"What is it? Tell me."

Seeing her suddenly blush, Yu Yao teased, "You haven't taken a fancy to any of the guys in our workshop and want me to introduce you to someone, have you?"

Fang Qiaoqiao, her thoughts exposed, suddenly looked up: "How did you know?"

Yu Yao pointed to her flushed face, "Your face is so red, it's hard not to guess. Tell me quickly, which outstanding gentleman has won the favor of our Comrade Fang Qiaoqiao?"

Fang Qiaoqiao pursed her lips: "Not from your workshop."

"Not from our workshop?" Yu Yao thought for a moment, "Could they be from the military?"

“Neither.” Fang Qiaoqiao took a deep breath and looked at Yu Yao. “It was the man who helped us push our bicycles earlier.”

The man who helped them push their bicycles just now?

"You've taken a liking to Wu Huaiqing?" Yu Yao asked in surprise.

So his name was Wu Huaiqing. Fang Qiaoqiao silently read the name aloud.

"Ayao, do you know him? Does he have a girlfriend?"

Remembering what Wu Wanying had told her last time, Yu Yao told the truth: "He is my cousin. I heard from my mother that someone introduced him to a woman, and the two have been dating for a while. They are about to meet each other's relatives, so it should be confirmed."

Hearing Yu Yao say that, Fang Qiaoqiao was a little disappointed: "So you have a boyfriend."

I finally found a gay man I liked, but he already has a girlfriend. Looks like we're not meant to be.

Fang Qiaoqiao's disappointment came and went quickly. Once she arrived at Hongxi Farm, she regained her cheerful and optimistic personality, standing on the hood of the vehicle and waving to the distance.

"Ayao, look! That tallest woman is my classmate Yan Minjia."

Yu Yao stood up, leaning on the back of the cart, and looked in the direction Fang Qiaoqiao pointed. Ahead stretched an endless expanse of sugarcane fields, pineapple fields, and other tropical fruit plantations.

The coconut trees swayed in the wind, and you could see that they were covered with coconuts.

What a beautiful scene of tropical fruit forest.

The air was filled with familiar yet unfamiliar fruity aromas, which brought joy to the senses.

A winding dirt road leads through the sugarcane grove to the red-walled brick and tile bungalows behind the orchard.

On a huge rock, the words "Hainan Island Red Joy Farm" were written in red paint. Several people were standing next to it, among whom a woman was particularly tall and could be seen at a glance.

Upon seeing Fang Qiaoqiao, the other person happily ran towards them, waving repeatedly: "Qiaoqiao, Fang Qiaoqiao, I'm here."

After the truck stopped, Fang Qiaoqiao got off and hugged Yan Minjia. "Minjia, it's been a long time!"

Yan Minjia smiled and said, "Long time no see, you've gained weight again."

After saying that, she looked at Yu Yao next to Fang Qiaoqiao, her eyes brightening. Without Fang Qiaoqiao's introduction, she took the initiative to extend her hand: "You must be Yu Yao, you're so pretty. I'm Qiaoqiao's classmate, my name is Yan Minjia, I'm the same age as you, you can just call me Minjia."

Yu Yao liked her personality very much and held her hand: "Hello, Minjia, it's nice to meet you, I'm Yu Yao."

"This is a small gift for you." Yu Yao took out three cans from her backpack. "These are homemade canned goods. There are canned beef, canned pork, and canned fruit. Please don't mind them."

Fang Qiaoqiao was extremely envious. "Minjia, you are so lucky. The canned food that our Ayao makes is so delicious that you can't buy it with money. Just smelling the aroma of the canned food makes me want to eat two bowls of rice."

Although Yan Minjia felt that what she said was a bit exaggerated, she also thought the canned food in her hand looked pretty good.

"Thank you, Yu Yao. This canned food looks delicious. You don't know, there's no supply and marketing cooperative on this farm, so it's really not easy to buy these kinds of foods."

After exchanging pleasantries, Zhou Qiang and Director Yang of Hongxi Farm had already completed the handover.

“The educated youth have already cut the first batch of sugarcane. I’ll take you over to see it. Educated youth Yan, come here for a moment.”

Yan Minjia smiled and said, "I'll go first, we'll talk in a bit."

The first batch of sugarcane needed to be inspected one by one to ensure there were no problems before it could be loaded onto the truck.

Because of the large quantity, Yu Yao and Fang Qiaoqiao were each responsible for counting the number and weight of the sugarcane. After counting and loading the sugarcane onto the truck, they were busy until the afternoon before finally finishing.

As November drew to a close, the weather wasn't as hot as when we first arrived on the island, but after a busy day, I still broke out in a sweat.

After the truck was loaded with sugarcane, it was time to drive back to the factory. They would come back the next morning to load the second batch. Before leaving, the farm prepared dinner and invited them to eat in the canteen.

Fang Qiaoqiao and Yu Yao ate with Yan Minjia.

Yan Minjia thought of Yu Yao's canned food and opened a can of pork.

When the canned food was first opened, it didn't have much of a smell, and Yan Minjia was a little disappointed, but when it was heated in the cafeteria kitchen, the aroma came out.

This canned pork is a personal favorite of Yu Yao. It's a rich and flavorful braised pork, made with a bit more fat. It tastes even better when heated up.

She selects pork belly with a ratio of three parts fat to two parts lean, cuts it into cubes the size of mahjong tiles, first deep-fries it, and then braises it in her carefully prepared sauce.

As the temperature rises, the flavor locked in the jelly-like broth keeps wafting into your nose.

The educated youth who came to the canteen thought the canteen chef had made fresh meat dishes, and they crowded to the window to get braised pork.

As a result, the head chef chased him away with a spoon, saying, "Go away, go away! There's no braised pork here. This is braised pork canned food that Xiao Yan, a young intellectual, put in the kitchen to heat up."

When the educated youth heard that it wasn't made in the canteen, they were all extremely disappointed.

When Yan Minjia came over to get the canned food, she noticed that the educated youth at the window were staring at her can with wolf-like eyes. Startled, she quickly put the lid back on and hurried to her seat.

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