认真摆一次桌子

类别：生活方式

讲述不再将珍贵餐具留给客人，用日常生活创造专属仪式感的感悟。

时长 57 秒 · 语速 148 wpm

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In my cupboard, on the top shelf, there's a set of plates. 在我家橱柜的最顶层，有一套盘子。

White, with a thin gold line. 白色的，边缘镶着一圈细细的金边。

They were a wedding present. 那是当年的结婚礼物。

We've used them four times in nine years. 九年里，我们总共才用过四次。

They're for guests. “留着招待客人的。”

That's what I always said. 我以前总这么说。

Last Wednesday, nothing was happening. 上周三，就是个再平常不过的日子。

We were having leftover rice. 我们俩正准备吃剩饭。

And I thought: who exactly am I saving them for? 我突然就想：我到底是在留给谁用呢？

So I took out the tablecloth and ironed it. 于是我拿出桌布，把它熨平整。

I got the gold plates down. 取下了那套金边盘子。

I found two candles in a drawer. 又从抽屉里翻出了两根蜡烛。

My husband came in and stopped. 我老公走进来，愣在原地。

"Who's coming?" “今天有谁要来吗？”

"Nobody. “没有别人。

Us." 就我们俩。”

He looked at the table for a moment. 他对着餐桌看了好一会儿。

Then he went and changed his shirt. 然后转身去换了件衬衫。

We ate leftover rice by candlelight, and we talked for two hours. 我们就着烛光吃着剩米饭，聊了整整两个小时。

I'd been waiting for an occasion good enough for those plates. 我以前总在等一个配得上这套盘子的特别日子。

We were the occasion. 其实，我们自己就是那个最好的理由。

It took me nine years to notice. 我用了整整九年，才明白过来。