Although there are crabs in Zhou Yu’s hometown, this kind of hairy crab is actually the first time Zhou Yu has eaten it.

Unlike Rushu, which is located in the Yangtze River system, Zhou Yu’s hometown, Xiangcheng, mainly relies on the Huaihe River system.

Wohe River, which runs through Linhuan County of Xiangcheng City, is a tributary of Huaihongxin River in the Hongze Lake system of the Huaihe River Basin. Huihe River was once an important tributary of the Huaihe River and has provided food for the people of Linhuan County for many years.

As a river closely related to the entire Linhuan County, the aquaculture industry supported by the Huihe River is naturally indispensable.

Among them, the river crabs farmed in Magou Village, Linhuan County are one of the representatives.

The river crabs farmed in Magou are famous for their extremely delicious taste, rich crab roe and crab paste, their rich nutritional value and their larger size compared to ordinary river crabs.

Of course, this fame is limited to Xiangcheng. Outside of Xiangcheng, how many people still know about Linhuan river crabs? This is a question mark.

Looking at the hairy crabs that were desperately trying to climb out of the pond to escape, Zhou Yu was looking forward to the taste.

I wonder what this hairy crab tastes like. Will it taste better than the river crabs from Linhuan in my hometown?

After carefully brushing the hairy crabs in the pool twice, Zhou Yu returned to Xiao Chen's dormitory, took out a steamer, and carefully picked up the hairy crabs that had raised their big claws high to attack Zhou Yu, and put them into the steamer.

"So fast? Did you wash it clean?" Xiao Chen, who was cutting vegetables, asked Zhou Yu who walked into the room with a steamer.

"I've brushed it twice!" Zhou Yu put the steamer on the induction cooker, turned on the switch and started steaming.

As the water in the steamer began to heat up, the crabs in the pot began to crawl around restlessly, trying to push open the steamer and escape.

But just when the lid was about to be pushed open, a slender finger pressed down on the top of the lid.

The water in the pot began to boil, and white hot steam began to spew out from one of the steamer's vents. The harsh sound produced by the crab's claws scratching the metal lid in the pot had completely disappeared.

Zhou Yu breathed a sigh of relief and retracted his fingers. He looked at Xiao Chen who was looking at him with concern and warned him, "Cut the vegetables carefully, be careful not to cut your hands!"

Xiao Chen rolled his eyes, "I hope I can order it for you!"

Although he said that, Xiao Chen still obediently focused his attention in front of him.

"Shall we eat crabs tonight?" Zhou Yu, who had already finished his work, asked Xiao Chen who was still busy beside him.

Xiao Chen stopped what he was doing and looked at Zhou Yu speechlessly, "Didn't you see I was preparing the side dishes? We have hot pot tonight!"

"Yeah, there's also hot pot!" Lin Ya returned to the house carrying a basin of freshly washed and cut vegetables, "Xiao Chen just went to the town supermarket this afternoon and bought beef rolls and mutton rolls! Oh, and hot pot meatballs!"

"Really? Then we're in for a treat tonight!" Zhou Yu smiled.

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"Come on, eat the crabs first, otherwise they will not taste good when they get cold!" Xiao Chen distributed three small bowls with ground ginger and aged vinegar in front of Lin Ya and Zhou Yu, and took out three crabs from the steamer and placed them in front of the three people.

"This crab has to be eaten while it's hot. As soon as it cools down, there will be a fishy smell, which is not pleasant and not delicious!" As he said this, Xiao Chen took the lead in breaking open the crab shell, put the crab full of golden crab roe into the vinegar bowl, dipped it, and began to eat it with relish.

A small table was almost full and a little crowded with an induction cooker, a pot with various hot pot meatballs cooking, and three pairs of bowls and chopsticks.

But Zhou Yu and the other two obviously didn't mind. In this small living room, it seemed quite cozy for the three of them to huddle together and eat.

"Ouch! I almost forgot!" Xiao Chen, who was chewing half a crab, slapped his head, stood up quickly, went back to the bedroom and took out a bottle of rice wine and three cups, "How can you eat crabs without rice wine! Come on, everyone, drink some, drink some!"

After saying that, without asking Zhou Yu and Lin Ya whether they wanted to drink or not, he poured them each a glass.

"Well, since today is Friday and you two have nothing to do tomorrow, why don't you drink?" Zhou Yu picked up the cup filled with rice wine and joked, "You two have nothing to do tomorrow, so go back to sleep after drinking. I still have things to do tomorrow!"

"Alright, alright, I won't delay your work!" Xiao Chen said nonchalantly, "It's just rice wine, not white wine! It's just like a drink. Besides, crabs are cold in nature, so you have to drink some rice wine to neutralize it, right?"

"Stop talking nonsense, come on, everyone raise your glasses! Let's drink together!"

"cheers!"

"cheers!"

Zhou Yu and Lin Ya both raised their glasses, clinked them with Xiao Chen, and took a sip.

After putting down the wine glass, Zhou Yu followed Xiao Chen's steps, removed the crab's navel, opened the crab's shell, dipped it in some vinegar, and began to enjoy the delicious crab.

What Zhou Yu got was a huge male crab. The difference between male and female crabs is that the female crabs have crab roe, while the male crabs have no crab roe. The male crabs are full of white crab paste.

Compared with crab roe, crab paste has a softer texture, and Zhou Yu likes this texture very much.

"How is it? It tastes good, right?" Xiao Chen couldn't help but smile and joked when he saw Zhou Yu eating with gusto.

"Don't say it, don't say it!" Putting down the crab roe that he had almost finished eating, Zhou Yu sighed and responded with a smile, "This tastes really fresh! It tastes really good!"

"That's not certain!" Xiao Chen picked up the chopsticks in his hand, scooped a piece of coriander from the boiling hot pot in the middle of the table into his bowl, and replied, "The parent told me that these are the best batch of crabs, and he specially reserved these for me!"

"It's because I'm a man of high moral character who disdains to accept gifts and insists on paying him with money!" Xiao Chen couldn't help but feel a little proud when he said this.

Hearing Xiao Chen's words, Lin Ya and Zhou Yu on the side both gave Xiao Chen a thumbs up.

Seeing Zhou Yu and Lin Ya like this, Xiao Chen was silent for a moment and sighed, "Ah, I won't talk nonsense with you two anymore. What bullshit is noble and upright, disdain to accept gifts. I just saw that they are children in my hands, and I didn't teach them well, so I don't have the face to accept gifts!"

"Even if they are just a few crabs that are not worth much!"

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Is Dark Horse fun? My computer can't run it, so I can't play TT at all