Chapter 31: Making Shoes

In the face of Li Youfeng's question, Lin Yubiao was very confident. Nowadays, people don't accept this because they don't have insoles, but in fact, in modern times, insoles are a very popular thing. And there are basically two kinds of felt, cloth and cloth, and the winter of felt is particularly warm. "Auntie, you take scissors and hinge an insole for your brother-in-law to try!"

Lin Xue's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law often make shoes, so there are shoe lasts at home. Mother Li immediately took out the shoe last and twisted one for Li Youfeng.

"You put it in your shoes!" Lin Yudao.

Because Li Youfeng's shoes have been worn for a while, they are relatively loose, so although the insole is the same model as the sole, the size is just right. Li Youfeng put his foot in, and after lifting it, he was surprised: "It's really different!" It's much warmer than my foot! After speaking, he walked a few laps on the ground, "Strange! How is this thing getting hotter and hotter? And although there is an extra thing under the soles of my feet, I don't feel uncomfortable at all! ā€

"It's woven from animal wool, it's so dense! It's about the same as the wool that a rich man makes shoes! But let's be lighter and better! Moreover, you are all used to the winter Seura grass, and now you just have an extra layer of soles, how can it be uncomfortable? Lin Yu explained.

"That's good! Eldest sister, I think this can really make money! Li Youfeng's eyes were shining, he felt that he was very lucky, such a lucrative thing, the eldest sister could think of his family first.

Li Youfeng had the right idea, and everyone in the family listened to him, and when they heard him say yes, they all became happy.

"Eldest sister, what do you want us to do?" Lin Xue was also very excited. Last time I went to my eldest brother's house, she helped her eldest sister and sister-in-law make snacks. Such a small piece of dim sum can be sold so expensive! The money from selling a few pieces of snacks was enough for her and her mother-in-law to buy the soles of their shoes for a few days. She is envious and envious, she is still very ashamed of Li Yueling's practice of directly and secretly selling. She also asked the eldest sister if there was any other business suitable for her, and although the eldest sister agreed, she didn't tell her what she was until she returned home, so she gradually faded this thought. Thinking that occasionally when the eldest brother's family couldn't be busy, it would be good if she could go over and help, after all, the eldest brother gave her 200 yuan last time, which made her very happy.

"I want to come to you and let you and my aunt stay with me for a while and help me make shoes. As for my brother-in-law and uncle, they helped me collect the soles of my shoes at home. Ten pennies a pair, and I will give you one penny for each pair. Xiaoxue and Auntie gave me a twisted insole, a lock edge, and two pairs of pennies for you. To make shoes, a single-layer bottom, a pair of five cents, a double-bottom, a pair of three cents. When we sell it, I'll give you a proper dividend. How is it? ā€

The price given by Lin Yu was very high, so high that the Li family couldn't believe it. Although the felt is hard, it is still very soft compared to the soles that come out, and it doesn't take long to sew with a large needle. Mother Li is very confident, she can make three or four pairs of double-soled shoes a day! When the hand is smooth, it is not a problem to make five or six pairs. And the skein insoles are even more simple work, which can be completed in three times and two clicks, how can you twist a dozen pairs in a quarter of an hour, how much money should you make on this day! It's incredible! Immediately, the Li family did not say anything bad.

"Eldest sister, the hinged insole is simple, and Youfeng and father-in-law can also do it." Lin Xue weakly built yƬ.

Lin Yu smiled and said, "I know, it's just that my place is small, and there are so many people who have no place to live!" Or I'd love someone to do it for me. ā€

"Or, Youfeng Ming'er will send us and come back and let him carry some back and do it with his father?" Seeing that Lin Yu was not a kind word, Lin Xuejian said.

"That's it!" Lin Yu replied with a smile.

That night, Lin Yu stayed at Lin Xue's house. Early the next morning, the two little ones were very happy when they saw that the aunt was coming, but after a while, they knew that not only the aunt was leaving, but also the mother and grandmother were leaving, so they immediately stopped doing it, and cried for a long time before coaxing.

Lin Yu's heart was like an arrow, so Li's mother and Lin Xue went to the acquaintance's house to inquire if there were any good soles, and they accepted them directly, and asked them to do it again, and sent it to Li's house. After collecting more than a dozen pairs of soles, Li Youfeng went to hire a donkey cart and returned to the city with Lin Yu.

The first thing Lin Yu did was to buy a few more models of shoe lasts, so that he could go home and compare them. At this time, Lin Yu sighed again, in ancient times, there was no distinction between left and right feet, and there were still few shoe sizes, it really couldn't be more convenient, if it was in modern times, the shoe last would have to buy her poor!

When they saw Lin Yu's room of felt, several people's jaws were about to drop! How much does it cost!

Mother Li wore the shoe last, and each model was hinged one for Li Youfeng, and asked him to take it home and compare it with the hinge. The felt was too heavy, and Li Youfeng only took fifty feet home, but it was estimated that it would be very difficult for him to carry these back, after all, it would take so long to walk.

Lin Xue and Mother Li began to get busy when they arrived at the place, and before the kang was hot, the two of them sat on a felt, and they didn't delay for a moment. Because Li Youfeng went home to hinge the insoles, Lin Xue's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had to make shoes.

After Lin Yu heated the kang, he went to the street to buy two sets of luggage for Lin Xue's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and bought a few feet of coarse cloth for the insoles and the uppers of the bags.

Both of them worked very neatly, and when it was time for dinner, they made two pairs by themselves. Lin Yu is not good at needlework, so he can only give the two of them a hand, or hinged insoles. Lin Yu's predecessor also did a lot of work in the palace, and after returning to Liyun, he was not idle, but he didn't use needles and threads, only reamed more than 30 insoles, and his hands were blistered by scissors.

Lin Xue laughed at her: "It's a rich life!" ā€

At noon the next day, it was Tianxing who came to get the pastries himself, Lin Yu made five kinds this time, Tianxing took them happily, and saw that Lin Yu's house was full of them, and said, "Miss Lin, why are there so many felts?" ā€

Lin Yu was stunned for a moment and asked, "Do you also know that this is called felt?" ā€

Tianxing smiled awkwardly and said, "We naturally have one in our house. ā€

Lin Yu thought about it, Jing Hao didn't know what his identity was, but looking at the clothes he wore every time, they were all low-key and luxurious, and there shouldn't be many people in Liyun City who could match that kind of wear. It's not uncommon to have felt in that house. After all, it's better if you don't have felt circulating in the market for a long time, otherwise you won't lose a lot?

Tianxing said again: "Last time, Miss Lin made the oil tea noodles very fragrant, our young master wants to buy more, but I don't know the price?" ā€

"It's not a good thing, it's rare that Young Master Jing likes it, and I don't take it out, just charge Young Master Jing the cost price of fifty wen per catty." White flour and nuts are relatively expensive things, so Lin Yuzhen didn't ask him for a pretense.

"I know that Miss Lin is affordable! Our young master said that in the future, I will order a pound of oil tea noodles every two days, and the next time I come to get pastries, I will come and get them together. ā€

"That's fine." Lin Yu smiled and accepted Tianxing's next money, one hundred wen.