Xu Qinyu didn't know who the fat beauty was, but when she saw that she came with Xu Yunlan, she knew that they must be friends.
She couldn't help but ask, "Yunlan, what's wrong with you?"
One of them had red eyes, obviously having cried, and the other had anger on his face that hadn't faded yet.
Xu Yunlan pulled Yang Zhizhi into the yard and angrily told Xu Qinyu what had happened on the road just now.
My good friend, Yang Zhizhi, had been losing weight for over a month, eating boiled vegetables daily. She felt dizzy and overwhelmed, and fainted two weeks ago. She saw a doctor, who said she'd starved herself too much, her Qi and blood were too weak, and she couldn't continue eating this way. Zhizhi's parents, Mrs. Wei and the county magistrate, were deeply distressed and no longer dared to feed her boiled vegetables. Instead, they sent her to Donglaiju for meals. As a result, two weeks later, Zhizhi had gained several pounds more than before the weight loss.
Yang Zhizhi felt miserable, feeling like she wasn't living up to her weight. She didn't want to keep gaining weight, but her body couldn't handle the constant diet of boiled vegetables. Eating them daily made her crave everything she saw. But when she went to Donglaiju, she couldn't control her appetite and always overindulged in the delicious dishes. She felt ten pounds heavier than before her weight loss efforts, and she felt so bad that she went to her good friend Xu Yunlan to confide in her.
Ever since Yang Zhizhi had eaten the amazing custard buns at her best friend's house, she hasn't come to see Yunlan again.
It’s not that she didn’t want to look for it, but she knew that she had no self-control. For such delicious custard buns, she even asked her maid to ask at Qingfeng Pastry Shop and Donglaiju, but the dim sum was not from these two places. She also knew that she was too fat and was determined to lose weight, so she thought that she couldn’t come to Yunlan to ask where to buy the custard buns.
Until she failed to lose weight again this time, she wanted to talk to her best friend.
When she came to Yunlan, she complained to her best friend and couldn't help crying at the end. Xu Yunlan also felt sorry for her friend and suddenly thought of Miss Xu.
Xu Yunlan always felt that Miss Xu was so good at cooking and that she was different from other chefs.
Suddenly I thought that maybe I could ask Miss Xu for her opinion. She is only fifteen or sixteen, but she already knows so much about food. Maybe it can help Zhizhi lose weight.
So Xu Yunlan told Yang Zhizhi and also told her best friend that the person she was taking her to meet was the cook who made the custard buns last time.
Upon hearing that the person who made such delicious snacks was a cook who was about the same age as them, Yang Zhizhi also became curious about Miss Xu, and the two of them couldn't wait to come to Guihua Lane.
When passing by West Street, Yang Zhizhi felt that it would be a bit rash to pay a sudden visit, so she wanted to choose a gift to bring to Miss Xu.
The two of them got off the carriage, and the driver parked it in an alley to wait for them. Yang Zhizhi thought for a moment and went to the rouge and powder shop to pick out the most expensive hand cream. The cream cost two taels of silver, but it was incredibly effective, moisturizing the skin on the hands and preventing frostbite in cold weather. She thought that since Miss Xu was a cook and often came into contact with cold water, the cream would be perfect for her.
After buying the hand cream, the two wanted to go to the alley to get on the carriage.
When he came out, he unexpectedly met a girl with bright features. The girl was also wearing a crabapple-colored dress, the pattern and fabric of which were similar to those on Yang Zhizhi.
Xu Yunlan and Yang Zhizhi were walking side by side again. Yang Zhizhi was a bit overweight, so walking side by side like this naturally blocked the entrance completely. Noticing that they were blocking people, they immediately took a step back. The bright-looking girl saw that Yang Zhizhi was wearing similar clothes and frowned. She scolded, "You are as fat as a pig and you still want to walk side by side. Are you sick? How dare you go out when you are so fat? If I were this fat, I would probably want to die."
Although Yang Zhizhi is the daughter of County Magistrate Yang, she never likes to show off because not everyone in the town knows her.
Yang Zhizhi felt a little aggrieved by what the girl said and wanted to retort, but Xu Yunlan had already grabbed Zhizhi and stepped forward, blocking the girl. "Can you speak? You look like a decent person, but you can't spit out ivory from a dog's mouth. What's more, we reached the door first, and you were still half a foot away from the door. We immediately stepped back to make way for you, and you just opened your mouth and started cursing. You may be thin, but you don't even look like a human being."
She knew that if Zhizhi went up to argue with the girl, she would just say a few harmless words and be called a pig. If she hadn't seen that the person in front of her was a girl, she would have wanted to punch her.
The girl across from her probably hadn't expected this tall girl to be so sharp-tongued. Her face flushed red, but she couldn't refute him. She'd been irritated by the chubby girl wearing the same clothes as her, and she'd spoken harshly, but she hadn't expected the girl to be so tough to deal with.
The girl could only say, "I'm too lazy to talk to you. Please move aside. I want to go in."
There was another girl beside the girl. She was not dressed as well as the girl and her appearance was not as good as the girl. She just stared at them blankly.
Xu Yunlan refused to move aside and said, "Apologize to my friend."
The girl swung her sleeves, not wanting to argue with them anymore. She turned around and tried to leave, but Xu Yunlan grabbed her and insisted, "Apologize to my friend, or you won't be able to leave today."
As more and more people gathered around, although many people did not recognize Yang Zhizhi, Xu Yunlan often went out and her father was the town's magistrate, so many people recognized her.
Someone said, "Isn't this the daughter of Xu Kongmu? What happened to her?"
Although Kongmu is not an official but only a clerk, he is no different from an official in Yuanbao Town.
The girl with bright features immediately changed her expression when she heard that. She lowered her head and apologized to Yang Zhizhi, then yelled at the girl behind her, "Wen Yunxiang, why are you still standing there? Get out of here quickly, aren't you ashamed?" After that, she turned around and left.
The girl behind the girl nodded to the two of them and slowly followed the girl in front.
In fact, this did not make Yang Zhizhi cry. After she returned to the carriage, she thought about her fat body and felt sad, so she cried.
After Xu Yunlan finished speaking, she introduced her to Xu Qinyu, "Ms. Xu, this is my childhood friend, Yang Zhizhi."
She just wanted to introduce her best friend to Miss Xu and didn't think there was any difference in status, so she didn't tell Yang Zhizhi that she was the county magistrate's daughter.
Xu Qinyu nodded and moved a few small stools out of the main room. The three of them were not restrained and sat directly in the yard.
Yang Zhizhi also gave the hand cream she bought to Xu Qinyu. Xu Qinyu didn't bother to be polite with them and took it with thanks.
After selling the fish balls, Cheng Ge'er moved the big pot to the well and started washing it, and Wen was also helping.
Xu Qinyu was fine, and listened to Xu Yunlan talk about Yang Zhizhi's weight loss history.
She knew that Yang Zhizhi was not born obese. People who are born obese find it more difficult to lose weight. Yang Zhizhi just loved eating since she was a child and couldn't control her mouth, which led to her weight. It was not difficult to lose weight. She knew so much about food that it was very easy for her to help people match nutritious meals and fat-reducing meals. She used to often help people match nutritious meals and fat-reducing meals.
The fat-reducing meals she provides will not make people hungry, nor will they make them lose weight too quickly. For example, a large number of people can lose 20 to 30 kilograms in a month.
The fat-reducing meals she devised are considered pretty good if you can lose ten pounds in a month.
The speed of weight loss will become slower and slower in the later stages, but you don’t have to starve yourself, so it’s easy to stick to it. Combined with later exercises, your skin will not become loose.
However, if you are severely obese, no matter how much you lose weight or how much exercise you do, your skin will still be a little loose.
But Yang Zhizhi is not yet severely obese. Once she loses 20 or 30 pounds and does some exercise, her skin will not become loose.
Xu Qinyu smiled and said, "It's just weight loss, what's so difficult about that? Miss Yang's previous weight loss method was wrong. You can't eat less and you can't just eat vegetarian food. You need a balanced diet with eggs, cow's milk, goat's milk, meat, rice, vegetables, and fruits. You don't need to starve yourself. In the early stages, you can lose weight this way, but in the later stages, you will need some exercise to cooperate."
When Xu Yunlan and Yang Zhizhi first heard the first half of Miss Xu's sentence, their eyes lit up.
But when I heard the second half of the sentence, which said that you can eat so much without starving and still lose weight, I felt it was unreliable. How is it possible to lose weight without starving?
Xu Qinyu saw their disbelief and said with a smile, "Miss Yang hasn't had her evening meal yet, right? So, Yunlan and Miss Yang will stay at our house today and have dinner together. Miss Yang should have weighed herself this morning, right? After dinner, get up early tomorrow morning and go to the bathroom, then weigh yourself again. You'll know the weight."
"Thank you for bothering me." Xu Yunlan didn't bother her at all and agreed with a smile. She knew that the food cooked by Miss Xu was delicious.
The Pei family ate snails in the evening.
Cheng Ge'er caught a lot of snails and even took out the snail meat, filling a whole basin.
The snail meat was in a wooden basin beside the well, and the two girls went over to take a look out of curiosity.
Xu Yunlan asked in surprise, "Isn't this snail meat? Can this be eaten?"
No one eats this stuff. It tastes worse than fish when boiled in water and is hard to chew. It is smashed and fed to chickens and ducks.
Xu Qinyu said: "It's edible and tastes pretty good."
Xu Yunlan was a little excited. Miss Xu said that anything edible must be delicious.
Yang Zhizhi had only eaten the custard buns made by Xu Qinyu, and thought she was only good at white pastry. She didn't know she could do everything else, so she didn't have any expectations for the snail meat.
A pot of bean rice made in the evening.
The dish is spicy snail meat, but Yang Zhizhi definitely can't eat it.
Xu Qinyu used snail meat and leeks to stir-fry a lighter dish, which naturally used less oil and salt, but the taste was not bad at all. It tasted light, refreshing and sweet.
In fact, they are not unique. The taste of fried snail meat with leeks and spicy snail meat is different, and everyone can eat them.
In addition to snail meat, Xu Qinyu also stewed lotus root soup at noon. She used pork shanks, and the pork shanks had the meat still on. The whole yard was filled with the aroma of meat and lotus root.
Finally, I stir-fried some shredded radish and cut some of the kimchi she pickled. The kimchi was just edible.
Xu Qinyu also asked Yang Zhizhi what she had eaten in the morning. When she learned that she didn't eat enough protein, she fried two eggs for her, removed the yolks from the two fried eggs and fed them to Heiyu.
Heiyu has been in the yard all the time. It is a half-grown leopard, looking only slightly bigger than an adult cat. Neither Xu Yunlan nor Yang Zhizhi is very afraid of it.
Baiyu rarely comes out during the day and doesn't like too much light. She should be sleeping curled up under Xu Qinyu's bed.
For fried eggs, just brush a thin layer of vegetable oil on the bottom of the pan, remove the egg yolk and simmer the fried eggs in the prepared sauce for half a minute before serving.
The fried egg is covered with thick sauce, which looks very appetizing.
Xu Qinyu put Yang Zhizhi's food on a separate plate and handed it to her.
First, there are two fists of bean rice. Since it is a coarse grain, you can eat a little more. There is also a small bowl of fried snail meat with leeks, three fried eggs, and half a small bowl of stir-fried shredded radish.
Yang Zhizhi murmured, "Can I eat so much?"
She had breakfast at Donglaiju, and the portion looked about the same as what she had eaten at Donglaiju in the morning.
Xu Qinyu smiled and said, "Eat it. You definitely can't eat the other dishes. The ones I prepared for you are low in oil and salt. They will fill you up and should taste okay."
Most people here only eat two meals a day, so she adjusted Yang Zhizhi's fat-reducing meal.
The evening meal is usually eaten around 4 o'clock, and you can eat until you are 90% full.
Moreover, Yang Zhizhi now has a large base, so it is impossible for her to eat too little. Otherwise, she will not be able to hold on in the early stage, let alone the later stage.
The first thing Yang Zhizhi tried was snail meat. She thought it would be tough and hard to chew, but it turned out to be completely different. It was a bit chewy, but not tough at all. It was very fresh, even a little sweet. The leeks were also green and refreshing.
This dish was made under her supervision by Miss Xu. She only gave her some shredded ginger, a little salt and a tiny bit of soy sauce, but she made it so delicious.
It tasted better than the dishes she had eaten at Donglaiju, which were full of seasonings.
The stir-fried radish is also sweet, and the fried egg covered with sauce, when eaten with bean rice, is extremely satisfying and delicious. It turns out that fried eggs can be eaten like this, not dry at all, retaining a bit of the burnt aroma of the fried egg and another kind of delicious and soft taste full of sauce. It is simply a delicacy on earth.
Even the bean rice is soft and delicious.
Although she couldn't eat the fragrant lotus root soup and the spicy and spicy snail meat, Yang Zhizhi didn't feel greedy at all. She ate very full.
But after eating, Yang Zhizhi was a little skeptical. Could eating so much of such delicious food really make her lose weight?
Needless to say, Xu Yunlan was very satisfied with the meal.
Whether the snail meat is stir-fried or spicy, it has its own flavor. Even if you have eaten the spicy snail meat, you will still be amazed by the low-oil and low-salt fried snails with leeks made specially for Zhizhi. It has a bit of sweetness and crispness, and the snail meat is still plump and juicy.
After dinner, Xu Qinyu cut some winter pears for everyone to eat.
Winter pears are about to go off the market.
There aren't many fruits here to begin with, and there are even fewer edible fruits in winter and early spring.
Yang Zhizhi ate half a pear and heard Miss Xu say, "You didn't eat too much salt tonight, so you shouldn't be thirsty when you get home. But you should still drink a cup of water when you get home, not tea. Don't drink any more water after the end of the evening. It's best to drink seven or eight cups of water during the day. Drink plenty of water."
Yang Zhizhi nodded, and the two of them said goodbye to Miss Xu and went back in a carriage. Xu Yunlan first asked the coachman to take Zhizhi back to the house, and then borrowed the county magistrate's carriage and coachman to take her back to the Xu family. Finally, the coachman drove back to the county government office.
After Yang Zhizhi returned to the county government office, she went to her mother Wei's place first.
A few days ago, Mrs. Wei saw her daughter fainting after eating boiled vegetables. She was naturally distressed, but there was nothing she could do. Recently, she let her daughter go to Donglaiju to eat, and she thought Zhizhi had eaten at Donglaiju again before coming back.
Unexpectedly, Zhizhi came over and snuggled up to her and said, "Mom, Yunlan took me to the house that makes custard buns today. It turns out that custard buns are not made by Qingfeng Bakery or Donglaiju, but by a young cook who is only fifteen or sixteen years old."
Wei was surprised and said, "A fifteen or sixteen-year-old little cook?" This was the first time she heard of her, and she was also a good pastry chef.
Yang Zhizhi smiled and said, "Yes, I was also shocked when I saw Miss Xu. Later, Miss Xu told me how to lose weight and even made me a special evening meal. I had a bowl of bean rice, a bowl of fried snail meat with leeks, stir-fried radish, two fried eggs with sauce, and finally half a pear. Mom, Miss Xu is not only an amazing pastry chef, but her dishes are also very delicious. She uses very little oil and seasoning, but the taste is even better than what I ate at Donglaiju. Miss Xu also said that after I go to the toilet tomorrow morning, I should be able to lose two pounds."
Ms. Xu seemed to have said that she had been eating a lot of oil and salt in the past few days, so as long as she continued to eat a fat-reducing meal, she would be able to lose several pounds in the first few days.
Wei frowned.
This little cook is just a liar.
How can you lose weight by eating so much? I'm afraid you'll gain a kilogram or two after eating and drinking. Will you be lighter when you wake up tomorrow?
Even if you are a good cook, you can't lie to others.
Wei naturally didn't believe it. She said, "She's just a good cook. If Zhizhi likes the food she cooks, she can buy some from her often in the future."
"Mom!" Yang Zhizhi was a little angry, "Ms. Xu is Yunlan's friend, you are not allowed to say that."
Wei said, "Okay, okay, I won't tell you anything."
The mother and daughter stopped talking about Xu Qinyu. Yang Zhizhi chatted with Wei for a while and then went back to her room to wash up and rest.
After Yang Zhizhi tasted the food cooked by Xu Qinyu, she felt a little bit of anticipation, but Wei Shi didn't believe it at all. Having never tasted the food cooked by Xu Qinyu, she didn't think that a cook who was fifteen or sixteen years old could have great cooking skills. She was probably just making some fresh food that Zhizhi had never tasted before. It was not that the young lady specialized in selling fish, and the taste was not bad. She should have some recipes for cooking river seafood.
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The next morning, Yang Zhizhi went to the bathroom first, then returned to the house to wash up.
After washing up, she felt hungry and thought about getting dressed and going to Donglaiju for breakfast.
Looking at the chubby face in the bronze mirror, Yang Zhizhi suddenly remembered the fat-reducing evening meal she had eaten at Miss Xu's place yesterday.
She had an idea and went to weigh herself.
She doesn't actually weigh herself every day.
There is a large scale that is specially used to weigh heavy objects. There is a chair to put the objects to be weighed on. Of course, even this large scale can only weigh objects within 200 kilograms. Yang Zhizhi weighs less than 200 kilograms, but she doesn't weigh herself often on weekdays. It is a bit troublesome to need help when weighing.
After calling the maid for help, Yang Zhizhi weighed herself.
Looking at the weight on it, she was stunned. It was two kilograms lighter than yesterday?
She happened to weigh herself yesterday and it was 180 kilograms, but now it is only 178 kilograms.
Yang Zhizhi was surprised and happy. She didn't expect that Miss Xu was not lying. She ate so much but still felt lighter when she got up.
In fact, she didn't eat a lot at dinner yesterday, she was just full. When she went to bed, she was a little hungry, but the hunger was not severe and it had no effect at all. She fell asleep with this slight hunger.
Yang Zhizhi was extremely happy and went to the main courtyard first.
Wei and County Magistrate Yang Jiarong had just gotten up and dressed when they heard their daughter's voice outside. Wei hurriedly opened the door and saw her daughter rushing towards her, holding up her skirt.
"Mom, mom, I've lost two pounds!"
Wei was surprised, "Is it really lighter?"
Yang Zhizhi smiled and said, "Mom asked Chunhong, and Chunhong helped me weigh it. It is indeed two pounds lighter than yesterday morning."
Chunhong nodded vigorously, "Madam, the girl has really lost two pounds."
Wei couldn't help but take a breath. It turned out that the little cook was not trying to trick Zhizhi, but was really amazing.
Yang Jiarong didn't know what was going on and couldn't help but ask.
Wei then told her what Zhizhi had said to her yesterday.
Little cook? Did Xu Yunlan know her too?
Yang Jiarong felt that this young cook must be the one Xu Kongmu invited for the New Year banquet, otherwise she would not be familiar with Xu Yunlan.
Yang Jiarong told his family about it, and Wei was surprised and asked, "It's her?"
The master had told her about this, but he didn't dare tell Zhizhi because he was afraid that she would be greedy.
Wei couldn't help but say, "I heard that she's only fifteen or sixteen years old, a little older than Zhizhi, how come her cooking skills are so amazing?"
Yang Jiarong said, "It's just talent. Just like some people are good at studying and have photographic memories, while some people are not good at studying but are good at other things. There are 360 professions and there are top talents in every field."
Since the young cook has real skills, Wei plans to visit her home in person.
It can not only make Zhizhi full but also help her lose weight, so of course she has to take it seriously. She hopes that Zhizhi can reach a normal weight and be healthy.
After Wei washed up and changed her clothes, she went to Guihua Lane with Zhizhi.
Zhizhi also asked Chunhong to go to Xu's house and tell Yunlan that she had been to Guihua Lane.
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Xu Qinyu was watching Cheng Ge'er braised pork intestines. Although she had given the recipe and proportions to Cheng Ge'er, she was still preparing the mixture while Cheng Ge'er was watching from the side.
After the pig intestines were braised, Xu Qinyu asked Cheng Ge'er to deliver them to Tian the butcher.
As soon as Wei and her daughter arrived at Osmanthus Alley, they smelled a particularly strong fragrance.
Yang Zhizhi said, "It must be Miss Xu who is cooking."
As soon as they arrived at the Pei family's door, the two got off the carriage, and Yang Zhizhi saw the young boy from yesterday coming out carrying a large basket of things.
Wen Shuncheng also recognized Yang Zhizhi and scratched his head, saying, "Sister, you are looking for my fourth sister-in-law. She is in the yard."
Yang Zhizhi's cheeks turned slightly red. She nodded and followed Wei into the yard.
Sure enough, I saw Miss Xu and her mother-in-law busy in the yard.
Xu Qinyu heard footsteps and turned around to see it was Yang Zhizhi.
She smiled and said, "How is Miss Yang? Is it lighter?"
Yang Zhizhi said excitedly: "Ms. Xu, you are amazing. I really lost two pounds."
Xu Qinyu knew that Yang Zhizhi could certainly be easy.
Yang Zhizhi then introduced her to Miss Xu, saying, "This is my mother."
Xu Qinyu nodded slightly to Wei.
Mrs. Wei walked over to Xu Qinyu and said softly, "I'm here today to help Zhizhi lose weight, so I won't talk to you about anything else. As a mother, I'm most worried about Zhizhi. She's been greedy and fat since she was a child, and she's always been laughed at. Now she's getting heavier and her health is getting worse. The doctor also said that Zhizhi should lose weight, but I've tried several times with Zhizhi, always eating boiled vegetables, and each time I failed. Now I know that eating a full meal can also help you lose weight, so I hope that you can prepare breakfast and dinner for Zhizhi. Don't worry, I won't treat you unfairly."
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