In the spring, O-lan gives birth to another son. O-lan learns that the House of Hwang is suffering from a lack of money and hoping to sell some land. She dresses her son in fine clothes and Wang Lung accompanies them to the great house, proud of his prosperity. When New Year’s arrives, O-lan bakes beautiful cakes to bring to the Old Mistress. They have a large harvest that winter, and Wang Lung guards it carefully, saving the money he makes. Before long, she becomes pregnant and gives birth to a healthy son, bringing joy to the house. Over the next few months, O-lan works hard in the house, and when she runs out of tasks, she come to help Wang Lung with his work in the fields.
Wang Lung has a wedding feast that night, and then he sleeps with O-lan. They return to Wang Lung’s house, stopping on the way to burn incense in a temple to the gods of the earth. After much nervousness, he finally appears before the Old Mistress of the House of Hwang, who presents him with his wife, O-lan. He has never met his bride-to-be, and on this morning he goes to the nearby town to fetch her from the wealthy house where she works as a slave. The novel opens on the wedding day of Wang Lung, a simple Chinese farmer.
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