Despite the harshness of his living conditions, Yao continued to write music. Each time he completed a new tune, he would borrow a bicycle from a friend and, with only a couple of rice dumplings to fill his stomach along the way, ride from Taichung to Taipei, pedaling from dawn to dusk, hoping to find someone to buy his latest composition.
儘管環境惡劣，姚讚福堅持創作，每每寫了新的曲子，就向友人借來腳踏車，帶著兩個飯糰，從台中騎到台北，從清晨騎到黃昏，希望有人願意採用。