Hsiang-Ju's Misfortunes by Pu Songling — Read

At Kuang-p‘ing there lived an old man named Fêng, who had an only son called Hsiang-ju. Both of them were graduates; and the father was very particular and strict, though the family had long been poor. Mrs. Fêng and Hsiang-ju's wife had died one shortly after the other, so that the father and son were obliged to do their household work for themselves.