Chapter 311 - Chapter 311: Funeral Hassles

Rural funeral customs are more traditional, even though it's expressly forbidden to believe in superstition, when people in the village die, they still follow the traditional rites. This is an unspoken understanding among everyone: the seven days and nights of kneeling worship, choosing an auspicious day for the funeral procession, the Ze family's eldest son holding the memorial tablet, the burning of joss paper money on the seventh day to see the deceased one last time, and the Yin Yang Master arranging for family members to conduct the sacrificial rites—all without exception.