Dor de anii trecuti
After class today, I noticed nearly a dozen men, of whom I know several and who are major figures in the village, standing around on the first floor of the school. I said hello and then continued upstairs. On the way to the computer lab, I saw Raisa, one of the cleaning ladies. I struck up a conversation:
"Why are practically all the men in Mereseni at the school right now?" I said, exaggerating.
"It's a Communist party meeting," Raisa said. "They want the Communists in power."
This was the first time I had heard of a local Communist party in the village, but it didn't surprise me. Before I could respond, Raisa summed up the political thinking of many Moldovan villagers, rooted in nostalgia for the times when food was cheap and salaries came on time:
"I would be in favor of the Communists," she said, "if I thought that they could make things the way they were back then."
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