When André walked into the house, the two children and his wife had almost finished dinner, and when they saw him carrying a huge gift basket, Lilia and Alexei cheered!

Pretty tropical fruits are tempting to look at, a luxury and scarcity in the Soviet Union at any time, let alone in the northern cities of Leningrad, where even the most common imported bananas are a rarity.

Yelena didn't ask who she had just visited and why she didn't let them in, she just smiled and told the children not to worry: even if they were just teachers in KGB kindergartens, they were used to KGB's style of doing things.

If your husband doesn't take the initiative to say it, then don't ask, and your lover will naturally tell you what you know.

Mom said don't worry, drink the last bit of soup first, but in the eyes of the children, there will only be good food!

The little daughter, with a skill disproportionate to her size, quickly jumped out of the chair, grabbed a tempting red fruit in one hand and was about to stuff it into her mouth.

Whether it's delicious or not, just look at it!

Yelena hurriedly stopped, "Lilia, the fruit should be washed before eating!"

The little girl's eyes are extremely tempting and delicious fruits are snatched away by her mother, and then she finds that her annoying brother is stuffing big cherries into his mouth...

Why did her mother stare at her and let her brother go... It's not good, it's not good!

Yelena hurriedly took two and prepared to wash them, and asked her husband by the way, "What is this?"

"Syzygiumsamarangense, cattail peach, lotus mist, special fruits from India and Southeast Asia, I don't know what to call them in Russian, it's very easy to eat, and children can eat it as they like. ”

Andrei came together with standard English and not very standard Chinese, and he really didn't know what to call this fruit in the Soviet Union, because it didn't appear on the market at all.

He is a red devil, and he has studied botany, but that is to understand which plants can save lives and which can kill, and he only needs to reach a passable average level for the "eating" of plants.

He is not an expert in tropical fruits, and even if he pretends to be a fruit importer and exporter, he doesn't need to know what the Russian name of the fruit is, and he is qualified if he knows the English scientific name.

As for the taste, he has eaten it abroad: Vietnam, India, and those places seem to be produced.

Alexei stuffed the big cherry into his mouth, it was not a product from the United States, and the package was marked with Chile, black and purple, large, high-priced, full of luxury fruits.

Didn't wash, the hands and feet were too fast, and there was no time to organize.

Soon the daughter and son each had a lotus mist in their hands, "Gur, Blah" gnawed happily and happily, here Yelena divided the fruit in the gift basket into two piles, one of which was packed in a ceramic tray, and planned to go out with the tray.

She was going to the opposite door, and Valengin also had children at home.

The two children are habitually okay, life on this floor is like this, who is a little rare to eat, everyone will always share, the two little ones are used to it, and they don't eat less delicious food sent by the neighbors.

"Wait a minute. ”

Andre said, and took down the huge Michel Kotz assorted chocolate gift box, which was divided into various transparent and opaque packaging, and saw that the two little guys had little stars in their eyes.

Looking at the red fruits that have eaten most of them in their hands, and then estimating their appetite, the hearts of the two little guys have been hurt by 10,000 points.

I can't eat it!

I chose two packages at random and handed them to my wife, "By the way, call Yuri and Valentin, I have something to tell them." ”

After a while, the two came.

Yelena took the children to the bedroom, and the three older men went to the room with the balcony.

That's all there is to the three-bedroom home, but now that the children are small, this room is the real living room, and the dining room is the place to eat.

All three of them smoke, but none of them smoke, just the needs of work.

André wanted one, took out the wooden box of Cohiba cigars he had just held, and tried to open it.

"Andrey, at least two thousand dollars. ”

Yuri who spoke.

It's not a few years ago, and it's not the time to go on a mission, so it's a shame to smoke.

André didn't insist, but got up and went to the restaurant again, and took the bottle of Swedish vodka and three swallows.

Russian men don't need to drink with food, one person pours a glass first, raises a glass, and the three habitually say: "Respect the Soviet Union!"

I smiled bitterly in my heart and swallowed it in one gulp.

Crisp and refreshing!

Wine!

6 years ago, Brother Tu, who had just been the general secretary of the CPSU for two months, promulgated a law called "On Measures to Eliminate Alcoholism", and he wanted to ban alcohol in the USSR!

A large number of vodka distilleries were closed, most liquor stores were banned, Soviet embassies abroad banned the use of alcohol, and even bulldozers were used to tear down large vineyards in Crimea, Georgia, Moldova and the Kuban River basin!

As soon as he came to power, he couldn't wait to start the policy reforms that he had opened his head and brain, and as a result, the far-flung prohibition immediately led to a nationwide sugar shortage in the Soviet Union.

White sugar, that can be privately brewed at home.

At that time, private brewing was everywhere in the countryside, and in order to satisfy their cravings, some people even drank cologne, and many people were poisoned!

Did the ban on alcohol work in the USSR?

Useless!

Not only useless, but also a joke law, even the astronauts took vodka to the space station. In the same way, the Red Devils don't take Brother Map's child-like law seriously, and they still drink it when they can.

Although the prohibition was in name only a few years ago, it is still rare for spirits to be produced by regular manufacturers on the market, and most distilleries have not yet resumed production.

The maximum of regular spirits in the Soviet Union is always 40 degrees, which makes Andrei habitually drink vodka with his brothers, instead of the bottle of 53-degree Huaxia Moutai, which is almost impossible to see and is not used to drinking in the Soviet Union.

Pour it again, raise a glass again, Andre said: "Respect life!"

"Respect for life!"

The third cup was for the family, and then I didn't drink it.

Temperance, one of the Red Devil's creeds.

André handed the humidor and two bottles of Chanel No. 5 to Valentin, "You go and dispose of it at night, Yelena doesn't like the scent." ”

The ordinary-looking Valentin put away his things, didn't speak, just looked at the table below, and left.

The nights in Leningrad are chaotic these days, but it's also the best time to get a real sought-after luxury product.

It's either the black market during the day, or at night, and Valentin knows where to sell for a high price.

Yuri was still there, and Andrei went to the room to change his clothes, and when he came out, he said to him: "I'll be back in about an hour and a half, and then let everyone at home wait for me at your house, and it is estimated that something will happen." ”

After saying that, the two left together.

Why tonight, because many of the men in the building will go out during the day, and they will go out if they don't do anything, send a child to school or something.

Away from home most of the year, everyone likes to be with their families, but they are not used to being with them.

As for why everyone was summoned, because Andrei knew that the most valuable thing in the USSR was not the technology, resources and military equipment on the surface, but people!

People are coming!