Governot Shimada has come to Kazusa, where there is no water and the harvest is dependant on the rain. Two men tie a pipe between their houses so they can talk even when they're snowed in.  Even though they were alone, they could cheer each other up by talking, but then they stop getting answers...  The priest tries to raise a fava bean tree to help the starving villagers, but the kids at the temple eat it.
But everyone had already 
sown their fields long ago
Sin embargo, todas las familias 
acababan de sembrar las habas,
Sin embargo, todos acababan 
de sembrar sus judías,
Mas todos já tinham semeado 
o campo há muito tempo