Knowing that Hong Sheng is soon going to the Northwest, the Old Madam instructed Susu: "Since Sheng is going to join the army, who knows when we'll meet again. In the past, we could help him out during the festivities, but now with thousands of mountains and rivers in between us, even if we think of him, we can't care for him like when he was at home. You should prepare some useful items to send to him."
Susu thought for a moment and said, "Brother Hong is going to the military, so fine clothes are not very useful. Instead, we should prepare some medicines and medicinal pills. Now it's September and by the time he reaches the Northwest, it might already be winter. We should also prepare a few large fur cloaks, but we don't have any in our warehouse. I wonder if there's enough time to make them?"
