Chu Ju"s House

Summary

Chu Ju's House 

The book Chu Ju's house is about a 14 year old chinese girl, who lives with her parents alone in a little town. Her parents always wanted a little baby boy, girls were not wanted in China to this time period. Chu Ju always had to do the Chores, like clean the house or make food. She wished with her parents to get a little brother, she feared that if the baby that her Ma Ma soon would give birth to could be a little girl.  When the baby came, it turned out to be a boy, and Chu Ju's parents were really upset. In China, families were only allowed to have 2 children, three if the family was rich enough to pay for it but that did not include Chu Ju's family. Because it already was their second child, the parents wanted to bring it to ophargy. After offering the baby for sale, the family needed to bring it away, and Chu Ju didn't want the baby to go away, she took care of it for the whole time Hua Blossom, the name of the baby was there, and she only wanted the best for Hua. Chu Ju decided to disappear so that her family could keep Hua. Chu Ju ran away from home, and found an old boat on a river to stay in for a while. Because she couldn't stay there for logn, Chu Ju decided to search for a place where she could work for three meals a day, and then she found a rice factory where the owner promised her three meals a day.