Shishmarev worked as a patternmaker and supported seven children and elderly parents. Gapeev was an engineer, but he could earn money and make money. One day a drunken old man knocked on Gapeev’s door and asked for a ticket to Karaganda. Gapeev drove him away, and his neighbor Shishmarev picked up the old man. The old man spent the night, and in the morning there was a bronze vase with gold coins on the table. Gapeev, having learned about this, found the old man, brought him home and began to treat him with caviar, fruit, and port. In the morning there was a bronze vase on the table. But not with gold...