melanie2
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so i'm watching "The Good Earth" on the treadmill..and after Wang Lung became rich, his merchant advised him he could now acquire a second wife..Wang Lung took it as a joke..still thinking like a poor farmer..he said "Why would i want a second wife?" and the merchant said, "You have two oxen" and hmm i thought so they consider wives on a par with oxen..i've read the book several times and don't recall that line..i know that oxen were like gold to a farmer..a necessity of life..but to equate an oxen with a wife..well...we've come a long way i hope..