Finding Treasure Among the Rubble
Adi would actually go out to the local fields in the area, where a lot of old military equipment could be found from the days of the war and would use whatever he could find to start making his shoes.
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He had always been a resourceful young man, and he was becoming even more inventive here. He made use of old army helmet for the soles of his shoes and would gather up used parachutes to create slippers. He even started building his own machines to try and speed up the production, making use of items like belts and leather scraps.