The people walked over to a few graves and kneeled. They burnt incense then set off firecrackers.
Zheng Tan watched them. He had watched the kids go through the same process when they were staying with Mama Jiao's family.
He was about to leave when he was spotted by a child.
The child was very excited to see a cat. He didn't understand the importance of visiting graves and was bored. He ran over.
He tripped over a bump in the ground and fell. The thing he had in his hand flew out and landed in front of Zheng Tan.
The child's mother came over to pick him up and dust the dirt off his clothes.
"The rooster's gone." The child didn't cry but sounded very upset. He showed his mother his empty hand.
Rooster?
Zheng Tan looked at the thing that fell in front of him. It was a gold rooster-shaped keychain.
