Xu Qinyu didn't know who the fat beauty was, but seeing that she came with Xu Yunlan, she knew that the two should be friends.
She couldn't help but ask, "Yunlan, what happened to you?"
One 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.
It turned out that my good friend Yang Zhizhi had lost weight for more than a month. She ate boiled vegetables every day, which made her dizzy and she couldn't stand it at all. She fainted half a month ago. She saw a doctor, who said that she was too hungry and her blood was too weak, so she couldn't eat like this anymore. Zhizhi's parents, Wei and the county magistrate, were very distressed and no longer dared to feed Zhizhi boiled vegetables. They sent her to Donglaiju every day. As a result, half a month later, Zhizhi's weight was several kilograms heavier than before the weight loss.
Yang Zhizhi felt very uncomfortable and felt that she was not doing well. She didn't want to continue to gain weight, but her body couldn't stand eating boiled vegetables all the time. Eating boiled vegetables every day made her want to eat everything she saw. But when she went to Donglaiju to eat, she couldn't control her appetite and ate a lot every time. She looked ten pounds heavier than before she lost weight. She felt uncomfortable and went to find her good friend Xu Yunlan to confide in her.
Ever since Yang Zhizhi had the amazing custard buns at her friend's place, she hasn't come to see Yunlan again.
It’s not that she didn’t want to look for it, but she knew she had no self-control. To get such delicious custard buns, she even asked her maid to go to Qingfeng Bakery and Donglaiju to ask, but the snacks were not from those two shops. She also knew that she was too fat and was determined to lose weight, so she thought she couldn’t come to Yunlan to ask where the custard buns were sold.
Until she failed to lose weight again, she wanted to talk to her best friend.
When she came to Yunlan, she complained to her 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, maybe I can ask Miss Xu for her opinion. She is only fifteen or sixteen years old, but she already knows so much about food. Maybe it can help Zhizhi lose weight.
So Xu Yunlan spoke to Yang Zhizhi and told her 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 was a bit rash to pay a sudden visit, so she wanted to choose a gift to bring to Miss Xu.
So the two got off the carriage, and the driver parked the carriage in an alley and waited for them. Yang Zhizhi thought about it and went to the rouge and powder shop and picked the most expensive hand cream. The hand cream cost two taels of silver, but the effect was very good. It could moisturize the skin on the hands and prevent frostbite in cold weather. She thought that Miss Xu was a cook and often came into contact with cold water, so the hand cream was most suitable.
After buying the hand cream, the two wanted to go to the alley to catch a carriage.
When he came out, he unexpectedly ran into a girl with bright features. The girl was also wearing a crabapple-colored dress, the pattern and fabric of which were similar to the one Yang Zhizhi was wearing.
Xu Yunlan and Yang Zhizhi walked side by side again. Yang Zhizhi was a bit fat, so walking side by side like this would naturally block the entrance completely. Seeing that they were blocking someone, the two of them immediately took a step back. The bright-looking girl saw that Yang Zhizhi was wearing similar clothes to her, and frowned, scolding: "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 not want to live."
Although Yang Zhizhi is the daughter of the magistrate of Yang County, she never likes to show off because not everyone in the town knows her.
Yang Zhizhi felt a little aggrieved after hearing what the girl said. She wanted to refute her, but Xu Yunlan had already grabbed Zhizhi and stepped forward to block 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 were the first to reach the door, and you were still half a meter away from the door. We immediately stepped back to make way for you, but you opened your mouth and cursed. You are 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 be called a pig even if she said a few harmless words. If it wasn't for the fact that the person in front of her was a girl, she would have wanted to punch her.
The girl on the other side probably didn't expect this tall girl to be so eloquent, and her face turned red, but she couldn't refute. She was indeed angry and embarrassed because she saw this fat girl wearing the same clothes as her, so she said bad things, but she didn't expect that the other side was not easy to deal with.
The girl could only say, "I'm too lazy to talk to you guys, please move aside, I want to go in."
There was another girl next to the girl. She was not dressed as well as the girl, and her looks were not as good as the girl's. She just stared at them blankly.
Xu Yunlan refused to give way, "Apologize to my friend."
The girl swung her sleeves, not wanting to argue with them anymore, and turned to leave, but was grabbed by Xu Yunlan, who insisted, "Apologize to my friend, or you can't leave today."
As the crowd of onlookers grew larger and larger, 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.
Some people said, "Isn't this the daughter of Xu Kongmu's family? What happened to her?"
Although Kongmu was not an official but a clerk, he was no different from an official in Yuanbao Town.
The girl with bright features immediately changed her expression when she heard this. She lowered her head to apologize to Yang Zhizhi, then yelled at the girl behind her, "Wen Xiangxiang, 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 returning to the carriage, she thought about her fat body and cried because of the sadness in her heart.
After Xu Yunlan finished speaking, she introduced Xu Qinyu: "Ms. Xu, this is my childhood friend, her name is Yang Zhizhi."
She just wanted to introduce her good friend to Miss Xu and did not think there was any difference in status, so she did not tell Yang Zhizhi that she was the daughter of the county magistrate.
Xu Qinyu nodded and moved a few small stools out from 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 after thanking them.
After selling the fish balls, Cheng Ge'er had already moved the big pot to the well and started to clean it, and Wen was also helping.
Xu Qinyu had nothing to do and listened to Xu Yunlan talking about Yang Zhizhi's weight loss history.
She knew that Yang Zhizhi was not born obese. It is more difficult for people who are born obese to lose weight. Yang Zhizhi just loved to eat since she was a child, and she couldn't control her mouth, which led to obesity. It was not difficult for her 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 pairs with won’t make you feel hungry, nor will they make you lose weight too quickly. On average, you can lose 20 to 30 pounds in a month.
The fat-reducing diet she devised can help you lose ten pounds in a month, which is pretty good.
The speed of weight loss will become slower and slower in the later stages, but you don’t have to go hungry, so it’s easy to stick to it. Plus, with exercise in the later stages, your skin won’t become loose.
However, if you are severely obese, no matter how much you lose weight or how much you exercise, your skin will still be a little loose.
But Yang Zhizhi is not yet severely obese. When she loses 20 to 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 it? Miss Yang's previous weight loss method was wrong. You can't eat less and you can't just eat vegetarian food to lose weight. You need a balanced diet, with eggs, cow's milk, goat's milk, meat, rice, vegetables, and fruits. You don't need to be hungry. You can lose weight this way in the early stage, but in the later stage, you will need some exercise to cooperate."
Xu Yunlan and Yang Zhizhi's eyes lit up when they heard the first half of Miss Xu's sentence.
But when I heard the second half of the sentence, which said that you can eat so much without being hungry and still lose weight, I felt it was unreliable. How is it possible to lose weight without being hungry?
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 and have their evening meal together today. Miss Yang should have weighed herself this morning, right? After having your evening meal, get up early tomorrow and go to the clean room, then weigh yourself and you'll know."
"Sorry to bother you." Xu Yunlan didn't bother to be polite with her at all and agreed with a smile. She knew that the meals cooked by Miss Xu were 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 look at it curiously.
Xu Yunlan was surprised and asked, "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. People just smash it and feed it to chickens and ducks.
Xu Qinyu said: "It's edible and tastes good."
Xu Yunlan was a little excited. Miss Xu said that if something is edible, it 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 cook everything, so she didn't have any expectations for 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 stir-fried snail meat and leeks to make 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, it’s not that 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 with the meat still on. The yard was filled with the aroma of meat and lotus root.
Finally, I stir-fried some shredded radish and cut some of her pickled kimchi, which was just edible.
Xu Qinyu also asked Yang Zhizhi what she had eaten in the morning. When she learned that she did not eat enough protein, she fried two eggs for her, removed the yolks from the two fried eggs and fed them to Heiyu.
Heiyu had been in the yard the entire time. As a half-grown leopard, it looked only slightly bigger than an adult cat. Neither Xu Yunlan nor Yang Zhizhi were afraid of it.
Baiyu seldom goes out during the day as she doesn't like too much light. She should be sleeping curled up under Xu Qinyu's bed.
For the fried eggs, just brush a thin layer of vegetable oil on the bottom of the pan, remove the egg yolk from the fried eggs, simmer them in the prepared sauce for half a minute and then serve.
The fried egg is covered with thick sauce, which looks very appetizing.
Xu Qinyu put Yang Zhizhi's food on a plate and served 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 radish shreds.
Yang Zhizhi murmured, "Can you 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. You can eat your fill, and the taste should be okay."
Most people here only eat two meals a day, so she adjusted Yang Zhizhi's fat-reducing diet.
The evening meal is usually eaten around 4 o'clock, and you can eat until you are 90% full.
Moreover, Yang Zhizhi has a large base now, and it is impossible to eat too little. Otherwise, if you can't hold on in the early stage, how can you talk about the later stage.
The first thing Yang Zhizhi tried was the snail meat. She thought it would be tough and hard to chew, but it was completely different. It was a bit chewy but not tough at all. It was very fresh and even had a sweet taste. The leeks were also green and refreshing.
This dish was made under her supervision by Miss Xu. She only added some shredded ginger, a little salt and a tiny bit of soy sauce, but she managed to make it so delicious.
It tasted better than the dishes she had eaten at Donglaiju that were full of seasonings.
The stir-fried radish is also sweet, and the fried egg covered with sauce, paired 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 hungry. She ate very well.
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 also very satisfied with the meal.
Snail meat has its own flavor whether it is stir-fried or spicy. Even if you have eaten spicy snail meat, you will still be amazed by the fried snails with leeks that is specially made for Zhizhi with less oil and salt. It has a fresh, sweet and crispy taste, and the snail meat is still plump and juicy.
After the evening meal, Xu Qinyu also 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 at night, so you shouldn't be thirsty when you go back, but you should still drink a glass of water when you go back, not tea. Don't drink water after the end of the evening. It's best to drink seven or eight glasses 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 the carriage. Xu Yunlan first asked the driver to take Zhizhi back home, and then borrowed the county magistrate's carriage and driver to take her back to the Xu family. Finally, the driver drove the carriage back to the county government office.
After returning to the county government, Yang Zhizhi went to her mother Wei's place first.
A few days ago, Mrs. Wei saw her daughter fainting after eating boiled vegetables. Naturally, she felt distressed, but there was nothing she could do. Recently, she allowed her daughter to go to Donglaiju for meals. She thought Zhizhi had eaten at Donglaiju again before returning.
Unexpectedly, Zhizhi came over and snuggled up to her and said, "Mom, today Yunlan took me to the evening snack of the family that makes custard buns. It turns out that custard buns are not the snacks of Qingfeng Bakery and Donglaiju, but made by a young cook who is only fifteen or sixteen years old."
Wei was surprised and said, "A little cook of fifteen or sixteen?" It was the first time she heard that she was 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 made a special evening meal for me. I ate 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 a great chef, but her dishes are also delicious. She uses very little oil and seasoning, but the taste is better than what I ate in Donglaiju. Miss Xu also said that I should be able to lose two pounds after going to the clean room tomorrow morning."
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 diet, 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 eat so much and still lose weight? I'm afraid you'll gain a kilogram or two after eating and drinking. Can you still lose weight if you wake up early 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 makes, 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."
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 made by Xu Qinyu, she was a little looking forward to it, but Wei didn't believe it at all. Having never tasted the food made by Xu Qinyu, she didn't think that a cook of fifteen or sixteen years old could have such great skills. She was probably just making some fresh food that Zhizhi had never eaten before. It was not that the young lady specialized in selling fish and the taste was not bad. She should have some recipes for making river fish.
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The next morning, Yang Zhizhi went to the bathroom first, then returned to her room 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 dinner she had 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 and the objects to be weighed are placed on it. Of course, even with this large scale, it 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 very much yesterday evening, she was just full. By the time she went to bed, she was a little hungry, but the hunger feeling was not severe and it didn't affect her at all. She fell asleep with this slight hunger feeling.
Yang Zhizhi was extremely happy and went to the main courtyard first.
Wei and County Magistrate Yang Jiarong had just gotten dressed when they heard their daughter's voice outside. Wei hurriedly opened the door and saw her daughter rushing to her with her skirt lifted up.
"Mom, mom, I've lost two pounds!"
Wei was surprised, "Is it really lighter?"
Yang Zhizhi smiled and said, "My mother asked Chunhong, and Chunhong weighed me for me, and it was 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 fooling 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? Does Xu Yunlan know her too?
Yang Jiarong felt that this young cook must be the one Xu Kongmu invited to the banquet during the New Year, otherwise she would not be familiar with Xu Yunlan.
Yang Jiarong told his family about it, and Wei was surprised and asked, "It was her?"
The old man had told her about this, but he didn't dare tell Zhizhi for fear that she would be greedy.
Wei couldn't help but say, "I heard that she is 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 a matter of talent. Some people are very good at studying and have photographic memories, while some people are not good at studying but are good at other things. There are top talents in all 360 professions."
Since the young chef has real skills, Wei plans to visit her home in person.
She certainly takes it seriously so that Zhizhi can eat her fill and lose weight. She hopes that Zhizhi can reach a normal weight and be healthy.
After Wei washed up and changed her clothes, she went to Osmanthus 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 making salted pork intestines. Although she had given the recipe and proportions to Cheng Ge'er, she was still the one preparing the food while Cheng Ge'er was watching beside her.
After the pig intestines were salted, Xu Qinyu asked Cheng Ge'er to deliver them to Tian the butcher.
As soon as Wei and her daughter arrived at Osmanthus Lane, they smelled a particularly rich fragrance.
Yang Zhizhi said, "It must be Miss Xu who is cooking."
As soon as they arrived at the gate of Pei's house, 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 and said, "Sister, you are looking for my fourth sister-in-law. My fourth sister-in-law is in the yard."
Yang Zhizhi blushed slightly, nodded, and followed Wei into the yard.
Sure enough, he saw Miss Xu and her mother-in-law busy in the yard.
Xu Qinyu heard footsteps and turned around to see that it was Yang Zhizhi.
She smiled and said, "How is Miss Yang? Is she lighter?"
Yang Zhizhi said excitedly: "Ms. Xu, you are amazing. I really lost two kilograms."
Xu Qinyu knew that Yang Zhizhi could certainly be light.
Yang Zhizhi introduced her to Miss Xu and said, "This is my mother."
Xu Qinyu nodded slightly to Wei.
Wei walked to Xu Qinyu and said softly, "I came here today to help Zhizhi lose weight, so I won't tell you anything else. As a mother, I am most worried about Zhizhi. Zhizhi has been greedy and fat since she was a child. She has always been laughed at. Now she is getting heavier and her health is getting worse. The doctor also said that Zhizhi should lose weight, but I have tried several times with Zhizhi, eating boiled vegetables, and failed every time. Now I know that eating a full meal can also help lose weight, so I hope that Miss Xu can prepare breakfast and evening meals for Zhizhi. Miss Xu, don't worry, I will not treat you badly."