The people in the village were mostly kind-hearted and sincere, and although Lao Mo's House had a terrible reputation and Old Man Mo was not well received, the dead are accorded great respect. Seeing that Mo Yongfu couldn't even afford to buy a coffin or funeral clothes for Old Man Mo, planning to wrap the body in a worn straw mat and bury it in the back mountain, they couldn't help but feel a little compassion.
Mo Yonglu, who hurriedly returned upon hearing the news to attend Old Man Mo's funeral, was living in even worse conditions than before, and the money for the funeral clothes was borrowed from someone he knew well. The villagers couldn't stand by and watch, contributing ten wen here, twenty there, they pooled together some silver. Although it wasn't much, it was enough to buy Old Man Mo a plain coffin, so he wouldn't be desecrated in death.