At noon, Wang Hua called me. She said she didn't feel very good. Her eyelids were jumping all the time. I blamed her for not talking at random. She asked me why my voice was so strange. I started with perfunctory, and then... I thought it was impossible not to tell her, so I told her. When she came over, she blushed and sweated, as if afraid that I would blame her. I laughed bitterly and said that I had worked hard, and took over the things in her hands.

When I led Wang Hua into the ward, Suxia went to fetch water. My mother politely called Wang Hua to...