The Li family was incredibly busy due to Zhifang's funeral; the Li brothers had wide connections, and many of their colleagues and classmates came to offer condolences.
Many people came to mourn upon hearing of Zhifang's death.
In the Li family courtyard, large stoves were set up and small stoves were placed against the wall base, with continuous hot water on the stoves, and the fires in the large stoves never went out.
It was terribly cold, and if there were no fires, people would have frozen in the courtyard.
Liu Qi saw the situation and bought a lot of tea and brown sugar, making brown sugar water on the stove to warm everyone up with a bowl of hot drink.
Liu Ming also helped out running back and forth.
There were people coming and going from within and outside the village, relatives of the Li brothers, their friends from outside, as well as their children's classmates.
