He was the lone breadwinner (the only earner) of his house. The day before yesterday, I saw him sitting at a distant corner.  He seemed to be pondering over something. (It seemed that he was pondering over something.) He let me know (told me) that he hadn’t received (got) a bonus for months. But, just in the morning today, when I had a word (spoke) with his brother, I got to know that leave the bonus (the bonus is a farfetched thing), he hadn’t even got his salary for months.