Nie Shun'e finally got the chance for surgery, and as it was inevitable, she wanted to get it over with and go back to work.
Their job wasn't even considered formal employment; they earned daily wages, and if they didn't work, they earned nothing. Their monthly expenses were not small, including rent, utilities, the child's living costs, and their own social security and medical insurance payments.
Now ill and hospitalized, she could only eat into their savings, which worried Nie Shun'e the most. In fact, she worried more about these issues than her own illness.
The surgery was scheduled for the next day, Nie Shun'e couldn't sleep at all. Suddenly, she felt there were many things she needed to tell her husband, though she hadn't touched the sleeping pill, Alprazolam, provided by the nurse lying on the bedside table.
