After the memorial hall was set up, monks and Taoist priests were invited. They sat on either side, one side performing rituals and the other chanting scripture, bringing an immediate bustle to the hall.
Wang Yonggui, Wang Yongping, and Jinhoo, all dressed in mourning clothes, knelt before the coffin in the memorial hall, crying and burning paper offerings.
With no one coming to offer condolences, except for the lively periods when monks and Taoists were chanting or performing rituals, the times of their rest seemed somewhat desolate.
Old Granny Zhang, after all, was advanced in years. She had stayed up from the night before until it went dark again and could no longer hold up.
Wang Yongzhu and Song Chongjin, being married daughters and sons-in-law, were not required to keep constant vigil but only needed to come and weep at the appropriate times.
Thus, the inside and outside affairs were all left for the two of them to manage.
