He immediately changed the subject: "By the way, today is the Lunar July 13th, the Ghost Festival is here, and according to tradition, we must go back to our hometown to worship our ancestors. Are you two prepared for this?"
Di Yelei and Liu Sisi exchanged a glance, both seeing surprise in each other's eyes.
"Is it already the 13th of July? We...we completely forgot about this."
Indeed, they had forgotten. They were both too preoccupied with recent events that they didn't even remember such a festival, which wasn't very significant to the locals.
Here, people generally don't celebrate the mid-July festival, unless there is a special occasion to open the Ancestral Hall for a ritual.
"I figured you two would forget. Fortunately, this old man remembered. It takes at least a day to travel by carriage from Macheng County to our old home. Everyone should prepare early, so that we can leave early tomorrow morning."
