Which excerpt from Barrio Boy shows the author expressing his feelings about his childhood? That night we shared a small room at the mesón with two ladies and their children. "My mother sends greetings and says may God give you a good day, and here is an egg." Any neighborhood courtesy—an exchange of a banana for a red pepper, or the return of a borrowed utensil—was sure to pass through our messenger system. . . . If you were past six and going on seven, life in Jalco could be made disagreeable by neighbors who seemed to think that they could scold you and tell you how to behave.