lemonade

Fu Yue adapted to the extended eight-kilometer long-distance run, broke through the test of endurance and transcendence, and felt more and more fun when running.

They have added a new route, which is a round trip from Lovers Park to Yujiale. This road is a bit sloped. It is uphill when going, and downhill when returning.This is preparing for the autumn marathon. The sixth section of the autumn horse is the ramp. They practice in advance and make full preparations.

After running today, while stretching and stretching under the shade of trees, Fu Yue looked at his shoes and said, "I don't know which pair of shoes is better for the autumn marathon. My current pair is very good, but After wearing it for a few years, it is already a bit worn out, and the manufacturer has closed down, and this brand of shoes is no longer available in the market. Alas, other shoes don’t feel as good as this pair.”

Xu Zheng observed Fu Yue's shoes and was very familiar with them. He asked, "Are these Fanchao's running shoes?"

"Yes, you also know this brand?" Fu Yue asked.

Xu Zheng said: "Fanchao is a running shoe brand founded by my uncle, but it closed down two years ago."

Fu Yue was very surprised, the world is really small, he was silent for a while, and said: "It's a pity for such good shoes."

"If you want a new pair, I can take you to my uncle, he should be able to make a new pair of shoes for you." Xu Zheng said seriously.

Fu Yue: "Will this be too troublesome?"

Xu Zheng shook his head and said, "No, if he knows that there are still people who can remember this brand and like Fanchao, my uncle will be very happy."

"Okay, thank you then. When will your uncle be free? I'll go find him then."

"I'll ask my uncle at that time, and I'll tell you when the time is confirmed. Let's go together when the time comes. I haven't seen my uncle for a long time." Xu Zheng said.

Fu Yue suddenly thought of a question: "Xu Zheng, is your uncle in City H?"

"No." Xu Zheng said, "But it's next to City H, City F, and you can get there in two hours by high-speed train."

Fu Yue said: "If possible, let's make an appointment for the weekend. Recently, the owner of the office is on a business trip, and it is inconvenient for me to leave on weekdays."

Xu Zheng hummed.

The weekend came in a blink of an eye, and Fu Yue and Xu Zheng got on the high-speed train to F city.

"Suddenly, I seem to have taken up your weekends recently." Fu Yue sat by the window, looking at Xu Zheng next to him.

Early in the morning, there were not many people in the carriage. Xu Zheng read the newspaper wearing black-rimmed glasses, and said calmly, "Really? It's okay."

Fu Yue laughed dryly and asked, "Is there any news recently?" He was not curious about the news, he just wanted to know what Xu Zheng was watching.

Xu Zheng flipped through the life newspaper and said: "The 'black gangster' in city A was sentenced to 33 years in prison and ordered a group of younger brothers to smash police cars; the employees of a certain express station harassed female customers; a man slashed his mother-in-law with a knife because of family disputes... "

Fu Yue: "..." He still prefers to read design magazines.

Xu Zheng looked at Fu Yue's bored expression: "What? Do you think this newspaper is boring? Or do you think the people who read this newspaper are boring?"

Fu Yue: "Of course... people who don't read newspapers are bored."

"I'll show you." Xu Zheng put the newspaper in Fu Yue's hand.

Fu Yue picked it up obediently.

"After reading it, let's analyze the social phenomena and social significance reflected by each news event." Xu Zheng took a sip of water and said slowly.

Fu Yue: "?" Why did you treat him like this?He put down the newspaper, closed his eyes against the backrest, and said, "I'm sleepy, I'll read it when I wake up." He pretended to sleep for a long time, but Xu Zheng didn't come to make fun of him. Zheng is drawing and writing in a notebook.

Unable to restrain his curiosity, Fu Yue sat up straight. Xu Zheng noticed him immediately, but ignored him and continued to scribble on the notebook. After he finished writing, he said, "Are you awake?"

Xu Zheng really didn't know if he was pretending to be asleep or pretending not to know, Fu Yue was suspicious, but still said: "Wake up, what are you doing?"

Xu Zheng showed him the notebook, Fu Yue read a page and asked, "Can I turn the page?" Xu Zheng nodded.

Fu Yue continued to read. This is a book that records the news and Xu Zheng's analysis and thoughts. Each selected news has a tree with many branches. The major branches are divided into purpose analysis, behavior analysis, and result analysis. Analysis, social impact analysis, etc., sub-branches are the small points of each analysis.Not every day's news is written, Xu Zheng only chooses the ones he thinks are valuable, sometimes he draws a few trees a day, and sometimes he draws one tree every few days.

"This is so well written, if I didn't know you," Fu Yuezan said, "I would have thought that the person who wrote this booklet was an editor or a writer."

Xu Zheng took off his glasses: "Lawyers can also write in this way. Back then, my graduate advisor advised me to do this, because sometimes I didn't pay attention to details enough, so he suggested that I develop a habit and exercise the ability to observe details. I did this for a while. Over the years, I have benefited a lot.”

Fu Yue returned the notebook to Xu Zheng: "I think the ability to exercise details is only one of the benefits of what you wrote. You can get a very, um, how should I put it... You will become profound, from the mind to the soul. , like brewing wine, accumulating over time, when the time is ripe, it will eventually become fine wine.”

Xu Zheng said, "Don't praise me like that."

Fu Yue asked: "Why?"

"I'll be proud." Xu Zheng said, "It's not good to be too proud."

Fu Yue laughed: "Okay, I won't praise you anymore, although I don't think you will become complacent because of my praise."

This time it was Xu Zheng's turn to ask, "Why?"

Fu Yue said: "Intuition, I think, you will work harder because of pride, in order to live up to the expectations of others, you will strive to become better, instead of being conceited or depraved."

Xu Zheng stared at Fu Yue, making Fu Yue's heart flutter: "Why, what's wrong?"

"I just feel that we haven't known each other for a long time, but you know me too well." Xu Zheng said, "It seems like someone who has known each other for many years."

Fu Yue said with a smile: "Maybe we have known each other for a long time, maybe in the previous life."

"Do you believe that people have past lives?" Xu Zheng asked.

"I don't believe that people have past lives, but I believe—" Fu Yue said, "Love has past lives."

He was fearless when he said it, and he regretted it when he said it. This is too straightforward.

Xu Zheng didn't say anything, now it's 09:30, and they will arrive in 10 minutes, Fu Yue is beside him, his breath, his smell is lingering around him, Xu Zheng can feel it if he gets closer. His body temperature, his skin, everything about him.

At this time, Fu Yue thought of the sentence he told Xu Zheng earlier, written by Salinger-love is wanting to touch but then withdrawing his hand.

Desire is to carry the torch against the wind, and the scorching heat still needs to be held tightly.

When they arrived at the station, they didn't bring any luggage. They bought a return ticket at [-] o'clock tonight, so they should be in time.

After getting out of the car, it is the start of school season, and the high-speed rail station is crowded with people. Fu Yue suddenly grabbed Xu Zheng's wrist. Xu Zheng turned to look at him. Fu Yue grinned: "There are too many people, let's squeeze together."

They shuttled through the sea of ​​people, surrounded by unrelated people in a hurry. It seemed that they were the only ones here, and only they knew each other.

After leaving the high-speed rail station, Fu Yue let go of Xu Zheng's wrist and asked, "How do you get to your uncle's house?"

"Taxi, bus and subway, shared bicycles, walking, you choose one." Xu Zheng said.

The sun was scorching hot, and the ground was scalding hot. Fu Yue felt that walking was definitely not a good choice at this time. He threw the question papers back one by one: "Bus and subway, shared bicycles, you choose one."

Xu Zheng walked to the side of the shared bicycle and explained his choice with actions.

They unlocked it, and Fu Yue said: "The bicycle lane here is not wide, I will follow you later."

Xu Zheng nodded. They were all wearing white short sleeves and black half-length pants today. They were tall and had long legs. They rode along and attracted the attention of many girls.

While waiting for the traffic light, Fu Yue came out with a pair of sunglasses and put them on.

Xu Zheng just turned his head to see if Fu Yue was still there, and he saw that Fu Yue was wearing sunglasses with one hand, and his action was a bit cool.

Seeing Xu Zheng looking at him, Fu Yue took out another pair of sunglasses like a magic trick: "Do you want it?" He thought of it when he was preparing, and prepared a double copy.

Xu Zheng took it and put it on. Regardless of the appearance, the two really look like a pair of twin brothers.

Fu Yue looked at the back of Xu Zheng riding a bicycle, how could this person look so good even riding a bicycle.

The wind blows their sleeves, and their hair is flying freely. They step on their feet one after another. Their vitality, youth, and sunshine are all like when they were teenagers.

When we arrived at Xu Tingshi's house, the exterior wall of the house was missing a few tiles. It looked very old, and there was no doorbell installed. Xu Zheng knocked on the door.

A man in his fifties came out to answer the door. He was dark-skinned, slightly fat, and had wrinkles of his age. When he saw Xu Zheng, he said, "Ah Zheng is here, and this... Ah Yue, hurry up." Come in and sit."

Xu Zheng and Fu Yue greeted Xu Tingshi. As soon as they entered the room, the living room was covered with polyester, double-sided tape, water-soluble pens, shoe holders, cutting machines and other shoe-making supplies. When he got up, he should put away his things, so he moved some sundries away, leaving a place for Fu Yue and Xu Zheng to sit, and said, "Ah Yue, I'm sorry, the house is a bit messy, you sit down, I'll go Make tea."

They sat on the mahogany bench, and Fu Yue looked around. The owner of a closed shoe factory still had so many shoe-making supplies at home. Either he couldn't stop because of his love, or he wanted to make a comeback.

Xu Tingshi came out with a set of tea sets and made tea for them in a masterly manner. He noticed that the shoes Fu Yue was wearing were of the Fanchao brand. The shoes made by his shoe factory made him a little excited: "Ah Yue, I heard from Ah Zheng that you want another pair of Fanchao shoes, I can ask, do you really think these shoes are easy to wear?"

"Yes." Fu Yue held the tea in his hand, "I have worn so many running shoes since I was a child, I can feel my conscience and say that Fanchao is the most comfortable running shoe I have ever worn."

Xu Tingshi was very pleased and said: "Fanchao running shoes are my life's painstaking efforts, but due to various factors, they closed down. I didn't expect that after two years, someone would miss my shoes. Then my persistence at the beginning was not in vain. .”

Xu Zheng said, "Uncle, have you still made running shoes in the past two years?"

"Yes, but I won't sell it anymore. I'll make it as a hobby." Xu Tingshi walked into a room, quickly took out a few pairs of shoes, put them on the ground, and asked Fu Yue, "Ah Yue, what size shoes do you wear?" ?”

Fu Yue said: "43 yards."

Xu Tingshi picked out a pair of shoes for Fu Yue: "Put these on and see if they fit."

According to Fu Yue's words, he bent over to put on his shoes, got up and walked a few steps: "Uncle, these are very suitable."

Xu Tingshi said: "You can't feel it just by walking a few steps. How about this, Ah Zheng, you take Ah Yue out for a run, and I'll wait for you to come back here."

Xu Zheng said: "Okay." He took Fu Yue out of Xu Tingshi's house.

"Uncle Xu is very careful." Fu Yue said, "I think he is very professional. Are these shoes handmade by him?"

Xu Zheng said: "Yes, in the first few years, all the sports shoes produced by Fanchao were handmade. Later, the factory got some money and bought machines. After that, Fanchao's running shoes were divided into two categories: handmade and machine-made. So, your previous pair should have been produced by a machine, but the pair on your feet is handmade, do you feel the difference?"

Fu Yue jumped and walked a few steps, turned around to look at Xu Zheng, and said while walking backwards: "A little bit, this pair feels lighter, kind of... like wearing it or not wearing it."

There was no one on this street, Xu Zheng said: "You try to run, run to the end and then come back, you can change the speed and run."

Fu Yue breathed a sigh of relief. From running slowly to speeding up, he used the speed of a [-]-meter sprint when turning back. He rushed to Xu Zheng and asked, "How is it?"

What he asked was how did it feel to run?Xu Zheng was stunned for a moment, but didn't understand: "How about what?"

Fu Yue: "When I run, how do you feel?" How about the lightness of running, the swing of the upper arms and thighs, the width of the calves, etc., how about it?

"Very good." Xu Zheng said, "What do you think?"

Fu Yue said: "This pair really feels better than my previous pair. I don't know if it's because it was made by hand, so this foot feels more comfortable."

"Let's go back and find Uncle, he should be very happy to hear how you feel." Xu Zheng took out a pack of tissues and asked Fu Yue to wipe his sweat.

Sure enough, Xu Tingshi grinned and said, "This is the pride of our handmade shoes." The man with a stooped back and gray hair raised his head and said, "The pursuit of machine-made shoes is popular, Standardization, they are commodities under the assembly line, they have no soul, and Fanchao's handmade shoes pursue perfection, which is what every runner can feel, perfection."

Every time Xu Tingshi finishes a pair of shoes and puts the soles on, the satisfaction in his heart brings a smile on his face, which is impossible to hide. He loves this process, and he lives for shoemaking.

Fu Yue was silent for a while, and asked, "Uncle, may I ask, why did Fan Chao go bankrupt?"

Xu Tingshi looked at his palms, and replied: "The general trend, I am not capable enough to withstand this wave. Ah Zheng knows some things about Fanchao, but not much, you two, want to hear a story? "

How could Fu Yue and Xu Zheng say no?

The story is simple.

When Xu Tingshi was 15 years old, he came into contact with the handmade shoemaking industry by chance and was very interested in it. During the winter vacation of his first year of high school, he went to K City, where there was the largest handmade shoemaking center in China at that time. He went to apprentice. Luckily, he hired a shoemaker with excellent craftsmanship and character. He studied for a month and returned to his daily life.

He thought it was just a hobby, but no, he couldn't restrain his liking for shoemaking. He bought a lot of handmade shoemaking utensils with his pocket money and hid them in his room. Sometimes, he called a teacher to ask a teacher, and sometimes, he thought about it by himself, kept trying and making mistakes, and finally succeeded in making one pair after another.

Xu Tingshi's parents quickly discovered his son's abnormality, and found that his craftsmanship was really good, and he could make a lot of money by selling it in the market, and they also had a younger son who loved learning, so they let the older son do what he liked. It's okay.From then on, Xu Tingshi no longer needed to be sneaky. He learned high school courses casually, and he was addicted to shoemaking, day after day.

He didn't go to college, and went directly to the shoemaking center after graduating from high school. He wanted to continue his studies. His goal was very ambitious and clear. He wanted to design a pair of running shoes that were close to perfection. This was a difficult task, but He's confident that he can do it.

At the age of 22, Xu Ting traveled all over the world. He was constantly looking for a shoe-making material that could make the soles thinner but also have good grip and shock absorption. He creates new shoe styles. He runs in his own shoes every day. He has to try them out himself. The things made by handmade craftsmen must first feel good to themselves, so that others can feel good.

At the age of 30, he finally found satisfactory materials, and his shoemaking skills became more and more mature. He found a few partners and hit it off.

They established the Fanchao running shoe brand, and Xu Tingshi invested all his savings in it. They bought a small factory on the outskirts of the city and produced a batch of shoes day and night.After investing in the market, Fan Chao went from being unknown to being famous for five years.

At the same time, various difficulties followed.With the continuous development of science and technology, there are more and more machine-made shoe-making industries, and the machine-made shoe-making technology is becoming more and more mature. The cost of shoe-making is low, the speed is fast, and the audience is large, which is far inferior to hand-made shoes.Fanchao wanted to find a new way out. They decided to cut Fanchao in half. They did not give up handmade shoes, but they also wanted to introduce machine assembly lines. They wanted to use the hotbed of the assembly line to nourish handmade shoes and give them a fertile soil. .

The process of introducing the assembly line was very difficult, because they were short of funds. They went to the bank and ran more than a dozen times. They repeatedly put their hot faces on their cold buttocks, and almost mortgaged their pants. The loan finally came to them.They cherished the money, saved money, bought a set of machines, and began to produce Fanchao machine shoes.

After that, it was Fanchao’s peak period. It was not a big and famous brand, but it also had a fixed audience and a very good reputation. Of course, the good reputation was mainly aimed at handmade shoes.Compared with those on the market, their robotic shoes are nothing special.

"According to the trend of the TV series, in the end, Fanchao should be prosperous, and handmade shoes should regain their light, a happy ending for everyone." Xu Tingshi said in a calm tone, "But Fanchao failed and was maliciously suppressed by competitors. I couldn't bear it, and finally collapsed." He seemed to be talking about something that had nothing to do with him, with no expression on his face.

Xu Zheng said: "Uncle, my dad said that Fan Chao seemed to have a chance to survive, but you gave up."

"Yes, there was a big company that wanted to buy us back then. When we were in a desperate situation, they were the only hope, but I had to give up." Xu Tingshi said, "The factory was named Fanchao, which means ordinary Everyone is an ordinary person, but when we run, we are all surpassing ourselves. Beyond the ordinary, this is my original intention of making running shoes, and this is also the pursuit of Fanchao, so I will never let Fanchao be Acquisition, turning into an emotionless machine industry, our group of Fanchao pioneers will never allow it. This is the pride of our handmade shoemakers, a pride that cannot be discarded even at the end of the road."

Fan Chao has been struggling in the fashionable shoe market for 20 years, and finally stood on the edge of the cliff and fell silently.

What a pity.This is Fu Yue's idea, but it is too touching. Xu Tingshi and the others have such persistence, and Fu Yue also has the same pursuit for Xiangzhu. To a certain extent, they are sympathetic to each other.

Xu Tingshi did not stay in the sensational atmosphere, he said to Fu Yue: "Ah Yue, you wear these shoes to run the autumn marathon first, and I will make you another pair of shoes, it may take a long time, I will finish it Send it to Ah Zheng, and let Ah Zheng give it to you."

Xu Zheng said: "Uncle, I also want a pair of handmade running shoes." Before Fanchao closed down, all his running shoes were Fanchao's, but after Fanchao closed down, Xu Zheng would not take the initiative to mention Fanchao in front of Xu Ting. He switched to another brand.

Fu Yue had an idea and said to Xu Zheng, "Maybe we can have a pair of brother shoes."

Before Xu Zheng could answer, Xu Tingshi slapped his thigh: "Okay! I'll design a pair of brother shoes for you."

Fu Yue said, "Thank you uncle."

Xu Zheng also thanked him.

Xu Tingshi asked them to take off their shoes, took out tools to measure their feet, and drew their foot shapes in detail with white paper. Finally, Xu Tingshi said to Xu Zheng: "When Fan Chao was still there, Uncle didn’t even measure your feet and make them custom-made for you. I didn’t expect Fan Chao to fall down. Uncle spent so much time and energy paying attention to you, it’s a loss but also a gain.”

Xu Zheng said: "Uncle, don't say that, Fan Chao is much more important than me alone."

After chatting for a long time, they didn't stay at Xu Tingshi's house for lunch and left at noon.

They were very smart and didn't ask how much money it was. After hearing Fan Chao's story, if they talked about money again, it would be an insult to Xu Tingshi.

Xu Ting said goodbye to them.

He stood at the door and watched them go away, looked at the back of the young man leaving, and watched Fu Yue run a few steps, the shoes on his feet seemed to suddenly come to life, Xu Tingshi's eye circles instantly turned red.

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The author has something to say:

A little note from Fu Yue:

1. Brother shoes ≈ couple shoes

2. Xu Zheng and I wear brother shoes ≈ Xu Zheng and I are a couple

3. I'm a rounding genius ≈ I'm good at math

PS: Fu Yue Xiaoji has nothing to do with the author himself.