When we went to work again, Ren Qiang followed other masters, and I did my makeup by myself. Actually, I like quiet makeup. On this day, I was alone, so I used some techniques written in Old Liu's diary. The effect surprised me. Old Liu is really a master. This kind of person not only killed his wife with makeup, but also caused trouble for himself. How could it be okay
That day, a relative of the deceased actually found me, handed me a black bag, and thanked me.
The director found out about this. When I was putting on makeup at work, he came in and after seeing half of my makeup, he was stunned.
"Xiaozhe, who did you learn this from? We don't have this kind of technology in our place."
“I taught myself.”
I don't want to say there is an Old Liu.
"Oh, young and promising, young and promising, you have to pass on this technique."
"no."
The director glared at me and said.
"A stubborn person who cries for his mother's death."
"Your mother just died?"
The manager heard it and ignored me. Damn it, I’m going to put dead makeup on you tomorrow.
My master once told me that you can put dead person makeup on a living person and do it on a photo, and that person will also have bad luck. Originally in this field, a makeup artist was cheated by another person, so he used this trick. However, putting dead person makeup on a photo is not the same as putting it on a corpse, it is very troublesome, and this is also a skill that you have to practice yourself.
This is a deceptive thing. The master just said that he would not let us learn or practice. Of course, I would not learn such a thing, and I cannot accept such a thing.
After hearing what the director said and my reply, I realized that my mother holds a very important position in my heart, even though I currently reject her.
Old Liu's skills have really reached a peak, which is beyond my expectation.
The reason I went to Old Liu again was not for Liu Yang. I was afraid to talk about love again. I just wanted to listen to Old Liu tell those stories.
The actress Xiao Taohong in the mirror, and the person I saw, Old Liu said was not a human.
I went there again that day and mentioned that person, Old Liu said.
"You only accompany me temporarily. Even if you and Liu Yang get married in the future, you won't come to see me every day. But this thing is different. When there are people accompanying me, it goes out to play by itself. When there are no people accompanying me, it comes to accompany me. It is much better than people. I met it in the second year after I came to the tower."
I don't know who Old Liu is talking about.
"Can I see him?"
Old Liu shook his head.
"It's shy."
I can't figure it out, I can't understand it, but no matter what, I have to see it.
That day, Old Liu told the story of the opera actress Xiao Taohong again.
I analyzed that if Xiao Taohong was in the mirror, then Xiao Taohong was dead.
"I was unwilling to give up. I went to the theater many times. Finally, I met Xiao Taohong. She was as beautiful as peach blossoms. When she saw me, she frowned. It was obvious that my appearance surprised her. I also didn't expect that I could see a living person. The one in the mirror was a ghost, so Xiao Taohong should be dead, but she was actually alive. What on earth was going on? I couldn't figure it out for a while."
Old Liu looked outside and heard footsteps, and then Liu Yang came in.
"Dad, tomorrow is your birthday, come home and celebrate."
"Got it, no need to bother."
Liu Yang smiled at me and left.
"I go back home every year on my birthday, and of course I rush back because I'm afraid my wife will be lonely here alone."
"She's dead."
"When a person dies, only his body dies. Don't you know that there are many other worlds? When a person dies, he goes to another world. He will still be connected to this world because he has thoughts. Only when the thoughts are gone will he be disconnected from this world."
Old Liu said so, and I believe it. Mao Xiaoli always told me that when people die, they go to another world, but they don’t know whether it is a happy world or a painful world. Anyway, people are unwilling to leave this world because they don’t know what the other world is.
"That day when I got home, Xiao Taohong appeared in the mirror again. I put on my own makeup, but she actually came close to me and asked me to put on her makeup, a dead-eye makeup, and said that I did a good job."
I was stunned. I actually agreed at that moment, and I felt that she in the mirror was real. I could touch her face and even her breathing in the mirror. This made me nervous. I couldn't understand why this happened. I didn't know how many problems would arise in self-makeup. I put on makeup that day and it looked very beautiful. I had never put on such beautiful makeup before.
The strangest thing was that the next day, my made-up face appeared on the theater’s poster. It was as beautiful as a peach blossom. Suddenly, Xiao Taohong became famous throughout the province because of this makeup.
When I saw Xiao Taohong again, she always gave me face and talked to me for a few words. At that time, I discovered a problem. I seemed to have fallen in love with Xiao Taohong. I knew that was impossible, not to mention that I was still pretending to be my wife, but I always felt a temptation in it.
I put on makeup in front of the mirror almost every day. I couldn't control myself, just like taking drugs and I couldn't get rid of it. I told myself every time not to do this and not to go down this path again. That day I smashed the mirror. I was very angry about my behavior. Later I realized that it was temptation, not my fault.
The mirror was smashed, and the next day I heard the news that Xiao Taohong had committed suicide. I was shocked. Could it be that Xiao Taohong died because I smashed the mirror
After saying this, Old Liu told me that I should go back.
I went back. As for Xiao Taohong, as for that thing, it was a puzzle to me. Old Liu was confusing me. I felt happy just thinking about it.
The next day off, I didn't go to Lao Liu's place, but went to Mao Xiaoli's place. She called me and asked me to come over.
This time, Mao Xiaoli dressed herself up to look like before.
"Hello, Miss Mao."
"What have I been doing in Chixian lately?"
"Oh, it's okay now. I know an old man. I went to chat with him and learned a lot from him."
"Ugly ghost Liu Shougui."
It was only then that I learned that Old Liu’s real name was Liu Shougui, and he was also called Chougui.
"right."
"That person is not a simple person, but he is also a person with a lot of things to do. He used to be a refiner here. Later, something happened, so he went to Chi County. After working in Chi County's dressing room for three years, something happened again, so he went to guard the tower. He has been guarding for his whole life. But this guy is quite interesting. He married a beautiful wife. This is his fate."
"I know all that."
"It seems like you and the ugly ghost have a good relationship?"
"fine."
I didn't like Mao Xiaoli calling someone like that, but I didn't say anything.
"I came here today because I wanted to see you. I still have one last piece of skin left to cut, but I've never had the chance. If I had such an opportunity, I wouldn't let it go. I've been messing with this thing all my life."
"What will happen if you get thirteen pictures?"
"Don't worry about that."
"Just cut one more, but only twelve."
"This is my business."
Mao Xiaoli didn't seem very happy.
"What do you want from me?"
"There is one thing. Your makeup skills have improved suddenly. I have also seen it. The director also told me that there are some problems with your makeup."
Is there something wrong with my makeup? I was stunned.
Mao Xiaoli used to be a makeup artist. As she graduated from an art academy, she was very professional. However, although her makeup was good, it lacked vitality. In other words, she did not put her heart into it. But Liu Shougui was different.
"Your makeup is so scary."
I was stunned, then smiled and said.
"When you put makeup on a dead person, of course it's ghost makeup."
"That's different. Let me tell you, Liu Shougui's wife's body has never been cremated. It is just placed in a room in his home. The urn on the 22nd floor is just an empty box."
I shuddered.
"How do you know that?"
"Of course I know. Mao Xiaoli seems to know everything."
"So what?"
"He puts makeup on his wife every week. That kind of makeup is hard to put on. It's ghost makeup. He puts it on again and again. I think he likes you. Maybe there will never be someone like you to accompany him to drink and chat in his life. He treats you as a confidant. My makeup is probably taken from his three diaries, the makeup diaries."
"You're right, but I don't think so."
"What will happen then?"
"You'll get into trouble later. It's better not to use this method."
I don't believe it at all, but I don't think there is any problem.
The next day, I still used Liu Shougui's makeup method when I was working, which really made me feel satisfied, and my family members were also very satisfied. I received black bags from time to time.
In the afternoon, I went to Liu Shougui's home with gifts. He told me where he lived.
That place was not the earliest one, but a large courtyard, backed by mountains and water, which was quite nice.
I stood in front of the wooden gate and called Liu Shougui, and Liu Yang ran out and opened the door for me.
"I'm here to celebrate Uncle Liu's birthday."
"Thank you."
I went in and saw Liu Shougui sitting there talking.
"I knew you would come, but it's not right to come and bring gifts."
“It would be wrong not to take it.”
Liu Shougui was very happy. He drank a little too much that day. Liu Yang was resting, and Liu Shougui was a little excited. It was almost eleven o'clock.
"I'll stay here today."
I didn't want to live here. He said it was too late and dangerous to drive until midnight. He actually had an old wall clock in his house that kept making "bang bang bang" sounds. It was very old.
"My wife likes it. This clock is hundreds of years old. It's an old clock."
Liu Shougui stood up, looked at me and said.
"I'm happy today. I'll show you my wife."
I almost fell to the ground. Liu Shougui smiled strangely, and I thought he was drunk.
"I think forget it, let's talk about it tomorrow."
"You don't give me face, do you?"
Liu Shougui was really drunk, and what Mao Xiaoli said was also true, his wife was not cremated.
He took me into the backyard, where there was a row of four houses. He opened the door of the one on his left with the key, and then went in, to the stuff room. He took out the key again and opened a door. Cold air rushed out, and I shivered. It turned out to be a cold storage.
"I made it myself. How's it going? The whole room is a cold storage."
Liu Shougui turned on the light and saw a person lying on the bed in the middle with the gauze curtains drawn. I was extremely nervous. This Liu Shougui was too evil. His wife had been dead for many years, but he always thought she could come back to life and just left her like that.
When Liu Shougui was about to pull the gauze curtain, a gust of wind suddenly blew. Liu Shougui took a step back and sobered up a lot. He immediately spoke.
"go out."
I hurried out, and Liu Shougui followed me out, locked the door and said.
"You go home immediately."
I was totally devastated and had no idea what was going on.
When I came out, Liu Shougui chased me away and pushed me out of the door. I got into the car, lit a cigarette, and wondered what happened to sober Liu Shougui up.
I don’t know. On the way back, I just felt something was wrong, as if things were not going well.
Unexpectedly, when I drove home, it was already daybreak. I looked at the odometer and saw that I had driven 200 kilometers. This was impossible. It was only 50 kilometers from the city to Chixian. How could I have driven so much? I looked at the fuel gauge and it had dropped a large bar. It seemed that this was true. This was a detour. You really had no idea. How could I have encountered this? What on earth had happened? (To be continued)