The Good Earth (1937)

Walter Connolly: Uncle

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• Wang Lung : [must sell his land to feed his family but the buyers take advantage of him]  Thieves! Thieves! And well you know I must sell.

  O-Lan : No! Not the land. We'll not sell the land. We'll keep it. We'll go south and when we return, we'll still have the land.

  Uncle : But I've arranged it. I brought these men here. You MUST sell!

  O-Lan : Is it your land? Did you buy it bit by bit? The land is our life... and it's better to go south... or die walking... than to give it to you for nothing.

• Aunt : When a farmer buys silk robes and washes his whole body every day, there's a woman. That's sure!

  Uncle : But a rich man may have two wives but the wife must cling to her husband. That is as it should be.

  Aunt : That's right. A woman is allowed but one mistake.

  Uncle : Of course. Now then, it is said: you may see a teapot with four teacups, but did you ever see a teacup with four teapots?

  Aunt : It is also said: do you ever see two spoons in the same bowl that do not knock against each other?