The poor warriors were paid only fifty shi.
The villagers could not afford to feed their daughters who died of starvation and floated away in the river.
The feudal lord ordered his warriors, the security guards, to a duel, and he had to obey.
The little girl kept reciting The Analects, and the old mother recited the Diamond Sutra, all of which are Chinese.
Before the duel, he didn't know how to comb his hair, so he asked his daughter to help him as a sign of solemnity.
The fallen warriors had to work for the peasants for food and sleep in temples.
Kiyobei, who was too poor to be a small sword, used a bamboo sword to kill the duelists -- samurai who were equally destitute, killing each other.
His daughter thinks that he is happy, one daughter loves him, and two beloved childhood sweethearts love him.
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