The 'playground' shelter is holding a funeral.
In the simple cemetery, about a dozen people have sparsely gathered. The deceased was the shelter's 'chief legal advisor', the seventy-something Beck Hughes.
Jeff Connally played the role of a priest, holding a Bible whose origin was unknown, intermittently recalling decades of memories with his old friend.
He was once a legendary figure in the legal field, his eloquence had impressed countless people, and his laughter once echoed throughout the office.
Now, all of this will be buried with this handful of earth.
Zhou Qingfeng personally lifted Old Beck's coffin for burial, grasping a shovel to cast soil onto the coffin. Ironically, the shelter lacks nothing in terms of living supplies, yet a decent coffin and headstone are hard to find.
A few boards joined together formed a rough wooden box, which became Old Beck's coffin. The headstone was a crooked wooden cross.
