After Kihei cut the pine tree that he himself had planted, Riuemon and Kyusuke happened to came to the site and blamed the conduct, but Kihei rejected Riuemon's accusation saying that he himself had planted it.
喜兵衛らが自ら植えた松を切り取ったところに里右衛門と久助が通りかかり、咎めたところ、喜兵衛は自分が植えた松であるといい、里右衛門に従わなかった。