Chapter 101: Shopping
"Granny, I want to learn how to make this," Qin Xiangnuan took the already completed shoe sole that Granny Lu had made, held it in her arms, and couldn’t let it go. She had thought about it for a lifetime, dreamed about it for a lifetime, and now it was right at her fingertips. How could she easily give up now?
"Sure thing," Granny Lu smiled, "If you want to learn, I’ll teach you. I taught your mother and she was really good at making shoes. It’s just a pity..."
Speaking to this point, Granny Lu didn’t continue, and Qin Xiangnuan’s bright eyes also dimmed slightly.
Granny Lu picked up a needle, threaded it, and while working, taught Qin Xiangnuan how to paste the shoe sole, how to sew, how to thread, and how to make them. Actually, making shoes is a very labor-intensive task. Qin Xiangnuan was too young and didn’t have much strength in her hands, so the needle simply wouldn’t go through, but the shoe sole she glued was quite good.
It was essentially a layer of paste, then a layer of cloth, just like this tightly pressed layer by layer, then sewing bit by bit with the needle. The corners of the stitches must be dense and even.
Although Granny Lu had already finished several pairs of shoes, Qin Xiangnuan’s shoe soles were still half-finished. However, she wasn’t disheartened; she believed that one day she could make beautiful shoes.
During the day, she followed Granny Lu to learn shoe-making, and in the evening, she worked on embroidery. When she had time, she also made shoes.
The system seemed to understand her and even found many shoe designs for her, various kinds of children’s tiger-head shoes, and women’s embroidered shoes. She was confident that if she took these to the era she died in, these retro, ethnically-flavored shoes would definitely earn her a lot of money.
And the year, actually passed really quickly, school was about to start.