Crossing the Unknown Country

Su He smiled and said, "I am a great chef. The goodness of food lies in the details. Wait for me to slowly make more and tell you about it. You two can enjoy it with me!"

Dad and Mom smiled and nodded and said, "Okay! Okay! Follow our Su He and enjoy the good life."

The family finished their breakfast happily, and Su He's father drove them out of the village to Su He's grandmother's house.

It was still cold in the morning, and the Su He family all wore military-style cotton jackets, but they were black in color, so they were resistant to dirt and wear. Su He's father liked this big cotton jacket very much, it was long enough to wrap up and keep warm, and he would carry a hand warmer in his arms when driving, so that his hands and feet would never be cold again.

The cloaks at this time were nice, but they were tied with two straps around the neck, so they were not tightly wrapped and easily leaked. They were not as good as the buttons, which were of course made by Su He out of wood. If the gold, silver and jade articles were not too extravagant, many of them would be very useful, and it would be a good idea to make an extra hole.

Su He thought about the difficulty of drilling holes. She could ask a blacksmith to make a set of tools, pliers, and hammers for nails. This would make the work much more convenient. She would go back and draw a blueprint. There should be no problem making it. In fact, she found that small tools could be made by silversmiths, but large tools needed blacksmiths.

Su He was swaying in the car and began to feel sleepy again, so her mother asked her to lie down and sleep. There was a sleeping bag in the car that Su He had made for them, and she got inside and covered herself with a big cotton coat, so she didn't feel cold at all. Su He had no choice, her little body just didn't need enough sleep, and she would feel groggy if she didn't get enough sleep.

Suhe is now gradually adding modern and practical things to life here. There are many modern cold-resistant items, such as coats and sleeping bags, which are only slightly changed in style. No one thinks they are abrupt, but they are very practical.

As for the current hot packs, Su He is thinking of making them when he is older, in two years. The main reason is that the outer packaging is difficult to make, so he can try it in pottery at most. Plastic bags are a big barrier, and I can't make them myself. This epoch-making thing is really indispensable in modern life. Everyone likes it because it brings convenience, and doesn't like it because of the environmental pollution it causes.

Whenever Su He wanted to make something here, he found that the things it made were really light, flexible and durable, which was incomparable to other things. For example, washbasins, buckets, raincoats and rain boots, tables, chairs and benches in daily life, especially plastic bags for packing things, which he really missed.

In this era, everything is made of cloth bags, wood, especially shoes are too wasteful, if there were plastic, people's shoes here would not be so easily damaged.

Su He now has a thin layer of wood in the middle of the soles of his shoes, with a cloth bottom on top and a cloth bottom on the bottom. The wood bottom is too slippery when wet. This is strong enough, but he needs to drill more holes in the wood to make it easier to put together.

At least now the shoes at home don't break so quickly. Winter shoes are made of fur and wooden boards are clamped on the ground. This is the best solution she can think of. However, the wood is soft wood, not hard wood.

Since adding the wood, her mother and aunt are not so tired, otherwise they would not be able to finish sewing the soles. The carpenter uncle knew that they were clamped on the soles, and he made a few good pairs of shoes at home. Many families in the village went to his house to order a lot. The carpenter uncle now has a lot of work and his life has improved a lot.

Su He also told him to make several sizes according to the size, so that he could make a lot at a time, because they were all sawed out anyway, and finally polished to be smooth. Su He thought it would be better if there were some bumps, but he felt it was difficult to make, so he directly made some adjustments on the insole with cotton.

After Su He's suggestion, the workload of the women in charge of the village was reduced a lot. They no longer had to sew soles every night, and lining was added to the parts of clothes that were easily damaged. At least they no longer had to make clothes and shoes every day.