Post Date December, 03 2023
Sometimes happiness only needs one step
That year, she was just 25 years old, and with her fresh and tender youth, she was like a white lotus blooming in the water. The only disadvantage is that he is too short, and wearing high heels is only a little over 1.5 meters, but he proudly insists on marrying someone with good conditions. She met him on a blind date. He was eight meters tall, tall and straight, with a broad sword eyebrow and eyes. She fell in love with him at the first glance. Sitting across a table, he lowered his head and dared not look at him. He repeatedly stroked the corners of his clothes with both hands, his heart pounding from side to side, his heart beating like a drum.
Two people fall in love, and life is like honey mixing oil, wishing they could stick together for 24 hours. "Two people held hands and went shopping. The old man downstairs was dazzled. Once he saw him, he asked, 'Send the child to school?'"? "He calmly responded, but pulled her all the way out of the way before he couldn't help laughing.".
Without a big house, she willingly married him. When taking a wedding photo, the two people stood together, her shoulder still below his. She was a bit embarrassed. He smiled, didn't say she was short, but mocked himself if he was too tall? The photographer led them to the background with steps, pointed at him and said, "You stand down one step.". "He went down a step, and she encircled his waist from behind, leaning her head against his shoulder, whispering in his ear, 'Look, our hearts are at the same height when you go down the step.'".
The days after marriage are like the rising tide of sea water, with their busy work, endless housework, children's bottles and diapers, and countless chores. Wave after wave, they surge in and out of hand, making people unprepared. Gradually there were contradictions and quarrels, crying and entanglement.
The first time she quarreled, she willfully slammed the door and left, only to find there was nowhere to go outside. "I had to turn back and hide at the landing, listening to him running down in a panic. I could tell from the sound that he had jumped two steps at a time.". At the last step, he stepped empty and crashed into the railing, shouting, "Ouch ouch.". She looked at his confusion and couldn't help it. She covered her mouth and ran out of the stairs with a smile. She reached out to pull him, but he tugged hard and fell into his arms. "He pinched her nose and said, 'If you fight again in the future, remember not to go too far, just hide at the stairs and wait for me to find you.'". "She was led home by him, thinking, 'It's so nice, even quarrelling is so enjoyable.'".
The second argument was on the street, in order to buy something, one insisted on buying it, and the other insisted on not buying it. She got annoyed when she argued and left. After walking a few steps, I hid in a supermarket and observed his movements from the window. Thought he would come after him, but he didn't. After staying in place for a few minutes, he left as if nothing had happened. Angry and hateful, she went home in a fit of anger and pushed the door open, his legs crossed on the coffee table to watch TV.
Seeing her coming back, I still greeted her as if nothing had happened. "I'm back, waiting for you to have dinner together.". He took her by the waist and went to the restaurant, removing the covers from the plates one by one. All the dishes on the table were what she liked to eat. While smacking the braised chicken wings in brown sauce, she angrily asked him, "Why didn't you come back without chasing me?"? "He said, 'You don't have the key to your home, I'm afraid if you come back first and can't get in the door.'"; I'm afraid you'll be hungry when you come back, so I cooked the meal first... I've already gone down two steps. I wonder if I can stand in line with the eldest lady? She chuckled and all her unhappiness vanished.
This kind of noise kept happening, and finally there was the most ferocious one. "He played cards all night without returning, and the child ran into a high fever. Call him and turn off the phone.". She took the child to the hospital alone. The next morning, as soon as he entered the door, a fire burst out in her belly
This time, he left. He said that he was tired because of all the noise. After packing up, I moved to the dormitory of my unit. Leaving her alone, facing the cold and messy home, her heart was as cold as water. Thinking that every time he quarreled, he tried every means to comfort her and took the initiative to go down the steps to make peace with her. Now, he was finally tired of it, and love had come to an end. He would never try to find the steps again.
That night, she tossed and turned, bored and opened the album. The first page was their wedding photo. Her head rested close on his shoulder, and her two smiling faces bloomed like flowers. "I can't tell from the photos that she is so much shorter than him, but she knows there is still a step between them.". Holding the photo, she suddenly realized that every time she quarreled, it was he who took the initiative to go down the steps, but she never took the initiative to go up a step. Why? Is it possible to indulge one's willfulness with his tolerance? Marriage is for two people, and it is always him alone who is descending the stairs. Of course, the distance becomes farther and farther, and the heart becomes farther and farther away. In fact, if she goes up a step, she can be as tall as him.
She finally dialed his phone, only to ring and he answered. It turned out that he had been waiting for her to climb this step. Sometimes happiness only needs a step, whether it's down from him or up from you, as long as two people's hearts vibrate in the same high degree of harmony, that's happiness.
