, your sister-in-law wants to pick persimmons."

Xiaohu was stunned but nodded: "Okay." After that, Xiaohu looked at Chen Sanlin with a sly smile: "Brother Sanlin, did you and sister-in-law have sex?"

Chen Sanlin frowned: "What?"

"Ah? You've been married for half a month, and you haven't done anything yet?"

After a series of explanations to Chen Sanlin, Chen Sanlin's face visibly turned red: "How can you, a young man like you, say such shameless things?"

After leaving in a hurry, Chen Sanlin's mind was still lingering with the vicious words uttered by Xiaohu.