"A village that size shouldn't have its own shoemaker, then, unless shoes wear out really fast.  You buy them in town when you go there to sell whatever you make, or the person who buys whatever you make, brings shoes by to sell when he travels in.  Or am I wildly off-base on how that would have to work?"

"A village that size shouldn't have its own shoemaker, then, unless shoes wear out really fast.  You buy shoes in town when you go there to sell whatever you make, or the person who buys whatever you make in the village, brings shoes over to sell when he travels to pick it up.  Or am I wildly off-base on how that would have to work?"