Luca_ Blight if someone buzzes on the Suikoden II clue]  One character in this novel cries "I suppose that accursed pair in the temple are jealous because I have a red robe to a town goddess," when an overseer is found dying after his first grandson's birth. That protagonist also intends to feed his "poor fool" some poison after he dies in this novel, and after his wicked uncle reveals his false red beard to him, he starts feeding that uncle opiu
Luca_ Blight if someone buzzes on the Suikoden II clue]  One character in this novel cries "I suppose that accursed pair in the temple are jealous because I have a red robe to a town goddess," when an overseer is found dying after his first grandson's birth. That protagonist also intends to feed his "poor fool" some poison after he dies in this novel, and after his wicked uncle reveals his false red beard to him, he starts feeding that uncle opium to placate him. Years after traveling south on a fire-wagon, the protagonist falls out with his son after learning of his desire for the master of the slave Cuckoo, a woman by the name Lotus, who was his concubine. This first book in the trilogy including Sons and A House Divided features a woman bought from the Great House of Hwang and named O-Lan. FTP, name this novel about the rise of the Chinese farmer Wang Lung, written by Pearl S. Buck.
Luca_ Blight if someone buzzes on the Suikoden II clue]  One character in this novel cries "I suppose that accursed pair in the temple are jealous because I have a red robe to a town goddess," when an overseer is found dying after his first grandson's birth.
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