The Good Earth
Why was Wang Lung happy that the nephew’s woman had a girl?
Book Title: "The Good Earth"....Chapter 32
Book Title: "The Good Earth"....Chapter 32
Wang Lung was happy because the fact that the slave girl bore a girl child meant that she's only bore another slave. A boy child would have been a different matter.
"... but being a girl it was only slave bearing slave, and she was no more than before."
The Good Earth