It was like when he planned to set up two sheds in Yayoi's yard to use as a pharmacy and a clinic. He was originally going to hire people to do it, but right after he finished discussing it with Jubei, the whole village showed up, bringing their own materials. In a flurry of activity, they helped him put up the sheds, and not a single person mentioned money from start to finish.
The working people are still so honest and simple, even the Japanese peasants are the same. As he promised, if he had money, he'd give them some, if not, he'd pay in radishes and buckwheat, and if he had nothing, it would just be put on hold. The villagers, though never saying so, all remembered this in their hearts and were using this way to repay him.
Even Yayoi's whole family had really warmed up to him, their fear and wariness had pretty much disappeared, and the vague sense of distance between them was gone.
