Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

What jobs do they have?

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Luo and the narrator are sent to work in the local coal mine, as part of their re-education. They despise the job. Pushing carts of coal is backbreaking work, and they live in constant fear of being crushed should the mine's poor supports collapse.

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