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"I ate very little today." Huo Zian sat down opposite Chen Langxin.

Chen Lang was listless, and fiddled with the blueberries on the yogurt mousse with a fork: "I don't have any appetite, Chef, it's not that you didn't do well, it's that I'm in a bad mood."

"It seems that the conversation with the chief editor is not very good."

"It's not just bad, it's a complete failure."

Huo Zian: "You don't have to force yourself if you don't get along."

"Can't get along?" Chen Lang curled his lips, "It's not a problem of not getting along. He said I'm not up to standard, and he also said that people can't think that standards don't exist just because they're not up to standard."

Huo Zian was stunned by these words, "What standard? This Qiu Xinzhi has a lot of truths. Hey, in the words of Beijingers, don't make any sense!"

Chen Lang was amused.After a while, her smile gradually died down, she looked at Zi An and sighed: "But, I agree with him in my heart - standards are very important. I am a pastry chef, and the standard is the most important when making desserts. How much powder, how much sugar, How much oil, a milligram difference can affect the finished product. All pastry chefs live in measuring spoons and scales."

Only then did Huo Zian realize what she was doing, and nodded: "That's right, desserts are usually strictly measured; but people are not desserts, and they can't be measured with a measuring spoon."

"Oh," Chen Lang propped his chin with his hands, and sighed: "People are no different, there are scales and rulers waiting for us everywhere. I told you, I used to be a big fat man, and then I worked hard to lose weight to get it. So far. I have three scales at home, and I have to measure six times a day in the morning, afternoon, and evening. 60 kg is my standard. As long as it exceeds, I feel guilty about drinking water, let alone eating. For a while, I was particularly anxious. As long as it exceeds this number, I will... bleed myself. Human blood is actually quite heavy, and it will come down if you put a little weight on it."

Huo Zian frowned: "You..." Chen Lang hurriedly said, "I'm sick, right? I also think I'm very sick. But a woman who weighs 60 kg is already considered fat. I just let myself be at least Standard fringe."

Huo Zian: "If you are fat, you will look good. You don't have to torture yourself like this."

Chen Langxin shook his head, "Most people think that being fat is not good-looking, and it's ridiculous. Not only fat and thin, people will be laughed at because many things are not up to standard. So I worked very hard, and I went to the best school in France to study , the grades are very good, and I have won a lot of awards. I am really good, but I still hate myself like that."

She forked the blueberry off the yogurt cake. "Like this blueberry, I must hate being put in this position, not even a little bit crooked. Well, I'd better eat it."

After hearing these words, Huo Zian had mixed feelings: "So you don't want to work anymore?"

"It's not that I don't want to work, it's that I don't want to go back to work in that environment." Chen Lang said helplessly, "But even if I don't work, I can't run away, can I? I will be 30 years old in one year. According to the standard, I should get married Qiu Xinzhi's mouth is a bit poisonous, and he is a bit narcissistic, but at least he can help me block my uncles and aunts at home, and many people will envy me when I take him out for a walk. So, I say Qiu Xinzhi is a chicken thief, but I am worse than him If you know how to count, I counted him from head to toe. It's very standard!" She said sullenly, "I really hate myself like that."

Huo Zian didn't expect Chen Lang to look bright and cheerful, and he was quite entangled in his heart, so he comforted him: "It's human nature to want a good job and date a beautiful person. Everyone wants to do this. Don't be too stubborn, cheer up!"

"It's not like this. You know, he just asked me for my resume in front of me! I was right in front of him, but he wasn't interested at all. He just wanted to see where I graduated from, how much money I made, how tall I was Weight, age, where I am from, what the hell am I? I have worked hard for so long, can I live as a standard resume?"

"Ah?" Zian was taken aback, thinking that Qiu Xinzhi was ruthless enough, and this matter was too hurtful.

Chen Langxin continued: "But after thinking about it myself, he is just a beautiful resume to me. I didn't ask him for it. It doesn't mean that I don't care about work and background. I really have nothing to do with him. the difference."

Alas, Huo Zian thought, many truths about marriages are so ugly if they are put on the table.He had no choice but to say: "Don't think about him, he is not interested in you, just find someone else who is interested in you, there are many men."

Chen Lang let out a long breath.

After a while of silence, she laughed: "Well, you're right." She poked the fork into the cake and stared straight at Huo Zian.

Huo Zian felt a chill in his heart, and felt that something was wrong with Chen Langxin's eyes: "If you are really angry, you can go out for a couple of laps, buy something, or go puncture his tires, it's useless to look at me..."

"Huo Zian, are you single now?"

Huo Zian was stunned, and after a while he said: "I have a master, don't make up my mind."

"Tsk," Chen Lang was very disappointed, "I knew it! There are many men, but there are many enemies. This world is too unfriendly to a 30-year-old woman who weighs 60 kilograms!"

Huo Zian smiled and said: "Don't be so disappointed in this world, okay. How about this, while my girlfriend is away, I can pamper you. What do you want to eat, I will make it for you?"

"Yo, is there only one way you hurt people?"

Huo Zian nodded.

Chen Langxin was stimulated by Qiu Xinzhi's statement that her elation was waning, and also by the fact that Huo Zian had a girlfriend. She suddenly thought, "I don't want you to cook for me, so you can lend me the kitchen."

"What are you going to do?"

She pulled the cake into pieces with a fork, and said: "I want to show you what a world-class dessert looks like. Your stuff, at best, is a promiscuous relationship between carbohydrates and fat." She glanced contemptuously table, went to the kitchen by himself.

Huo Zian laughed: "It's so arrogant..."

Several big men stood aside and gave up the whole kitchen to Chen Langxin.A good cook can handle well even in a strange kitchen, especially if the owner of the kitchen is also a good cook.Huo Zian's kitchen is neat and reasonable, she doesn't need any help at all, she picks up the tools and ingredients she needs, and puts her head down to operate.

She didn't look for specific ingredients, she used what she found, not even scales and measuring spoons.

Huo Zian was amazed, "You really don't need a scale?"

Chen Langxin didn't even look at him: "When I left the Ritz-Carlton, I understood a truth. Apart from tools, I have more important things: intuition and experience. —— Huo Zian, help me tie my hair up. "

Huo Zian obediently became her little assistant.Chen Langxin calmly beat eggs, cut avocados, crushed coconut chips, melted chocolate, and whipped tomatoes. Her plump hands were skillfully doing these trivial tasks, with an elegant and stable demeanor.

Huo Zian whispered to Ouji: "I think of the Naples family restaurant I went to, where the chefs were all women."

Oggie: "Italian mom, amazing."

Chen Langxin piled up the food on each level, and pushed it to Huo Zian, "Chef, can you comment?"

This is an opera cake, but it is different from the layers of chocolate coffee cream on the market. She has a jelly layer made of guacamole and Roma tomatoes in the middle, and a layer of almond crisps to increase the taste.Next to the cake, there is a small cup of espresso with a little tequila in it, and the light cream covered on it is sprinkled with paprika.

Huo Zian knew the whole process in his mind. "You don't need to taste it, your opera house is very substandard." He approached Chen Langxin and looked at her affectionately: "But I must be delicious. If no one wants you, I want you!"

Chen Lang's heart blushed instantly, "I... who said that no one wants me..."

"Would you like to work with me?"

Chen Lang felt suffocated, not only because of Huo Zian's words, but also because he was very close, with that pretty face right next to his ear.

She took a deep breath and thought: What, she has offers from more than a dozen big hotels, why does she have to work in this small restaurant in the alley? "I'm worth a lot, you can't afford it."

"I can't pay that much, but I can give you half of my kitchen."

Chen Lang's heart was poked again, she knew how much Huo Zian loved his kitchen.Listening to this sentence, why is it so like "I share everything about me with you"?

She said stubbornly: "Your kitchen is too simple, it's really not enough."

"Whatever you want, I can buy it for you. Whatever you want, as long as I have the ability, I can give it to you." Huo Zian smiled sincerely, showing his white teeth.

Chen Lang was heartbroken.She thought desperately, this...is pretty good too.Although there are many big hotels and restaurants looking for her, she doesn't like that environment at all, she is fed up with the precise control, those delicate molds, measuring spoons... She wants a place where she can completely autonomously create her own I like desserts, but if I start my own business, I have to deal with a lot of troublesome things.So, why not?She likes this restaurant, and also likes Huo Zian.

She decided to throw away the scales in her heart and trust her instincts.

"I am willing." She gritted her teeth and entrusted herself.

Huo Zian rode his bicycle around the big locust tree.There were no people in the square late at night, but many small sounds could be heard: the cat jumped on the roof tiles, the pine cone fell into the soil, the dog sneezed, and the branches and leaves grew slowly.The canopy of the locust tree is getting more and more luxuriant, and the green breath can be smelled in the air.

Huo Zian rode faster and faster, and the light spring air seeped into his body, making him feel like he was flying.

When he was too tired, he stopped.After breathing steadily, he took out two lemon drops from his pocket and threw one on the locust tree. "Yu Liangchen, catch it!"

You Liangchen took the candy, opened it and put it in his mouth.He felt that Huo Zian was in a good mood, and the haze that had enveloped him during this time dissipated.Didn't he just win Chen Lang's heart? As for being so happy?

The lemon candy melted in You Liangchen's mouth, so sour that he wrinkled his nose.

"I'm so tired, how long have I been spinning, 20 minutes?"

"It's been more than half an hour. What are you doing? Putting on a rope can make you look good."

Huo Zian was taken aback, and said with a smile: "You call me a donkey. Then what are you, corn or pepper?"

"Fuck!" You Liangchen chuckled.

Huo Zian was in a good mood, leaning on the tree trunk, feeling that he was really favored by the "divine tree".More than three months ago, he came to the alley alone, without even a change of clothes, and only with a crazy thought, even deep in his own heart, he occasionally felt that he was doing something willful and stupid. But persist until now, this thought has become a reality step by step, like glass balls scattered everywhere, finally falling into the pit one by one.

He raised his head involuntarily and looked at the tree: "Thank you, Yu Liangchen."

"Ah? Thank you for what?" You Liangchen was surprised.

"If you hadn't taken my shoes, I wouldn't be here. Meeting you is the luckiest thing in my life!"

You Liangchen almost bit his tongue, the candy broke between his teeth, and sweet juice flowed out from the middle.His face was a little hot-why did this sound so awkward?Isn't this kind of words usually used in teasing girls, proposing marriage, and filming TV dramas?

Huo Zi'an got into the car, "Let's go, see you tomorrow!" He rolled his tongue and exaggerated his accent.

You Liangchen stretched out his hand and waved it.

The man left, but his voice was still lingering among the branches.You Liangchen suddenly remembered: what does his shoes have to do with him coming here?Could it be that he was really looking for shoes all the way here?

You Liangchen thought of the story of "Cinderella", the prince was looking for his girl with the shoes, Huo Zian was lucky, he was the other way around, the "girl" chased after him to find the shoes, found it, and still lingered !

He flicked the cigarette ash into the old leather shoes, and couldn't help but smile on his face.

The author has something to say:

Do Western-style dim sum need to be accurately weighed?This doesn't seem to be a problem. No one doubts that West Point must use scales.

But in a BBC documentary, I saw the chubby and lovely Uncle PaulHollywood being run over by a female pastry chef in Eastern Europe, saying that they don’t measure everything so accurately, only the British are so fussy... …

I think about it, the hometown of Eastern European girls is more inclined to homemade, handmade, and experience-based dessert making. In fact, home making really does not need to be so accurate, because baking is not only weight and volume, but also temperature, humidity, light, etc. The finished product has a major impact, and it is impossible to purchase equipment to control the entire environment at home.So it is more about personal experience and intuition. Every detail needs to be carefully, which is why there is manual warmth.

Italian mother, it’s another article I read before. It said that some family restaurants in Italy cook delicious food and don’t give menus. After the female chef and others finish eating a dish, they will come out and ask, hello, what do you think of the next dish? what to eat

Instantly fell in love with this scene.So much so that in my mind, Italian mothers are the most powerful chefs in the world.

In addition, I have to explain that in French restaurants, the status of the chef and the pastrychef who is in charge of desserts is equal and there is no affiliation.So in terms of kitchen status, Huo Zian and Chen Langxin are on the same level, because Zian is the boss, that's why they say "entrust".