Hiyokko

Mineko, a girl born in Ibaraki Prefecture, comes up to Tokyo for mass employment.

Tokiko wants to be an actress, and Mitsuo plans to look for work in Tokyo after graduation. However, Mineko is content with staying and working in Ibaraki.

Suzuko invites Minoru to a Western-style restaurant and tells him to be proud of himself for being a construction worker. Minoru is moved by the kind words.

Minoru buys a pair of shoes for Mineko, but she chooses to carefully store them until her graduation ceremony. After dinner, Mineko overhears Minoru and his family's conversation, and she is unexpectedly invited to join.

Muneo and Tokiko join the Yatabes during their rice harvest. Mineko listens to everyone happily bantering, and she wishes they can always be together.

Mineko acts cheerful at breakfast so that Minoru will not feel bad about returning to Tokyo. Still, Minoru is reluctant to leave his family.