Zhao Bing: A Mysterious Shoe

Zhao Bing: A Mysterious Shoe Phoenix Zhao Bing My wife and I went to a Chinese friend’s house for a dinner party on the night of Lantern Festival last year. Out of politeness, everyone would put...

Phoenix City Zhao Bing My wife and I went to a Chinese friend’s house for a dinner party on the night of the Lantern Festival last year. Out of politeness, everyone took off their shoes and left them outside the door to avoid staining the carpet. After the dinner, we were the last ones to leave. When we were leaving, we found that one of my wife's shoes was missing, but we found a larger shoe on the ground. It looked similar and was from a famous brand. I guess one of the wives had worn it wrong. The friend who hosted the party said she would send an email to everyone at the party to see who was wearing the wrong one. At that time, my wife was unable to walk because she was missing one of her shoes. I wanted to try to carry her into the car, but I thought that I had never dared to carry her on my back. She had eaten a lot at the dinner tonight, and it might be life-threatening for me to carry her. When I hesitated, the friend who hosted the dinner asked my wife to put the larger shoe back on temporarily, so my wife went home wearing the larger shoe.

The next night, a friend forwarded us an email. It was true that a Mrs. Tang was wearing the wrong shoes, but Mrs. Tang never realized that she was wearing the wrong shoes. She had worn them for a whole day, and even visited the store all day, but she did not realize that she was wearing the wrong shoes, and they were one or two sizes too small. She is really confused, too exaggerated! She said in the email that she was also a serious 'victim' last year. Her identical shoe went missing for two weeks before it was found. And it's several yards off. Women are so confused! I don’t even know if I’m wearing small shoes. From now on, Mrs. Tang had many explanations, including drinking wine and eating fermented rice. However, her most unreasonable explanation was: I ate too much that day, more than I ate at Pacific Buffett. My belly was swollen and my feet were swollen.

My wife and I had just finished reading the email forwarded by a friend when the phone rang at home. It turned out to be a call from Mrs. Tang who was wearing the wrong shoes. As soon as she answered the phone, she burst into laughter, so she was doing housework in the kitchen while talking on the phone. It seemed like they were having a great time chatting, and she felt like she couldn't wait to wear the wrong shoes again next time. At this time, I happened to go to the hardware store to buy something and went out. After an hour, I came back and found that she was still on the phone. After listening carefully, she was still chatting with Mrs. Tang Tutang who was wearing the wrong shoes. So I turned on the TV to watch the tennis match. After watching it for an hour, she also finished her call. She came over and thanked me for washing a lot of dishes tonight (I rarely wash dishes). I just dealt with it casually because I was concentrating on watching TV. When I woke up early the next morning, I suddenly remembered that I didn't wash the dishes last night. It turned out that my wife was washing the dishes while chatting with Mrs. Tang, who was wearing the wrong shoes. She didn't even remember that she had washed the dishes herself.

This shoe is really good! It mysteriously washed the dishes for me and gave me the credit. I really want to thank this shoe, and I also want to thank Mrs. Tang who wore the wrong shoes. Of course, I also want to thank my Mrs. Tang. I must buy some pairs of brand-name shoes for her tomorrow. Maybe I will never have to wash dishes in the future.

In fact, after this shoe-losing incident happened, I came up with several countermeasures to prevent my wife from losing shoes next time, including putting the shoes in a plastic bag at the door, putting the shoes in a bag and bringing them into the room, or installing a GPS in the heel of the shoe, or even putting small stones or nails in the shoe after taking off the shoe. Now it seems that these clever ideas are redundant. It's better for people to be a little confused.