That evening, Hu Tao came to see Ellin.
"Ellin, are you free tomorrow?"
Hu Tao asked with a serious expression.
Ellin had been delighted to see Hu Tao visiting the Serenitea Pot, but the look on her face made Ellin pause.
After spending a month with Hu Tao, she had come to understand the girl's personality well.
Hu Tao was lively and warm by nature, and most of the time, she was cheerful and carefree.
Only when dealing with death and funerals did she truly display the bearing of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor's director: solemn, dignified, and unsmiling.
Since Hu Tao had come to her looking so serious, it had to be something related to her work.
Ellin quickly let her smile fade and asked seriously, "Yes, I'm free. Have you run into something difficult?"
"It's not really anything troubling."
Hu Tao scratched her head somewhat helplessly.
"We received a commission today. Granny He, who lived in Qingce Village, passed away."
"Birth, aging, illness, and death are all part of life, but Granny He was a kind old woman."
"As you know, Qingce Village is a famous retirement haven in Liyue. To make a living, all the young people go to Liyue Harbor for work. The people left there are elderly folks and children, and they face all sorts of inconveniences in their daily lives."
"Granny He had some medical training. She was always kind to others, and despite her age, she often trekked over mountains and across streams to gather medicinal herbs, treating minor ailments among the village's elderly and children, like colds, bruises, and sprains."
"She also treated poor families for free."
"And according to the others, Granny He once ran into danger while gathering herbs, and you saved her."
"Afterward, she set up a shrine to you