Chapters 26-27

In the beginning of chapter 26, the Joads are still at the government camp and are planning to leave. They have to leave in order to get money for their hungry family. They are going to try to go to the north. Ma also finds out that Winfiled punched a kin in the nose for calling him an oakie. I thought the government was going to be the turning point for the Joads, but I guess not. When driving to the north, they get a flat tire and a rich man comes up to the truck and offers them work as a peach pickers. The pay is 5 cents a box and all of the family members are invited to work. They go to cabin 63, which is not very nice at all and get to work right away. They make one dollar by the end of the day and Ma sends it to the store for food. She gets the items that she needs but realized she forgot sugar. She needs a dime to get it and convinces the cashier to lend her a dime. She returns to the cabin, but the food does not fill the stomachs of the family.
After eating, Tom goes into the peach orchard and finds Casy there. There is a strike going on and Casy tells him that the strike has been caused because the company droped the wages from 5 cents a box to 2.5 cents a box. Two officers come over and shine a light on the two of them. Casy says something and they kill him with a pick by crushing his head. Tom is PO'ed at this and swings a club at them. Tom ends up with a busted nose and other bruises on his face. He offers to leave so he doesn't cause any more problems for his family, but they insist that he stay. I think they will find work in the cotton fields if they keep looking. I think that is the only way for that family to make it.