As a result, when Shopkeeper Liang heard Su Qingluan ask, "Do you have any nice palm-sized porcelain jars or small bottles to give as gifts to distinguished elders?", Shopkeeper Liang happily took out a bunch of treasured bottles and jars that he had kept in his collection.

Su Qingluan watched as Shopkeeper Liang took out those things as if he was moving house during the New Year. She went from initial anticipation to surprise, to daze, and finally to complete numbness.

What can I say about Shopkeeper Liang’s aesthetic taste... Su Qingluan looked at the other person’s bright silk robe and the corners of her mouth twitched: She should have thought of it long ago!

Perhaps because he wanted to appear rich and luxurious, Manager Liang’s “collection” is mainly “flashy”, and is quite similar in style to Qianlong’s “Famous-Glazed Two-Handed Vase with Eight Barbarians Presenting Treasures”.

And since Su Qingluan said she only wanted a palm-sized container, squeezing such a complex pattern into that small space was a real test of the craftsman's skill, but it also looked even more dazzling.

Su Qingluan struggled to stop Shopkeeper Liang from moving the treasures over here: "Um... Uncle Liang, the elder I want to give the gift to is quite old, and I'm afraid he won't appreciate such complicated things."

Shopkeeper Liang felt a little disappointed. "Could it be that he is a Buddhist? I've heard that Buddhists value a free mind and a return to nature."

Su Qingluan was stunned. Isn't returning to nature Taoism? Did she remember it wrong? But that wasn't the point. In order to plan the general direction of her design, she specifically asked the Xie family's old lady about her aesthetic preferences before leaving Xie Zian's house.

Although Xie Zian was unreliable and did not pay attention to his grandmother's usual clothing and spending preferences, fortunately the old housekeeper was not as unreliable as his unreliable young master.

Moreover, the old housekeeper also knew that if Su Qingluan's fruit jam could really please the old lady, then he, this old man, would be able to leave Fengle Town, a remote and poor place, sooner.

Therefore, when talking about the old lady's preferences in the Xie family, it cannot be said that she knows everything, but she knows everything.

Therefore, Su Qingluan also roughly knew the direction of the design appearance - mainly fresh and elegant, but not too simple.

According to what Su Qingluan said in her previous life, it was probably a fresh and clean style.

However, at this time, the lag and monotony of the aesthetic taste in small places can be seen.

Su Qingluan walked around the various porcelain shops, clay workshops, and jewelry shops in the town and found that the aesthetics here were basically polarized.

One of them is to go for an extremely complicated and luxurious style like Shopkeeper Liang, with gemstones, pearls, gold and silver threads all thrown on at once, making the whole ornament a mess; the other is to go for a simple and plain style, with only one or two simple dots on the bottle. Many bottles do not have a base color, only natural clay color.

The former is mainly purchased by wealthy families, and its main feature is a gorgeous display. The latter is mainly purchased by ordinary people, and its main feature is affordability.

Su Qingluan had some general impressions of the design plans in her mind - after all, she had experienced the era when various design plans exploded in her previous life.

However, although she had a general idea, she was not a design major after all, so it was difficult for her to put her ideas into writing.

Although in the field of fancy pastries or food carvings, one must more or less master some painting skills, but Su Qingluan is not an expert in these two areas after all, and has only dabbled in the basics.

What's more, food carving design also has corresponding restrictions, and it cannot be regarded as the same as the outer packaging design.

Now she has found Su Qingluan, a craftsman with excellent carving and painting skills. All she lacks is a designer with high aesthetic standards who can help her realize the ideas in her mind.

Unfortunately, in this era, Su Qingluan didn't know where to find reliable "graphic design", and the agreed deadline of 20 days passed day by day. Su Qingluan was in a mess and could only start preparing to make jam while continuing to worry about the design of the outer packaging.

Even the cooking time, which is usually very enjoyable, has become boring.

Just when Su Qingluan was in a state of panic, an unexpected guest came to her home.

"Song Bo?" Su Qingluan looked at the middle-aged man outside, her eyes lighting up. "What fragrant wind brings you here?"

Not to mention Su Qingluan, even Su Guangfu and Yang were very curious about Song Bo's arrival.

Song Bo smiled slightly. "It's true that Madam Su missed the agreed date to return the book ten days ago. The boss asked me to ask if Madam Su has encountered any difficulties again."

Su Qingluan's mouth twitched when she heard this: Mu Xingzhi's question was too polite. After all, the other party didn't care when I made the book into "hundreds of folds and thousands of layers" last time.

"Sorry, I've been so busy lately that I forgot..." Su Qingluan's eyes lit up as she spoke: How could she have forgotten about Mu Xingzhi?!