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In Brasso the rents were extremely high, well they [the owners]lived of that. We rented an apartment with two rooms and a bathroom, but not a first class one. It was very nice, but one could access only the kitchen from the hall, and [from there]you got into the rooms.
And it gave onto the yard [not on the street]. And still, we paid two thousand two hundred lei for it. So, we had this big debt [rent]. I was looking for other apartment. Accidentally I met an acquaintance from Malnas, he says: ‘How are you?’ I told him that we didn’t have a job, that was it.
He says: ‘Hey, there is a very good shop in Bikszad, rent it.’ [Editor’s note: Sepsibukszad, in Romanian Bixad is 31 km far from Sepsiszentgyorgy.]I said I would take a look. There are several houses in the railway station area in Bikszad, just as it used to be.
One of them was a house with entresol, down there was a shop and a pub. They wanted to sell the shop, because the manager got married and moved to Kolozsvar. I took a look, alone, well, my husband did what I wanted him to do. Because my husband admitted without words that he didn’t understand business. That’s why he lost it [his job]. He didn’t know what to do as a stock clerk.
And it gave onto the yard [not on the street]. And still, we paid two thousand two hundred lei for it. So, we had this big debt [rent]. I was looking for other apartment. Accidentally I met an acquaintance from Malnas, he says: ‘How are you?’ I told him that we didn’t have a job, that was it.
He says: ‘Hey, there is a very good shop in Bikszad, rent it.’ [Editor’s note: Sepsibukszad, in Romanian Bixad is 31 km far from Sepsiszentgyorgy.]I said I would take a look. There are several houses in the railway station area in Bikszad, just as it used to be.
One of them was a house with entresol, down there was a shop and a pub. They wanted to sell the shop, because the manager got married and moved to Kolozsvar. I took a look, alone, well, my husband did what I wanted him to do. Because my husband admitted without words that he didn’t understand business. That’s why he lost it [his job]. He didn’t know what to do as a stock clerk.
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Romania
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Alice Kosa