Upon hearing this, Yu Yao quickly asked Zhao Shengli to confirm what had happened.
"The person who was poisoned is surnamed Zhao. He is a member of the Hailuowan Brigade of Xiangyang Commune. He said that he bought your canned food a few days ago. Yesterday, when guests came to his house, he opened a can of meat and ate it. Not long after eating it, he started vomiting and having diarrhea, and felt weak all over. He has not recovered yet."
Have you gone to the health center? What did the doctor say?
"They say the food poisoning is caused by a problem with the canned sauce."
Because the final round of her canned food research and development competition was not yet over, the canned food formula was still in the hands of the researcher.
Yu Yao personally prepares the sauces for each batch of canned goods before handing them over to the factory for unified production.
Once the canned food final results are out, in addition to the five-yuan reward, the factory will spend extra money to buy all the canned food recipes if the customers are willing to sell them.
Logically speaking, she personally handled everything from ingredient preparation to production of this sauce, so there shouldn't be any problems.
Let's go over and see what went wrong.
Before Yu Yao and Zhao Shengli even reached the factory gate, they heard a noisy commotion at the gate.
When we arrived at the factory gate, it was already surrounded by layers of people.
Besides factory workers who were about to leave, there were also people from nearby who came to watch the commotion, as well as people who had heard about the poisoned canned food incident from the supply and marketing cooperative and came to confirm it.
In the center of the crowd, there was a door panel with a woman lying on it, her lips pale and her face ashen.
There were many people standing next to her, men, women, young and old.
Leading the group was a thin, elderly woman with gray hair.
She stood with her hands on her hips blocking the main entrance, pointing at the factory gate and throwing a tantrum: "Look everyone! This canned food in my hand is the poisonous canned food that harmed my daughter-in-law. It was developed by a worker named Yu Yao in their factory, and it poisoned my daughter-in-law."
The crowd stared at the coconut pie can in her hand, pointing and whispering among themselves.
A confident voice rang out from the crowd: "It is indeed Coconut Grove brand canned goods. The text and pictures on the cans are exactly the same, and the color of the beef inside is also the same."
"I was thinking of buying it, but thankfully I didn't. Who would have thought the sauce was poisonous? This person is so heartless; isn't he trying to harm our factory?"
"The security personnel haven't arrived yet. Yu Yao has to give them an explanation for this, otherwise what if it implicates our factory? It's like one bad apple spoils the whole bunch. How unlucky we are to have such a person."
"That's right, that's right. We've already gone to call Director Wang. If this is true, does it count as poisoning? Should we report it to the police?"
As public opinion escalated in a direction increasingly unfavorable to Yu Yao, Wang Chuntao and Zhao E exchanged a glance, a hint of a smile flashing in their eyes.
The bigger the commotion, the better. Let's see who will still buy Yu Yao's canned goods from the supply and marketing cooperative after today.
The old woman received a look from Wang Chuntao, and burst into tears, crying loudly: "My daughter-in-law is still lying here, for two days now, and she can't do any work at all. Your factory must give us an explanation."
"And that Yu Yao, she's the one who developed this canned food, right? She's the culprit, she has to apologize to us and compensate us for our losses, otherwise this matter is not over!"
Beside them, presumably the old woman's son, a man with a sleazy appearance echoed:
"That's right, they must apologize to us and compensate us for our losses. If anything happens to my wife, that Yu Yao will be in deep trouble. And your factory won't have an easy time either!"
They gathered their relatives, friends, and neighbors to keep things under control, and they all shouted in unison, "You'll regret this!"
When Zhao E saw Yu Yao arrive, she tugged at Wang Chuntao and said, "Mom, Yu Yao is here."
Wang Chuntao raised her voice and shouted, "Yu Yao is here!"
The crowd turned to look back. Yu Yao had become a celebrity in the food factory because of the last competition; everyone in the factory knew her.
"She actually dared to come? Isn't she afraid?"
“What’s the use of being afraid? This whole thing is because of her. If we don’t handle it properly, she might end up in the police station.”
The crowd parted to make way, and Yu Yao and Zhao Shengli walked along the path to the center of the crowd.
Granny Shen glanced at Yu Yao from head to toe, "You're the Yu Yao they were talking about?"
I never expected the developer of this canned beef to be so young.
However, being young is a good thing, because it makes things easier to manage.
When Shen Hongjun recognized Yu Yao, he shrank back, and his arrogant demeanor suddenly diminished significantly.
"I am Yu Yao. How is the person suffering from food poisoning?" Yu Yao's gaze fell on the woman lying on the door panel, groaning in pain, and she frowned.
"She's in so much pain, we shouldn't have taken her out of the clinic. Let's get her back to the clinic first; saving her life is the priority."
Knowing that many rural women are unable to make decisions at home, and fearing that this woman's family would be distressed by the expense, she specifically offered to pay the money first so that the woman could be sent for medical treatment.
Unexpectedly, Granny Shen strode over and pushed her away, saying, "What are you doing! Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. You want to send my daughter-in-law to get medical treatment and then let the matter drop? Let me tell you, no way. If you don't give me an explanation today, we're not leaving."
Yu Yao's gaze swept over the woman lying on the door panel, then looked at Granny Chen and her son, pausing when her gaze landed on the son.
It was that thug leader who tried to rob us on the day we were prying open oysters.
"She's your wife, isn't she? Is that what you think too? Do you really want to deal with her first before sending her for medical treatment?"
Shen Hongjun glanced at his wife, his eyes gleaming. "She's usually as strong as an ox, but she became like this because of the poisonous canned food you developed. We won't leave until you give us justice."
Lying on the door panel, the woman heard her mother-in-law and husband talking. Hurt, she lowered her head, clutching her stomach and sweating profusely.
"Do you want to get medical treatment first?" Yu Yao bypassed Shen Hongjun and asked the woman on the door.
Although she had been to the clinic before, the woman's condition had not yet improved. Even if her life was not in danger, she was still suffering.
The woman seemed surprised and looked at Yu Yao in astonishment.
She herself naturally wanted to get treatment first, but seeing the looks in her mother-in-law's and husband's eyes, she weakly shook her head, "Thank you for your concern. No need."
Since they were willing to suffer to deal with this matter first, Yu Yao didn't force them.
"I've heard about what happened. If there's a problem with my canned goods, don't worry, I'll take full responsibility."
Granny Shen was displeased with her statement: "What do you mean by 'if there's a problem with your canned goods, then there's something wrong with your canned goods, they're poisonous canned goods.' Don't try to argue with me!"
It's not normal to rush into convictions before even understanding the facts.
"Since you say there's something wrong with my canned goods, you need to give me time to figure out what happened before we can determine the amount of the apology and compensation. Don't you agree?"
Upon hearing that she wanted to see the canned goods, Granny Chen instinctively clutched her pockets tightly.
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