Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle-Chapter 1079 - 526: The Desired Funeral

The originally planned tea party went off track on the road to planning Luo Jun's funeral.

Everyone showed great interest in Luo Jun's funeral plans. For the spirits who failed their tribulation, death is nothing unusual; they have either died many times or are about to die soon. But planning a funeral is truly unprecedented.

In Chen Huihong's words, when they were undergoing tribulations back then, they didn't have such conditions; when they died, they died, and if they remembered later, they would inquire in their next life about their previous burial place. If they didn't remember or had forgotten, it didn't matter.

Among so many spirits, the only one who had visited their own former grave was Qu Jing—and she went there on a mission.

At that time, Luo Jun had just announced that he wanted to die and needed a custom tombstone. Qu Jing and Chen Huihong were responsible for running errands to get it made. Chen Huihong liked to be hands-off, found an excuse, and passed the task to her beloved brother Chen Yingjun, while she didn't bother with it. Qu Jing, on the other hand, was diligent, although she lacked experience in that area.

Qu Jing was indeed cornered with no other options, so she went to circle her former life's grave, carefully studied her tombstone and its design, and even offered flowers to her grave—all to set an example for Luo Jun.

Of course, in the end, Luo Jun didn't favor the style of Qu Jing's tombstone, ultimately choosing to have a foreign manufacturer make it instead. However, it wasn't without gain; after visiting her own grave, Qu Jing profoundly understood why Luo Jun cared so much about his funeral planning. Due to this, she put her heart into organizing Luo Jun's funeral, contacting and selecting the mortuary and other arrangements before Chen Huihong made her final selection.

As Qu Jing put it, only by sweeping one's own grave does one realize how important a funeral and the subsequent management and maintenance of the cemetery can be.

Even though the tombstones look similar, without any discernable differences in style, and others won't care about the inscriptions on them nor take a close look. Maintenance of the grave, whether it's clean, worn, or has periodically replaced fresh fruit, whether someone regularly visits, whether there are bouquets at the grave, what the packaging style is, what color, type, and how many stems the flowers have... theoretically nobody pays attention to these fine details, and they aren't that important.

But the person involved will care.

Truly care, scrutinizing every detail.

The first time Qu Jing swept her own grave, she discovered that her favorite snacks from her previous life were placed in front of it; the tombstone was clean, maintained properly over decades of weather, and currently had her favorite peach tree planted there, making it lush after thirty years.

At that moment, Qu Jing profoundly empathized with Luo Jun.

She deeply believed a funeral was a major event in a spirit's life, with the subsequent maintenance of the cemetery being of utmost importance, requiring careful selection to avoid regrets.

Therefore, during this time of preparing Luo Jun's funeral, Qu Jing was the most attentive. Initially, Chen Huihong didn't care much about this matter, but Qu Jing's dedication prompted Chen Huihong to get involved, resulting in her coming to Luo Jun's house this afternoon to show him the funeral planning video.

How did Qin Huai come to know about this?

This was heard directly from Qu Jing, who came to Luo Jun's house after work.

Originally, Qin Huai planned for today's tea party to involve him and Zhao Cheng'an arriving early at Luo Jun's house to casually prepare some snacks. Once everyone was there, they would heat the dishes Zhang Shumei made, eat and chat, while Qin Huai detailed the things he saw in An Youyou's memory that morning, allowing everyone to discuss and analyze deeply, hoping to conclude the tea party at 8 PM and head home with satisfaction.

This was the original plan.

Plans often change.

Today, the changes were significant.

No one was interested in An Youyou's memories, not even Qin Huai. He spoke casually, everyone listened half-heartedly, no snacks were made, the dishes were haphazardly heated, and few people even sat at the dining table to eat.

Even Gong Liang, who was eating dinner outside with his wife and children, rushed back immediately upon hearing the tea party topic was so interesting, fearing he might miss out.

Everyone held their bowls and gathered around the coffee table, critiquing and commenting on Luo Jun's funeral planning video, analyzing and discussing in depth, with Zhao Cheng being the most active in the discussion. The only one seriously eating at the dining table was Shi Dadan.

In Shi Dadan's words, the funeral planning was indeed captivating; he also wanted to end his last lifetime with a remarkable funeral, but his wife certainly wouldn't agree.

Dang Kang is very family-oriented.

Shi Dadan felt that since a grand funeral was destined to be impossible, it was better not to care too much, rather than watching everyone have a splendid funeral while he didn't, which would cause discomfort. Eating seriously was the priority.

Gong Liang, like Shi Dadan, also had concerns in this area. Gong Liang returned at 7 PM, even though a spectacular funeral was destined to be out of reach. However, Gong Liang was more inclined to join in the fun than Shi Dadan, and having gone through many unique and bizarre experiences across the country over the years, he had attended many funerals in various styles.

In the midst of everyone's discussion, Gong Liang made many constructive suggestions, ranging from venue layout to vigil activities, whether to have song and dance performances, what to focus on if they do, if requesting a troupe, whether a stage could be set up at the mortuary, and if not, whether the location should be changed.