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Ohhhhh men

One thing for raiders to come and mess with your property but for your own annoying ass family to do it smh

The House of Hwang is now the House of Wang

Poor O-lan

Ohhhhh Wang. You foolish fool. Cool that he fell in love with his land and just needed to be freed of his idleness but it seems that with all the financial commitments he’s made he’s almost as much of a slave as he ever was. And what with his shit son, leeching raiding uncle, and not to mention the two women in the inner court.
I see no happy ending for our guy

He defends his little fool in this chapter and at the end it almost seems like his one true love is the land?
I struggle to understand this character and I wonder about the purpose of humans. His is the good earth?

Just shameful for his reaction to being caught being- “I’ll buy her for myself!”
The rules surrounding shame and propriety within the scope of a patriarchal system are nonsensical and evil

⏸️ he’s so mean to O-lan now wtf.
It’s interesting how the author writes him with a subconscious reflection and shame but outwardly he’s being pretty damn awful.
Greed and idleness? Why? For OF? Why?

Nung Wen and Nung En: those whose wealth come from the earth. What beautiful names. May his sons succeed in their endeavor to learn to read and write

How is Wang even impregnating O-lan at this point with their physical health and living conditions.
Like bro she’s lowkey the cause of all the goodness going around he needs to stop like he needs to keep her ass alive tf.
And I love that they’re going back to da town but does anyone there have money to purchase his farm goods. Silly

So sad Wang Lung is considering selling his daughter at the suggestion of O-lan.
So sad he’s considering that the option might only mean starvation back home instead of where they are.
So sad that he’s considering that being sold into slavery may mean a better life for his daughter than what he can offer