Sprouting slippers: Chinese wife hopes mouldy mules blossom into branded footwear after washing blunder by ‘unreliable’ husband
- Wife thinks seeds trapped in slippers from wearing them outside sprouted after husband washed the footwear in water
- She hopes her man’s ‘unreliability’ will turn mouldy mules into expensive branded Loewe grass footwear
A Chinese woman has got herself a pair of limited-edition slippers after her careless husband washed them, left them out to dry and caused seeds left on the footwear to sprout.
The woman, surnamed Wang, from central China’s Hunan province, posted images of one of the verdant shoes on the mainland social media platform Douyin on March 15, causing awe among millions.
Wang said her husband always tried to behave well when he stayed at home while she was at her parents and volunteered to wash all their winter slippers.
He told her one pair was especially difficult to clean and that he planned to soak them in water before washing.
When Wang returned home to check her husband’s accomplishments, she was stunned to find buds shooting out from the footwear as they sat damp in the bathroom.
Wang suspects the inadvertent piece of gardening may well have taken place because in winter the couple often go out wearing pyjamas and slippers and the seeds may have crept into the footwear.