There are four mothers and sisters. My mother is the youngest and has three sisters.

Mother can't be a lady, of course, she can't make shoes, she can't make shoes, and she has to mend them. There is always a sewing reed at home, which contains thimbles, scissors, awls, shoes and last besides needles. A paper clip with a shoe pattern on the sewing reed is a traditional Ta Kung Pao in China, which is folded and then nailed. This is the first time I met traditional Chinese characters.

Mom can't make shoes. Fortunately, I have three aunts. My aunt is ten years older than her mother. She has a slim figure and a good face. When I was a child, I always thought that menstruation was like a female spy in a movie, and she was very beautiful. Maybe because we have never had children, my aunt treats us like children. Our family wears shoes, and my aunt contracts all of them until she dies. Then my second aunt made shoes for our family. My second aunt has three sons who make shoes for us, and she can't help it. Sanyi and her mother are twins, and they are both grumpy and from the same village. They often break up in discord for trivial matters without salt or oil. However, three days later, my mother and my third aunt quarreled. Either my third aunt brought me a pineapple glutinous rice, or my mother wrapped a waist to fry peanuts. They talked and laughed as if nothing had happened. It is said that my mother's temper is dry, but in fact my aunt's temper is drier than my mother's. Three aunts also made shoes for us, but they always felt a little sloppy. In rural areas, some shoes made by three aunts and six grandmothers have thick needles and big threads, and there is no way to compare them with those made by three aunts and six grandmothers. Melaleuca shoes, like square cakes, are neatly cut and beautiful. Still on the vamp, embroidered with flowers. Even the traditional two tiles have edges and corners. One more last is too big, one less pinch. My second aunt is too busy to travel. Her shoes are simple and not fancy, just like her, but her soles are strong and the cotton content of cotton padded shoes is much higher. They are durable and warm to wear. Third aunt is in full swing. It takes three days to make a pair of shoes, and she may become a pair of shoes in two days. We get dressed quickly, and so does Third Aunt.

The third aunt is gone, and when she is old, the heavy responsibility of making shoes at home falls on her sister. Fortunately, my sister lived up to expectations. My sister not only knows how to make new four-piece suits, old two-piece suits, buckles, elastic bands and belts, but also becomes a model for women in the village. At that time, my sister was making shoes, and my mother was not idle. It rained all the time, and the production team didn't go to work. When she was off work, she collected bamboo shoots from the mountain, peeled them, washed them, dried them, picked a sunny day, mixed half the washbasin, removed the door panels, and made a lot of shoe shells.

Sister is married. When the eldest brother is looking for a partner, the mother actually regards whether she can make shoes as the main condition for choosing a spouse. Mother said bluntly: If you make shoes, farm fields and cook pots, you are a good wife. Before my sister-in-law went through the door, the heavy responsibility of making shoes at home fell on her. At that time, a pair of old cloth shoes was not only profound, but also affectionate. If the handsome guy in the village has a crush on the handsome guy. The handsome young man walked barefoot through the soft ridge carrying the newly harvested rice, and his heart was in harmony. Girl, pull a straw and tie it to the seedling handle, measure the size of the handsome boy's foot in a hurry and put it in his arms quietly. After ten and a half days, the girl met a handsome boy under the big willow tree at the entrance of the village on a night with few stars. The moonlight masked the girl's shyness and hurriedly took out the pair of cloth shoes from her arms. The girl turned and left in a hurry. A beautiful marriage is "shoes as the medium". I remember that when my eldest brother joined the army, the last sister-in-law stuffed a pair of cloth shoes she made overnight in my brother's quilt.

Sister-in-law hasn't made shoes for years. Old cloth shoes are not fashionable not only in cities, but also in rural areas. The skill of making cloth shoes only came in handy after she added her grandson. She carefully made several pairs of tiger-headed shoes for her grandson. When the boss was fifty-nine, he made a fortune and worked nine jobs in the countryside. Generally speaking, he must make shoes for his birthday. Eldest brother has two daughters who have never worn cloth shoes since childhood, let alone made them. A man bought a pair of brand leather shoes for his parents. My sister-in-law wore reading glasses and made a pair of old cloth shoes for her husband and herself. Sister-in-law said that she wanted to wear old cloth shoes and a pair when she was old.

I haven't worn old cloth shoes for a long time. I don't know why, as I get older, I always think of old cloth shoes. Those leather shoes with exquisite workmanship and high price always feel that they can't be grounded, either beriberi or gout. My mother couldn't make shoes before, but I never went barefoot. There are always warm and comfortable cloth shoes to accompany me.

Not long ago, literary friends got together and talked about this and old cloth shoes. It turned out that after his lover was laid off, he saw the business opportunity of handmade old cloth shoes and opened a handmade old cloth shoes factory. One day, I ran over curiously and saw a dazzling array of handmade old cloth shoes in that shop, including traditional ones, leisure ones, mountain climbing ones and fashionable ones, which activated my childhood memories and immediately made me feel the urge to take off my shoes and buy a pair of old cloth shoes.

I put on my long-lost old cloth shoes and walked on the avenue. It was not only comfortable, but also warm and intimate, which made me feel like I was back to my childhood and my pace was chic.