My 1979

There is also the house that Old Man Li sold before. He has not gone to the Housing Authority to get rent for more than a year.

Including the four houses he bought later that had tenants, he never took the rent. Li He thought that mosquitoes are still meat no matter how small they are, so he had to take time to get them.

Shouhou didn't want to stay for dinner, so he hung the pure cowhide briefcase on the handlebar of his bicycle and rode away.

He Fang put the food on the table without greeting Li He and ate by herself.

Li He smelled the fragrance and felt a little hungry again, but he had just said in the morning that he would not eat at noon.

He rolled his eyes, picked a chair closest to He Fang and leaned over: "Oh, what are you cooking? It smells delicious. Can I..."

"No!" Li He was blocked by He Fang before he could finish his words. After finishing the meal in a few seconds, he simply packed up the dishes and went into the kitchen to wash his hands without looking back.

Li He looked even sadder, He Fang, you are ruthless, shameless and unreasonable.

Frustrated, he lay on the table, looked at the empty table, and waited, "Sister, I'm so hungry!"

"What do you care about me?" He Fang sneered.

Li He looked at He Fang with resentful eyes, "I'm really going to starve to death."

He Fang felt an inexplicable anger in her heart, so she made tea for Li He again, and banged it on the table. "I'm starving to death, then I'll be quiet. I'll go back, and I'll take care of dinner myself."

This is an affirmative sentence, not a question.

Looking at He Fang's leaving figure, Li He felt a sense of sadness in his balls.

After sitting on the train all night and experiencing the worry in the morning, Li He felt a little sleepy indeed. Intellectually, he didn't want to sleep, but he couldn't resist the physical demand, and his eyelids were trembling up and down.

I just lay on the bed and slept peacefully. It was already past three o'clock when I got up. The house was empty and no one was to be found.

After brushing my teeth, I found two cold steamed buns from the kitchen and drank some hot water before I felt a little better in my stomach.

There is another feeling of alarming loneliness and desertedness. With nothing to do, Li He decided to take a look at Li Aijun's place.

Li Aijun's store is still very prosperous. In the first month of the year, it basically sold about 20 pairs of shoes every day, and it was impossible to finish the reservations. I sold 600 pairs a month, with a unit price of more than 5 yuan, and made nearly 4,000 yuan during the Spring Festival.

Li Aijun confidently said to Li He, "My business for the year will not be bad. According to the drawings you gave me, I have already made spring and summer shoes. Many old customers have seen them and like them. They are all in advance." Reserve."

After speaking, the corners of his mouth also raised, his eyebrows that had been locked for a long time were finally lifted, and he became more energetic.

Li Heting likes Li Aijun. He is a good and down-to-earth man, smart and diligent. My eyes lit up when I talked about the future, and I kept talking about how to make shoes.

Li He touched the soft sheepskin. It had only been degreased and tanned, but there was still a gap compared with foreign leather industries. Silicone materials have been widely used in foreign leather industries.

Silicone is used as a waterproofing agent, softener, polishing agent and slip agent for natural leather. It can also be used as an anti-adhesive release agent in the production of artificial leather.

Moreover, most of the best tanning equipment in the world, such as stretching machines, splitting machines, and smoothing machines, are produced in Italy, France, and West Germany, and most of the ones used in China are from the Czech Republic. There is a ten-year gap between the basic light industry and foreign countries. As for dyeing and finishing, tanning agents, fatliquors, finishing agents and leather auxiliaries, the gap between chemical materials industries and foreign countries is even greater.

However, after the reform and opening up, some large state-owned enterprises along the coast are trying to integrate with international standards. Li He said, "There may be some large domestic manufacturers that already have good leather. Take some time and pay attention to see what new process materials are available, especially In the coastal provinces and cities in the south, synthetic leather, shoe materials, shoe machines, shoe lasts, shoe molds, shoe decorations, and leather chemicals will soon become a complete set of industries. And as time goes by, and the scale grows, you can't always use it. Sheepskin must be different in style, feel, and color. Pigskin, cowhide, where do these sources come from? You have to know it in your mind, but I can't help you with this. Whether it is real leather or artificial leather, there are big differences Development potential."

Li Aijun said, "I just have a small shop. I can make a living just by keeping it. I can't deal with all the things you say."

"Do you know the principle of a flower that lasts a hundred days, so you are determined that you will be the only shoe store in the future, and you will be the only one who can make shoes? Look at whether there are businesses everywhere in the past two years, and everyone is trying to find a way to make money. Money? What you have done is only a short-term advantage, not a long-term advantage. I can tell you with certainty that the competition in the shoemaking industry will be very fierce in the future. If you guard such a small store, it will not last long. A year or two.”

Li Aijun has always been convinced by Li He. Ever since he opened the shoe store, he has obeyed Li He's advice even more. Knowing that Li He didn't just talk, he hurriedly asked, "What should I do? You are the only one who can teach me?"

"Of course you are riding the wind and waves and keeping pace with the times. You are also literate. You should read magazines and newspapers regularly, especially industry magazines such as "China Leather". As for whether there are magazines about shoes, I don't know. I Take a look, you can't let others follow the trend and stick to the old style. When new equipment comes out in the future, you will still rely on the division of labor among neighbors and relatives. Can the efficiency be compared with others? Is the cost cost-effective? Therefore, it is an inevitable trend to open shoe factories in the future, but we will have to wait for two years for the policy to allow it.”

"I can go to the post office to order magazines myself, but opening a shoe factory?" Li Aijun was a little undecided. This was clearly a capitalist road.

"I've thought too much. It will take a few more years. Let's make this store stable first. I'm leaving and working hard."

Li He checked the time, and it was already seven o'clock before he knew it, and it was getting dark.

When I went back and passed the big locust tree at the entrance of the alley, I seemed to suddenly remember something.

When I saw the house opposite the big locust tree, I remembered that the young man in that house only paid 25 cents for pancakes and fruit.

Li He stepped forward and knocked on the door. The girl who opened the door was the girl who bought stamps at the post office last time. "Who are you looking for?"

"I'm looking for your brother. We met at the post office."

The little girl seemed to have no memory at all and shouted into the yard, "Brother, someone is looking for you."

"Is that you? Come in and sit down." The young man was stunned for a moment when he saw Li He, and then quickly called Li He in.

Li He handed over the thirty cents, "I'm sorry, it took me so long to give it to you. I really forgot. It's getting late. I won't go in. I need to go home quickly for dinner."

Li He turned around and left. The young man shouted from behind, "Hey, I want you five cents."

He didn't stop and went straight home.