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.
My grandpa said the snow 
on the mountains means
Según el anciano, 
la nieve que recubre las montañas significa
Según mi abuelo, la nieve que 
hay ahora en las montañas
Meu avô disse que neve nas montanhas