Chapter 233 Huaijiang sends crabs


    The big crab''s head made people who had never seen it very curious. Aunt Cuiping stepped forward and looked carefully and said, "The crab legs were itchy in autumn, and there were many crabs sent to the palace. This kind of quality was rare. It took a lot of effort to send it from such a distance."


    "The Xin family''s kind father''s heart."


    Not to mention how much these crabs cost, it is already quite expensive to send them from such a long distance. What is important is this heart.


    I thought about not sending it to the Marquis’ Mansion but sending it here directly. The Master Xin’s mind was too obvious.


    Xin An admired it happily, and then began to instruct, "Uncle Wang, now you will take people to tie up these crabs, and each one must be checked for whether they are alive."


    "Nanfeng, you go to the medicinal food shop and pick up all the small baskets in the medicinal food shop. If there are too few, go find Mrs. Wang and get more white veils."


    "Aunt Cuiping, you have to work hard to go back to the mansion to see your grandmother. It is not easy for this crab to survive here. If you stay for a while, you will easily die. I want to pick some good ones for the Queen Mother. Tell me to my grandmother, and you will borrow the post from my grandmother and send it to the palace in person."


    Cuiping nodded immediately, thinking that the Second Young Master’s Lady was also smart. The meaning of what she said just now was. It would be fine if the Second Young Master’s Lady had never seen the Empress Dowager. She had seen it and was treated to food. She should have expressed something afterwards, "You have prepared three baskets, each with twenty."


    "The Empress Dowager and the Emperor''s mother are kind and filial. When the Empress Dowager gets the crab, she will definitely invite the Emperor to taste it."


    "Auntie is thoughtful."


    Aunt Cuiping turned around and went back, while Wang Jin came to Tang Mo who was found by the Northern Yajun.


    Tang Mo came quickly, and Zhuang Shi was following behind him. When the two arrived, they were surprised to see five large buckets of crabs. Tang Mo stepped forward and picked up a tied crab and was amazed. "Such a big crab is rare. Huaijiang is really a good place. No wonder you dislike the crabs in Beijing who are thin and small."


    Zhuang Shi also came forward to look at it, very surprised, "So many."


    "Are the crabs in Huaijiang so big?"


    Wang Jin said happily, "It''s better if the waters of the Huai River are watery, and crabs are better than those in other places, but crabs of this kind are not common on the market, and they all order them early."


    Zhuang Shi understood that these are not only rare things in the capital, but also in the Huaijiang River. He silently lamented the financial resources of the Xin family. He would not say that the crabs are expensive, but I am afraid that even the cost of delivering them to the capital is more expensive than these crabs.


    What is important is this intention.


    After sniffing, the smell of crabs faintly appeared in the air, "It''s weird, I smelled the fragrance."


    Xin An smiled, "I asked someone to steam a few first and try them all in a while."


    The main reason is that she wants to eat it herself, but she hasn''t eaten crabs from her hometown for many years.


    Soon Chunyang came out with a pot of crabs, "Come and try them all."


    People who followed Xin''an to the capital missed Huaijiang a little, and began to say yes as they smelled the smell. Xin''an was not afraid of being hot. He went forward and picked up one and blew it while untied the rope. Tang Mo also followed suit. Both of them took action, and the others stopped the work in their hands and walked forward happily, one by one, grinning and grinning.


    "There is **** vinegar sauce here, it will make it more fragrant if you dip it."


    Everyone stood and just ate around a square table. Tang Mo said, "This is a paste that smells very fragrant."


    Xin''an likes female crab, "This yellow smells good."


    He picked up a piece with chopsticks and sent it to Tang Mo''s mouth. Tang Mo tasted it naturally, "Well, it''s delicious, it''s more fragrant than the crabs I ate before."


    Zhuang Shi removed his cheeks and picked out all the things he could not eat. Then he sucked the crab paste and went into his mouth. After saying the two words "scent", he stuffed half of the crab into his mouth and tinkered. It turned out to be a bunch of shells. The food was so clean. Xin An joked, "Brother Zhuang is really an expert in crab eating." Zhuang Shi smiled and said, "I like these shells since I was a child, and I feel it smells fresh."


    Xin An said: "I will install twenty more for Brother Zhuang. I will ask Brother Zhuang to take it away later. I won''t send someone to the mansion."


    "No, no, I''m so embarrassed."


    He has seen it, and there are only twenty pieces in a bunch, so why are you embarrassed to want more?


    Tang Mo smiled and said, "Why are you polite? Brother Zhuang is not polite when he takes care of me on weekdays."


    Zhuang Shi smiled and took it away, and Tang Mo gave him another one, "Let''s eat more so that we won''t be thinking about it all afternoon."


    Zhuang Shi was not polite either, because he really liked to eat. Wang Jin sighed, "It''s so delicious."


    "The master must have chosen the best crabs to be sent, and the paste is fragrant and the meat is good. We are all benefited from the big girl."


    Everyone was happy, but they were still unsatisfied after eating, but they did not delay their work. It was getting late, and their hands and feet became more and more tempting.


    The crabs were placed in a bamboo basket with a white cloth that absorbed water. When the preparations were almost done, the people who delivered the crabs went out one after another.


    There are one for the young ladies who are close to Xin''an; there are three for both Tang Yong and Wang Mian''s houses; there are one for Tang Mo''s friends; and after receiving the news, Wang asked for five for gifts to the people, each for twenty, half for one, half for half for mother.


    "The Second Prince''s Mansion also needs to give one. Pregnant women cannot eat it, but the Second Prince can eat it."


    "Mrs. Xu also gave me one. Why do we have business deals now?"


    All the things that should be given were delivered. Seeing the remaining one and a half barrels left, Xin An finally remembered Tang Gang and asked Wang whether he would leave some for him.


    "No need to be so troublesome."


    Wang predicted that Tang Gang would definitely use it for Tang Rong as a favor. She didn''t want to be a sucker. Her daughter-in-law''s things should be delivered by her in-laws so far away. How many of them can''t eat them by themselves?


    "I know who your father has a good relationship with, I''ll arrange it."


    "Besides, your father will not come back until the afternoon when he entered the palace today."


    Today, the emperor wants to be fair to the case of the Duke of Xiangguo and the Hou Mansion, and Tang Gang will not come back so soon.


    In this way, everything that should be delivered was delivered, and the remaining 50 or 60 kilograms were left. A pot of the house was left for Xin''s house, and the rest was taken back to the Marquis'' Mansion to eat slowly. "I will eat crab roe noodles tonight, and Chunlu is very good at making them."


    Ershan''s cousin Xia''er had already arrived at Xin''s house to work. When she saw a full pot of dead crabs, she felt very distressed and wanted to cook them. Fortunately, Wang Jin discovered that "It''s a pity to lose them, but he really can''t eat them if he dies."


    "How great it is, I should have just died."


    Xia''er couldn''t bear to leave.


    "Anyway, it won''t work if you die. Put it in the stove and burn it to ashes. If you want to be greedy, we will eat meat at night."


    The girl was generous to them and never took any food. Wang Jin was afraid that Xia''er would steal the dead crab, so he took the pot away without giving her a chance.


    (This chapter ends)