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😉 Greetings to new and regular readers of the site! Friends, the older a person gets, the more often he recalls his childhood, I know this from myself. I’ll tell you a funny story. Let’s call it “Story about childhood -“ The last ruble ”.
The last ruble
Place and time of the event: mid-60s, the city of Taganrog, the Zarya store, which was on lane 10. I am 8.
Our family consisted of three people: mom, older brother and me. We lived from paycheck to paycheck of our mother. As usual, three or four days before this small paycheck, the money was always running out.
On one of those days we had the last ruble left. And suddenly I really, really wanted sweets (sweets did not appear often in the house at that time).
After listening to my request, my mother agreed to give me the coveted ruble for the purchase of sweets. But on condition: do not spend the entire ruble, but buy 100 grams of some inexpensive candy. Inspired by a “sweet” desire, I rushed to the store. Five minutes – and I’m at the cherished showcase!
There is a large selection: marshmallows, halva, chocolate, sherbet, candies:
- “Theatrical”;
- “Snowball”;
- “Well, take it away!”;
- “Mask”;
- “Bear in the north”;
- “Squirrel”;
- “Martin”;
- “Truffles”;
- Kara-Kum;
- “Crow’s Feet”;
- “Cancer necks”.
And also – “Sea stones” (raisins, covered with multi-colored glaze), iris “Golden Key”, peas and lollipops “Montpensier” in tin boxes … For comparison: a kilogram of “Sea stones” cost 1 ruble 30 kopecks, and a kilo ” Truffle ”- 7 rubles 50 kopecks. I have remembered these prices for all my life.
Surprisingly, I chose 100 grams of Truffles from this assortment. This is as much as 75 kopecks, but let it be a surprise for everyone! I returned home and gave my mother the change – 25 kopecks. Oh, and it flew into me then for this surprise …
Candy wrappers
And remember, friends, how we collected candy wrappers, and it was a whole wealth! I even ironed “rare copies” of crumpled candy wrappers! The storage for candy wrappers were books, where between the pages they were completely safe.
Many children used beautiful tin boxes-chests for storing collections of “candy clothes”, which they opened with an important look, showing the contents to their friends. We exchanged candy wrappers. It seems to be a trifle, but at that age it was an exciting and even gambling activity.
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