“...Fedya Plyushkin went far, even to the Porkhov district, and one day he returned with such a profit that he couldn’t believe it. Already in old age, famous not only in Russia, but even in Europe, Fyodor Mikhailovich experienced the income of that time: - Seventy-seven kopecks... who would have thought? Mama saw it and sat down. What a holiday it was! We ate a hearty meal, and then watched a comedy for nothing... Isn’t this life? Trade is a profitable business, just know what the buyer needs, and after three years the peddler Fedya Plyushkin already had a hundred rubles...”