Thus, a profession was born: the window knocker.

For those who have to wake up early on time, the presence of "window knockers" is extremely important. Armed with a long wooden pole and a lantern, they walked up and down the street, striking on the window panes of their customers with long poles.

For window knockers, investing some capital to buy a watch can be used to make a living. They worked from early morning until 8 a.m., earning themselves 1p for each wake-up call.

However, Cole did not pay a penny a day to hire a window knocker, he and several older men who also rented the building to pay the penny.

This is also the practice of most poor families, and the neighbors who get up at the same time in the neighborhood pay for it, and one person takes turns to wake up the others.

As soon as he got dressed and woke up at 5 a.m., Cole began preparing the milk Chris needed for the day. Then hang the glass bottle of the calf nipple next to Chris's mouth.

I simply ate a piece of rye bread and a cup of low-quality tea, and then began to go out and walk for more than an hour to go to work in the truck shop.

Because Cole worked outside during the day, he didn't have time to come back and cook for Chris, so he had to go hungry and satisfied.

Seeing Cole's dedication to himself, Lin Zhi, who was lying in the crib, was naturally moved, so he gradually accepted his new identity, Chris Simon, and also accepted his cheap dad, Cole Simon.

Fortunately, after the age of three, Chris had the strength to cook by himself, which made Cole happily praise for a long time, thinking that his little Chris was so smart.

Now Chris can still help Cole with his laundry, clean the house, and of course, just one bedroom. The kitchen and washroom are shared with a few neighbors and are cleaned by several families on a rotational basis.

Every night, Chris and Cole wash together, and Cole gives Chris a miniature toothbrush made out of pony hair...... Unlike other children, Chris's own family seems to be very strict about his own hygiene, and does not need adult supervision at all.

Chris's clothes in recent years were all bought by Cole in the second-hand market, and although they were very cheap, they still cost Cole nearly a quarter of his salary.

After all, the child's body grows quickly, and Cole is reluctant to let him wear his coarse cloth shirt.

Mrs. Erin next door took the shirt that her husband didn't wear and cut it into children's clothes.

Every morning, Cole wears a collarless plaid shirt with a stiff, sturdy jacket over it. The color is a light brown that has faded a little, and the arms are worn and wrinkled by the wind and sun.

Unlike the pure white shirts favored by aristocratic men, the working class now preferred plaid shirts and striped shirts because they were more resistant to dirt.

And the collar is a symbol of men's decency, whether it is an agricultural laborer or a worker, basically wearing a collarless shirt.

Except, of course, on Sundays, after all, on this special day, even poor laborers will clean up and dress up.

From this, Chris also learned that Cole believed in the "god of machines and intelligence".

Every weekend morning, Cole goes to a chapel on Belland Street for an hour-long church prayer service.

In Federenburg, the headquarters of the Church of Steam and the Mechanics are in the South End, while elsewhere there are small churches run and run by priests sent from the headquarters, with one on almost every few streets, making it easy for families to go to pray.

It wasn't until Chris was three years old that he finally took off his pleated skirt and put on his first pair of shorts.

Because the skirt is easy to put on and take off, and it is also conducive to changing diapers and children going to the toilet, so boys and girls in the toddler period here will wear simple skirts.

Chris finally got rid of the dress he had worn for three years, and he was greeted with the bloomers that all boys would wear.

This kind of clothing is easy to sew at home, it just needs to fit, and its loose style gives children a lot of room to grow. Therefore, it is loved by the majority of parents.

Like the previous dress, the bloomers were made by Cole for 2 Hasow and asked his neighbor, Mrs. Irene, to make them, and they were much cheaper than the ready-to-wear sold at the market.

In the monetary system of the Republic of Ireland:

At the top of the currency is the gold pound, which is also a paper money, but it is protected by gold and is directly linked, one gold pound is equal to twenty halso, and there are three denominations: one, five, and ten.

The halso is located on the second level and is derived from the ancient silver coins, one halso is equal to twelve copper pennies, and there are two denominations.

And 1 penny is about equal to 4 yuan in the previous life.

It is worth noting that the smallest unit of a banknote is not 1pence, but 1/4pence, and this kind of penny also has 5pence, half pence.

These banknotes and coins are printed with Arnold the Great in different poses, and of course, they are all quite handsome and heroic.

Here we have to talk about the salary situation in Federenburg.

Ordinary workers work non-stop, earning about a gold pound a week, which is also the salary of old Cole.

But since the death of Ryan and Julie, they have been fired by the owner of the coal mine because they have lost their energy and vitality all day, and often make mistakes in their work.

Later, the old Kolgan's work of moving, hauling, and transporting goods was only 11 halsos a week, which was only half of his previous salary.

Add to that the 2 pence of guarding the goods at noon every day, and there are only 12 halsos and 2 pence a week.

This is also a common phenomenon among workers in Ireland.

Although in working-class homes, the meal is often referred to as the "main meal".

At that time, men who went out to work were often too far away from home to return home in time for lunch. This means that their lunch can only be simple and easy to carry, usually a loaf of bread for many people.

So in the middle of the day, Cole would take out of his bag the lunch that Chris had prepared for him, and the usual rye bread would often have a thin slice of smoked pork topped with homemade sweet jam.

Despite this frugality, the weekly rent plus the money for the father and son to eat cost most of Cole's hard-earned money.

A pound of rye bread, even two long loaves of bread, costs two pence, and only one meal.

In Federenburg, bread, potatoes and tea are the main food for the family labourers.

When the economy is better, milk and cheese will also appear on their table. Salt-cured pork is usually very fatty, and even then, it can only be eaten in small quantities once or twice a week.

Of course, "bread and oil" is also a common meal combination for poor families. It is a fat dripping from the grilling process, and it is used as a substitute for cottage cheese, which not only makes the bread fragrant, but also provides some essential fat.

Because it was a mixed kitchen with his neighbors, Chris kept his and Cole's utensils in a large tin box to prevent misuse. Most of the crockery in the kitchen is notched, and some are even split in half but are still in use.

A small stove was placed next to the fireplace, the top of which was connected to a chimney, and next to the chimney was a recessed niche with a built-in cabinet in which the coals for their cooking were stored.

Sometimes Cole would bring some of the ox's blood, and when he came home, he would mix it with oats, salt, and cheap spices, and then wrap it in a cloth or casing, and still cook it in water, cut it into slices, and put it in brown bread.

The local ox blood is carefully cut in the leg of the ox to control the amount of blood, so that the cow blood can be obtained without killing the cow, so it is cheap.

Sometimes Chris also boils some porridge, some of which is made of oats and some of which is made of peas.

Most of the time there will be a little minced meat, salt, bread crumbs, potatoes, onions, garlic, cabbage and the like in the porridge.

As for fruits, in order to make little Chris nourished and grow his body, Cole Sr. would bring some cheap fruits every week. For example, apples and pears, and sometimes plums and grapes.

Federenburg's meat is very expensive, and the people at the bottom can't afford to eat it at all, so it's good to eat it once a week, and more often it's Sunday dinner.

Milk is mixed into oats as a staple food, and root vegetables are plentiful. In other words, although it is difficult to eat meat or fish, the diet of the working class here is nutritionally balanced.

So who mainly eats meat?