Jurgis and Ona are in love, and are in a great hurry to get married..
However, Teta says they should have a true, proper wedding or else they would be giving up their traditions.
Ona, then, considered getting a job.
Then, something awful happens that makes most of them lose hope. Nearby lives another Lithuanian family by the name of Majauzkis.Grandmother Majauszkiene says that her house, which is fifteen years old, has been built by a company that makes all of its profits by cheating poor people.
The whole point of this scam is to attract people who have just enough money for the huge down payment, but are unable to pay the monthly fees.
When a family is unable to pay, the whole lot of them will be evicted.
The worst thing that Grandmother Majauszkiene has to tell them is about interest: she informs them that their monthly payment is $12 plus $7 more on top of that.…show more content… Ona has to get a job, and so does thirteen-year-old Stanislovas. Jurgis agrees that everyone must not have to make sacrifices now.
Marija has a connection to a girl at Brown's, so they manage to find a sewing job for Ona.
Jurgis isn't happy about it because Ona will be working in the basement, but at least the work will just be sewing, and thus pretty easy.
Stanislovas manages to get a job controlling a machine that sprays lard into cans for sale.
Chapter 7:
The family works all summer and, in fall, Ona and Jurgis get married.
However, their new “friends”, have left them nearly 100 dollars in
