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years before. He had lit the fire, boiled water, and poured the water into a bowl and taken it into the room where his father sat upon his bed, coughing and fumbling for his shoes upon the floor.Every morning for these six years the old man had waited for his son to bring in hot water to ease him of his morning coughing. Now father and son could rest. There was a woman coming to the house. Never again would Wang Lung have to rise summer and winter at dawn to light the fire. He could lie in his bed and wait, and he also would have a bowl of water brought to him, and if the earth were fruitful there would be tea-leaves in the water. Once in some years it was so. 9 And if the woman wearied there would be her children to light the fire the many children she would bear to Wang Lung. Wang Lung stopped struck by the thought of children running in and out of their three rooms Three rooms had always seemed much to them, a house half- empty since his mother died. They were always having to resist relatives who were more crowded-his uncle with his endless brood of children grand Now the grandsons were coming-grandsons upon grandsons have to coming grandsons up and in the middle room rave to How does the author create suspense in paragraphs 8-10? A. by alluding to the problems that may arise from Wang Lung's good fortune B. by describing the changes that Wang Lung anticipates in his future C. by highlighting the close relationship Wang Lung desires from his future wife D. by detailing how Wang Lung's relationship with his father will differ after marrying
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Xander
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B. by describing the changes that Wang Lung anticipates in his future