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Grandma Embroidered Purse

That day, I picked up some old things and found out two embroidery jobs left by my grandmother when she was young.

She is not my own grandmother, but a nanny who looks up to me. After I left her house, I often went to the compound in the old city to see her. At that time, her legs and feet were not flexible. It seemed that she couldn't stand it. She would find some old things for everyone who went to her relatives. She gave me two old carved wooden frames and iron frames, which looked like works of art during the Republic of China. Then there are the two embroidery works, which she embroidered by herself. They are very exquisite. They are embroidered with cotton and silk thread. A cigarette purse and a Key Purse have simple patterns. They are small animals, fish, flowers and plants. These two things have always touched my heart.

I know that grandma is the daughter of a large family in the ancient city of Zhili. She has a family background, but her father went early and her family was in decline. My widowed mother didn't remarry and took her and her brother to eat old money. She should be the daughter of a middle-class family between a girl from a big family and a jasper from a small family. She has no chance to study, but she can recognize some words and write a few strokes by self-study. When she was young, she must have a high spirit. Her mother still trained her as a big girl and proficient in needlework and cooking. However, because of the decline of family wealth, they failed to marry into a large family, and ordinary traffickers and pawns were not visible, which delayed the marriage event.

After her mother died, she had to live independently. She could only fill a house for an old businessman. The old man drove a crane to the West in a few years. She lived independently with some of her family wealth and savings. She earned some pocket money by doing sewing (commonly known as sewing poor) and setting up a stall to sell snacks, as well as taking care of other people's children. It was not until she was over 50 that she finally married a hardworking and simple vegetable vendor. They became my real grandparents. Grandpa is a countryman near Baoding. He has no culture and naturally has no family background. What can you leave me? It's all grandma's stuff. But I want to thank that old man. He has no culture, but he likes it when he sees that I study well. He specially ordered Baoding newspaper for me, which is absolutely amazing in working people's families. He said you NaI (love) reading words. The newspaper is full of words. Read it.

At that time, I didn't care much about these small objects. I just kept them as her intention. It was a thought that made me forget the life of the courtyard in the small town. Later, she studied literature and seemed to be inspired by these things and began to imagine her life. It should be said that she didn't get love, but she has been preparing to get married, marry the person she yearns for, Embroidered Purse, quilt cover, pillow case and so on. Such a woman with a poor family but strong character has never told anyone the story in her heart all her life. Later, I married my grandfather. It should be that the two people sympathized with each other and helped each other. Unexpectedly, I never saw them quarrel.

When she felt that her future was numbered, she began to silently give the small objects she had collected for many years to her relatives one by one. That was her move to bid farewell to the world. Sure enough, after two years, she said no. She thought about something before she left. She didn't tell us. She just gave us something. Everything was silent. A small town woman, took a lot of stories. So I began to think about these small objects. She was born in the third year of Xuantong and should be a centenarian this year. It should have been a blessing, but it fell into the bottom and spent a lifetime hard( (dark horse)