Article: Works of Pearl Buck: The Good Earth: Chapters 11 - 22

Buck, Pearl
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
The Good Earth: Chapters 11 - 22

Chapter Eleven

On the train going south, Wang Lung gave his two pieces of silver and got
some coppers in return. He was able to buy some bread and a bowl of rice for
his family. As the other passengers around him spoke, Wang Lung listened and
learned much. Arriving in a city of the south, he went first to the market
and bought six mats. From these O-lan made a hut against a long gray wall.
The next day, the faeily went to the public kitchens where each got a bowl of
rice for a penny apiece. Then O-lan and the children set out to beg. When the
children made a joke of it, their mother scolded them and spanked them until
they ...

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