Many people were gathered around, including Tan Xiaoyu's relatives, friends, classmates, and fellow villagers.
The hearse stopped by the roadside, and the atmosphere at the scene was somewhat oppressive; no one was loudly talking, just watching silently.
The ice coffin was lifted off the vehicle with the help of some relatives and friends, and carried towards the house.
The people hired for the funeral were already starting to set up the mourning hall.
Once the ice coffin was settled inside the house and reconnected to electricity, everyone went in to take one last look at Tan Xiaoyu's remains.
It was only then that the atmosphere became lively.
Chen Feng and a few middle school classmates also went in to see, then Xie Xiaohua, acting as a representative, comforted Tan Xiaoyu's parents for a few moments, followed by everyone contributing condolence money.
After stepping out, a few people discussed briefly and decided each would contribute five hundred.
