The Feeling Of A Shoemaker

My shoe repair business started at the beginning of reform and opening up. Now it has been 30 years.

As the saying goes, a drop of water can see the sun, the shoes worn on the feet of the people and the changes in their maintenance requirements. It is easy to see the amazing changes in China's reform and opening up in the past 30 years.

From 1978 to 1988, a pair of cloth shoes had been worn for 3 years. During the long period of implementation of the planned economy, the lives of ordinary families were very tight.

At that time, materials were extremely scarce, and tickets were required to buy things. In the late 70s of last century, they wanted to wear new shoes. They had to wait for the new year and have to do their own work.

At that time, housewives were busiest, and in June the Lunar New Year began to prepare new shoes.

They took off their own door planks, cooked up a pot of half baked paste, ripped the worn out old clothes into pieces, brushed the paste onto the door planks one by one, and dried them to make upper ones.

In the countryside, in order to save cloth, add several layers of bamboo shell to the bottom of the shoe, and then add the bottom.

In order to wear more days, you have to pick up the shoe with your shoes, and tell them all the same: "take the thick ones and the tires."

Some people also bring their old bicycle tires or factory scrap conveyor belts and "nail" to make shoemaker processing.

The tip of the shoe is worn out, requiring the shoemaker to take the leather on the back of the cow, and fight back and forth in Baotou, hoping to wear a pair of cloth shoes for three years.

From 1988 to 1998, double leather shoes were not rare. With the deepening of reform and opening up, the styles and styles of shoes gradually increased. The style of leather shoes is more enviable: what is the loose leather shoes, the inside and outside suture leather shoes, the three quarter leather boots with shoelaces, the big armchair boots used by the army and the comfortable and comfortable travel shoes are all placed on the shelves.

The family basically did not make shoes again, cloth shoes to pack head, nail a palm also withdrew from the stage of history.

In the early 90s of last century, the economy had developed rapidly, and at the same time, it brought the revolution of shoes.

In the early years, flat shoes and leather shoes gradually replaced leather shoes with heels.

Ladies go to the streets wearing basically pure leather shoes, not only brightly colored, but also heels higher than one.

There are also quite a lot of changes in shoe repair. The upper part of the upper shoe is used for repairing shoes, and the sole for leather shoes is also available.

When the girls change their shoes, they will call the brass and the steel and the wear-resistant ones.

They stood tall and upright, walking with the high-heeled shoes, knocking the ground "creaking, crunchy", that crisp sound, that spirit, do not mention it!

After that, the idea of wearing shoes has changed dramatically.

In Beijing, where I repair shoes, people can see brand leather shoes from all over the world. Everywhere in the streets and alleys, all kinds of shoes and shoes of various brands can also be seen everywhere. My shoes are basically leather shoes.

From 1998 to 2008, wearing health and beauty came to the beginning of this century. People began wearing shoes to pursue the theme of health, beauty and fashion.

In the shoe market, their fastidious eyes often fall on shoes, comfort, style and color rather than price.

What brand is the most comfortable, what the most beautiful style, what season, occasion to wear what kind of clothes, with what kind of shoes, have become the topic of popular delight.

The same is true for shoes. For example, the high heels of high heels, which were originally tall and thin, were asked to be shorter and coarsely pressed by the girls.

When copper is vibrating on the ground, it stimulates the nerve and requires it to be changed into rubber.

The vamp is marked with a mark, which requires polishing, polishing and leveling.

Wear a hole in the sole, fill it up and fill it up.

In short, the Chinese aesthetic concept has reached a new stage.

(Note: Liu Jiaqi, Qingping Town, wusheng County, in 1980, he studied shoe repair techniques and went to Beijing in 1985, and has been engaged in shoe repair services at two point service area of Three Li River in Beijing West month service center.

Because of its honesty and trustworthiness and enthusiasm for serving the people, Beijing has been honored as an honorary citizen and loved by local residents and nicknamed "little Liu Xiu shoemaker".