1:51:09
What's your stipend?
1:51:14
50 koku
1:51:18
A sick wife, and children
all on 50 koku?
1:51:24
that must be hard
1:51:32
Doctor and medicine alone cost
a ryo and 2 bu a month
1:51:42
Piece work wouldn't cover that
1:51:46
I borrowed from relatives
but it still wasn't enough
1:51:51
sometimes we didn't even have
tomorrow's rice left
1:51:56
I know how bad it feels to see
the bottom of your rice chest
1:52:03
You've had hard times, too
1:52:07
Where I really ran into trouble
was my wife's funeral
1:52:13
the family's main branch wanted
a funeral that wouldn't shame them
1:52:18
I couldn't afford it
1:52:21
I was desperate
so I finally sold my sword
1:52:27
It was a fine sword
I'd inherited from my father...
1:52:35
...but I figured
the age of the sword was over
1:52:45
I'm afraid this is just bamboo
1:52:57
You're going to kill me
with a bamboo sword?