Beijing 21, Pianerlan and white sneakers born in the 1970s

Twenty-one, Pian'erlan and white sneakers

When I was a child, I wore cloth shoes made by my mother. I bought the soles myself. They were thick and did not hurt my feet at all. , the upper is made of good-looking cloth. I once had a pair of blue cloth shoes. My mother even embroidered two small flowers on the shoes. I really liked them at the time. After going to school, I gradually began to feel that the shoes I made were not good-looking, and I stopped wearing them. In the early 1980s, when my family's financial situation improved, I kept wearing white sneakers. At that time, I felt that wearing white sneakers looked beautiful, but I thought the cotton shoes in winter were ugly. I wouldn’t change my shoes easily unless it was too cold and I couldn’t stand it anymore.

Our physical education class also required us to wear sportswear and sneakers. At that time, there were still some families whose financial conditions were not very good, and their parents would not buy them, so they were often criticized every time we went to physical education class. What scares me the most is that there are activities in school that require uniforms to be worn in sportswear and white shoes. Students who don’t have this equipment really can’t participate in the activities. The sportswear I bought was a pullover acrylic climbing strip. It was very thin and not very expensive. At that time, I was particularly envious of the cardigan with a long zipper worn by my classmates. The style was very cool. The zipper could be pulled all the way to the collar. It can also be flipped down, which feels very cool.

Although my family's financial situation improved when I was in school, I bought everything the teacher asked me to buy. However, I only had one pair of white shoes, and I would only buy new ones if they broke. White shoes look good but they tend to get dirty. Cleaning shoes is also a skill. At first, my mother helped me brush them. After brushing them clean, I applied a layer of toothpaste and put them in a cool place to dry. When the shoes dried, the toothpaste also dried. After gently dusting off the toothpaste, the shoes became quite white. Later, I learned that there is a kind of white shoe powder. If you apply it after brushing your shoes, it will be whiter than toothpaste. But if you touch white shoes with pink powder, they are not worn very well and the powder will fall off. Some classmates’ parents didn’t have time to help clean their shoes, so they secretly rubbed the teacher’s white chalk on their shoes.

The most popular thing for older boys to wear is green and blue, with a military backpack on their back and a pair of lazy shoes. My brother is also a young man who follows the trend, and they will try their best to find it. Authentic military police uniform, authentic military shoulder bag, I don’t know where he found it. I remember that there is also a chain of contempt for Pianerlan. Pianerlan is divided into red and white pieces, which are red and white plastic bottoms. The red pieces are better than the white pieces. Later, I also saw rubber-soled ones, and I thought the shoe shape was stupid and the soles were relatively thick. There are corduroy uppers and velvet uppers. The corduroy uppers are more beautiful and refined. Even after getting a set of equipment, they didn't put it on properly. The clothes and trousers had to be baggy so that they could fit two people in. The straps on the military shoulder straps had to be placed as long as possible to create a spanking effect when walking.

I have also worn sneakers, but they are not very comfortable. The soles are hard and slippery when the weather is cold. For this reason, I even humiliated myself in front of the whole school. After doing exercises that day, on the way back to class, there was a puddle of water on the ground. I could have walked over, but I wanted to jump over, but the sole of my foot slipped and I sat directly in the water. It was so bad that I went to sit on the heater after class that day. My classmates said that I was getting hot. After I entered junior high school, there were gradually more and more kinds of shoes, including T-shaped leather shoes, canvas shoes, and travel shoes. After various experiences, I fell in love with travel shoes very persistently.