像所有南方女人一样,外婆平日里总爱戴一只翠玉手镯。算起来,她是个不大爱打扮的人,从我记事起,她就总是穿那几件毛衣、围那几条围巾。她的手指因繁重的家务而关节粗大且皮肤开裂,可那个镯子总像被保护得好好的,盈透着月的光泽。在素衣中,玉镯似非凡物。我曾问外婆,这只镯子为什么这么美?可她答非所问,说那是她的母亲传给她的。我再嚷着要戴着玩,她便好像忽然忆起一切,絮絮叨叨说起她作为长女被迫辍学的不甘,然后是 Like all southern women, grandmother always likes to wear a jade bracelet. Forget it, she is a little love dress, from my memory, she always wear those few sweaters, surrounded by a few scarves. Her fingers were heavy and cracked because of heavy housework, but the bracelet always seemed to be well-protected, revealing the luster of the moon. In prime clothing, jade bracelets like extraordinary things. I once asked my grandmother why this bracelet was so beautiful, but she answered nonsense, saying it was passed by her mother. I cried to wear, she seemed to suddenly remembered everything, talking about her as a grown-up was forced to drop out of school unwilling, and then