Hoʻomaka ka moʻolelo i ka wā i ʻike ai ka ʻōpio ʻo Dong Yi i kahi mea āna i ʻike ʻole ai i ka wā e pāʻani ana i ka peʻe a me ka ʻimi me kāna hoa, a ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia e kona kupuna kāne i kona hakakā ʻana me kāna mau hoaaloha.Ua ʻike ʻo Dong Yi, ka mea i hoʻi i ka home i ke ahiahi, ua holoi ʻia kāna mea i loaʻa e kona kupuna kāne.Ma hope o ka nīnau ʻana iā Pāpā, ua aʻo ʻo ia he kukui ʻaila mua ia, a laila haʻi ʻo Pāpā iā Dongyi i kahi moʻolelo e pili ana i ka wā i hala.

ʻO ia ka wā o ka Civilized Meiji Era, ʻo Minosuke he 13 makahiki he keiki makua ʻole i noho i loko o nā hale kiaʻi o ka hale o ka mayor a hana i ke ola ma ke kōkua ʻana i nā kamaʻāina e hana i nā hana maʻamau.Ua piha ka ʻōpio i ka ʻike a me ka ikaika, a he ʻoiaʻiʻo hoʻi ke ʻoki i ka mea.I loko o kahi huakaʻi hana, hele ʻo Minosuke i ke kūlanakauhale kokoke i ke kauhale a ʻike ʻo ia no ka manawa mua i ke kukui ʻaila e hoʻomālamalama ʻia i ke ahiahi.Ua hoihoi ʻia ka ʻōpio e nā kukui ʻālohilohi a me ka moʻomeheu holomua i mua ona, a ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e hoʻomālamalama i ke kukui ʻaila i kona kauhale.Me ka ʻike o ka wā e hiki mai ana, ua hoʻohauʻoli ʻo ia i nā mea kūʻai kukui ʻaila ma ke kūlanakauhale a hoʻohana i ke kālā i loaʻa mai ka hana hapa manawa e kūʻai ai i ke kukui ʻaila mua.Ua holo maikaʻi nā mea, a ʻaʻole i liʻuliʻu, ua kau ʻia ke kukui ʻaila ma ke kauhale, a ua lilo ʻo Nosuke i mea kūʻai kukui ʻaila e like me kāna i makemake ai, ua mare ʻo ia i kāna mea aloha ʻo Koyuki, a ua loaʻa iā ia nā keiki ʻelua, e noho hauʻoli ana.
Aka, i kona hiki hou ana mai i ke kaona nei, ua hoololiia ke kukui aila pohihihi e ke kukui uwila kupono a palekana, a o ia mau kukui he umi tausani, i keia manawa, ua hooweliweli loa ia o Nosuke.ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu, e uwila pū ʻia ke kauhale kahi e noho ai ʻo Minosuke, a i kona ʻike ʻana ua pani ʻia ke kukui āna i lawe mai ai i ke kauhale, ʻaʻole hiki iā Minosuke ke pale aku i ka huhū i ke aliʻi apana i ʻae mai e uila i ke kauhale, a makemake ʻo ia e. e puhi i ka hale o ke alii apana me ka wikiwiki.Eia naʻe, i kona wikiwiki ʻana, ʻaʻole i loaʻa iā Minosuke nā pākuʻi a lawe wale mai i nā pōhaku ʻala mua, a i ka wā i hoʻopiʻi ai ʻaʻole hiki ke kiʻi ʻia nā pōhaku kahiko a me ka wā kahiko, ua ʻike koke ʻo Minosuke he ʻoiaʻiʻo nō ia o ke kukui ʻaila āna i lawe mai ai. ke kauhale.
No ka makaʻala loa i ka mālamalama i mua ona, akā poina i kona manaʻo mua e lawe i ka mālamalama a me ka ʻoluʻolu i nā kamaʻāina, ua ʻike ʻo Minosuke i kāna kuhi hewa.Lawe ʻo ia me kāna wahine i ke kukui ʻaila mai ka hale kūʻai aku a hiki i ka muliwai.Ua kau ʻo Minosuke i kāna kukui ʻaila aloha a hoʻā ʻo ia, a ua hoʻomālamalama ka mālamalama mehana i ke kapa muliwai me he hōkū lā.
"Poina maoli au i ka mea nui loa, a ʻaʻole wau i puka i waho."
Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ka hui, a ua loli nā mea a pau i makemake ai.
No laila, makemake au e… E ʻike i nā mea pono a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi!
Pēlā e pau ai kaʻu ʻoihana!”
Lalau aku la o Minosuke i ka pohaku ma ka muliwai a kiola aku la i ke kukui aila e olapa ana ma kela aoao… I ka emi iki ana o na kukui, helelei iho la na waimaka ma ka papahele i kela kulu iho, a me ka moeuhane o ka waiho ana i ke kukui aila e hoomalamalama i ke kauhale holookoa. ua pio.Eia nō naʻe, ʻo ka moeʻuhane o ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi mea e pono ai ka hauʻoli o nā kamaʻāina e ʻālohilohi mau ana i ka pō.
ʻAʻole i pau nā kukui ʻaila i pau, akā ua hūnā malū ʻia kekahi e ka wahine a Minosuke no ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i nā moeʻuhane a me kāna hakakā ʻana o kāna kāne, a me nā mea hoʻomanaʻo ma waena o kona wā ʻōpio a me Minosuke nāna i huki kaʻa e kūʻai i nā kukui ʻaila.ʻAʻole hiki i nā makahiki he nui ma hope o ka make ʻana o kāna wahine i ʻike ʻole ʻia ke kukui ʻaila e ka moʻopuna peʻe ...