Handmade Cotton Shoes Are Still Popular In Winter.

Holding a cup of warm black tea in my hand, I sat quietly on the warm sofa in my home and watched the leaves floating in the cold wind outside the window. Winter seems to be the most suitable season for nostalgia. When we remember nostalgia, we can not help thinking of some of the "old cards" that seem to be fading but let people enjoy the warmth of winter. handicraft Among them, handmade cotton shoes are one of them. No, the handmade cotton shoes made by Zhou Quan Mei, a resident of Jinhua community in Chengbei street, are popular because of the cold weather.

Zhou Chun Mei is 60 years old, originally living in the countryside, and recently moved to Chung Ya court because of demolition. As soon as I walked into aunt Zhou's home, it seemed that I walked into a world of cotton shoes. The living room is not big enough to be filled with half finished vamp and a bundle of shoes. Cotton-padded shoes , Cotton slippers A bunch of piles, beautiful appearance, exquisite workmanship. In the corner of the living room, there is an electric sewing machine, which is where Aunt Zhou works every day.

"Before, it was mainly planting land and making cotton padded shoes to help families after planting, so it is almost 20 years now." Aunt Zhou said that raw materials such as cloth, sponge, cotton and shoe sole were all purchased by their partners. Their wives often had to drive to Xiangcheng or Changshu to get their raw materials back. And she is responsible for production and sales. Aunt Zhou said that the production started almost at the beginning of the Spring Festival and has been doing thirty of the year. Getting up early and sleeping every day can produce about four or five pairs a day. Aunt Zhou introduced that in fact, making a pair of shoes is quite complicated. It is necessary to cut the vamp according to the pattern, then sew each part, and finally wrap the edges and the bottom, especially the sole.

Usually these shoes are piled up in the home, until the cold weather to get the farmer's market, or sales at the gate. Zhou aunt said that in addition to rain, almost every day at around six in the morning with a cold wind to sell. Of course, there are many old acquaintances who come home to buy them every year. Cotton slippers are 10 yuan and cotton shoes are 15 yuan. Because Aunt Zhou's hand-made cotton shoes are solid and economical, aunt Zhou's cotton shoes are very good to sell. In the three quarter of spring, summer and autumn, the production of cotton shoes is usually sold in a month. So in the winter, aunt Zhou also needs to sell at the same time.

In addition to visiting customers to buy aunt Zhou's cotton shoes, some young people also come to fame. In the home of aunt Zhou, the reporter met a young mother surnamed Cheng who bought cotton shoes on the spot. She said that she was listening to a friend talking about an aunt making cotton shoes here, so she came here. Looking at so many beautiful cotton shoes in aunt Zhou's home, she picked up a pair of them and bought them for her family. Xiao Zhou said that when he put on such handmade cotton shoes, he felt the warmth of his mother.