At about five o'clock the next morning, Liu Yan got up, and in summer, the sky was bright early, and the curtains of the hotel were not shading, and Liu Yan couldn't sleep for a long time.

After simply freshening up, Liu Yan came to the door of Zhou Heping's room and waited for Zhou Heping.

After a while, Zhou Heping came out, dressed in sportswear, as if he was going out for a walk, saw Liu Yan and waved his hand at him.

Liu Yan glanced at his outfit, as if he was a little out of harmony with Zhou Heping, but he could only make up for it.

He can't let Zhou Heping change his clothes.

The two of them quietly walked out of the door of the hotel and walked all the way down the street.

Liu Yan quietly looked behind him, as if the two plainclothes followed yesterday, although the secretary of the municipal party committee did not need a high level of protection to travel, the minimum security measures should still be there.

Walking to the middle of the bustling street, Zhou Heping suddenly walked towards a small alley, Liu Yan had to follow closely, and looked back, the two plainclothes kept a distance of about 100 meters from him, and he should be able to see the direction in which Zhou Heping went.

The small alley is less than three meters wide, and it is full of small shops, the largest of which is the three facades.

Along the way, Liu Yan found that most of the leather products were sold in this alley, especially leather shoes, and all of them were handmade leather shoes.

Zhou Heping stopped in front of a shoe store with only one storefront.

The shopkeeper was a man in his fifties, it was still early, there were no tourists walking through the alley, and the shopkeeper was concentrating on making shoes.

"Brother, I've been working so early." Zhou Heping greeted the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper raised his head and looked at Zhou Heping, and said with a wry smile: "There's no way, if you get up early in the morning and light the lamp to boil oil all day long, you can only make three pairs of shoes at most." ”

Zhou Heping picked up the leather shoes and looked at them, they were basically done, completely handicraft, the craftsmanship was very elegant, the fabric was also good, and the style was also very good-looking.

Zhou Heping said: "How much do shoes like yours usually sell for a pair?" ”

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "It's cheap, a hundred yuan a pair." ”

Zhou Heping took a closer look at the shoes and said to the shopkeeper: "Such good shoes sell for a hundred yuan a pair, don't you make much money, right?" ”

The shopkeeper sighed and said, "Isn't it?" The cost of this pair of shoes is sixty-five yuan, plus the rent of seven east and eight west, the cost has exceeded seventy-five, a pair of shoes sold, full of money is at most twenty-five yuan, one day is the top of the day is to make three pairs of shoes, and you have to get up early and be greedy for darkness, you calculate, how much money can you make on this day? ”

Zhou Heping said: "Then why don't you set the price a little higher?" ”

The shopkeeper shook his head and said: "There is a big shopping mall where the price is compared, although the quality of my shoes is not a grade higher than that of the big shopping mall, not that I brag, the shoes sold in the big shopping mall, a pair of seven or eight hundred yuan of quality can not give me this comparison, but the young people nowadays don't recognize it, they always think that I am just a small handicraft workshop, not as high as the things produced in the big factory." ”

Zhou Heping and Liu Yan nodded at the same time, they both agreed with the shopkeeper's statement.

Zhou Heping asked again: "Why are you alone?" What about the people in the family? ”

The shopkeeper said: "The old woman is no longer there, a son and a girl have gone out to work, they are not willing to do this, they don't make money doing this, and they get up early and are greedy and stalking." ”

Zhou Heping said: "Your craft is ancestral, isn't it a pity that it is lost." ”

The shopkeeper sighed again and said, "Who says it's not, but there's no way, people are looking at money now, who is willing to do this kind of unprofitable business?" ”

The shopkeeper pointed to the shop next to him and continued: "It turns out that this street is all doing this, but now there is not even half of it, some have changed careers to do other businesses, and some are processing brand-name bags for others, and it is quite profitable to do that, the cost of a bag is 200 yuan, and it will be sold to luxury dealers on a famous brand, at least 800 yuan, as long as you get up early and be greedy for darkness like making shoes, you can make at least five bags a day." ”

The shopkeeper smiled bitterly, and then said: "You must ask me, why don't you do that, to be honest, those luxury dealers have approached me many times, and I haven't agreed to any of them, I don't feel solid to do that kind of thing, and I can't sleep well at night." ”

Zhou Heping and Liu Yan were silent, they didn't know what to say.

The shopkeeper pointed to the shelves inside and said, "There are more than a dozen pairs of shoes in it, if you look at it, buy a pair to wear, there are customers coming to the door early in the morning, it is a good sign for the businessman, I will give you a discount." ”

Zhou Heping and Liu Yan walked into the store one after the other, and the shopkeeper followed.

The shopkeeper picked up a pair of men's leather shoes, looked at Zhou Heping and said: "If my eyesight is good, you should wear 40, you can wear this pair to try it, to ensure that the fit is comfortable, I am not boasting to you, in terms of shoe comfort, those shoes in the big shopping mall can't be compared with me." ”

Zhou Heping's feet were really 40, he took the shoes from the shopkeeper's hand, sat on a small stool and took off the travel shoes on his feet, and replaced them with leather shoes.

I stood up and pondered for a while, it seemed to be very comfortable, and walked around the room a few times, very brisk, very soft.

Zhou Heping looked at Liu Yan and said, "You can have a pair too, it's really comfortable." ”

The shopkeeper took out a pair of size 42 and handed it to Liu Yan, who took off the leather shoes he was wearing and put on new ones.

After thinking about it for a while, it was really much more comfortable than the pair I was wearing just now.

Zhou Heping walked out for a while, and then came back and said to the shopkeeper: "You can bring me two more pairs of women's shoes, one pair of size 37 and one pair of size 38, these shoes are really good, and they will definitely be praised by the leaders when they buy them back." ”

Zhou Heping looked at Liu Yan again and said, "Give your child a pair back." ”

"Little friend?" Liu Yan was confused.

Zhou Heping smiled: "It's me Ott, you young people, as long as you start to fall in love now, you will be called husband and wife." ”

Liu Yan understood, and for some reason, Jiang Chunmei's shadow suddenly appeared in front of his eyes.

Seeing that Zhou Heping was so enthusiastic, Liu Yan said: "Okay, get me a pair of 37 yards too." ”

Zhou Heping's heart suddenly became sour, looked at Liu Yan and said, "You really have a girlfriend?" When was this? ”

Liu Yan shook his head, smiled and said, "What's the matter, there is no shadow yet." ”

Zhou Heping completely lost the leader's shelf, and asked: "No, I even know the shoe size, and I still say no?" ”

Liu Yan said: "It's just a good friend, besides, I don't know how big shoes she wears, it's completely blind guessing." ”

Zhou Heping said in his heart: Our Zhou Jin wears a size 37.

Liu Yan wanted to pay for it, but Zhou Heping just didn't let it, he had to insist on paying it himself, he said to Liu Yan: "You have been with me for so long, I have to express it." ”

Zhou Heping is different from other leaders, he always has a little money in his pocket, and when he is free, he will go to the supermarket to buy some vegetables and take them home.

Zhou Heping touched his pocket, and was immediately embarrassed, and said to Liu Yan with a wry smile: "It's better for you to come." ”

Zhou Heping is now wearing sportswear, and he has no money in his pocket at all.