After Wang Xiahe finished speaking, she whispered a few words to Wan Xiaozhen.
Wan Xiaozhen's eyes widened as she listened. "What? Yu Yao is actually Yu Defu's daughter?"
No wonder they're so annoying.
“What Yu Defu? You should call him Dad.” Wang Xiahe brought over the food. “Eat something first. Rest at home today and go to work tomorrow. I’ll figure out what to do about Yu Yao.”
"You just need to wait and be a beautiful bride."
Wan Xiaozhen smiled through her tears, "Thank you, Mom. I'm willing to do anything as long as I can marry Lu Ze."
The next morning, Wan Xiaozhen went to work at the factory. Along the way, she encountered familiar people who gave her strange looks because of her clothes and appearance.
Once inside the pre-processing workshop, the attention became even more noticeable.
An aunt nudged Aunt Liu, gestured towards Wan Xiaozhen with her chin, and whispered, "Old Liu, don't you think her outfit looks familiar? I feel like I've seen her somewhere before."
As Aunt Liu cut the pineapple, she glanced at it and said disdainfully, "Where else could it be? Yu Yao dressed like this just last month. Every part of her from head to toe is copied from Yu Yao."
"Now that you mention it, it's true. No wonder she seemed so familiar; the way she greeted me just now was just like Yu Yao."
Many female workers in the factory imitated Yu Yao's style of dress.
It's understandable that lesbians appreciate beauty and admire your style and learning from you, but for someone like Wan Xiaozhen, it's not just about simply learning how to dress; it's become an obsession.
The tone of her voice, the angle at which she greeted someone, and even the curve of her hair falling were exactly the same as Yu Yao's, making it seem rather strange.
Aunt Liu glanced at Wan Xiaozhen sideways and snorted, "Imitation is futile; ugly people always try to be clever."
Luckily, Xiao Yu went to work in the sugar water workshop; otherwise, seeing her every day would have been incredibly annoying.
When Yu Yao got home from get off work, she found a notebook on Lu Ze's desk with a note in his handwriting.
His handwriting, like himself, is clean, crisp, and full of character.
The note read:
"I received orders from my superiors at the last minute and didn't have time to say goodbye. These things on the table are what Uncle Chen asked me to give you."
Inside are books and notes he's collected over the years related to food; the top one is about canning. Hopefully, it will be helpful to you.
Yu Yao picked up the notebook and flipped through it.
The contents are detailed, recording the changes in food storage methods on islands from ancient times to the present, which is very helpful for her to make canned goods and understand ingredients.
One method for preserving fruit and pickling seafood in bamboo tubes is actually similar to canning, only the tools are different.
These books and notes were a godsend, giving Yu Yao even more confidence in developing a unique and delicious canned food.
She needs to hurry up and read through all these documents.
At lunchtime that day, Fang Qiaoqiao came to find Yu Yao to heat up her food together and told Yu Yao about Wan Xiaozhen, expressing her indignation.
"It's been several days now. It's one thing for her to copy your clothes and style every day, but she even tries to imitate your speech and behavior. It's really uncomfortable. Don't you mind?"
"I'm so busy right now, I don't have time to care about her. As long as she doesn't come looking for trouble, I'll let her do whatever she wants, even if she's dressed up like a ball of color."
As Yu Yao flipped through her notes, she peeled open a salted egg, scooped out a piece of oily yolk, and mixed it into the seafood porridge.
Fang Qiaoqiao nodded. "What you said makes sense. Instead of wasting time on her, we should focus on developing canned food. It's just that seeing her copying you makes me a little uncomfortable."
Her gaze fell on Yu Yao's notebook, and she asked with concern, "How's the canned food development going? How many types of canned food have you developed?"
Yu Yao thought for a moment and replied, "In addition to the jackfruit preserves I developed before, I also made pork preserves and beef preserves. The method I used was a combination of the methods from Guangdong and Shaanxi provinces, and it turned out pretty good."
"I'm currently experimenting with canned mangosteen and canned longan to see which method tastes better."
Fang Qiaoqiao didn't understand. "Just hearing you say that gives me a headache. I'm definitely not cut out for this. I'm better suited to eating. Haha!"
After saying that, she pushed her aluminum lunchbox containing the food in front of Yu Yao, "Don't you like my mom's braised ribbonfish? My mom made extra today, so you can try it."
"Try my braised prawns too." Yu Yao pushed her aluminum lunchbox over and picked up a piece of crispy ribbonfish.
The ribbonfish is sweet and spicy, and it goes especially well with rice.
In particular, it contains Fang Qiaoqiao's mother's homemade yellow lantern chili sauce, making it exceptionally flavorful.
"Auntie's braised ribbonfish is still so delicious." At this point, Yu Yao suddenly paused, looking at the ribbonfish on her chopsticks and falling into deep thought.
This ribbonfish would be quite good if it were canned.
The food factory currently produces crispy canned ribbonfish and braised canned ribbonfish. The braised canned ribbonfish tastes average and its sales have never been very good.
If you marinate it with yellow lantern chili sauce like this auntie does, it will definitely sell well.
Yu Yao shared her idea with Fang Qiaoqiao, who also thought it was feasible.
"When I get home, I'll ask my mom if she has any more yellow lantern chili sauce. If she does, I'll bring it over for you, and you can try making canned ribbonfish."
"Okay, then I'll trouble you. Once I've finished making the canned goods, I'll definitely invite you and Auntie to be the first to try them."
Hearing her say that, Fang Qiaoqiao suddenly looked pitiful, "Yu Yao, we're doomed. It would have been better if you hadn't said that. Now that you've said that, my mom and I will be so hungry that we won't be able to sleep for a while."
Yu Yao was amused by her cute appearance and comforted her, "It's okay, I'll get you two cans of beef and pork to tide you over in a bit. Remember to write a feedback."
My dear reader, there's more to this chapter! Please click the next page to continue reading—even more exciting content awaits!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
