Anhui woman left with huge medical bill after death of husband and son

Out of Cheng Shilian's loss, came tea. The 76-year-old has experienced the deaths of several family members, but keeping her hands in the soil of East China's Anhui province has helped her to cope.

"It is only when I am busy working in the field that I feel stronger," said Cheng, who grows green-tea seedlings in Niujiaochong village in Lu'an city's mountainous Huoshan county.