:23:02
that since the Ghost Festival
was coming, they would buy a duck.
:23:07
This duck could be used
as an altar offering.
:23:10
Maybe this would help her appetite.
:23:12
And so...
:23:14
my father took me to the market
to buy a duck.
:23:18
We ate it on the evening
of the Festival.
:23:21
The next day,
my mother had a serious relapse.
:23:25
Through the night
of the 1 6th...
:23:30
until almost the break of dawn
on the 1 7th--
:23:34
that was when my mother died.