Clogs have been around since ancient times, and clogs are one of them, but most of the time they are used like slippers.

People in a certain area also make boat-shaped wooden shoes because of the durability of the wood, but they are mainly worn when doing farm work, and no one will use them to travel.

The wooden soles are hard and wear them for a long time, which everyone knows.

"The main reason why the wood bottom is not durable is because of the lack of elasticity, so just find a way to make it elastic. Xu asked.

He picked up Sun Laosi's straw sandals and quickly dismantled them into loose straw ropes. Sun Laosi didn't have time to stop it, he was a little anxious, but when he turned his head and thought about it, even if these broken shoes survived today, they would rot if they were worn for a while tomorrow.

When they built the shed just now, there were still some materials piled up in the corner, Xu Wen went out to pick some and began to deal with them skillfully.

Whether there is work in the hand or not, the expert can see it as soon as he gets started.

Everyone was working just now and didn't pay attention, but at this time, everyone's attention focused on Xu Wen, and they immediately noticed the difference.

The other three glanced at each other, and Tian Jifeng asked, "Yan Fourteen, you also participated in the county test the year before last, right?"

"Hmm. Xu asked.

"Your name isn't on the list...... No wonder I can't get by, I took it. Tian Jifeng remembers the original incident very clearly.

Xu Wen peeled and sawed the branches to make long-shaped sticks, and then sawed out the tenon on its side and chiseled out the holes.

However, even if you look at it with the naked eye, you can see that the two do not fit together - the tenon is too small, and the hole is too big, and it will loosen when you put it in, and it will not fit at all.

Didn't you make a mistake in the size?

Xu Wen's next actions said that it was obviously not, and these were still calculated by him.

When he went outside to get wood, he cut some fine vines by the way, and now he stuffed these vines and soft grass into the gaps between the mortise and tenon joints, put the wooden strips into planks, and sawed them into a suitable shape for Sun Laosi's feet.

The planks were very thin, and he made several of them on top of each other, each with grass and rattan in the middle, and finally became a sole about an inch thick.

This process is a bit tedious to say, but Xu Wen's movements are so skillful that it seems to be a matter of a short time.

In the end, he braided the original straw rope into two strands, made holes in the edge of the wooden bottom with a chisel, and made it into an upper with leggings.

Sun Laosi and the others couldn't take their eyes off it, seeing a pair of thick-soled wooden shoes quickly take shape in Xu Wen's hand, and he handed them over: "Try it?"

Sun Laosi took it in a daze, sat down and was just about to put on his feet, when he suddenly saw his own footboard.

After walking a long way in bad shoes, his feet were inevitably worn out, and now the blood was mixed with mud and sand, and the old dirt left behind by unwashed feet, which looked terribly dirty. And this new pair of shoes, with a grass surface and wooden soles, is neat and glowing with the unique soft light of wood, which makes people a little reluctant to step up, let alone use this pair of dirty feet.

He instantly retracted his feet and shouted, "I'll go wash my feet!"

The other one in this shed is named Chen Wannian, who is a fellow villager with Sun Laosi and knows the roots. He watched in disbelief as Sun Laosi ran out, and shouted in surprise: "Sun Laosi washes his feet!

It didn't take long for Sun Laosi to run back, and at this time there was some noise outside, Chen Wannian frowned and wanted to probe out: "What sound?"

"I don't know if I don't care, I'll try on shoes!" Sun Laosi had no distractions, and only had his new shoes.

He quickly put it on.

After putting it on his feet, he noticed that the part of the upper against his feet had a slight curvature, which was not easy to see, but he could feel it when he attached it to his feet. This arc almost holds up his entire footboard, and it makes people very solid to step on.

Speaking of which, they watched Xu Wen make it, but he didn't even find it, so he could only say that Xu Wen had already thought about it early in the morning and processed it when he was splicing the wooden strips.

The shoes fit well and are sturdy, and there is a slight feeling of shrinkage between the wooden planks on the ground. The nature of the wood itself is here, the sole is hard and of course it is still hard, but it does not hit the feet, and it is very comfortable.

"Comfortable. I don't know how to walk a long way......" Sun Laosi muttered.

"It should be ok. Xu Wen raised his feet to show him, "I also wore these shoes, and after walking for a day, there was no problem." ”

Sure enough, the shoes on his feet were a little more beautifully made, using cloth leggings, and the soles all looked the same.

"Who thought of these shoes, it's too coincidental! It's not hard to look at. Chen Wannian sighed.

"It's my little sister, and it's really very smart. Xu Wen said with a smile.

He was right, these shoes were thought out by Lian Linlin. didn't ask Lian Tianqing, didn't ask Xu Qian, didn't use the strength of any of their junior brothers, drew the drawings by themselves, and wrote down his thoughts quite clumsily next to him.

In the end, she found Xu Wen, gave him the drawings, and asked him to follow this.

Xu Wen was very surprised and quickly made it.

Of course, the first pair of shoes used as experimental objects belonged to him, and the second and third pairs of improved shoes were all his. In the end, he wore such a finished product to Lin Luo, participated in the apprenticeship test, and now he is also wearing it on the road to the Western Desert.

"Little Senior Sister?" the three of them saw his expression, looked at each other, and smiled knowingly.

"When will you get married?" Chen Wannian asked ambiguously.

"What? No, no, we're not in that relationship. Xu Wen was stunned for a moment, and immediately denied the three links.

But I don't know why, when he heard them say this, his ears were inexplicably hot, and he lowered his hand, and the carving knife in his hand spun around in his hand.

Speaking of which, Lian Linlin is good at distinguishing wood, but he is not very good at carpentry. He initially thought that it was because Lian Tianqing was hindered by the rules of passing on men and not women, so he didn't teach her.

Later, he gradually discovered that Lian Tianqing was not that kind of person, and even Lin Lin didn't want to learn, but he couldn't learn.

She naturally has defects in judging things like distance and size, and it's okay to follow the line, but it's slightly out of the solid line, and she needs experience in visual inspection and hand feeling, so she can't do it.

That's why she loves to play marbles, but she can't even win as a child......

According to her own meager impression, she was not like this when she was a child, and her accuracy was very good. Xu Wen guessed that it should still be that high fever, and when it burned her memory, it also caused something wrong in her brain.

Xu Wen could see that even Lin Lin was sometimes a little disappointed about this matter. But most of the time, she is very open-minded, and she grabs them tirelessly to play marbles, and she doesn't care if she loses.

Before leaving this time, I didn't know what she was busy with, so I didn't say goodbye properly.

Is.

Xu Wen was a little distracted, not noticing that the sound outside was getting louder and closer.

Suddenly, a person probed into their shack, and his eyes rolled and stared at Sun Laosi.

"That broken shoe on the road just now is you, right? How about it, do you want to buy shoes? Fifty dollars a pair!"

"You're just breaking your shoes!" Sun Laosi first subconsciously retorted, then came back to his senses and shouted, "Fifty dollars a pair, you rob the money!"