At a wedding, it's common for the newlyweds to be busy entertaining relatives and friends, and only sit down to eat when they're starving after everyone else has finished.
But it's unheard of for the host of a funeral to personally join in laying the mats.
It was only now that Li Zhiyuan noticed something he and Brother Runsheng encountered while approaching here earlier; from a distance, Runsheng had called out, "Mr. Li, everyone has closed up, let's go home too!"
At that moment, Li Zhiyuan felt something was off but didn't think deeply about it. Only now did he realize.
Normally, if you see an elder of your own family drinking at the table, you'd approach and greet the others at the table before taking your elder home. Yelling from afar seemed disrespectful to the fellow tablemates.