Value of money

I was on a Dragon Air flight to Hong Kong from Xiamen after visiting my aunt who is very ill, and it could be my last visit to her.

I was impressed as I read on the flight, Liu Shinan's article "Learning the value of money" (China Daily, September 20). It brought to mind what I, and my family, have been doing in our own small way - earning and saving money for life's basic necessities.