Cousins

Their cousins lived in a rural community outside of town, not close enough to see during weekdays but close enough for regular visits on weekends and holidays. Although they lived in different worlds -- his family were merchants, the relatives farmers and lumbermen -- they enjoyed each other's company, although the rural cousins had two standing complaints whenever they came into town to stay overnight -- his family drank powdered milk, and the city water was terrible (a goldfish the cousins had brought with them one visit died immediately after its water was changed).