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during the seriesKey‘ shows that Seu Madruga never has enough money. Although he always does odd jobs, Chiquinha’s father even sells things from home to have money for his simplest bills.
Unlike Dona Florinda, he does not receive any financial help and literally has to raise his daughter and survive. Because of this, Madruga owes Mr. Magen 14 monthly rents.
Many wonder why Nhonho’s father doesn’t evict the tenant as he could just rent the house to someone else. In the episode “O Despejo do Seu Madruga”, Mr. Barriga tells Chiquinha’s father to leave the village. But at the last moment he backs out and changes his mind.
After finding a photo of Seu Madruga in a boxing match, the village owner claims he won a lot of money that day betting against him.
However, it turns out that this story was only made up so that the landlord would not reveal the real reason for the resignation. Senhor Belly has shown throughout the series that he has a big heart.
He took Chaves to Acapulco and, despite his wealth, occasionally helped other people. Seu Madruga and Chiquinha were not evicted because they simply had nowhere else to stay and the village owner knew this and allowed them to live in the house even though they owed months of rent.