In the tricycle, Li Xia never closed the door tightly, looked back at Ah Hei and Guo Shunshun, and saw them walking together, talking and laughing, Li Xia retracted his gaze and sat upright.

Weird......

"Little girl, where are you going?" The master had already driven a hundred meters away and saw the crossroads.

I was in a hurry to get in the car, so I just had to ask the master to drive, and I didn't have time to say the address, Li Xia hurriedly said, "To the Hongqi Craft Society, the one on Huxiang Road." ”

"Okay, sit tight!" The master nodded and turned right sharply.

Li Xia sat firmly, her eyes fell on the address left by Guo Shunshun, she was worried about where to find a suitable source of leather, but she didn't expect to meet it like this.

Closing the notebook, her slender fingers tapped on it, Li Xia closed her eyes and carefully sorted out what had just happened, and did not find anything particularly wrong or uncomfortable for her.

It's as if the man really just did something bad with good intentions.

I can't figure it out, Li Xia doesn't want to think about it for the time being, this is not far from Huxiang Road, and it didn't take long to get to the place, Li Xia gave the fare to get off the bus, and went directly to the store.

The sign at the door said that this was a custom-made tool, but when I entered the store, I found that the main thing that could be ordered in this store was art-related things, and the leather goods making tools that Li Xia wanted were not at all.

"Little girl, you go to the shoe store, just the one at the end of the road, they don't do it, maybe the tools can be given to you." The boss is also a warm-hearted person, there is no one in the store, and he also gives Li Xia the way to go.

In the 80s, there were still many shops in the streets and alleys such as sewing and handmade leather shoes, and more people were willing to go to the shops to order than the less fitting leather shoes produced on the assembly line of the factory.

However, with the development of the times, the prices of industrial goods tend to be parity, even cheap, and the styles are becoming more and more diverse.

Either you are eliminated from the market.

Li Xia followed the boss's instructions and found an inconspicuous small store at the end of the street, and before she walked in, she already smelled the strong smell of shoe glue and leather.

The location of the store is not good, although it is broad daylight, but there is no light on inside it is still very dim, Li Xia walked into the store only to find that the shelves of the store and the unused display glass cabinets have fallen a layer of dust, and the leather shoes on the shelves are also scattered.

There were leftover dishes and chopsticks from noon on the glass cabinet in the back, it was half an afternoon, and they hadn't been cleaned up, and there were flies flying on it, Li Xia frowned with some disgust.

There was no one in the store, but there should be a yard at the back, the door was open, and people should be at home.

"Boss! Boss? …… Is anyone there? Li Xia stood in the store, carrying her small cloth bag, and did not go inside.

The house was quiet, and just when Li Xia thought that there was no one, there was a "babbling" sound of the door opening from the backyard, and a young mother in her twenties with swollen eyes walked out with her child in her arms.

"Want to buy something? The shoes are cheap, five yuan a pair, all of which are the craftsmanship of the previous masters, and they are all genuine leather...... Cub, don't make a fuss! "The child is very naughty and keeps making trouble, and the young mother can only keep catching the child's troublesome hand and talking to Li Xia at the same time.

The craftsmanship of the shoes can be seen to be very good, but they don't look as good as the ones on the market, Li Xia smiled slightly, "I'm not here to buy shoes......

"Not here to buy shoes? So what are you here for...... Sizzle! The young mother glanced at Li Xia strangely, and the child in her arms grabbed her hair, "Cub, let go!" ”

Li Xia waited for her to pull her hair out before she spoke, "I want to collect some leather tools and equipment left by the master." ”

Many of the tools for making shoes and bags are universal, and if there is a shortage, she will find a way to make up for it.

"You're going to open a shoe store?" The young mother took out a jar from the dirty cupboard, touched a piece of candy and stuffed it into the child's mouth, and the child quieted down, and she had the time to talk to Li Xia properly.

also persuaded Li Xia, "The shoe store is not so easy to open, little girl, my father-in-law's craft, you have also seen it, there is still no way to live, you are a beautiful little girl, it is better to be a waiter than to do this." ”

Li Xia knew that the other party was kind to persuade her, but she still insisted, "Can you let me see the tools and equipment first?" ”

Seeing that she couldn't persuade her, the young mother didn't persuade her, and led Li Xia through the aisle to the small courtyard at the back, where the utensils that had been ground out of the pulp were thrown in the yard at will.

At the first glance, Li Xia couldn't help frowning, most of these tools were wooden and iron, but they couldn't withstand much sun and rain.

"Yesterday, I gathered up and was ready to sell scrap, and I just moved out, and the scrap seller said that I would receive 80 yuan, and if you can get 100 yuan, you will take it." After the child ate the candy, he made a fuss again, and the young mother was a little impatient, and just wanted to get rid of all the broken copper and iron.

As she spoke, she stuffed the child into the walker and went into a side room in the courtyard, and turned out several wooden boxes, which contained brand-new tools that had not yet had time to use.

"I've been making shoes all my life, and I haven't saved much money, but I have left a lot of these broken things." The young mother threw these boxes into a pile casually, Li Xia was shocked, and subconsciously wanted to take them, but still not as fast as the other party.

Seeing those intact knives smashed to the ground, Li Xia's heart twitched.

The young mother clapped her hands, "All the things left by my father-in-law are here...... Eh, you won't mind, my father-in-law went a year ago, and this is his ...... Relic. ”

Li Xia shook her head, "Is there anything else in the house?" I'll take them all with me. ”

The tools that the old man saved are very complete, and the tools needed to make leather bags are all here, of course, most of them are still made of shoes, and most of them are not used in Lixia, but it is really a pity to sell them as scrap.

Hearing Li Xia's words, the young mother's eyes rolled.

"Huh, what's the matter?" As he spoke, the man of the house came back, he glanced at Li Xia, and then at his wife.

The young mother glanced at her husband and said in a very incomprehensible tone, "I have found some more tools for her that this girl asked her father to leave behind." ”

The man looked at the messy things on the ground, his expression was slightly complicated, there was nostalgia, regret, and disgust, but he didn't say anything, "Take it all, it's useless to keep it, it still takes up space, just give a few dozen dollars." ”

After speaking, the child who was sitting in the walker and screaming came over, "Let's go, let's sit high." ”

The male owner spoke, originally Li Xia liked it very much, and the young mother who wanted to increase the price was not good to say anything, for fear that Li Xia would listen to his man's words and want to lower the price, so he hurriedly emphasized that he would not sell it if it was less than one hundred.

After getting Li Xia's confirmation, he found a snakeskin bag to help Li Xia put things inside.

While babbling to Li Xia about how brilliant this store was back then, these tools were equivalent to giving Li Xia such words cheaply.