Spring has come, and with it no increase in work. Marija still has not found another job since the can factory has closed, and has had to give up the idea of marrying Tamoszius. The family is desperate and going broke. The house is falling apart and there is now insurance to be paid on the house, which they had not been informed of until this moment.
Now, instead of the cold, they has to deal with a heat wave that was causing men to drop dead on the killing beds of sunstroke. There is no place for the men to wash their hands, so when they eat their lunches and suppers, they swallow as much blood as they do food.
When Marija's workplace finally re-opens, Marija promptly loses her job because she fought for.....
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