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The Good Earth SummaryWang Lung was the son of a peasant farmer. When it came for him to marry,his father chose a break ones back young lady from the sign of Hwang who was hardworking. O-lan, Wang Lungs wife was a good wife for Wang Lung. She did not wasteanything, and made items such as shoes for the family so Wang Lung could savehis specie for former(a) things.. She worked endlessly for Wang Lung and his father,and even helped Wang Lung plow the field. One day while helping on the field,O-lan went inside and bore their first child. Luckily, it was a boy. Girls atthat time were of all time slaves, or married to other familys sons. They namedhim Nung Wen.Before leaving the house of Hwang earlier, O-lan promised to bring theirfirst child to pay respects to the house. That year, the harvest was good, soWang Lung bought new clothe for O-lan, the baby, and himself. After payingtheir respects, Wang Lung made a deal with the house of Hwang and bought a plotof good land just outside t he house. One year later, other boy was born andwas named Nung En.Wang Lungs third child was a disaster. non only was it a girl, but shewas born retarded. That summer, a drought hit the area where Wang Lung lived,and it did not rain for months. There was little harvest, and soon all of thewheat was gone. Starving, Wang Lung had his ox killed for food, but could notbear to watch because the beast had been so faithful to him. Not having anymoney, Wang Lung sold the furniture in his house for a few silver pieces. Hisfourth child was born in the drought, and was born dead. The family was forcedto melt South to find food, so with the money he made from selling thefurniture, Wang Lung paid train fare to go down south.On the train, Wang Lung spent slightly more money to buy material so theycould build a hut when they reached the city. At the city, they built theirhut, and discovered a kitchen where for almost no money at all, a person couldeat all of the rice they wanted. Wang Lung bou ght enough rice for his family,and they ate it heartily. Now, Wang Lung needed money again, so the next dayhe rented a ricksha to transport the rich around the city for money, and O-lanand the children begged for money. After paying the rent for the ricksha, WangLung did not make a lot, but it was enough to sup... ...e opium, and began to puzzle Wang Lungs older sons wife by talkingdirty and walking around with his robe open. Seeing this, Nung Wen became veryangry and Wang Lung rented a portion of the house of Hwang. The uncle and hiswife were left in the country with their opium, and the uncles son left tojoin the army.When Ching died, Wang Lung stopped farming and rented out his land,hoping that his youngest son would tend the land, but when he took a girl thathis youngest son liked, his youngest son ran away from home and joined the army.When Wang Lungs death came near, he moved back to the country to bewith his land. He brought only his slave Pear Blossom, that his youngest so nloved, and his first daughter that was simple. One day as he was looking atthe fields with his sons, he heard them talking some how they were going tospend their inheritance and what they would do with the money they would makefrom selling the land. Wang Lung cried out that they must never sell the landbecause only with land could they be sure of earning a living. But Wang Lungdid not see his sons look at each other over his head and grin.