Chapter 1212
Chapter 1212
Chapter 1212
Standing outside the communal kitchen, listening to his sister-in-law's complaints, Guo Jiantao suddenly felt that life was utterly meaningless.
This is his house. He moved in, but now he has to consider other people's opinions?
Guo Jianwang lowered his voice: "What can I do? My older brother got divorced, and I haven't been able to get a house all these years..."
Wang Mei's eyes darted around: "Then let my brother find someone else, someone with a house?"
Guo Jianwang was tempted, but still hesitated: "Can't we? How can it be so suitable? My brother just got divorced, and we're already encouraging him to find someone else. That would be too unseemly..."
Guo Jiantao snorted coldly, but instead of returning to his family home, he went downstairs. He felt that everything had happened too fast; just yesterday he had a wife, daughter, and a house to live in.
How could things have changed so suddenly in just one day? His wife and daughter no longer wanted him. The house was clearly his, but he felt like an outsider. Especially now, he was caught in the middle.
He was just being extra filial to his parents; was he wrong? His parents always say that as the eldest son, the eldest son should be the head of the household...
Tan You's thinking is that the eldest son is the one who carries on the family line, which isn't wrong, but that was the eldest son of the past. The eldest son enjoyed almost half of the family's resources, but what about Guo Jiantao? He, the eldest son, was like an old ox, doing the most work and receiving the least.
It can only be said that Guo Degang and his wife are skilled at brainwashing. Sometimes parents are natural predators; they will take away your resources without reason to subsidize those they truly favor.
But none of this matters to Tan You anymore. She is now lying happily in the original owner's house, looking forward to tomorrow.
Tan You's divorce caused quite a stir, but seeing her going out early and returning late every day as usual, the neighborhood gradually quieted down. While other people's gossip is certainly interesting, living your own life well is more important.
"Team Leader Qiao, you're here?"
"Good morning, Team Leader Qiao."
As Tan You entered the food factory gate, her colleagues greeted her warmly. The original owner of this body, Qiao Mai, was very capable and was now the production team leader of the first workshop in the food factory.
After taking over the original owner's work, Tan You adapted quickly and without any difficulty. Currently, Tan You is developing new products, as the factory offers rewards for doing so.
In order to rightfully receive the reward, Tan You naturally had to perform well. Especially in this era, talking about business was out of the question; the only thing she could do was work hard at the factory.
"Good morning, Team Leader Qiao. Shall we make water chestnut cake again today?"
"Yes, yesterday was the third test. I went back last night and thought about it carefully. I adjusted the recipe a bit more because I felt the taste was too sweet."
"Isn't sweet good?"
Tan You sighed, knowing that people were short of oil and fat at this time of year, and sugar was seen as a precious commodity. When buying snacks, they focused on sweetness, even preferring the sweeter the better.
“Sweetness is good, but too much sweetness is too cloying.” Tan You thought for a moment and said, “We’ll make two levels of sweetness, and then we’ll see what the leaders decide.”
At Tan You's command, Workshop 1 sprang into action.
At 10 a.m., two levels of sweetness of water chestnut cake were sent into the steamer. Water chestnut cake has a long history, but the food factory only produces four flavors: peanut, red bean, sesame, and osmanthus.
Tan You then developed four new flavors based on this: Jasmine Longjing, White Peach Oolong, Orange Peel Pu'er, and Dendrobium officinale. Compared to the previous four basic flavors, the names alone sound much more sophisticated. Just after the water chestnut cake was placed in the steamer, Director Huang, the head of Workshop One, sent someone to invite the factory manager and other leaders over. Now, dozens of people were standing in front of the large steamer, all eagerly anticipating the new water chestnut cake.
Gradually, a sweet aroma filled the air, interspersed with a hint of tea fragrance. Unlike the usual cloying sweetness, this aroma was much fresher.
Tan You didn't even need to lift a finger; her colleagues took the water chestnut cakes out of the steamer. People of this era had never witnessed the technology and ruthless labor of later generations.
In particular, later generations perfected the presentation. For example, the jasmine-flavored water chestnut cake has white and light green colors that complement each other, making it extremely refreshing and pleasing to the eye.
Not to mention the light pink of white peach oolong, the pale yellow of orange peel pu-erh, and the matcha green of dendrobium officinale, each color combination is truly like a work of art.
Director Huang smiled broadly: "The new flavor of water chestnut cake was all independently developed by Team Leader Qiao Maiqiao. We were just assisting. Factory Director and all the leaders, please try it and give us, the First Workshop, valuable feedback!"
Tan You chuckled. Who still says that people in production can't talk? Their Director Huang is particularly good at it.
Factory Director Hong had been holding back for a while, as had the other leaders. After each of them had tasted four different flavors of water chestnut cake with two different levels of sweetness, Factory Director Hong frowned: "The two levels of sweetness are different?"
Director Huang nodded: "They are indeed different. One is the normal sweetness level, and the other is the reduced-sugar version proposed by Team Leader Qiao."
Tan You thought to herself that even the reduced-sugar version would still be incredibly sweet in later generations.
Factory Director Hong looked at Tan You: "Team Leader Qiao, what do you say?"
Tan You replied calmly and confidently, "I'm fine with anything, it depends on which flavor the consumer prefers."
She knew without a doubt that everyone preferred the normal sweetness level, and as for this "reduced sugar" version, she was probably the only one who would appreciate it.
The production supervisors from the other workshops looked enviously at the workers in Workshop 1. Just by looking at the appearance, they knew there was no shortage of buyers. How prestigious would it be to give these as gifts?
Factory Director Hong asked with some concern, "What's the cost of these water chestnut cakes?"
Tan You silently handed over a small notebook, on which was the cost accounting of the water chestnut cake.
Factory Director Hong exclaimed in surprise, "It seems the cost has actually decreased by 10% compared to before?"
Director Huang smiled and said, "That's right. The old-fashioned water chestnut cake is made primarily of various grains, which naturally increases the cost. But the new flavor of water chestnut cake, while using tea leaves, also adds ingredients such as orange peel, peaches, and jasmine, which are cheaper than grains."
Tan You said softly, "It's peach season now, so buying peaches in bulk will lower the cost. Tea is also easy to source; my mother's village produces tea, and the villagers have plenty of it at home."
"The final cost can be further reduced."
Factory Director Hong is a man of courage and determination. Now, the new flavor of water chestnut cake not only looks good, but also reduces costs and doesn't take up more of the factory's grain reserves. He immediately made the decision: "Let's start producing this peach oolong flavor today. Just like Team Leader Qiao said, peaches are on the market now."
Tan You didn't care about this; she was only responsible for research and development, while the leaders and colleagues took care of production.
She really didn't want to get involved, but when she saw the water chestnut cake coming out of the oven, and everyone was still preparing to use the old yellowish-brown grease to package it, Tan You's eyelids twitched wildly.