For 10 points, name this novel about the Chinese farmer Wang Lung, written by Pearl S. Buck.
In one scene from this novel, the protagonist must fight off a plague of locusts. This novel's opening sees the protagonist go to the House of Hwang to purchase a wife, and he later tries to convince a girl to poison his mentally disabled daughter, nicknamed the "poor fool." At the end of this novel, the sons of the protagonist decide to sell their father's land despite his wishes, and this work forms a trilogy with Sons and A House Divided. This novel features the concubines Pear Blossom and Lotus Flower, as well as the protagonist's patient and loving wife O-Lan. For 10 points, name this novel about the Chinese farmer Wang Lung, written by Pearl S. Buck.
In one scene from this novel, the protagonist must fight off a plague of locusts.
The Good Earth