Granny Sun was so, so thin inside the box.
Just like the shriveled, withered little orchid Bai Congming had cleared away himself that morning.
Bai Congming leaned over the edge of the coffin and slipped two eggs into Granny Sun's pocket when no one was looking.
Granny Sun had always given him eggs before. Bai Congming thought she must have liked them.
The dead little orchid would not come back to life, but if new seeds were scattered this spring, they would grow in the same spot next year.
Dead humans had no seeds. They could not grow back.
Bai Congming felt a little sad. His eyes were red, but he did not cry. He only reached out again, wanting to stroke her head the way Granny Sun used to stroke his.
"What are you doing?!"
A man's voice exploded beside his ear, frightening Bai Congming into shrinking back. He no longer dared to reach out.
"Hello, Uncle."
-This man was Granny Sun's son. Bai Congming had met him before.
"What's so good about it? Who brought you here? What were you doing just now?"
Granny Sun's bulging pocket was far too conspicuous inside the coffin. The man clicked his tongue, dug out the two eggs, and hurled them at Bai Congming.
"What do you think you're doing? Don't you know the rules?"
"Granny... liked them."
"Just get out!" The man looked very impatient. "It was one thing for her to be nice to you while she was alive. My mom gave you plenty of things when she was around, didn't she? Now you want to latch on to me? Not happening!"
Bai Congming did not know what humiliation was, but the man's words did make his face flush.
He opened his mouth, not knowing how to defend himself. All