How do Florent and Quenu's lives change when they reconnect with their Uncle Gradelle?

Things begin to look up for the brothers when Florent and Quenu reconnect with their mother's brother, Uncle Gradelle. Uncle Gradelle does not take to the boys very well when Florent and Quenu first pay him a visit in the Rue Pirouette. Seeing Florent's shabby clothes, Uncle Gradelle, "a fat, insensitive, miserly fellow," is initially very suspicious of Florent and Quenu, thinking they might be after his money (41). It seems that Uncle Gradelle's charcuterie is quite a successful business. Quenu eventually goes to work for Uncle Gradelle in the butcher shop and learns the business in the process.