Xu Lao Tai spent his whole life in making shoes. He had made shoes by hand for 60 years.

Xu Lao Tai often said, "I make shoes for exercising my brain and hands."

Later, my granddaughter sold her shoes on the Internet. I didn't expect Chinese traditional cloth shoes to be loved by foreign friends.

Xu Lao Tai made shoes for 60 years.

Xu Lao Tai lives in Binhe District of Changchun. She is 83 years old this year. Besides eating and sleeping, she is happiest in making cloth shoes every day, and for 60 years.

Yesterday, the reporter walked into the home of Xu Lao Tai, just like walking into a cloth shoe workshop. On the windowsill, sofa and bed, a pair of exquisite cloth shoes can be seen everywhere.

Xu Lao Tai told reporters that a pair of shoes should start from the material selection, then trimming the upper and sole, glued bottom, upper sole, suture vamp and setting the last one. Finally, it will take two to three days to dry.

In fact, the most troublesome thing to do is to make sole.

First of all, stick to the sole of the shoe, stick together the soles that are done according to the size, and do not stick to the ordinary glue, so that they are not sticky. They must be sticky and sticky, then dry in the ventilated area, and then start the shoe sole. This is the most important step. First, use the awl to put holes on the sole of the shoe, then use the needle to wear the rough thread, and stitch the stitch on the sole. The distance between the needles is the same, so the sole is strong enough; finally, the shoe is stitched on the sole, and the selected materials are stitched on the sole.

Cloth shoes make her happy.

Xu Lao Tai originally worked in the second step shoe factory in Changchun. After retirement, he worked with the street to set up a small shoe factory. He served as factory director and insisted on making shoes.

Later, when she was very old, she had to stay at home all day long under the strong demands of her children.

"At that time nothing to do, feeling very empty, seemingly unable to find the positioning of life......"

10 years ago, a very casual chance, Xu Lao Tai and his wife went out to visit the morning market, and found that an old lady was selling hand stitched thousand layers.

However, the old lady's "thousand layer bottom" manual is not fine, and the material selection is not good.

Therefore, Xu Lao Tai sprouted his own idea of making shoes. He did not think that this was done for 10 years, and emptiness and loneliness were swept away.

In the past 10 years, Xu Lao Tai has made more than 2000 pairs of shoes, most of which are for children.

The more shoes they make, the older they go to sell in the morning market.

Fighting guerrilla warfare with children

In the interview, the reporter found that Xu Lao Tai had a habit. Whenever there was a phone call, no matter what she was doing, she always emphasized that she was watching TV or reading newspapers, and never talked about making shoes.

Xu Lao Tai told reporters that she used to make shoes and was repeatedly opposed by the children. Later, Xu Lao Tai simply played with her daughter. She not only lied about the military situation on the phone, but when her daughter and son-in-law came to see her, she would hide the shoes.

Xu Lao Tai told reporters that the long "guerrilla warfare" finally won.

The daughters still can't think of Xu Lao Tai, so they have to support their mothers to make shoes.

Xu Lao Tai shoes are exported to Europe and America.

Nowadays, Xu Lao Tai is already known as the "cloth shoes master". Many people come here, ordering cloth shoes, and Xu Lao Tai is not stingy. They can deliver them, sell them and sell them.

Xu Lao Tai didn't expect that her traditional crafts of the 60 years will be linked to the most avant-garde way of sale today.

In 2006, the granddaughter of Xu Lao Tai came back from Beijing. She saw the shoes made by her grandmother and gave birth to a plan.

When she returned to Beijing, she opened shop online for grandma, selling cloth shoes.

The traditional technology is not popular, but a few days later, the shoes on the Internet are sold out.

Reporters contacted Xu Grande's granddaughter, who told reporters that at present, Xu Lao Tai's cloth shoes sold to all parts of the country, but also sold to Japan, the United States, Germany, South Korea and other places, quite popular with international friends.

Advertising slogans on the website also became: "Xu Lao Tai thousand layers of export to Japan, the United States, Germany, South Korea and other countries.

At the same time, it has also become a good gift for Chinese people to give away international friends and festivals.