Nancy Thorne unwrapped the paper bag of candy. Inside were all sorts of colorful sweets, but one familiar wrapper brought back a flood of memories.
"Mom, it's White Rabbit!"
Nancy Thorne held up the candy for Phoebe Huxley to see. Both Felix Thorne and Phoebe Huxley were shocked. Assorted candies mixed with White Rabbit weren't cheap—at least 1.20 yuan a catty, and you couldn't always find them for sale.
Nowadays, you couldn't get White Rabbit candy even if you had the money. Even locals in Tristone needed ration coupons for it, and purchases were limited. Any family that could dissolve White Rabbit candies to make a drink was undoubtedly part of the elite. (Milk was scarce in the seventies and eighties, and it was said that five White Rabbit candies could be dissolved to make a cup of milk, as the candy back then was made with real, pure milk powder.)
