Part 2/3: Memoirs of Matti Hopia: 1948–195

Abstrakti

... Continued from the previous issue

We went to an employment offi ce and found work right away at a farm. First we all ended up in the same place, 4 men and 2 women. The women were my wife and my brother’s daughter Elvi, but they were there only for a week, since the farmer didn’t pay them. They cooked and cleaned but he said it wasn’t up to him to pay, so we went back to the ship. Kamppi, Sorse and Pertti stayed on to work on the farm. We went to the employment offi ce again and I told them the women don’t want to work without pay, and no one wanted to pay them. We ended up waiting once again for work.