It's precisely because these coffins deteriorate so quickly that the custom of exhumation after three years came to be. During those three years, the bereaved families hustle to save enough money to afford a better coffin, waiting for the three-year period to end to transfer the deceased to a new "home." However, as the saying goes: "Three years of rain doesn't guarantee sunshine, nor does three years of sunshine guarantee rain." Sometimes, three years is too short a period to change one's fortune, and some families, despite saving, cannot afford a new coffin. So, when it's time for the exhumation, they resign to collecting the bones into a ceramic jar, settling their hearts while fulfilling familial piety.Yet, if by some misfortune the flesh has not fully decomposed at the time of exhumation, a new profession emerges: skinning and deboning the dead. It's uncertain how the living might feel about this, but if the dead could speak, perhaps they would say: why not let everything be, so

Perry had no choice but to pretend to walk towards Orville's workshop at the side, as it was already dark and the room was void of any candles or torches, pitch black. He gently pushed the door open, only to startle and freeze for a moment as a figure suddenly appeared behind the door, but in the blink of an eye, the figure disappeared.After waiting a moment for his eyes to adjust to the darkness, he saw more clearly. The room was filled with various items and several half-finished lanterns. Although it was cluttered, there were no hiding spots.The figure from before couldn't have hidden without causing a disturbance. This meant that the story Orville told might have some truth to it, and even better, it gave him a clear reason to talk.Perry returned to the old lady, pretending to be panicked: "Ma'am, you said you were here alone, are you sure?"The old lady also appeared surprised: "Of course, it's just me and my grandson here, there's no one else..." She paused mid-sentence, her