Chapter 305 - Chapter 305: Ye Lei’s Gifts (1/2)

Chapter 305: Ye Lei’s Gifts

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“Alright, Sisi, close your eyes. I have something to give you.”

Di Yelei suddenly became mysterious with a teasing tone.

Liu Sisi put down the small cube she was fiddling with, looked up at his mysterious face and said, “What is it? Why did you suddenly think of giving me something today?”

“Close your eyes, and I’ll show you in a while!”

Di Yelei insisted, with a suspicious blush on his ears.

“Alright, alright! I’ll close my eyes.”

The stubborn and awkwardly shy man made it impossible for Liu Sisi to refuse.

After a rustling sound, Liu Sisi couldn’t help but, driven by curiosity, secretly opened a slit in her eyes.

She saw Di Yelei turning his back, seemingly taking something wrapped from his constable’s clothing, then turned around and walked over. Liu Sisi quickly closed her eyes again.

“Okay, you can open your eyes and see.”

Di Yelei’s deep and mellow voice was just near her, and his strong masculine aura continually brushed against her ears, making Liu Sisi’s scalp tingle.

She instinctively dodged and quickly opened her eyes.

“Alright! Can you stop…?”

Her words got stuck in her throat, her gaze fixed on the suddenly appearing object in front of her—a pair of dark brown-yellow pointed high-heeled slope leather boots!

“This…this is…?”

Liu Sisi almost couldn’t speak, instinctively reaching out to grab the boots!

So, there were leather boots in this era? Liu Sisi tried hard to search her memory.

In her memory, it seemed that the struggle between the Seven Warring States had also promoted a major revolution in clothing—the short clothes, trousers, and leather boots of the nomadic horse archery equipment. Since then, these leather boots could be worn on muddy, cold ground and were also suitable for horse riding.

In the subsequent dynasties, the style of leather boots was gradually improved. The styles in the Qin and Han dynasties were male square and female round—square representing masculinity from heaven and round representing gentleness and smoothness, respecting the theory of heaven being square and earth being round.

During the Sui, Tang, and Five Dynasties, women’s leather boots were not only made of colorful leather or pointed short boots made of brocade but also adorned with jeweled decorations on the boot tips. Heels gradually became higher, with the shoes of noble ladies having the highest towering headgear, with the highest reaching 30 centimeters.

In the following Song, Liao, Jin, and Yuan dynasties, the styles of boots became more and more complicated. They were still mainly boots, including court boots, patterned boots, dry-land boots, nailed boots, and so on.

These fancy boots in her hands at the moment were still awe-inspiring to Liu Sisi!

The deep brown-yellow leather was extraordinarily soft, with many orchid patterns painted on it. The texture of the entire boot was the same. Liu Sisi touched it and found that the high-heeled slope was actually made of carved wood, filled at the heel of the shoe, and covered with a layer of the same material leather. The bottom was nailed with a thick wooden sole, and the small pointed toe was particularly soft, making Liu Sisi more and more amazed!

How much would such a pair of leather boots be worth?!

Di Yelei was clearly pleased by the amazement in Liu Sisi’s eyes, and he laughingly scratched the back of his head.

“Do you like them? I noticed that you always walk on the snow in wooden clogs. Your feet soak white in the snow water all day. When I passed by a shoe store, I saw these shoes at a glance. I wanted to give you a surprise, so I secretly measured your old shoes and gave them to the shoe-making master, who specially customized these boots for you…”

However, before he could finish, he saw tears gathering in Liu Sisi’s surprised eyes, quickly turning into lines, rolling down from her eye socket…

Di Yelei was so flustered that he hurriedly wiped her tears, “Sisi, what’s wrong? Don’t you like these boots? Or are you blaming me for spending too much silver? But…”

“Ah…No, it’s not!”

Liu Sisi leaned forward and threw herself into Di Yelei’s arms, shaking her head, “You big fool, you big fool!”

Couldn’t he understand that she was happy?