Chapter 213: Chapter 195, Friends Gathered_1
The day before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xiao Yeyang arranged for people to deliver big hairy crabs.
Looking at the five large bamboo baskets of big hairy crabs, Daohua was beaming with joy, insisting to the elderly Madam Yan that they could eat to their hearts’ content during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Yan Zhiyuan flipped through the main basket and expressed his amazement, “Indeed, these are worthy of being an Imperial Family tribute, this single crab must weigh close to a pound, right?” Smiling, he turned to Daohua, “Thanks to Daohua’s good fortune, our family is truly blessed with good food today.”
Madam Li estimated visually that the delivered crabs amounted to over a hundred pounds, then looked at Daohua, “Don’t just stand there happy, don’t you have a gift in return? Go on and fetch it.”
Upon hearing this, Daohua immediately left with a smile.
“This is for Xiao Yeyang!”
“This is for elder brother Dong, elder brother Su, elder brother Zhou.”
“This is for the three brothers at home.”
“This is for giving gifts to the three brothers.”
Since she only separated the portion for Xiao Yeyang from the watermelons and grapes she last sent, during his previous visit, Su Hongxin had actually stopped her to complain bitterly.
Therefore, this time, she was wiser and tagged each person’s mooncake box.
“Right, Manman, go to the wine cellar and fetch a jar of the yellow wine I brewed before. Xiao Yeyang and the others will definitely eat crabs, and it goes perfectly with yellow wine.”
Wang Manman asked, “Should I fetch a jar of osmanthus wine as well?”
Daohua pondered for a moment, “Bring a jar of that too. Its alcohol content isn’t high, so I suppose it won’t make people drunk.”
Mooncakes, yellow wine, osmanthus wine, osmanthus cakes, as well as all kinds of seasonal vegetables and fruits, along with a few bamboo tubes of jasmine tea and a bag of fried five-spice sunflower seeds—Daohua filled two carts before she finally stopped.
Compared to what Xiao Yeyang sent, the things she sent were not very valuable; they could only provide novelty and freshness, so she had to make up for it in quantity.
The person who delivered the big hairy crabs twitched at the corners of his mouth upon seeing the two full carts of items.
He had arrived with one cart and was leaving with two.
By the looks of it, the Little Prince came out ahead.
…
Wangyue Academy.
After the items were delivered back, Xiao Yeyang called for Yan Wenkai and the others to come to his yard to collect their items.
“Hehe, this time, we also have our own individual mooncakes; we don’t have to only rely on Wenxiu’s share anymore,” Su Hongxin quickly moved the two boxes of mooncakes with his name on them to the side, and then leaned over to check out the others’ shares.
Seeing that everyone’s were pretty much the same, he turned back to open his mooncake box, took out a piece, and started eating, “Mmm, these mooncakes are really delicious.”
Suddenly, a hand reached over.
“Slap!”
Su Hongxin slapped away Yan Wenkai’s hand, guarding his own food box and looked at Yan Wenkai warily, “What are you doing? These mooncakes are mine. If you want to eat, eat your own.”
Yan Wenkai pouted, “It’s just a piece of mooncake, why are you being so stingy?”
Su Hongxin quickly covered the box, “I’m stingy then. Madam Yan sent you so much, and you’re still eyeing mine, don’t you feel ashamed?”
Yan Wenkai, “What do you mean so much? They only gave us one box each to eat; the rest are for giving to the masters and classmates. You all received two boxes each. Why can’t I have a piece?”
Su Hongxin remained unmoved, “You could just choose not to give them away; keep them for yourself to eat.”
Yan Wenkai was speechless; he wouldn’t dare not to give them away—for if he did, his eldest brother would beat him for sure, and perhaps even his own box would be confiscated.
“Hey, Little Prince, why does your mooncake look different from ours?” After Su Hongxin had the mooncake packed away by the young servant, he turned around and saw Xiao Yeyang opening his mooncake box, immediately his eyes bulged in curiosity.
“Ours are all in flower shapes, and yours is a pig’s head?”
Xiao Yeyang glanced sideways at Su Hongxin, and since he was in a good mood at the moment, he didn’t take him to task but quickly covered the box again, “Can’t I like pig’s heads?”
Su Hongxin widened his eyes, “Oh, I get it now, Little Prince, you’re born in the year of the pig, so Madam Yan made your mooncake into the shape of a pig’s head, am I right?”
Xiao Yeyang didn’t respond, but he thought the same thing. However, he hadn’t told Daohua his zodiac sign. Could Wenkai have told her?
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