Su Qingluan originally thought that the cotton gloves were just a supplement to the entire set of winter clothes, and at most she would need to sew a few dozen pairs. According to the speed of Yang and her sisters, they could be completed in three to five days.

Unexpectedly, these cotton gloves gradually became a hot commodity. Not only did the people in Huaxi Village rush to buy them, even the villagers who occasionally went to the town would ask where they bought them after being seen by people in the town.

Moreover, this thing is not a pair that can only be worn by one person. As long as the fatness and thinness of the palms are not too different, several people can share a pair of gloves.

Yang's gloves were originally designed in four sizes, basically covering children from seven or eight years old to adults, so they have a wide audience.

In addition, compared to winter clothes that have a long production cycle and high production costs, this pair of gloves can be ordered in about one or two days, so it is more popular than winter clothes. Hundreds of orders were received within a few days - and many of these orders were for purchases of ten or eight pairs.

Su Qingluan was naturally happy to see this kind of business that could make money and benefit the people at the same time. She secretly purchased a large amount of cotton at cost price to lower the cost of her mother's "glove business". She also suggested that everyone should sell at a small profit but in large quantities, so that they could make money and keep the price at a relatively affordable level.

Of course, Su Qingluan also gave these female workers who followed Yang a lot of material subsidies every day according to the employee benefits of "Su Ji", so even though Yang didn't pay much, everyone worked very hard.

Moreover, just as Su Qingluan had expected before, gloves may seem insignificant, but they are of great help to many people who need to go out to work in the cold winter - the most important point is that they greatly reduce the possibility of frostbite.

A pair of gloves is about the same price as going to the doctor for medicine after frostbite, but it does not delay the work schedule. It is obvious which one is more cost-effective.

Moreover, the cotton gloves designed by Yang are simply but delicately decorated - there is a drawstring at the wrist that can be tightened, and the two gloves are connected together with a string. Different colors and patterns are designed according to different ages for everyone to choose from.

So, for a time, Yang's gloves became the most sought-after item in this mountain village and surrounding area during the late autumn! Furthermore, over the next few years, Yang's cotton gloves became a popular choice for New Year gifts, something no one had anticipated.

Of course, this is a story for later. Now Yang felt that the work that was originally planned to be completed in three to five days had become a distant end. Even Su Guangfu, who had completed the house repair work, was drafted to purchase cloth and transport goods.

Su Qingluan also became busy because of Yang's sudden "overtime" - anyway, the fruits that were the important raw materials for "Su Ji" fruit jam had been frozen and chilled due to the low temperature at night, and their taste had changed, and they were no longer sweet and sour. She was completely free.

During this period, Su Qingluan originally wanted to find an opportunity to make up for the "thank you banquet" that was overdue to Liu Yunniang, but she found that because of the recent sharp drop in temperature and it was already late autumn, no one could go out due to a heavy snowfall, so almost everyone was seizing the last bit of time to go out to work and earn money to buy food for the winter.

Therefore, offal soup has been in short supply recently, and as a result, the Liu family has become busier than ever.

So Liu Yunniang didn't care about the "thank you banquet" and just wanted to help her father earn more money. This made Su Qingluan happy for the Liu family, but also a little amused and helpless - if they continued to "owe debts" like this, the thank you banquet would probably have to be postponed until the beginning of next spring.

However, Su Qingluan was helping Yang with the glove work, and she completely forgot about another "debt" besides the "thank you banquet".

So one day, a young man dressed as a servant from Hongfu Tower drove a donkey cart outside and shouted, "Excuse me, does Madam Su live here?"

Su Qingluan poked her head out from the inner room and saw that it was actually the waiter from Hongfulou. Although there were about 20 waiters in Hongfulou and there was a constant turnover of people, this person who came here could also be called a familiar face.

The man recognized Su Qingluan as soon as he saw her. He swiftly jumped off the donkey cart, bowed respectfully, and then pulled out a letter from his pocket and said with a smile, "This is a letter from our shopkeeper. Madam Su, please take a look!"

When Su Qingluan heard that the letter was from Manager Liang, she suddenly felt a little guilty - after all, she had promised him that after she finished the fruit jam business, she would come up with two more signature dishes for Hongfulou to attract new diners.

However, she has been too busy recently, and Hongfulou and other places have long been forgotten about as Su Qingluan eats every meal.

Su Qingluan opened the envelope cautiously, expecting to be bombarded with complaints. However, she discovered that Manager Liang didn't say a single word against her the entire time. Instead, he kept saying that he had heard Su Qingluan say she wanted to eat river crabs, but she never had the chance to.

I got ten pounds of fresh river crabs yesterday, and today I sent someone to ask Su Qingluan to go and get them.

Su Qingluan was both moved and guilty. She had only said that casually. A grown-up shouldn't be so upset over a bite of food. Besides, they'd already eaten plenty of fresh river crabs at Mu Xing's house. She hadn't expected that while she hadn't taken it seriously, Manager Liang had.

Su Qingluan knew that when she called him "Uncle Liang", Manager Liang really loved her as his own junior.

"Madam Su, it's almost noon now, you should hurry up," the servant urged with a smile, "If you leave it too late, the crabs won't be fresh anymore!"

Su Qingluan nodded and said, "I'll tell my family." Then she lifted the curtain and walked into the house.

By the time she arrived at the gate of Hongfu Tower again on her donkey cart, the lush leaves on the trees on both sides of the gate had all fallen, leaving only a few dry yellow leaves struggling on the branches.

Some nearby stalls selling sweet soups have also closed down due to the cold weather, so the view looks quite bleak.

This made Su Qingluan sigh at the passage of time.

However, as soon as she walked into the door of Hongfulou, following the waiter's loud singing, and seeing that the lobby on the first floor was still crowded with people coming and going, Su Qingluan found a sense of familiarity again.

At this time, Liang Youdao came down from the second floor with his round pot belly - because the weather was getting colder, Liang Youdao's originally cool and thin silk turned into a thicker cotton material, and his whole body became thicker.

Because the clothes were thicker, his waist and abdomen appeared tighter, making his pot belly bulge like a ball. It was even a little scary to Su Qingluan. He looked more like Sun Guixiang, the pregnant woman, who was about to give birth after ten months of pregnancy.

Of course, she couldn't say such words. So she smiled and went to greet him: "Uncle Liang!"

Shopkeeper Liang stopped and glanced towards Su Qingluan, with a forced smile: "Hey, who is this? She looks so familiar."