I trade in both worlds

After cutting, Xu Xu picked up a piece of cotton cloth and dipped it in paste. As she worked, she explained to the camera: "This step is called 'making a sling', which is the basis for making thousand-layer sole shoes. We need to cross-stack multiple layers of cotton and linen to form a solid sole."

She stacked the linen and cotton cloth alternately, carefully applying paste to each layer until the required number of layers was reached and then ironed it flat: "Ironing it like this will make the soles stronger and more durable."

Finally, Xu Xu placed the folded cotton cloth in a cool place to dry.

At this point, the first part of the shooting can come to a temporary halt. Next, we need to wait for the soles of the shoes to dry before continuing shooting.

The two of them also took this opportunity to take a break. They had been busy preparing to shoot videos in recent days and had no time to rest.

After turning off the camera, Xu Ziqing stretched lazily: "Ah~ I'm so tired."

Xu Xu packed up the tools he had used, washing what needed to be washed and throwing away what needed to be thrown away: "Continue tomorrow?"

Xu Ziqing decisively refused: "No, aren't you tired?"

Xu Xu looked at her in surprise: "I'm tired, but can't I rest now?"

"This is not a rest at all." Xu Ziqing stood up and twisted left and right: "Besides, tomorrow is the weekend, I want to enjoy the weekend."

I have been so busy lately that I forgot that tomorrow is the weekend. Xu Xu picked up his phone and looked at it. It is already the beginning of November. Time flies so fast. It has been almost half a year since I came to modern times.

"Do you want to go see Brother Xu tomorrow?" Xu Xu thought of Xu Ziqi who was studying medicine at Rendetang.

I haven't seen him for more than ten days since he went to the county town, and I haven't seen him come back during the trip.

Xu Ziqing hesitated for a while: "Tomorrow is the weekend, Xiaojin and the others are on vacation, why don't I go to see my brother on Monday."

After that, he asked again, "Can the shoe soles be done on Sunday? If they can, then we can continue recording on Sunday and rest on Monday to go see my brother."

Xu Xu thought for a moment and said, "It's quite cold now, it's hard to say."

"Can I use a clothes dryer to dry them?" Xu Ziqing remembered that he had a clothes dryer at home.

"I've tried using a kang to dry it, would you like to try that?"

"Let's give it a try." Xu Ziqing said and went to move the dryer.

The dryer is quite powerful and it dried the soles of my shoes in just one hour.

Xu Xu touched it and confirmed that it was completely dry, and asked, "It's completely dry. How about we finish recording tomorrow and take two days off the day after tomorrow?"

"I have a dinner appointment tomorrow." Xu Ziqing replied.

Xu Xu nodded, thinking that she had made an appointment with a friend.

The next day, before ten o'clock in the morning, Lin Feng drove to pick up Xu Ziqing. Xu Xu looked at the two of them suspiciously.

Xu Ziqing smiled at her awkwardly, turned around, got into the car and left.

Until the evening, when Xu Xu and the children had gone to bed, she still hadn't returned.

On Sunday, Xu Ziqing came to the utility room and Xu Xu had already prepared everything for the video shooting.

Seeing her come in, Xu Xu blinked and looked at her with gossip on her face: "Were you dating Lin Feng yesterday?"

Xu Ziqing was slightly stunned, then chuckled and said, "Well, we just went out to play, nothing special."

Xu Xu didn't say anything, just stared at her, trying to see something from Xu Ziqing's face.

Xu Ziqing was a little helpless. She didn't want to reveal too much about the relationship between herself and Lin Feng. After all, it was just the beginning and she didn't know what the future would be like.

But looking at Xu Xu's curious eyes, she couldn't bear to completely refuse to answer.

"Okay, okay, stop guessing. We've only started to get in touch more recently, and we can't say we're together yet." Xu Ziqing gently pushed Xu Xu, trying to end the topic.

Xu Xu was obviously not satisfied with this answer, but did not continue to ask: "Breakfast is warming in the rice cooker, you can eat breakfast first."

"it is good."

After Xu Ziqing finished his breakfast, he started filming.

After drying, the cotton cloth became stiff, and Xu Xu began to wrap the edges with new white cloth strips: "Now we wrap the four sides with new white cloth strips. The purpose of wrapping the edges is to make the soles more beautiful and durable. We need to sew the white cloth strips tightly to the edges of the soles."

Xu Ziqing prepared the hemp rope on the side: "The hemp rope is used to tie the sole. We need to sew the hemp rope to the sole stitch by stitch."

Nadiing is a time-consuming and laborious process, but Xu Xu appeared to be very focused and patient throughout the whole process.

After wrapping the edges, Xu Xu picked up the hemp rope and explained, "Now, let's start making the sole. We'll first glue the hemp rope to the four sides of the sole, and then sew along the four sides of the sole."

"Finally, we sew the soles with hemp rope. The hemp rope is thick and the needle holes are fine. We have to tighten it by hand during processing, and the stitches have to be evenly distributed."

Finally, the sole was finished. Xu Xu and Xu Ziqing smiled at each other, their eyes full of a sense of accomplishment.

The next step was sewing. Xu Xu picked up the hemp thread and used a needle to sew the sole and the upper together. Her movements were light and powerful, and each stitch penetrated the fabric just right.

Xu Xu explained as she sewed: "When sewing, the stitches should be even and dense, so that the shoes will not easily unravel."

As time goes by, a pair of shoes with thousand-layer soles gradually takes shape in their hands.

This pair of shoes embodies their sweat and hard work, and also carries their love and inheritance of traditional handicrafts.

In the last step, Xu Xu gently tapped the sole with a hammer to make it fit the foot better.

While tapping, she showed the camera: "This is the process of putting on shoes. By tapping, the shoes can be made more comfortable and fit better."

After several days of hard work, a pair of shoes with thousand-layer soles was finally completed.

Xu Ziqing picked up the shoes and smiled with satisfaction: "Look, this is our 'Thousand Layers'. Each layer carries our ingenuity and sweat."

Xu Xu also smiled brightly: "Yes, I really hope that netizens will like our teaching videos and feel the charm of handmade shoes."

When shooting the video, the two explained every detail clearly.

From measuring the size to cutting the fabric, to sewing the soles and final finishing, every step reflects their seriousness and persistence.

After the video was released, it quickly attracted heated discussions among netizens. Everyone said that through this teaching video, they not only learned how to make thousand-layer sole shoes, but also felt the charm of traditional culture and the fun of handmade.

Xu Ziqing never expected that a simple attempt would spark such a "cloth shoes craze" on the Internet.

A video about thousand-layer soles received 35 hits overnight, and the number of private messages in the background showed 99+, most of which were asking how to place an order for the shoes.

Unfortunately, the attractive price scared away 99% of the people. The first person to place an order was Master Deng, followed by Song Qin. Each of them customized two pairs, and Xu Ziqing and Xu Xu came to measure the sizes in person.