Their eyes hoping for something to eat

Their hearts yearn for foods

The Wang Lung's family starves

in their house

from their lands

under the Sun

around the dried pond

in night they depart for south

is how he makes his money

Cooking in the kitchen

is a duty that women need to do

Harvesting under the sky

is essential to have foods

Bringing the water

is how they can continue on their lives

The family needs

to have enough foods that they can eat

to have good lands where they can harvest

to have water that they can use

to have sons

                                     These are just ambitions that people long for.

Wang Lung's family, the family that had tough times, overcame those times by

begging for money

Asking for foood

planting for crops

laboring in the street

Stealing items from rich