Tenant farmers' funerals required the preparation of wreaths; some fashioned their own to save money. Wealthy families, however, would purchase wreaths from Paper Craft Shops. These wreaths, crafted by skilled artisans, featured flowers made from specially wax-dyed paper, and were significantly more beautiful than those made by the tenant farmers themselves.
Lian Manman didn't understand why some families would burn the wreaths after visiting the graves, while others would not.
Xiao Qi, having heard from his playmates that this family's wreath wouldn't be burned, told Lian Manman. That was why they had come today—waiting for the family to finish their offerings and leave, so they could pick the flowers from the wreath.
This was a common activity for the children of tenant farmers, who were free from taboos and did it just for fun. The owners of the wreaths, meanwhile, paid them no mind.
