What does Romany farmhouse represent?

When Jozef and Aishe, the Gypsy girl, are nearly at their limit of cold and hungry when they come upon a farmhouse at the edge of a wood. Later it becomes clear that Aishe is familiar with the house, as it becomes clear that they are just over the river from her village. However, in this phase of the narrative Jozef is so lost that he is desperate to belong somewhere, and with her he feels like family, like home. The farmhouse beckons to them as a home ready to be inhabited. For a short time they live as a family there and are happy.