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TY: [Jpn.] Wasn't it hot inside the greenhouse?

MK: [Jpn.] Yes.

TY: [Jpn.] How hot was it?

MK: [Jpn.] Although it was hot, still there were spring, summer, fall and winter.

TY: [Jpn.] I see.

MK: [Jpn.] Yeah.

TY: [Jpn.] Did it change depending on the season?

MK: [Jpn.] Because it snows during the winter.

TY: [Jpn.] Yes.

MK: [Jpn.] In those days, it snowed up to 3 feet or so.

TY: [Jpn.] I see.

MK: [Eng.] Uh-huh.

TY: [Jpn.] But inside the greenhouse...

MK: [Jpn.] But the greenhouse was heated. So the winter was hard. Just the coso of oil.

TY: [Jpn.] That's right.

MK: [Jpn.] Yes, the oil was expensive.

TY: [Jpn.] I see.

MK: [Jpn.] Yes, so if you don't heat with oil, it becomes really bad when it snows. It will collapse.

TY: [Jpn.] I see.

MK: [Jpn.] Because it is glass.

TY: [Jpn.] Oh, that's right. Yes.

MK: [Jpn.] Nowadays it is plastic and easy. It is big. But in my days it was not so. Once the glass is in, it is heavy. Unless you remove the snow, it will collapse.

TY: [Jpn.] I see.

MK: [Jpn.] You see.

TY: [Jpn.] Who did such work, snow shoveling?

MK: [Jpn.] That's men's job.

TY: [Jpn.] I see.

MK: [Jpn.] Yeah. Women cannot do. Yeah. Men's job.

TY: [Jpn.] By the way, what was the temperature inside the greenhouse?

MK: [Jpn.] Oh, it depends on the crop.

TY: [Jpn.] Yes.

MK: [Jpn.] It depends on the crop.

TY: [Jpn.] I understand.

MK: [Jpn.] You can add more or less.

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