I know you have a lot of love for life
Time is like sitting on a train and looking out the window
You haven't seen it yet
The years are rushing by...
From spring to summer, from autumn to winter
Memories of the past
A thousand paper cranes flutter in the sun
Leather mats, ticks
Stay with you for the rest of your life
On this sweltering summer day
Draw you here...
Xiaobian turned around the Yaodian subset for a long time and found two stalls making leather mats in the southeast corner. In the market of Yishui, you can still find this kind of sandals, the size of which we call leather cushions, croaks, in the Linyi area, people call Yimeng sandals. Made of waste car tires, practical and wear-resistant, most of the rural people after 50, 60 and 70 have worn it, and the memory is particularly deep.
On the Yao shop subset, the old man who made leather mats was surnamed Tan, and Uncle Tan told the editor that he had been a cobbler since 1976, and he began to make leather mats at that time, and I said that the Cultural Revolution had just ended, and it has been more than 40 years now.
Uncle Tan said that at that time, a pair of leather cushions 5-6 yuan, a market can sell dozens of pairs of people at most; and recalled that a market at that time could earn 3 yuan, he felt very good, a work point in the countryside was only a few dollars, he said that their village was a dime at that time; I remember hearing that at that time, Xiaobian's hometown village had only 5 points of work, and joked that Uncle was a bit blown, where there was such an expensive work, he laughed and said it was true.
Now there are fewer leather mats, and Uncle Tan sells more than ten pairs in a market. Yes, we have all entered the 5G era, have begun artificial intelligence, cashless payment, who still wears the click, Xiaobian joked.
Uncle Tan said, no, what should be worn is still worn, the leather cushion is good, breathable, foot-raising, wear-resistant, comfortable, wear to catch a fish more comfortable! Besides, it's fashionable to wear leather mats now. The editor who said it bought a pair as soon as he was excited.
Only to know that the leather mats that are neatly stacked together are not finished products, and the nails are not nailed.
After you choose a pair, try your feet, think it is appropriate, and Uncle Tan will nail the nail with a special hammer.
Then, let you try it on, think which place is not suitable, or grind the foot, and then use the scissors to repair the place where the foot is grinded, and some also need to use a file to polish it, and finally finish the work. The old man introduced while rolling a cigarette.
On the Yaodian subset, there are two leather mats. Sometimes there are fellow villagers sitting down in front of the stall to pull the croak, the country people rush to the market, not all to buy things, will meet old friends, meet relatives, cheer parents short, sesame green beans, old smell, not without comfort.
Times are progressing, and now the price of leather mats has increased to 18 pairs, if you have time, will you buy a pair to wear?
Do you often go to the country market? In addition to the leather mats and rattlings, the price of vegetables there is much lower than in the city, where the mountain beans are 2 yuan, the city is 4 yuan, not to mention the supermarket. The people there are simple, kind and welcoming.
There are childhood memories, childhood laughter...
There are fathers and villagers, food and clothing parents...
There are nostalgia, affection, and accompany you for a lifetime...