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This one is a less of a slap cautionary tale about greed. Sometimes you need to tell family you’re broke tbh.
And, man, they called their daughters slaves out the gate. Crazy

Pretty sad to see O-lan get so happy about owning land in the estate where she was once enslaved only to work harder now that they own that land

There’s a guilt of even approaching abundance that is thrust upon only the poor it seems. And it’s displayed here in a similar way as it is in stories like ‘the pearl’ and it’s enough to just break your little heart

Wuan Lang, who is portrayed as pretty kind, I think, has
-sees his wife as property
- disappointed at her feet being unbound
- felt a sense of pride at her being afraid of him
- allowed her to prepare a meal for him during labor.

Not trying to dunk on him. I’m more surprised by what is likely an exaggeration of some pretty shitty real life conduct.