Time passed and Mine became an exemplar of the factory and her annual income reached more than 100 yen (these workers were called "100 yen female worker"), however she suffered a sudden illness of severe peritonitis.
時は経ち、工女の模範となって年収が百円を超えた（通称、百円工女）みねに突然訪れた病気、それは重度の腹膜炎であった。