whenever they needed it. O-lan bore three more kids, two sons and a daughter. Life seemed to be good for the simple farmer, but not for long. A four year drought hit that halted the planting and harvesting of crops. The local town suffered tremendously and there was not "a bean or a handful of corn to be had." This drought affected everyone. Even the rich felt the wrath, for there was no food to buy, at any price. The drought caused Wang Lung and his family to head south. They ended up in a southern town where, with the little money they had left, brought rugs to make a small house. Here they begged for money to live on and Wang Lung went to work pulling a ricksha through the town, only making enough money to eat for that day. Wang Lung knew in his heart that he "must get back to his land." At this time in China, there were many civil wars going on. Chinese soldiers walked through the town and raided the houses of the rich. People robbed the houses breaking in and initiating riots throughout the city. In the confusion, Wang Lung stole jewels and silver from a wealthy house in the city. With his newly found wealth, Wang Lung and his family headed back to their land. With the money they left over, they bought mats to repair their house, an ox, and seeds "the likes of which he had never planted before." The family had many prosperous years, the children growing strong and the harvests yielding much money for Wang Lung and his family. Wang Lung had now conceived the idea that he was no longer a poor man. He hired men to work with him on his land, ate the best foods, and even sent his two oldest boys to school, for he could not read the contracts for seeds and land himself. Wang Lung used his great wealth to buy land from the once mighty House of Hwang. The Old Mistress was willing to give the land at a very cheap price, for the years of drought had weakened the people of the land. The money poured like silver and Wang Lung never lived with money problems again. But he was not happy. He found no beauty in O-lan and he was "longing for a young and beautiful woman." Wang Lung found this woman at a tea shop in the city. Her name was Lotus. She was a prostitute, but a lovely girl, nonetheless. Wang Lung found her exciting and she left him never completely satisfied. With Wang Lung's riches, he bought this young girl and moved her into an inner court that he built on his house just for her. This stunned me at first. In today's society, you never see two women living with one man, one for pleasure and one for w

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Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)