Chapter 196 Completion of Combat Boots (Part 2)

In fact, the surprise in Mr. Li's heart these days is no less than when Mr. Liu first met Guo Tailai.

When Guo Tailai followed him to learn how to make shoes, Mr. Li was still laughing. You are a promising fitter. In front of your master, follow me to learn how to make shoes. It will probably take a few minutes for Lao Liu to scold him for being too greedy. You can't chew it and don't do your job properly!

Unexpectedly, Mr. Liu just looked at it with a smile, without criticism at all, as if with some encouragement. Isn't he afraid of ruining his disciple?

As a result, after two days, Mr. Li almost told Mr. Liu that he should give up Guo Tailai to him. Guo Tailai's performance was really too monstrous, the experience and techniques he had accumulated all his life were completely learned by Guo Tailai within two days.

For a pair of shoes, Mr. Li made the left foot, and Guo Tailai made the right foot. After the completion, it was completely impossible to tell whether they were made by two people.

It's okay if Mr. Liu can't tell the difference, but the problem is, even Mr. Li can't tell the difference. He came over with his right foot directly, if Mr. Li hadn't watched Guo Tailai complete it with his own eyes, he would have wondered if he had hallucinations and did it unconsciously.

Although Mr. Li has retired, he has not been idle all these years. The craftsmanship of making space boots and repairing shoes for others has not fallen behind, but after all, he is old and his energy can't keep up. Strictly speaking, after making this pair of shoes, strictly speaking, one shoe, Mr. Li was already a little exhausted.

Fortunately, Guo Tailai will not let Mr. Li do anything next, even if Mr. Li is willing, he will not agree, just let Mr. Li watch and give pointers.

For the first pair of shoes, Guo Tailai was still completely imitating Mr. Li's technique. This pair of shoes was made by Guo Tailai according to his own shoe size. He always wants to wear them himself to experience the feeling of the shoes for himself. By the time he made the second pair of shoes, he had already made some fine-tuning, such as which part of the sole was not particularly comfortable, which part of the toe should be harder, and which part should be slightly softer, all of which had been modified.

While Mr. Li was stunned, Guo Tailai started to make the second pair of shoes. This time he didn't keep his hand speed any longer, all kinds of cutting were so smooth and smooth, with a single stroke, he didn't need to draw anything to get the size in place, and the cutting of various linings was extremely accurate. Even the sewing of the leather, where Mr. Li needs to hold his hand carefully to puncture, Guo Tailai always passes by easily, as if it is not a strong cowhide at all, but a thin slice of tofu.

Even if it is close at hand, even Mr. Liu can't tell that Guo Tailai doesn't need to use an awl to puncture at all. With a light tap of his finger, there will be as big a hole as he wants. As long as it is within 5mm, no time is wasted at all.

The stitches, too, are terrifyingly precise. Mr. Li was afraid that Guo Tailai's inexperienced shoes would not be round enough and the stitches would be of different lengths, but Mr. Liu never thought of such a problem. Just kidding, a master who can file the ring with both hands within 1 micron, would make such a low-level mistake?

Just watching Guo Tailai's hands move non-stop, before he knew it, a shoe was finished. Unbelievingly, Mr. Li took the shoe up and down and checked it back and forth, taking out the energy to test the space boots, and tossing about for more than an hour, but he didn't find any problems with it. When he put down this shoe, Mr. Li realized that the other shoe had already been finished.

Mr. Li was taken aback, how could this be? Looking at the watch, it has not been a morning, at most more than three hours, a pair of handmade shoes, from the sole to the upper to the shoe lining, are all finished?

"At the beginning, I was not very familiar with it. The speed was a bit slow. Look, Mr. Li, can you still wear it?" Guo Tailai put a pair of combat boots in front of Mr. Li, and asked him to check it again, still saying apologetically. .

"Is this called slow?" Mr. Li was speechless. Seeing that Mr. Liu was standing next to him without intending to stretch out his hand from the beginning to the end, with a confident look, it was only then that he understood why he was not worried about his apprentice going astray. This guy's learning ability is simply against the sky, right?

Finally, Mr. Li was completely relieved, talking and laughing with Mr. Liu while drinking tea while watching Guo Tailai work. As he spoke, Mr. Li became emotional.

"Hey, these combat boots are good, but they are too expensive!" Mr. Li is a master shoe maker, how could he not be able to estimate the approximate price of these materials? Just look at the waterproof and breathable high-grade inner lining, and it has to be imported from the United States. There are also bulletproof materials, high-quality leather, and this kind of craftsmanship. When these shoes are made, a pair can be sold for several thousand yuan, which is a conscience price. Only a little material cost is earned, and the manual cost is not counted.

But for Fatty's craftsmanship, can the material cost be compared with that? Fatty really wants to be happy, these boots are exported abroad, a pair of three thousand dollars is cheap.

What makes me feel comfortable is that the fat man is making boots for our soldiers, but the uncomfortable thing is that these boots are too expensive, and the soldiers must not be able to wear them! It would be fine if there were dozens of astronauts at most in the aerospace department, but if millions of soldiers were to be rationed, there would be a little bit of energy to spare.

"Don't worry, the fat man will come up with the design and let the professional shoe factory see where the cost can be reduced." Mr. Liu has figured it out a long time ago. If it weren't for Zhao Yanyan, they probably wouldn't have seen this kind of boots. As long as the fat man does not make a move, the labor will definitely drop a lot. Try to find some low-cost substitutes for materials, and the price can still be lowered.

"That's the only way to go." Elder Li could only sigh with emotion. He is a retired old man, and it's okay to help make shoes, but he can't do anything when it comes to such a big policy.

Afterwards, as Guo Tailai said, the speed of doing it is getting faster and faster. It seems that the fat man is really familiar with it. At the end of the day, six pairs were made.

Two days after Mr. Li and Mr. Liu returned home with a pair of boots that fit them comfortably, Guo Tailai had finished the fiftieth pair of boots. Just for Zhao Yanyan's shoe size, there are four pairs, two pairs of winter boots, two pairs of summer boots, and other adult sizes also have four pairs or five pairs.

"Uncle Zhao, I'll send her the address of my senior sister." After Guo Tailai finished, he called Zhao Xiangbei without saying a word.

"Wait." Zhao Xiangbei did not directly answer Guo Tailai's address, but asked him where he was, and asked him to wait there.

Half an hour later, a car drove into the yard. Zhao Xiangbei and Lu Zhiming got out of the car, Zhao Xiangbei asked directly without saying a word: "Where are the boots, give me a pair to try!"

Guo Tailai glared at Zhao Xiangbei speechlessly, obediently took out two pairs from the room, one pair for Zhao Xiangbei and one pair for Lu Zhiming.

"Move the rest to the car, and I'll send someone to take them there." Zhao Xiangbei gave an order to Guo Tailai, and then took off his leather shoes and put on those combat boots on the spot, regardless of whether he was rude or not.

Lu Zhiming next to him did the same, he took off his liberation shoes and put on combat boots. After standing up, I stepped on a few steps, walked a few steps, and laughed: "Not to mention, it's so much more comfortable."