A farmer's helper

Now, what is called Hino, in the past it was Musashi Country, divided into four villages: Miyagaya Village, Kin Imura, Yoshiwara Village, and Miyashita Village, and was on the border with Shimo Noba and Kami Noba in Sagami Country .
Hino Hana, it has been suddenly opened recently, and the place where the remnants of a long time ago remain is a small, but it was a hill with mountains and valleys. The villagers lived as a peasant in this valley village.
When the farmer was the most busy rice planting and harvesting rice, it was said that it was during the busy season.For a while after the war, the school was rested, and the children helped the house. There was also.
In Kin Imura, from some point on, during the busy season, every year, a large number of people came across the border.
It seems that the villagers decided to start farming with them.
The people of the village were very grateful because they always came and worked well when they were the busiest and hardest.
"I've done it really well, I've put a little extra money, so I'll take it."
He said that he had paid off each person.
But when the head collected all the extra money,
"It's a change,"
He said that he always returned it.
They were not as good as they were, but they didn't seem to be looking for money, and if they only got a fixed amount of money, they went to the next village immediately.
Well, when the day's work is over, the mysterious people ate rice with the villagers, talk about what they saw and heard, and sing and danced.
This was a great pleasure for the people of the deep village, and I began to look forward to the coming of the day.
It's a mystery who they were, and for what they were walking for.
Some people said, "Maybe they were monks gathering at a temple in Kamakura for training?"

It is a story recorded in "Old Story of Hometown Konan 50 Episode".
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