The Gold Necklace

Last night, one of my wife's distant brother invited us to a banquet, the hotel is the best in the city, we said the specifications and grade is too high, there is no need, but the hospitality is unbearable. Brother and sister-in-law were waiting in the hotel early, we arrived after a few pleasantries and seated, they ordered all the "hard" dishes, plus the drinks fear to be a thousand or so. Although we are a little embarrassed, but and brother and sister-in-law so many years of friendship, know them very well, extra modest, polite words to the mouth but did not open mouth. In fact, the brother and sister-in-law is to express his gratitude to his wife, his parents have been hospitalized due to illness a few days ago, his wife because of the work of the convenience, run before and after a lot of help, the second is that both of them are the wife's childhood, since childhood together growing up, from the Spring Festival before the appointment to get together, only recently got free. During the meal, the wine did not drink much, talk more and more sticky, the wife holding his sister-in-law's hand sometimes whispering, and sometimes laughing, I think the conversation is about their childhood. My brother and I raised a small drink from time to time, the sea and the sky east a sentence, west a sentence, in retrospect, I do not know exactly what to talk about ......

　　"Sister-in-law, this necklace of yours is really nice! Very expensive, right?" I heard my wife ask casually.

　　"More than eight thousand, your brother gave me a gift on Valentine's Day this year, I did not know beforehand! I don't really like this style, but it's a token of my appreciation, so I'll take it with me. Hey, hey ......" sister-in-law smiled, while looking at big brother, happiness all hanging on the face.

　　"I can not see ah, big brother very know how to romantic, are more than 40 years old, still not tired enough, ha ha ......" I flirted aside.

　　"Not afraid of your joke, I always feel sorry for her over the years, when we got married, you know, nothing, really poor, the bride price is a symbolic little bit, others have a ring, necklace ...... your sister-in-law did not want the same, all the people said I picked up A big bargain ......," the elder brother does not know is slightly drunk, or a little embarrassed, face flushed red, "these years the days are generous, give her a surprise, as compensation it!

　　When it comes to brother and sister-in-law is really easy, brother's parents are sick, the family has been bad, he is the eldest brother, graduated from junior high school to work, very early to take up the burden of the family. Brother and sister-in-law are considered free love, our age free love in rural areas is not uncommon, but also not common. The two of them were working in a township enterprise, the sister-in-law approved of the character of the elder brother, the combination of the two is strongly opposed by the mother's family, only to dislike the elder brother's family's poor economic conditions, heavy burden, and mediocre appearance. The sister-in-law's family is well-off, and she is also beautiful, so as the saying goes, they are not compatible, and their shoulders are not the same. At that time, the sister-in-law said, money is earned, she married a person, not money, someone is rich, the sister-in-law's parents really could not argue with her, can only agree, the two of them this marriage back then in ten miles and eight villages can be a good story. Big brother is honest, willing to learn and work, good craftsmanship, beautiful work, soon became the master of the beam. But due to poor management, the business soon went bankrupt, and they lost their jobs one after another. At that time, they lived in three adobe houses, but also owed tens of thousands of yuan of foreign debt, parents to support, brother to support, the income from the land is not enough to support the family, life is tight. According to the sister-in-law, when they first got married, the family could spend a hundred yuan for two months, and the hard times were self-evident. There is no way, two people began to start their own business, starting with nothing, from relatives that borrowed a few million yuan, opened an aluminum and plastic doors and windows workshop, morning and night, twenty years of struggle, built a house, bought a car, but also bought a building in the city.

Once read an article about love, said scientific research shows that love is the result of biochemical reactions in the human body, the duration is very short, in minutes, seconds to count, but also said that the love between the couple for a long time will become affection, in short, that love is not equal to marriage, marriage can last, but love is actually very short. Whether or not there is any truth to it, you have to admit that true love is a precious thing like gold. The money is not hard-earned, squandered without heartache, the purchase of more valuable gold will not be cherished, the same reason, after the struggle to hold on to love and fight for the marriage, only doubly valuable.

Listen to the words of the elder brother, looking at the sister-in-law's face of happiness, enviable. I think, this necklace after 20 years of delay compared to those who spent their parents' savings to get the token of love, the amount of "gold" fear does not know how many times higher! This is undoubtedly the most valuable bride price in the world, although it came a little late. In my opinion, this is not a simple necklace, it is a chain of two people's loyal love; infiltrated with the sweat of two people's hard work; record the course of two people together, this is the real "gold" necklace.