As May arrived, the weather became even hotter, but in this era, the environment was lush with greenery and filled with trees everywhere; thus, even the heat was never suffocating like the future surroundings of tall buildings and car exhausts. Especially in those large estates, where trees mingled with water, the heat was not unbearable.
The day before the Dragon Boat Festival was the memorial day for Dong Xiangshi, so the Dong Family began their preparations. As they had found their daughter this year, the ritual was particularly grand, with various paper effigies and paper horses being made, along with plenty of gold and silver ingots.
Dong Wenxiu had embroidered scriptures before and had offered them in front of the Bodhisattva, but she felt that it was still not enough; thus, she personally made clothes, hats, shoes, and socks, ready to be burned for her mother during the grave visit.
