Gen'ami

Three holes in the bottom row of rice sacks. The ledger says twenty days, but by my own scoop it comes to eleven, I tell you.

• Toba TsuyuIf it's eleven days, write eleven days.
  Gen'amiMy lord, do that and everyone starts walking around with a face like they've only got eleven days left.
• Kudo RokuroI'll go over the ledger again myself.
  Gen'amiWhen the Elder looks it over, he's got a knack for turning twenty days into twenty-five.

Sliced radish into the porridge today and everyone laughed. A laughing face stretches the rice twice as far, I tell you.

• Asano UtaGrandmother, I had three bowls.
  Gen'amiFour bowls. I'm keeping count of every one.
• MyokanOld woman, put wine in mine instead of radish.
  Gen'amiReverend, you already drank your share yesterday.