“Deeper out in the steppe, there’s buckwheat growing wild,” said Chepurny. “You can help yourself!” “By the time a man’s walked all that way and found enough grain, he’ll be still hungrier,” Yakov Titych doubted. “Easier to do some work in the smithy.” “Let him do as he wants with the smithy,” Gopner advised Chepurny. “Don’t hinder the man.”
