[The sky remained gloomy, but the pouring rain had stopped at some point.]
[You trudged along the muddy mountain path, your thoughts complex and tangled.]
[In the past, you thought death was a lively affair.]
[Because as long as someone died, it meant more business for your family, and the money-making father would take you to town to buy candied haws.]
[Besides that, the funeral itself was bustling, with gongs and drums, and at midnight, there were specialized masters who prepared a few bowls of hot tofu noodles, which was your favorite.]
[Therefore, you never regarded death as something bad.]
[Until today, when your heart was heavy and your nose tingled, you finally understood that death is truly a sad thing.]
[At that moment, you wanted to explore the true meaning of death.]
[You asked the elderly coffin carrier beside you, what is death?]
