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When I was just married, the man was on a business trip and brought back a box when he came back with a pair of black leather shoes lying inside.
Those shoes are so beautiful! The pure black upper and delicate heel exudes a leathery fragrance. She picked it up and put it down, put a piece of paper in her shoes, carefully put her feet in, looked at it for half a day, imagining herself wearing shoes and walking on the street, the neighbors and sisters came over to praise her.
She stuffed both feet into her leather shoes and thought to herself, such exquisite shoes were probably worth wearing only the night when Cinderella attended the dance.
"Put it on tomorrow." said the man.
"How can I do tomorrow? Wear it when I celebrate my birthday, next month will be my birthday." Her coquettish look was pitying, and the man smiled.
Birthday is coming soon. She took out her shoes, looked left and right, and stuffed her feet into the shoes and tried it. So beautiful! She sighed. After watching for a while, she put her shoes in the shoe box again. Forget it, my birthday is only one day, and I am still young, what birthday should I celebrate! This year, the weather is warmer, so you can wear it during the Chinese New Year.
It’s New Year, and the neighbors and sisters also wore good-looking clothes to greet the New Year. She took out the shoes for everyone to show them.
"Put it on, it looks so good." Several young wives' eyes lit up.
"These days are so bad, so many firecrackers are dirty, my shoes are dirty." Her dissatisfied with the weather really disappointed everyone.
Day by day, she took out her shoes countless times, and put them back into the shoe box countless times. As she got older, her body began to gain weight.
Until one day, she opened the shoe box again and took out the two treasures. I wanted to give it a try, but I found that my fat feet could not be stuffed in no matter what.
She sighed, maybe one day she could wear it if she loses weight. She suddenly felt a little regretful, but she still put away her shoes seriously.
Many years later, her feet also became bigger, and only then did she realize that human feet would still become bigger due to osteoporosis . And that shoe became an exquisite collection.
Moving decades later, she saw the shoes again, took them out and stroked them with her hands. The shoes had been left for too long and were already very hard. They were placed in the palm of their hands. They were a small one, and I don’t know how they put them in back then.
"The shoes are all hard, so small, and you can’t wear them, just throw them away." said the daughter.
After a while, with a thud, the shoes entered the trash can.
She was a little surprised, but she thought that one day she passed away, who would cherish these unwelcome shoes?
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Ikyu, born in the 1985, his representative works of micro-fiction include "Three Hundred Yuan", "Uncle Upstairs", "The Leader's Daughter", etc., and the collection of micro-fiction "Real World". All micro-fictions in this official account are original content of Ikkyu and are not allowed to be reproduced without authorization. Those who plagiarize and slack manuscripts will be held legally responsible.
