Chapter 130: Embroidered Insoles
The boys continued to play poker, and the girls stopped playing the game, and they all wrote on the ground with a short stick in their mouths, and they still said stroke order.
When they saw Yoyo, they all shouted to her to look at the words she wrote. Yoyo sees that they are all written correctly, and who is caught and praised whom. For children, we should focus on encouragement to enhance their self-confidence.
Then Yoyo taught them arithmetic, and the numbers below five were broken down and combined. It's simple, and they learn it fast. Everyone also asked each other questions and tried to compete.
After playing until five o'clock in the afternoon, when the sun was not so poisonous, everyone went to mow the grass. In the afternoon, everyone cut too much, filled up the belongings they had brought with them, and piled them on the ground when they cut them again, waiting for the adults to finish their work to resist.
You run around looking for purslane, and the purslane vegetable rolls made by grandma at noon taste very beautiful. Originally, there were more purslane in the place where oats grow, but now there are many people, and Yoyo can't release robots to help dig them.
At half past six in the afternoon, the adults got off work. They all turned to the river beach and helped the children carry the grass home. If you don't have children, cut them quickly, and you can cut alfalfa quickly.
The village families fed a few pigs, but they got a lot of forage, and some of them had to carry back the forage for tomorrow. It was too hot at noon, so I ran to the river beach and was sinned.
Dad came on a bicycle, not only carrying forage, but also bringing back Yoyo. Grandma put the beans with clean water into the basket, mixed well with white flour, and a thin layer of white flour stuck to the soybeans.
Grandma brushed and dried the lid of the cylinder and the round lid made of sorghum in the pot at home. Spread a layer of leaves on top, then a layer of mixed soybeans, cover with two layers of leaves, and then put them on the shelf in the kitchen.
Grandpa also followed to help, and the two of them were busy for more than an hour, and it was dark before they cleaned up.
In the next few days, every day after lunch, Guixiang and Jiege and others would get together to make insoles. Yoyo didn't bother to take a nap, so he followed them to see the embroidery.
A steel needle, a thimble, in the hands of the girls, the colorful silk thread seems to have magic, and in an instant on the insoles solidify into a beautiful picture.
During this period, in order to learn from each other, everyone also brought their respective insoles to a big exhibition. Yoyo and Gui Ping followed Gui Xiang and visited their insoles.
The handmade insoles are made of pure cotton fabric, which is soft, breathable, wear-resistant, sweat-absorbent, not afraid of washing, not deformed, and durable.
There are two kinds of insoles embroidery and cut velvet, the embroidered insoles are relatively thin, suitable for spring and autumn wear, and the cut velvet insoles are thick and warm, and the winter pads are just right in cotton shoes.
Nowadays, needlework is a skill that women must know, and sewing embroidered insoles is a testimony to women's craftsmanship. In this era when sewing machinery is lacking, tailoring and shoe making are done by hand, and insoles are no exception.
The embroidered insole is not only exquisite in workmanship, very beautiful, but also has a profound meaning, full of the simple and special emotions of Chinese women.
Don't look at the girls who haven't been to school for a few years, but when it comes to insoles, they have a unique set of theories. Listening to them talk about insoles is a long experience.
The insoles that the girl gave to her sweetheart were embroidered with "swimming fish lotus root", symbolizing the treasure of love and the connotation of being willing to tie the knot.
The insole of the wife embroidered "mandarin duck" or "butterfly love flower" on the insoles of her husband, representing the wish of never parting.
Mothers embroider "peony" or "carp" patterns on the insoles of their children's insoles, praying for wealth and happiness for their children.
The younger generation embroiders the insoles of the elderly with patterns such as "pomegranate" or "gourd", and has the wish to wish the elders a long life.
It is vivid in shape, highly decorative, the pattern of the pattern, the color matching, bold, exaggerated, folk artists in accordance with their own wishes on the small insole, reflecting the natural scenery of the world, customs.
Industrious and simple women, in addition to the hard work in the fields, in the dim light of the night, tirelessly worked, not afraid of cumbersome, do not hesitate to thousands of needles and threads, for their relatives to make embroidered insoles.
With the primitive and simple rich imagination, the love for relatives, blessings for the elderly, expectations for the future of children, wishes for relatives and friends, and yearning for a better life are all included in this insole, and accompanied by relatives to the Quartet.
The insoles seem to be very ordinary, but this thing bears witness to the unique NSN and hard-working and thrifty style of Chinese women. In order to make your beloved feel at home wherever she goes.
Legend has it that this kind of insole, which is made of thousands of needles, is a thing of folk joy and peace, and it is said that it has the effect of eliminating disasters and taking refuge, and can bless the owner with peace and auspiciousness.
With the improvement of living standards, handmade insoles have become a favorite commodity among people, and the price has been rising. In the shopping mall, a pair of hand-embroidered insoles, priced at hundreds of yuan, has become an industry.
Embroidered insoles are widely used in rural areas, and can be used as a token of love and a gift for marriage, as well as a gift for birthdays, births, weddings, promotions and other festive occasions.
Nowadays, women can make a pair of embroidered insoles in two days just by using their free time every day, which is much less troublesome and much faster than making shoes.
The key is that handmade insoles are suitable for many people, and girls in their teens learn to do manual work, which is to start with insoles. Elderly women just can't do housework, and they are reluctant to be idle, wearing reading glasses, and slowly giving children a pair of insoles.
Seeing that each of the girls had dozens of pairs of beautifully embroidered insoles, Yoyo was moved and decided to buy hand-embroidered insoles and sell them in his own mall, so as to increase the income of the women and develop a new project in his own mall.
The insole is a pair of yuan, and it is also higher than the income of pinching wheat straw braids.
In the current era, temporary workers in factories earn 15 yuan a month. The salary of apprentices is 245 yuan, the salary of employees is 25 yuan, and the salary of cadres is only 345 yuan.
If women work hard to make insoles, a pair a day is absolutely fine, and it is 30 yuan a month. The cost is very low, the rags are used for the jacket, and the insole surface and embroidery thread are not used for half a penny.
Yoyo told her grandmother what she thought, but her grandmother said, "It's the busy farming season, so don't make a mess with it." If, as you say, making insoles at home is enough to catch up with a worker, who still goes to work in the fields?
Not to mention a piece, no one wants to go to the ground even if it is five cents, and a female laborer only earns a few dollars for seven points a day. ”
Also, the current work value is generally two or three cents, and seven points of work is really pitiful.
"Grandma, what do you say is appropriate?"
"Let's talk about it when we are idle in winter, we can't affect the production in the village. Besides, you have to have a way out after you collect the insoles, and now who will spend a dollar on a pair of insoles. "It's still Grandma's thoughtfulness, but Yoyo's plan has also run aground.