The Secret to Easy Life
By He Xun
One night, I went to the hospital to take care of my sick elder sister. At nine o’clock, an over 70-year-old woman was taken to the emergency room for heart attack. Brought out of danger through a long treatment, she was transferred to the ward in which we were. After everything was well-arranged, she said to her husband weakly, “The paddy has been reaped … but not gathered. … Early tomorrow morning, you go home by bus … to gather it. … Leave me alone here.
