Without telling Kanpei, Okaru's father, Yoichibei, successfully makes an arrangement with Ichimonji-ya, a red-light district in Kyoto, to sell Okaru at 100 ryo (currency unit during the Edo period) for the sake of Kanpei.
おかるの父与市兵衛は、勘平のために、勘平には内緒で京の遊郭一文字屋におかるを百両で売り飛ばす交渉に成功した。