Wang Long was a poor but industrious and optimistic farmer. He lost his mother when he was young and lived with his father in a thatched hut. He lived in extremely difficult conditions, smashing stones to make fire, and only took a bath once a year. But even so, Wang Long and the neighbors around him are full of energy and full of confidence in life. They cultivated the fields and used their hard work to survive. When he entered the city to meet his relatives, Wang Lung was full of joy and energy, but he was humble and timid, so that the gatekeeper of the mansion mistook him for a peddler. Wang Long's fiancee, Alan, was originally a servant in the kitchen of the mansion. She had been bullied and mistreated for many years. The arrival of Wang Long was the beginning of a new life for her.
After Wang Long and Alan got married, they lived a simple and happy life. The husband and wife were diligent in farming and soon had a son. Alan proudly returned to the mansion with Wang Long and his son, and was greatly honored in front of the servants and the master of the mansion. The family's fortune in the mansion was poor, and he had to sell the land. Wang Long used the silver dollars accumulated over the years to buy several acres of wheat fields, and the family showed a prosperous appearance. But natural disasters came unexpectedly, famine was everywhere, and the wheat fields that Wang Long purchased with a lot of money became a wasteland with no harvest. Wang Long listened to his wife's words, and took the whole family to the south by train, seeking a way out.
When the Revolution of 1911 broke out, Alan accidentally picked up a bag of pearls during a looting of the rich man's home. This windfall gave Wang Long's family enough capital to go home and revive the family business. Back at his old home, Wang Long bought a lot of land and acquired the now dilapidated mansion. In the face of wealth, Wang Long began to have the idea of indiscriminate. Under the temptation of his uncle, Wang Long married a singing woman as his concubine, and he was lazy all day long, hanging out with his concubine. In the face of all this, Alan showed the patience and generosity of a typical Chinese woman, and tried every means to make Wang Long change his ways.
The young son's affair with the second room made Wang Long realize his situation. He repented of his mistakes, took off his second house, sold the mansion, and returned to the land to take care of the farming. Locusts attacked the wheat fields. With the help of Xue Nong's son, Wang Long greeted his neighbors and successfully fought against the overwhelming locusts, which made him realize the importance of a healthy family and cherish his fields more and more. Before his death, Alan once again warned Wang Long to love the land, and Wang Long told Alan affectionately that you are the land
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