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Going home during the National Day holiday, my family and I had a big fight. My mother threw away a pair of black and green Celtics basketball shoes that I kept under the bed without my permission. "It's all so broken, why keep it?"

Eight years ago, I wore those shoes every day. Finally, the soles wore out, so I cut off the soles of another pair of shoes and took them to a cobbler to patch the soles and continue wearing them. The moment I found out the shoes were thrown away, I felt like a part of those eight years was missing.

When I was packing up my things later, I took out all the shoes I had bought since childhood and placed them on the ground. I took a photo and sent it to the group, which immediately aroused everyone's attention. discuss. It turns out that a boy’s ten years of youth are all hidden in his shoes.

Big white shoes in class 4, 25 years old, new daddy

In the era of uniforms for all students, shoes are a symbol that distinguishes people, and can even become a person's code name. A group of us boys like to gather in PE class to watch the girls. There is a girl in the class who wears Daphne white shoes. She is nicknamed "the little white shoe of Class 4". Her legs are long and thin. The way she wears white shoes to play ball makes my heart beat loudly. Later I caught up with her. In order to warn other boys who were peeping, I saved money and bought a pair of Adidas white shell toe shoes to wear with her.

Once the whole grade was doing exercises together, and she happened to be lined up next to me. I was frightened: We were still wearing "couple shoes". If the head teacher saw our shoes, would he be found to be in puppy love? I was thinking wildly and became cautious in my movements, fearing that the teacher would discover the little secret between us if I spread my wings. I secretly turned my head to look at her. She was lowering her head and her movements were evasive. She is really cute.

“A pair of shoes at that time was equivalent to a couple’s rings and necklaces today.”

Nanny 25 years old Taobao vintage shop owner

The brand of shoes became more and more important that year. Because genuine products are too expensive, Putian shoes have taken over the entire campus in just a few months. People who buy real shoes will feel an inexplicable sense of satisfaction, even though no one can tell the difference at all. There was a class basketball competition. A forward from the next class wore a pair of "Durant Generation" and defeated our class by himself like a butterfly wearing flowers. That was the year Durant became famous. His first-generation endorsement shoes engraved with the “KD” logo were pretty cool. It is difficult to buy in the mainland, and it can be regarded as proof of the aristocracy of the golf course. There was a trouble-making boy in our team who was not convinced, so he went to the sidelines to challenge him: "Hey, are your shoes fake?" As a result, "Durant No. 1" kept chasing the boy to argue. I no longer had the heart to play and didn't play at all in the second half. Angrily, he caught the troublemaker and said, "My parents brought this back from Hong Kong. I'll show you the invoice, or why don't we go to the counter to inspect the goods together..." In the end, our class narrowly won the competition.

“Real basketball shoes make a squeaking sound when rubbing against the floor, while fake basketball shoes make a swishing sound and cannot stop the car.

Self-reporting your home can avoid expert investigation: your pair of real Converse is unglued, but my A product is not yet. ”

MT 25 years old bank clerk

That year, brands that relied solely on shoes (actually because they couldn't afford them) could no longer attract the trendy boys and girls on campus. They longed for cooler expressions. The monitor of the class next door was an expert in painting. The blue-soled dragon-patterned pull-back shoes he designed were the most dazzling and became popular in the school. They were probably the prototype of early KOLs. I begged him to paint for me, but he refused. But I also wanted to be in the spotlight, so I had to do it myself. First of all, we need to understand the trend. The most popular sportsmen in school are the Air Force 1 with laser patterns. In order to become a campus KOL, I painted the worn-out pure white Air Force 1 white and learned to use a marker to imitate laser patterns. Wearing it on my feet to go to school, I felt like the most handsome boy in the school. As a result, my friend told me when I graduated: "All the boys in the grade gave you a nickname, Marker Laser Man."

“My roommate and I bought the same shoes in different colors, and we exchanged one pair to become mandarin duck shoes. As a result, he infected me with athlete’s foot.”

BoJack 23 years old hipster

I just went to college that year, and I gradually became embarrassed to ask my family for money, but I still wanted to wear the shoes I liked. At that time, our dormitory did not have a sanitation duty list, but there was an "AJ 4 user duty list." Nike has recreated the Air Jordan 4 in blue and red. Six people in the dormitory pooled their money to buy a pair of blue and a pair of red. Later, I discovered that the boy in the dormitory next door also had a pair of different styles of AJs, so I took him and shared 3 pairs among 7 people. After buying the shoes, the "AJ 4 user roster" said: Never wear them in the morning. There is a lot of traffic in the morning, and AJ is easily stepped on. During evening self-study, I would wear my shoes to walk around campus, which was actually a bit of a show-off. In the year of graduation, several boys were going abroad, and a pair of blue shoes were left in my hands. I didn't take it with me when I left school, because it doesn't belong to one person, but to all of us.

“Many boys’ dream is to get married wearing AJs.”

Acher 25 years old, new media editor

I wanted to wear leather shoes when running for student union president in college, so my mother took me to a store that specializes in handmade leather shoes. After entering the door, she pointed at me and said to the boss seriously: "Make a pair of shoes for my son, size 43 and a half. The style should be more fashionable, otherwise he will dislike it again." Looking back later, this scene seemed like a scene. Coming-of-age ceremony: My mother used a pair of custom-made leather shoes to lead me into the world of adults. As I stood in the audience waiting to campaign, I looked down at the shoes. It was polished shiny by my mother with shoe polish; but at this moment, I didn’t want everyone to find out how special it was. The people running today seem to be better than me. I just want to hide myself in the audience and wait for a certain opportunity to show my strength on stage. As a result, my election was successful. This pair of shoes also accompanied me through various activities and internships, from new shoes to old shoes, and also accompanied me to become an adult who adapts to rules and is not so free.

“Now, playing basketball is the only time to be sexy.”

Fei Che 25 years old Sales Manager

After I graduated and started working, I suspected that I was resisting a "new shoe culture" in my heart. The boys who wore Vans with me back then are now discussing in the group chat about when to buy the most popular AJ 1 North Carolina Blue this year, and flying to the West next month to arrange a team to smoke the latest color Yeezy 350... They Some joined the shoe speculators, and some just followed the trend to show off, but without exception, when it rained heavily outside the subway, they frowned and fell into a state of collapse when they looked at the pure white Yeezy on their feet. Of course, as a boy who likes basketball and hip-hop, I also buy and wear AJ. But I don’t want to wear the “street style” that follows the trend anymore, and I don’t want to wear the same internet celebrity shoes as the 17 or 18-year-old high school students on the street.

I will buy a pair of all-black AJ superfly that few people buy. I feel that I have a low-key and connotation belonging to an adult. Rather than following the trend and wearing shoes, it’s better to stick to your personality.

“Actually, I also want to buy a pair of shoes that are so fashionable that they cause rheumatism, but every time they become the running companion in SNKRS without any accident.”

Finally,I looked through old photos.

After playing ball with the brothers, they were sweating profusely and making various gestures to show off their "customized version" high-top jai alai shoes. The first time I invited my family to dinner after work, my parents suddenly took out a shoe box after the meal, which contained the Timberland rhubarb boots I had always wanted. The pairs of shoes in the photo are like a key save in the "Sims" game. With a whoosh, it brings me back to those memorable moments. I had similar excitement ten years ago. At that time, my classmates started buying shoes on Taobao, and I was no exception. In the era when Alipay was not yet popular, I had to go to a convenience store near my home to top up my classmate’s Taobao account and ask him to buy shoes for me. He told me, "The shoes have arrived." I immediately got on my bicycle and rushed to his house, walking through the streets and alleys. After taking the shoe box from him, I excitedly put the new shoes on my feet on the spot.

That was the first time I experienced the pleasure of "receiving express delivery". In the values ​​​​known to the public, men love to play with cars and watches; however, when many boys grow up, shoes are like a spiritual symbol engraved with youthfulness, publicity and care. From this perspective, the attached The value is more pure and precious than the "cars" and "watches" we own as adults.

"Can I step on your AJ and kiss you" is actually not a joke, but the most real tragic love story. Because you never know how important shoes are to boys.