On the third day after the funeral, according to the funeral rituals, the filial sons needed to visit the grave. Lian Shouxin and Wu Lang hadn't rested well in the past days, but early this morning, they got up early nonetheless.
After the family had breakfast, seeing that the hour was still early, they sat around drinking tea and chatting.
"Will Erlang arrive today?" Lady Zhang asked Lian Shouxin.
"He'll definitely come. He mentioned that he took a day off from the carter shop today," Lian Shouxin replied.
When an elder passes away, the first year is considered a new mourning period, with many rules to follow. There are certain significant days, such as today's grave-mounding, and subsequent five and ten periods, where all filial sons must gather and conduct sacrificial activities according to tradition. The term for periods, five and ten, uses seven days as a unit.
