Shoulder pad is a rare thing, not a cushion on a suit, but a labor protection tool

The shoulder pad is an auxiliary tool that is worn on the person. Of course, this kind of shoulder pad is not a cushion added to the upper part of the garment to make the shoulder more straight, but it is a labor protection product. This type of labor insurance products is believed to be rarely seen, but older people, such as those in the 1950s and 1960s, should have seen such labor insurance products.

In fact, I didn't know what it was at the beginning of this thing. The first time I saw it, I thought it was a topless straw hat with only the brim. A large flat ring, and then cut a mouth from the circle, sew the lace, wear it, put it behind the neck, the shoulder pads just cover the shoulders, and then fasten the tie.

The straw hat is woven by grass, and the shoulder pads are made of thick cotton cloth with brown silk in the middle. It is both flexible and wearable. At this point we should know that the shoulder pad is mainly to protect the shoulders, and it is the protective equipment for people to protect their shoulders and clothes.

In the countryside of the 1950s and 1960s, productivity was very low, and agricultural activities were nothing more than picking shoulders, raising hands, and carrying back. Especially in the sixties, the rural cooperative movement. People's ability to work is at their best. When the farmers are busy, they will work in the fields. When they are busy, they will use it to dig rivers, repair ditches, and pave the way. For example, watering in agricultural labor, when no electricity, no two machines, watering all on their shoulders, the water is generally about a hundred pounds. It is said that the labor force in my village once picked 200, and it was about ten tons. Fetch water from the river, walk on the embankment, and then go to the fields, say less than 50 meters away. Imagine taking the weight of about a hundred pounds of water and walking uphill for another 50 meters, and some even a few hundred meters away. Imagine how the shoulder pin repeats the pain of rubbing and squeezing on the shoulders. Unbearable! Many people wear clothes on the shoulders, and grind a thick old man on the shoulders! Even the neck has worn away a few layers of skin. So if you can wear a shoulder pad at this time, it is a kind of enjoyment. Not only can you prevent the clothes from being worn, but also the shoulders behind the shoulder pads reduce the friction. Although it was still a matter of water, it was still heavy, but the shoulders were not so uncomfortable because of less friction. This is the role of the shoulder pad, and when it comes to picking things up, it is a labor protection tool that prevents you from grinding your shoulders.

I remember that the shoulder pads in my family were made of thick old blue cloth, and the dense stitches were sewn by the mother's hand. The dense stitches increase the toughness of the shoulder pads. The stitches sew a spiral pattern around the lap, and they are wrapped with a needle. The thickness is very thick. Now remember that the shoulder pads correspond to shoulders. The location has been sharpened, the surface of the cloth has begun to break, exposing the inner layer of brown silk, and now I can't help but sigh. The shoulder pads don't know how many years have worn on my father's shoulders. Blue cloth is worn out! How much water was picked by his father into the farmland! In the slack season, we have to dig the river to pick the soil, then the father has picked out how many loess! This is all a thing of the past. Even his father could not tell. Just remember that every time my father takes me up, there is always a lumpy meat on his shoulders. That's how much experience was experienced before it was born!

I remember one year of drought. I went to the fields with my father to water the sweet potatoes. The father put his shoulder pads on his shoulders and picked up buckets to carry water on the river. As soon as we walked on the river embankment, we took a stride. The shoulders of the bucket were beaten by the bending of the pole due to the gravity of the water. The father's body flickered with the rhythm of the pick. Flashing to the field! After a few moments, I felt that I felt tender shoulders. I helped my shoulders with my hands. After one turn, the poles turned from behind to another shoulder. The shoulder movement was like a dance, and the water in the bucket turned half a turn in the air without spilling a drop of water! It seems that I have a feeling of eagerness. But I was still too young to stand under the shoulder pole and couldn't support the shoulder pole. Of course, I couldn't start it! That morning, my father picked more than fifty water-floods and poured a few sweet potatoes! At noon, the sun was very poisonous. The sweat-kept father took off his shoulder pads, tightened the tie, and put on his head. The shoulder pads immediately became a topless straw hat. Change. This situation left a deep impression on my childhood

Afterwards, there were some oil machine jets, electric motors, and motorized three-wheeled vehicles that could no longer be used for shoulder pads. Later, my family built new homes and threw a lot of things in the old houses. As a result, the worn shoulder pads could no longer be found.