Chapter 2675

Hou Guangbi smiled and nodded, "Okay!"

Hou Wenhai said, "By then, the courtyard we bought will be ready to live in. Grandpa can live in that courtyard for a long time. Dad, if you have nothing to do, you can also come over to stay. That courtyard is quite nice."

Hou Dayi had heard that the Hou brothers had bought a Sihe Academy, and it was quite large. He said, "Is it as nice as Xinghui's courtyard?"

Today, everyone was sitting under the grape trellis eating. Hou Wenhai looked at the Su family's courtyard and shook his head, "Our courtyard is larger in area, but the layout is not as good as Xinghui's."

After Su Xinghui repaired the old furniture, he placed it all in the house, along with some old objects he bought as decorations, making the home very culturally and artistically atmospheric. Now, the Hou family's courtyard was almost finished being renovated, but it was really not as elegant as the Su family's layout.

Su Xinghui said, "Wenhai, how about this: if you have time, I'll take you to those specialized antique markets to look around and buy some antique-style things to take home. If you use these things to decorate your home, it will immediately become elegant."

Hou Wenhai naturally knew that Su Xinghui was an expert in this area. He nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go with you when I have time."

Lu Xiaoya smiled, "Let's stop talking, everyone, hurry up and eat the crabs. They won't taste good if they get cold."

Everyone then took a crab each and started eating.

Hou Wenhai peeled the crab meat and crab roe for Hou Guangbi and put them in Hou Guangbi's bowl. After Hou Guangbi ate them, he nodded and said, "Shangjun's crabs are still the best. Truly fresh."

Niu Niu said, "Grandpa, if it's delicious, you should eat more."

Hou Guangbi shook his head and smiled, "Niu Niu, even if crabs are delicious, you can't eat too many. Crabs are cold in nature, and eating too many will hurt the spleen and stomach. I'm old and can't eat too many, but you guys are fine."

Everyone knew this point: crabs are cold in nature, so eating crabs must be accompanied by ginger shreds. Ginger shreds are hot in nature and can resolve the coldness of the crabs. Moreover, ginger shreds can remove the fishy smell and kill bacteria. Of course, no matter what, it is not advisable for the elderly to eat too many crabs.

Niu Niu stuck out his tongue and said, "Then I won't eat too many either. I'll save my stomach to eat mooncakes later."

Niu Niu's innocence made everyone laugh.

Su Xinghui raised his glass of osmanthus wine and said, "Come, let's all have a drink together. Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to everyone!"

Everyone raised their osmanthus wine and had a drink together. The homemade osmanthus wine in Shangjun County is made from rice wine and osmanthus flowers. It has a sweet and sticky taste, and the fragrance of osmanthus is pungent. It has always been a delicacy at the Mid-Autumn banquet in Shangjun County. Everyone likes it very much, even women and children can drink a few sips.

Of course, Niu Niu was too young, so he wasn't allowed to drink osmanthus wine. Instead, he was given a cup of tea made with osmanthus sugar, so he used tea instead of wine. He quite liked this osmanthus tea and held up the cup to toast others frequently.

Besides the crabs, the water caltrops and lotus seeds on the table today were also specialties brought by Hou Dayi and the others specifically from Shangjun County. Only a land of fish and rice like Shangjun County would produce these two things.

Hou Wenhai and Hou Wenchang both knew that Su Xinghui liked to eat water caltrops and lotus seeds, so this time they specifically brought a lot. The water caltrops were not shelled and could be kept in the refrigerator for a long time, while the lotus seeds still had the lotus pods and could also be kept fresh in the refrigerator for a period of time. They could just peel them when they wanted to eat them.

These two things also allowed Su Xinghui to feast to his heart's content. Before, no matter where he worked, he could still eat these two things, and he ate a lot every year. But this year in the capital, he couldn't eat these two things. If it weren't for the Hou brothers bringing them this time, he might not have been able to eat them all year.

Everyone was very happy at today's Mid-Autumn banquet. It wasn't until night fell and the moon came out that they finished that basin of crabs and drank the jar of osmanthus wine.

After eating the crabs, they washed their hands with chrysanthemum tea. Hands that have peeled crabs can only be cleaned with chrysanthemum tea so that there is no lingering fishy smell.

After washing their hands, Niu Niu clamored to eat mooncakes. Lu Xiaoya said, "Niu Niu, we just finished eating, so we can't eat mooncakes now. We have to wait a while, until what you just ate has digested a bit, then you can eat mooncakes. Besides, you can't eat too many tonight, you can only eat one."

Niu Niu nodded sensibly and said, "Okay, I won't eat too many."

Everyone sat under the grape trellis to admire the moon and drink tea. Because this year's Mid-Autumn Festival was earlier than in normal years, the weather in the capital was not very cold yet. The evening breeze blew, making everyone feel very comfortable.

Hou Guangbi sighed with emotion, "This is the first time I've spent the Mid-Autumn Festival in the capital. It really has a unique flavor!"

Hou Dayi nodded and said, "Yes, when we spent the Mid-Autumn Festival in France before, although the whole family was reunited, it always felt like something was missing. Looking at the round moon in the sky, Father, you were always looking towards the East."

Hou Guangbi said, "At that time, of course, I was missing my homeland. Fortunately, I returned to the motherland, otherwise, how could I have such a comfortable life now?"

Hou Dayi said, "The current Mid-Autumn Festival is the true reunion festival!"

Everyone nodded silently. They could naturally understand Old Man Hou Guangbi's mood. Old Man Hou had left the country for more than forty years; how could he not miss his homeland? It was usually fine, but the closer it got to festivals like the Mid-Autumn Festival and the Spring Festival, the more they missed their hometown and their relatives in their hometown.

Even for Su Xinghui's family, now that they were spending the Mid-Autumn Festival in the capital, weren't there still some things they weren't used to? They also missed Su Xingyun's family who were still in Shangjun. In the past, when spending the Mid-Autumn Festival in Shangjun, Su Xingyun's family would always come home to have a reunion dinner with them.