When autuman wind begins to blow, Chinese people can't wait any longer to rush into restaurants, to gorge a very seasonal delicacy, or only one during the period of time a year, fresh0-water crabs. There are different varieties but all agree the best are those from Yangcheng lake, in Soochow.
No wonder every year in the autumn, many of us would spare some weekends to travel there just for the freshest and most ahthetic crabs at the lakeside. Also there we heard about the love story of Yang, owner of a large crab farm
Yang is in his thirties when we met him, and without any doubt ,the most handsome crab-man we 've ever met. If he was born ten years later, he definately made into the last run of 'Best boy' a talent show. And if he promises every votee would win one crab leg, he must win over the champion. And if it is ten years earlier, he might be a leading role in the tv drama' dreams of red mansions'. Anyway, some of the friends talked about him and his romance was really dreamlike, but not at the manion but at the pond of crabs.
Among those coisseurs to the lake, there are many girls and young ladies. Handsome men are as popular as their crabs. Love crabs love me. So one girl fell in love with Yang soon and they married soon. So she ate his crabs, slept his beds; licking crab eggs while enjoying goodlooking man, life sounds in paradise.
However, vegetable and rice could be for everyday, but not crabs. When the winter comes,the lake falls in dead silence, while the bride began doubting this love and marriage. Do I really love this man or his crabs only? As soon as there were doubts, the situation din't go the fine direction. Yang was generous, and after a quick divorce, presented her ex lots of gifts, maybe with full basket of crabs too.
And in the autumn next year, there was another girl coming to the lake and into his life. She eats no crabs from other place, and of course marries no other man than from here. Yang already forgot his sad autumn last year, and harvested crabs and harvested his second marriage meanwhile. But soon it was winter time again, the bride began fed up with crab the more and more, which was a clear sign to Yang. The time to say good bye again.
We were curious about his and asked him,did you find your wife this year? Yang was cool and wispered, all crabs I raised these years turned into wives, and wives into crabs too.
one and only
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