Old Huang greeted Zeng Xiaoqi. He then looked at Xie Baomin, who had just emerged from the kitchen, and asked, "Why are you limping?"
"Twisted my foot... Didn't you say you were out of Floral Carving Wine? How come there's more now? Damn it, not a single truthful word comes out of your mouth."
Old Huang was probably wary of his senior brother and Dai Jianli freeloading all the time. So he declared some of the sought-after ingredients as unavailable.
"I found them while rummaging through the warehouse. I was planning to keep them to savor slowly myself, but since your junior brother wanted them, I brought the whole lot over."
"Tsk, 'the whole lot' is a fine choice of words."
Xie Baomin patted Old Huang's shoulder and pointed to Cui Qingyuan, who was sitting not far away chatting with Geng Lele. "That's Professor Cui from Tsinghua University. Go and say hello; today's Hairy Crabs are all sponsored by Professor Cui."
