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Mother likes telling stories about Grandma as the goes over the faded photos in that thick,yellow album which I call history of my family.
I've never seen a better-looking woman than Grandma.I used to sit on the other side of the table watching her dress up in the mornings,admiring her graceful pose with wide open eyes.She had long hair done in a knot, and her clothes were so well tailored that they shaped her figure perfectly.Her hair was dyed in black,so naturally clone that no one noticed anything artificial about it.Grandma told me that she dyed her hair with ashes from burned gourd before modem cosmetics was introduced into China.Grandma seemed to have lots of simple,inexpensive yet effective ways of staying young in appearance.I was amazed at her resourcefulness as well as her desire for beauty.
Whenever I saw Grandma standing before a mirror,I couldn't help thinking of my poor,sloppy mother.To tell the truth,Mom is goodlooking too though not as beautiful as Grandma.Unmindful of her dress and appearance,she had her hair cut short,wore a Lenin suit which was popular in the 1970s.I had never seen Mother standing before a mirror.People said jokingly that Mother looked even older than Grandma.A strange feeling swept over me when I heard this.
Grandma had skillful fingers;she could do paper cutting,make cotton-padded jackets.In the eyes of a little girl there was almost no household work she was incapable of doing.Mom,however,was not at all interested in such things.As she said herself she had neither time nor patience.Not until Grandma died did Mom begin to regret hav ing not learned some needlework from Grandma.She had to ask for our neighbour's help when I needed a cotton-padded jacket at the age of ten.
Grandma was a typical Chinese woman.Shegave birth to eight children.They were all girls,and six of them died when they were still infants.Grandma kept looking forward to having a boy,a dream which never came true.She gave my mother a boy's name.She was not satisfied until Mother gave birth to my elder brother.She was so delighted that she proudly showed him to all our neighbours.She didn't like me for being a girl and seldom bought me presents.But I could make up for what I missed from Grandma from Mother.Mom likes me very much,so much so that she even tended to spoil me as if to compensate for what Grandma had denied me.! could understand her and forgave Grandma.
Grandma had a bad habit of nagging.Her incessant nagging made everyone ill.She complained of Father's carelessness,Grandpa's untidiness,etc.Fortunately every one of us forgave her,for she had a kind heart in spite of her sharp tongue.Mom is always silent.Whenever I made a mistake,I could always take a hint from her facial expression and know I was wrong.I was more scared of Mom's silent frown than Grandma's sharp words.
Grandma 'and Mother resemble each other in appearance,yet they differ in characters.I love them both.
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