On Sunday morning, before dawn I got up and woke up Denya.

When Tanya was woken up by me, she lay under the covers and asked me with sleepy eyes, "Honey, why are you getting up so early?" It's Sunday. I replied, "Tanya, I want to go to the flea market, you can go with me." Tanya got up, kissed me and said, "Well, I don't have to sleep on Sunday, what do you want to do at the flea market?" I patted Tanya on the ass and said, "Okay, little lazy worm, I'll sleep with you when I get back, I just want to go around and see what good things I can find, and maybe meet Vega and them." ”

Ever since the last time I bought an antique camera at the flea market, and two days ago I bought an old-fashioned pocket watch in a small shop with a key for my watch, and I suddenly became interested in these delicate old things. These delicate old things are all from the Soviet period, only a few decades of history, not really antiques, but everything contains a strong atmosphere of the times, and behind everything there will be a story of time that people sigh at, and collecting them can be regarded as a collection of history.

After a hurried breakfast, I put on a thick dress, a hat and gloves, and a scarf that Dania had knitted for me, and Tanya was also fully armed with a hat, scarf, gloves, high boots, and a fur coat. Mornings in Novosibirsk in November are very cold, and the temperature outside is almost minus 20 degrees. Outside, the sky was not yet bright, there were scattered snowflakes in the sky, and the streets were deserted except for the dim glow of the street lamps.

Tanya and I hurried to the tram stop, where there were a few people waiting for the train, and when they saw us, they all greeted us with a good morning. I think these are people who go to the flea market, otherwise who would get up so early on a Sunday and brave the cold to go out on a tram that is as slow as an ox cart?

After waiting for a while, a clattering tram drove by. Today is earlier than last time, and the seats on the tram are almost full, and there are many elderly people pulling the carts. After Tanya checked the tickets, we found a seat in the back and sat down, and Tanya, who had not yet woken up, fell asleep in a daze with me. I had a good celebration with Tanya at night, and I got up early this morning, and I felt a little sleepy now, so I put my arm around Tanya's waist, rested my head on her, closed my eyes and rested, and fell asleep before I knew it. "Wake up, young man, it's time to stand." We were sleeping soundly when we were woken up by an old lady in the front row. When I opened my eyes, I saw that the tram had already arrived at the terminal. Helping the kind old lady carry the little cart off the tram, we followed the bustling flow of people into the flea market.

Just like the last time I visited, the flea market was filled with a variety of old and new goods. I paid special attention to the stall set up by the elderly, and suddenly my eyes lit up, and I was attracted by a delicate and small white telescope on the stall in front of an old lady, I walked over and picked up the telescope to take a closer look, only to see the white telescope inlaid with shiny yellow copper edges, on which it was written 2.5 times made in the Soviet Union, and there was a very beautifully made leather case on the ground. "This is the theater telescope, which people use exclusively to see performances in the theater. "It turned out to be used to watch performances in the theater, I used to see aristocrats holding this kind of telescope in French movies to watch performances in the box, no wonder it is so small and exquisite, it is not that its owner is also a nobleman. Raising his head to look at the somewhat slender old lady in front of him, he saw that she was wearing a navy blue woolen coat with a fur collar, although it was a little old, but the workmanship was very elegant, she wore a mink hat on her head, and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on her face. Look at the things on the ground at the old lady's feet, a few freshly preserved hardcover books and a fine set of silver cutlery and a beautiful necklace of amber. Based on what she wore and what she sold, I concluded that this old lady was certainly not an ordinary person in the Soviet era, and now she must have been forced to sell her family's collection.

I raised my binoculars and looked in front of me, and suddenly found that not far ahead, Xiao Liu and Da Ming were selling things at a stall, and the two of them were very busy. Putting down the binoculars and seeing the old lady looking at me with an inquiring gaze, I asked her, "How much does this telescope cost?" The old lady replied: "One hundred thousand rubles." "100,000 rubles is only 20 dollars, such a beautiful thing is worth it, I did not hesitate to take out 100,000 rubles and give it to the old lady. The old lady said to me very politely, "Thank you, young man, see if you want to buy some more, my books are very good." "I leaned down and flipped through it, and found that there was a copy of Lermontov's Poems, and I immediately remembered Sveta and her hometown and the poem "Black Eyes" that she recited, so I bought this copy of "Lermontov's Poems" for 20,000 rubles, which was very well preserved. Then I picked up the beautiful amber necklace and asked Tanya, "Do you like it?" Tanya took the amber necklace from my hand and looked at it carefully and said, "It's a beautiful amber, but people of my age rarely wear it." The old lady pointed to the necklace and said, "This is the real Baltic amber, I went on vacation with my husband on vacation to the Baltic Sea when I was young, and my husband bought it for me in the largest jewelry store in Estonia, and to be honest, I was really reluctant to sell it." Tanya asked the old lady, "Then you should keep it as a souvenir, why should you take it out and sell it?" The old lady sighed and said, "My husband and I are both university professors, we have no children, my husband died the year before last, and I am the only one left in this world." I have a bad heart, I need to take imported drugs for a long time, and my meager pension is simply not enough to maintain expenses, so I have no choice but to take out these things at home and sell them. Each of these things was carefully selected by me and my husband, and each and every one of them made a wonderful memory. I like to watch operas, and that telescope was bought on Arbat Avenue in Moscow, and these silver cutlery were bought on vacation in St. Petersburg. With that, the old lady took out a neatly folded handkerchief from her pocket, took off her glasses, and wiped the corners of her eyes.

I decided to buy the necklace, so I asked the old lady, "How much does it cost?" The old lady replied: "Two hundred thousand rubles." I took out 200,000 rubles from my body and handed it to the old lady, who, after taking the money, drew a cross on her chest and said: "God bless you, good young man!" After saying that, the old lady motioned for Tanya to take off her hat, and when she saw Tanya's beautiful chestnut hair, the old lady said happily, "Son, this necklace matches your hair very well, and my hair was exactly the same color as yours when I was young, so my husband chose this necklace for me." In the summer, when you put on a dress and wear this amber necklace, you will look very noble. When I see you, I think of me when I was young, this necklace is really close to you, and I really want to see you wearing it in the summer. Hearing the old lady say this, Tanya was very happy and said to the old lady, "Thank you, my name is Tanya, what do you call you?" The old lady replied, "My name is Vera. Alexandrovna, it's okay to call me Aunt Vera. "Vera is a first name, Aleksandrovna is a patronymic, and in Russia older people are generally addressed by their first name with patronymic as a sign of respect. Danya said, "Vera. Aleksandrovna, it's a pleasure to meet you, he's my boyfriend Peng, a Chinese doctor who knows acupuncture, if you don't have a good heart, maybe he can help you. "Vera. When Aleksandrovna heard this, she excitedly took my hand and said: "I know acupuncture, a very miraculous ancient oriental medical technique, I have a bad heart and insomnia, Peng, can you help me?" I nodded and said, "Acupuncture is good for heart disease and insomnia." "Vera. Alexandrovna asked: "Peng, where is your clinic?" I shook my head, and Tanya replied for me: "Peng is doing business in Novosibirsk, he doesn't have a clinic, if he has time, he can go to your house and give you acupuncture." "Vera. Aleksandrovna asked with some uneasiness: "Is acupuncture a course expensive, and how much does it cost?" "Hey! Poor old man, I decided to help her and at the same time increase some of my own clinical experience, so I shook my head again and said, "As long as I have time, I can treat you without charging you." "Vera. Aleksandrovna said with emotion: "Thank you, kind and kind child, I really don't have any money for you, the collapse of the USSR made my savings worthless overnight, and after the death of my husband, I became even poorer." If you can help me, I'll give you the best things in the house, and I'm going to give Tanya some beautiful gifts. ”

Asked Vera. After Aleksandrovna's phone number and address, I told her that I had been busy lately, and after a while, I would visit her with Danya.