HISTORY 50 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Malvolio, Reform War, Indentured Servant
28 May 2016
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He sits with ling-ling and ma li in the train. Like a peasant man (peasant men didn"t look at women when talking to them. Rich peasants: owned land but worked it themselves while hiring other workers or renting land to others. Middle peasant: owned land and worked it themselves without exploiting others -poor peasants: had very little land/had to rent land from others. Laborers: did not own any land and had to live on meagre wages or loans. Old peasant saying: snatch the harvest from the dragon"s maw . The dragon is a symbol of rain ( in north/ northwest china rain happens suddenly, during or right after harvest. One minute it is nice and sunny and the next minute the wind (dragon"s breath ) and rain comes down ) pg. 96. They have a meeting with all the people in the village to share the proposed land reform law.
