Chapter 187
As expected, no matter what world it is, women are like this when they are overwhelmed. Fortunately, there is no Double Eleven here...
However, the aesthetics of the other world are different from those of the modern world. Many of the opinions expressed by the dwarves are quite interesting, and some people have already begun to use the tools at hand to make them.
Inadvertently, Yu Sui's eyes drifted to the shoes worn by several people. Although the dwarf's boots were simple in style, they were much better than the snow werewolves who simply wrapped a piece of animal skin around their feet.
He had long wanted to make a pair of comfortable boots for his tribesmen, but he had never had the time. Today he finally remembered it.
"Aunt Ellie, don't rush to make the hairpin. Let me ask you a question first. What are the soles of the shoes you wear made of?"
Yu Sui ran to Ellie who was enthusiastically discussing the hairpin style and which gem color would be more beautiful, bent down, pulled her sleeve, and asked.
Ellie was still immersed in a heated discussion. Everyone had different aesthetic tastes, and they were expressing their own opinions. At this moment, Yu Sui pulled them out. They were stunned for a moment before answering.
"Oh, the soles of the boots we wear in winter are made of cloth or animal skins wrapped around wooden boards, and in summer they are made of woven straw ropes. What's wrong?"
Yu Sui smiled mysteriously and said, "Auntie Ellie, do you want to make shoes that are more comfortable and fit?"
"You little cub, it would be better if you had a better idea!" Ellie found his expression very funny.
Yu Sui chuckled a few times, feeling quite proud. They were at Uncle Robert's house, and Yu Sui was already very familiar with the place. He didn't hesitate to find some scraps of cloth, a bowl of flour, as well as brushes, scissors and other tools.
In the past, when people were poor, they mostly used scraps of cloth to make thousand-layer soles. Later, when they became richer, they used whole pieces of cloth.
Yu Sui is very familiar with the process of making paste from flour. When he was a child, he used this thing to stick Spring Festival couplets and window decorations every day. It was very annoying when the paste stuck to his hands.
Lay the rags as flat as possible, lightly apply the paste on them, and leave them there to dry after applying the paste evenly.
Ellie's family mostly has leftover scraps of cotton cloth, and the soles made from them are softer than those made from linen.
Yu Sui's actions attracted females such as Kailin, who gathered around him and watched with great interest what he was going to do next.
Every time Yu Sui makes something new, everyone gradually changes from being skeptical at first to looking forward to the finished product, and each one is very useful.
Yu Sui drew a pattern according to the size of Ellie's feet, and cut out the same size from the cloth that was drying (he couldn't wait any longer, so he cast wind magic to blow it dry).
It is best to use white cotton cloth for wrapping the fringe of the Thousand Layer Sole. Fortunately, it is not used much, so it is not considered a waste.
Each small strip of cotton cloth is also brushed with paste and wrapped around the edge of each piece of film. This is repeated to wrap all the cut films, stack them together, and sew them tightly with an iron needle and the strongest linen thread.
Yu Sui gave the last step to Ellie. Humans need to use tools to poke holes first, but dwarves don't need to do that and can just sew directly.
Every corner of the sole was tightly sewn with hemp thread, and Yu Sui also helped press it a few times to ensure that the sole was strong.
The females who figured out the trick gathered around and passed the finished thousand-layer soles around to examine them in surprise.
"This is more comfortable than wooden boards!" Karen pressed the sole of the shoe a few times with her palm and exclaimed.
No matter how soft the animal skin covering the wooden board is, it cannot change the fact that the wooden board cannot bend with the movement of the foot. How can it be as comfortable as the thousand-layer sole?
Yu Sui stood aside with a smug look on his face. Of course, the thousand-layer soles had been worn by his grandmother's generation for many years. In this foreign world with backward civilization, it was a dimensionality reduction attack.
Cloth shoes made of thousand-layer soles were also very famous in the past. Later, with the rapid development of industry, some people even went to the old store specifically to buy this kind of shoes.
With this kind of sole, everyone will be more comfortable traveling in the future. The thousand-layer sole is also durable and easy to repair if it is damaged. Unlike rubber soles, you can only melt it again if it is damaged.
"If you like it, just draw the size of your feet and follow my instructions." Yu Sui said with a smile, holding up the sample paper.
Ellie happily took the sample cardboard and made the insole for her other foot by copying it, using the negative film that Yu Sui had not used up.
"Oh, it's a good opportunity to use these scraps of cloth. Otherwise, I would have to keep them for mending clothes."
This is also the advantage of thousand-layer soles. After all, in the era when thousand-layer soles were popular, materials were scarce. In order to save resources, the older generation really thought of many ways, and thousand-layer soles was one of them. The wisdom of the working people is reflected in human inheritance, and now it has been brought to the other world by Yu Sui.
The thousand-layer soles don't make your feet stuffy. If an ordinary human wears these animal-skin boots, he would be lucky if he doesn't get athlete's foot.
Even though dwarves are stronger than humans, many of them have this problem. Dwarves exercise a lot and sweat more easily.
A group of females happily began to collect scraps of cloth from various households. Although Yu Sui said that it would be better to make insoles out of a whole piece, everyone wanted to use the scraps first. Kailin even kindly collected scraps of cloth from the dwarves who were not at home, waiting to make insoles for them.
Yu Sui's wind magic also came in handy today, silently helping to blow the paste dry.
The female dwarves immediately started working, and some went back to measure their partners' feet and cut out sample cardboards to use for cutting the base boards.
Of course, the first pair of thousand-layer soles they made was undoubtedly made for Yu Sui, and Yu Sui did not refuse and accepted it happily.
This kind of sole is best made into cloth shoes, and it is also good to make it into boots in winter.
It would be a waste of the soles for Yu Sui to use his own skills to make boots, so he simply asked Ellie to make them for him. There was no one in his family who could do needlework, and Ellie was used to helping him with these things. When she heard that he wanted to make a pair of boots, she decided to use the best fur in the house to make them.
Knitting sweaters is popular in the tribe recently, and Yu Sui has contributed many clothing patterns. With the help of the dwarves, the snow werewolves are finally no longer dressed as rough hobos, and the styles of animal skin clothes have also increased a lot.
Now that the shoes have been made, the image of the tribe can be improved a lot. Yu Sui feels very relieved in his heart. He has long wanted to take time to improve the clothing style of the tribe members. He didn't have the conditions before, but now he has the raw materials. He drew a lot of drawings. Although the snow werewolves don't like the high-profile style of the black wolf tribe, they are definitely better and neater in clothing than before.
Buddha relies on gold and people rely on clothes. Clothes have a huge impact on people's image. Even a natural clothes hanger like the Snow Wolf Man, with the simple animal skin clothes he used to wear, and his hair was blown a little messy by the wind, he looked like a homeless man with a very good appearance.
Yu Sui thought of the pythons that the warriors had hunted in the Tauren tribe. Not only was the meat delicious, but the skin was also thin and tough. Since it was a high-level magical beast, the snake skin was faintly shiny, and the texture was perfect for making boots. It was a pity that he couldn't use it for personal use.
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