Reread this part of the story. Which detail BEST shows what Habib is
like?
In the ancient land of Persia, there lived a man
named Habib. Habib raised figs to sell in the
village, and every year he planted a few more fig
trees. Over time, his grove grew too large for one
man to tend.
In the ancient land of Persia,
there lived a man named Habib.
One morning. Habib was especially tired. Carrying
a basket of figs to market, he thought. "Today!
must find a helper to share my work."
... every year he planted a few
more fig trees.
... he was a kind man who never
found fault with anyone.
At the market, everyone was happy to see Habib,
for he was a kind man who never found fault with
anyone. "Do you know someone I can hire to work
for me?" he asked each customer. But no one knew
a worker who needed a job.
Over time, his grove grew too
large for one man to tend.

"...everyone was happy to see Habib, for he was a kind man who never fault with anyone."

Explanation: Context clues. they were happy to see him because he was...

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serve the people! ,” smoothly translated by julia lovell, offers an initial sample of yan lianke’s writing to an english-speaking audience. a bluntly drawn, mildly erotic fable, it teases mao zedong by poking fun at a true believer who obeys the chairman’s precepts too literally. to a western sensibility, the broad strokes of yan lianke’s humor would seem to pose little risk of inciting rebellion, whether of the flesh or of the body politic. but then, part of the book’s attraction is that it doesn’t have a western sensibility. it lets the reader see — or rather, intuit — what jokes chinese officials don’t consider funny, and how very little it takes for a writer to be branded an incendiary in 21st-century china, more than three decades after the death of mao, a decade after the death of deng xiaoping and seven years since china entered the world trade organization, a move that would seem to signal a willingness (however wary) to mingle with the rest of the world.