:18:02
Hmm...
:18:08
It's true. We farmers should've been more picky, too.
:18:13
We've always gone with the larger flow, and just followed the big
cities--we've lost our identities.
:18:20
So we need to re-think what we consider ``real wealth'' and become
more fussy about traditional farming again!
:18:30
...you caught me off-guard. I guess you meant ``organic farming'' by
that, right?
:18:38
Uh-huh.
:18:39
Actually, it's what my ``Sempai'' [older colleague] told me, but it's
the way I feel, too.
:18:46
I think it's great you're keeping your memory of being picky about
dividing fractions as an important one.
:18:56
Oh, no, I didn't mean it to sound like that.
:19:01
Besides, now some people tell me I have an enviable job, but my job is
not the kind I could be absorbed in anyway, so...
:19:07
I can't help but admire you being so absorbed in your own job,
Toshio-san--farming, that is.
:19:20
So, you mean it's ironic, right?
:19:24
Huh? No way! No, such people are difficult to find now, in fact.
:19:34
Now farming's totally declining, as you know.
:19:38
I wish that I could be completely absorbed by my job, and not worry
about outside problems. But this isn't the case, and I can't help but
think about all these things.
:19:48
I suppose we farmers can't survive without encouragement and support
that comes from working with our fellows, for instance...