After the corpse of Pei Wensheng was moved back home, his face, soaked overnight and torn open by hooks, was so gruesome that it frightened everyone; no one dared to help with the funeral preparations. Even Pei Zongli was afraid upon seeing it.
Mother Qian, pulling Shu Hua with her, mustered the courage to suppress her terror and gave Pei Wensheng a simple cleaning and changed his clothes. They bought a coffin and prepared the body for burial.
