Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

Chapter 205 Color Recipes
"Why hasn't Old Dou returned from Professor Ke's visit for so long? Did she really learn a lot?"

The old man did what he said. After lunch, he took his mother to ask Professor Ke about his nutritional recipes. But when A Yao got off work and returned to the Kang family, the two old people had not returned. When A Yao learned that the old man and his mother had gone out, he asked in confusion.

"But don't learn so much, otherwise your father will give a long report when he comes back, and we will be in trouble." A-Zu said with a smile, and everyone laughed when they heard his words. Everyone knew their father's situation very well, and he would definitely give a report when he came back.

As they were talking, the old lady walked into the Kang family with a happy face. Before they sat down, the old lady said as expected: "I really learned a lot from Professor Ke today. He is still very energetic at the age of 92, thanks to his health-preserving philosophy of eating fine food. Guess what he usually eats?"

"What do you want to eat?" The second brother asked at the right time.

"The center of the rice." The father revealed the answer. The center of the rice is the part in the middle of the rice.

"Eating with a healthy mind can help you live longer?" A Yao frowned, not believing it.

"Yes." The old man said affirmatively, "Professor Ke said that aflatoxin floats on the surface when cooking rice, and non-stick pans are chemical substances, so only the core of the rice is the most nutritious and is soft and easy to absorb."

"He is 92 years old this year, with a childlike face, white hair and a voice like a bell."

When Lao Dou was still bragging, no one paid much attention. One by one, they got up to wash their hands and prepare for dinner, which made Lao Dou look depressed. He hadn't finished talking yet.

He walked into the dining room with a gloomy face and sat down at his seat. But he found that the bowl in front of him was empty, which made him even angrier. "Really? You guys are all filling your bowls, but you don't fill your bowl for the old man's?"

"How dare you not serve the old man's rice? Are you looking for death?" The second brother joked to the second sister-in-law, but the second sister-in-law ignored him. After Zhu Wanling finished feeding Siqi, she wanted to go over to serve the old man rice. The old man waved his hand and stood up with the bowl.

He opened the rice cooker and found that the rice had been hollowed out in the middle with only the surrounding parts left untouched. "No way? How come there is only a rice hole left in the rice?"

A-Zu: "The professor said we can't keep the top layer."

A Yao: "There are a lot of aflatoxin."

Big Brother Guang: "And the layer below and the ones around it can't be used either, they are all chemical substances."

"Food nourishes people." The second brother made a summary speech.

"The rice core is for the elderly. We old folks have poor digestion and no teeth." The old man was so angry that he didn't even serve his meal. He came back and sat down with an empty bowl.

"Okay, okay, if it's really that good, I'll cook a big pot for everyone to eat, okay?" The nanny picked up the old man's bowl to serve him rice, saying helplessly.

"So you are the one who is ignorant. The center of the rice is just the spoonful in the middle." Dad insisted.

"Master, from now on, the rice core will be left to you." The second sister-in-law thought for a moment and said, "But we don't want the ones above, below, or beside us."

The others nodded as well. If they didn't want to eat the food around them, wouldn't it be a waste? Xianglan couldn't stand such waste, so she said, "How about this, I'll take care of the food you don't eat."

Aflatoxin is a highly toxic substance that has been listed as a national first-class carcinogen by the WHO. After ingestion, it will damage the liver and is very harmful to the health of the body. When the boss heard what Xianglan said, he quickly said, "No, my wife, Dad just said that the chemical coating there has the most aflatoxin." He did not let her make her own decision.

"You believe what others say, but I don't. It's such a waste if you don't eat the white rice. Anyway, you can give me the ones you don't eat in the future." Xianglan's tone was firm. She believed that waste was very shameful.

"Sister-in-law, if they don't eat it, we will. Arui and I will eat with you." Zhu Wanling nodded to Xianglan and said to everyone, "If you ask me, you are just worrying about nothing. Aflatoxin is only present when rice is moldy after being left for a long time or when the rice is cooked with moldy rice. Our rice is all new rice grown by my cousin Bing in the countryside. How could it contain aflatoxin?" Whether it causes cancer or not, Zhu Wanling is a professional in medical matters.

"That's right, it's fine to eat rice anywhere, but what I mean is that the center of the rice is softer, which is more suitable for the two of us old folks." Dad explained to everyone, and then said: "However, how to eat more healthily is still worth exploring. I have been studying with your mother for so long today, and we will develop a healthy diet recipe for the Kang family to ensure that everyone can eat with peace of mind."

"What does it mean?" asked the second brother.

"I named this recipe the color recipe," Lao Dou replied.

Everyone looked at each other in surprise and asked, "Color recipe?"

"It's very simple. For example, the red recipe is tomatoes, red rice, carrots, and red dates." The old man gave everyone an example, and everyone became interested. The big brother asked: "Dad, is there a black recipe? What are they specifically?"

Before my father could say anything, my second sister-in-law said with contempt, "Are you kidding me, uncle? You were an educated youth. The black diet is black beans, black sesame seeds, and the five black vegetables."

The second sister-in-law is indeed an experienced housewife, she can think of this. A Zu suddenly realized and sighed: "It doesn't look mysterious, but this way of eating is indeed very special and creative. It's a pity that Diana has returned abroad, otherwise she would definitely like it very much."

Kang Qirui lowered his head to hold back his laughter. This fourth brother missed his wife. A Zu also realized that he was speechless. He coughed and asked his father, "Father, how do you plan to arrange the colors of the week?"

My father began to introduce: "It's very simple. On Monday, we will eat tofu, soy milk and bean sprouts. On Tuesday, we will eat pork blood, tomato and red rice porridge. On Wednesday, I plan to eat garlic, green bean and cucumber. On Thursday, we will eat vermicelli and fried gluten pancakes."

At this time, Big Brother Guang stretched out his hand to interrupt Lao Dou, "I understand the first three days, white, red, and green, but on Thursday, these are all coarse grains, what kind of color diet is this?"

"It's a yellow recipe, don't interrupt me." The old man scolded the boss and continued: "On Friday, I will cook black beans and catfish and Luohan vegetarian food. On Saturday, I plan to cook corn and sweet potatoes in one pot."

"Ah? Another yellow diet?" Big Brother Guang interrupted Lao Dou again, "What are we eating on Sunday?"

"We'll have kelp, saltwater fish and jellyfish on Sunday," said the mother with a smile.

After listening to it, Kang Qirui frowned and said, "Dad, is this a color diet or a monk's diet? There is only a little meat on Friday and Sunday, and the rest of the time it's all vegetarian. Isn't this nutritious?" He was not doing this for himself, but for several children in his family.

"That's right, I have an opinion too. Auntie Dou, you know I'm a carnivore. I can't eat vegetables every day." A-Zu didn't dare to say it at first, but when he saw someone else speaking up, he followed suit and protested.

"Why is there two days for yellow but not two days for black?" Tianxiu also had an opinion. He liked to eat Luohan vegetarian food, but he hated rice noodles, gluten, sweet potatoes, etc.

"This healthy diet is good for preventing high levels of triglycerides and lowering blood pressure. Of course it should be based on vegetables. How can it be called a healthy diet if it contains a lot of fish and meat?" Dad retorted.

But Kang Qirui still felt something was not right. He was about to continue talking when Zhu Wanling touched him from below. Kang Qirui looked at her and she shook her head to signal him to stop talking. With her father's personality, there was no way he would listen.

Some people objected, but some supported it. A Yao said in agreement, "This recipe is just right for me. I have high triglycerides and cholesterol."

Some people know the current situation, and some people don't. Tian Xiu said reluctantly, "But I don't want to participate."

"Why? Look at how fat you are." The old man was unhappy. "Let me tell you, if you keep eating like before, I'm afraid you will have high triglycerides like your uncle when you are fifteen."

(End of this chapter)