What items are you reluctant to throw away?

The first item is a pink skirt that my grandmother sewed for me. My grandmother sewed it specially for me when I was 15 years old, so even though it is old and worn out, I am still reluctant to lose it.

In my hometown, boys and girls who are 15 years old will have a custom activity similar to adult ceremony, which is called "going out of the garden". In fact, this custom has existed for a long time and has continued until now, but now the ceremony will be a little simpler than before. According to my hometown, going out of the garden means growing up and being an adult.

"going out of the garden" is also very particular for boys and girls. Boys will be more grand and the preparatory work they need to do is more complicated, while girls are relatively simple, but the procedures are also very complicated. On my side, when boys "go out of the garden", grandma needs to add gifts to her grandson and make a Chinese-style chest covering to show her attention, but girls don't have to. But the same thing is that on the day of "going out of the garden", the 15-year-old "going out of the garden" protagonist doesn't need to do any work, just listen to the arrangement of his family and complete all the ceremonies.

Because I am the eldest in my family, I am also the first one in my family to "go out of the garden". I remember that my mother told my grandmother in advance, and she also asked some etiquette questions. After hearing the difference between boys and girls, my grandmother obviously felt that it was unfair, but the custom was like this, and my grandmother didn't say much, just told me that she would treat her equally. In fact, I didn't understand her meaning at that time, and I didn't know the meaning of her words until later.

It turns out that my grandmother sewed a pink skirt for me as a gift from the garden. In grandma's time, women knew many skills, and sewing clothes was one of them. I remember there was a sewing machine at home at that time, which grandma used to make clothes. At that time, my grandmother was over 7 years old, and this craft had not been touched for a long time. But for me, my grandmother started again, and it was hidden from us. We didn't know the whole process. When it was done later, my grandmother took it out. It's a pink skirt. It's very simple to cut. There are some small embroideries at the skirt. Although it's not fashionable, it's very touching. Plus, my grandmother is so old, and she still spends her energy on making skirts for me as my "out of the garden" gift.

? The second item, a small wooden jewelry box, was a gift from my neighbor's sister when I was young. Probably when I was in the first grade of primary school, I moved a family to live next door to my house. They are not locals, but from other provinces. At that time, I liked going to their house very much, because their house made bread, which smelled good every day. When I was young, I was greedy and couldn't eat it. Then I got to know my two daughters very well. Because they were from Fujian, I always called them Fujian Sister.

Their family lived here for almost two years, and then they moved back. At that time, they cried me to death. After all, they have feelings after a long time, and once they leave, they may never see each other again. Later, when my sister in Fujian left, she gave me this jewelry box, which contained some bracelets and small toys that she knitted herself, saying that she wanted me to keep it as a souvenir. In this way, it has been very old since I collected it, but I can't bear to throw it away.

These things may seem useless now, but I think it's a thought that I can open and look at what I miss.