The brothers and sisters moved the tables and chairs into the yard, ate their reunion dinner while appreciating the moon, and shared a piece of five-nut mooncake.
During the meal, Yun Zhen had been thinking about how he could get some time alone with Yun Qing after dinner so that he could talk to him intimately, but he could not think of an excuse no matter how hard he tried. Unexpectedly, after the meal, Yun Qing took the initiative to pull him into the room and said that there was something good.
The table in the disciple's room was covered with a mosquito-proof gauze cage. Yun Qing walked over and lifted it. The red crabs were neatly arranged in a white porcelain plate. Yun Qing rubbed his hands and asked for credit from his senior brother: "I caught the river crabs at midnight last night. I secretly steamed them when no one was busy in the kitchen. They are fat!" He paused, afraid that Yun Zhen would think he was stingy, and explained, "It's not that I'm stingy, it's all because the crab cage is not good enough. I only caught ten crabs, and they couldn't be shared by so many people. Instead of seven people not being satisfied, it's better for two people to have a good meal... Senior brother, don't you think I'm right?"
Yun Zhen didn't have a greedy appetite, but Yun Qing was thinking about him, so he was very happy and nodded slightly: "Yeah."
Yun Qing smiled slyly, put out two cups of rice wine, shook his head and said, "You have to drink rice wine when eating crabs. This is the rule passed down by our ancestors. The big rules govern the small rules. The ancestors are older than the master, so the sect rules have to be put aside."
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