"What do you kids know?" Madam Chai put the teacup down. "The ancestral tombs have a set of rules that were passed down by each family's ancestors. How can we break it just like that? Even if you were to agree with that, would your ancestors think the same way? If you broke the rule and ruined the tombs' feng shui, let's see if you would still agree to it."
"No, we can't mess with the rules that our ancestors had set," Mr Zhou said hurriedly. "I won't agree to that either!"
"Dad!" Zhou Xiaoguang growled. "That's my sister and your daughtershe was a member of our family. Why can't we bury her in our ancestral tomb? It's not fair for her! She trusted us the most when she was alive. We're her family!"
Tears welled in Zhou Xiaoxia's eyes. "Dad, have you ever thought about how disappointed Xiaocheng would be if she heard what you said? Xiaocheng has always been dependent on us. Isn't it right to bury her in our family's ancestral tomb? If you say that Xiaocheng is a daughter and can't be buried in our ancestral grave, then why can't we bury her in the empty lot beside the tomb? If the dead have a soul, then it's a good thing for our ancestors to accompany her in the underworld too! Then, when Xiaoguang and I have our own families, we won't forget our sister either. Perhaps Xiao Chen and I can even have one child in Xiaocheng's name. Won't that be enough?"
Jiang Yao felt that the conversation was ridiculous. She wanted to refute everything they said and tell them that death was like a lamp that had been switched off. However, she was rendered speechless when she was reminded of her rebirth.
She sighed. If someone were destined to go through reincarnation, she wished that Zhou Xiaocheng would have that chance.
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