This incident happened too suddenly. He Dana also said that he had no relatives, and Han Yang never mentioned him. How come Han Xue, his daughter, suddenly appeared? It was so strange. Was he mistaken? Did she also have a father named Han Yang
I was just thinking about it when Mao Gang came in with Han Xue.
"Master Ke, what's wrong with you?"
"What's wrong?"
"Why did you kick her out?"
"Oh, I'm afraid this corpse is frightening. Okay, it's okay."
Han Xue didn't understand.
I put the body into the furnace and told Han Xue.
"You go push the deceased No. 8. Remember, pull it out of the freezer, hang it on the body, push it into place, don't misplace it, and don't let the deceased fall. Be careful. Also, don't open the shroud there. When you enter the aisle, don't pull back, keep going forward. Even if something gets stuck, you have to move forward, and you can't look back. These are the rules."
"I was a little scared. I heard from Director Mao that I had to watch the fire for half a month and he didn't let me do any work."
"I am the master."
"oh."
Han Xue went to push the corpse, and I sat there smoking. I was going to give such an unfilial girl a good beating. She would disappear in less than two days, and I would never have such an opportunity again.
Han Xue pushed me back, her face covered in sweat, and I was scared. I thought to myself, she deserves it, but it also hurt to see her like that. This girl must be holding a grudge.
I don’t know how many days Han Xue can work there. The contract hasn’t been signed yet. We can only do it when she decides to do it.
At the end of the day, I went into the director's office.
"Han Yang's daughter, Han Xue?"
Mao Gang was stunned and looked at me.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Lao Han doesn't have any relatives."
"Han Xue's father is called Han Yang."
Mao Gang was stunned and thought for a long time before speaking.
"It was just a coincidence."
I think if this is the best, I don't want to find an unfilial person to be my apprentice. He is not filial to his own parents and is not good to anyone. He is almost like an emotionless beast.
When I got home, He Dana was actually standing at my door, sitting in a wheelchair looking at me, with a swelling on his face. I wanted to smile, but I didn't.
"Let's go to Han Yang's house."
He Dana didn't mention that I beat him up. I guess he kept it in his heart. People of this age are generous and all the truth is in their heart. When they get a chance, they will strike back ruthlessly. Unlike young people, they only show off on the surface. In this way, you don't have many opportunities and won't be ruthless.
“No time.”
I turned and went into the house. He Dana didn't knock on the door. I looked through the window and saw that he left after a while.
In fact, he could have gone by himself, so what was the point of following him
I went to Monk Xinkong after dark. I was worried that this was a trap. Whether he was making a deal with Yunbai or something else, it was something that worried me.
I entered the cave and saw Xinkong sitting there reading a book. He was always reading.
"Xiao Zuo is here."
Xinkong made me some tea and said, "It's quite nice to live in this cave. It's warm in winter and cool in summer."
"Have you thought it through?"
"I want to ask where Yun Bai went missing?"
"I really don't know about this. We only meet when we have a deal."
I didn't say anything else. Maybe learning something is a good thing.
"If you agree, you come every Wednesday night and leave at midnight. That's it. Five days have passed. There are still ten days left. I can teach you almost everything in ten days. The rest is up to you to figure out on your own. Understanding is very important in Yin studies. What I teach you is just some methods of understanding. I also have three books that I wrote myself. You can take them when the time comes."
This was settled. When I returned home, He Dana was actually sitting in my house, playing his dirty tricks again. This guy didn't need a key to get into anyone's house. His legs were shaking back and forth. They were borrowed legs, and this time they were a bit long.
"You're here again? To seek revenge?"
"I don't have time. Come with me to Han Yang's house."
"You can go by yourself."
"You come with me."
I thought about it, agreed, changed my clothes, and followed He Dana away.
I had a hard time following because I was walking too fast.
When we arrived at Han Yang's house, we started looking for the key.
"Actually, there's no need to go through so much trouble. Just pry it open, or go in. Don't you know Yin Xue?"
“Why do you think Han Yang is just an ordinary person? I didn’t go in and got stuck there. Isn’t that courting death.”
"You're afraid of something, too?"
He Dana ignored me and started looking for the keys. Actually, it was very difficult to find them because there were only a few keys and you wouldn’t be able to find them no matter where they were hidden.
I have never seen Han Yang take any keys. His office door is never locked, and the door of his home is never locked either.
I sat there motionless. I didn't want to look for it at all, and I couldn't find it.
He Dana was tired of searching, so he leaned aside to light a cigarette. He was reluctant to destroy the door, probably because he had his own ideas.
We didn't expect that while we were busy, we heard some noise outside.
I glanced at He Dana. He was very agile and hid behind the door in no time. I had nowhere to hide, so I jumped onto the kang and covered myself with a quilt.
The door opened, and a person stood at the door for a while, then slowly walked in. I saw that it was Han Xue. She was actually Han Yang's daughter, otherwise she would not have come here.
"I know it's you."
The oil lamp in the room was on, so there must be someone there. When she said that, I got out of bed. He Dana also came out and looked at Han Xue in a daze.
"I am Han Yang's daughter."
I felt a little uncomfortable when I heard this. How can a daughter be like this
"Han Yang has a daughter?"
"Of course, I'm the only daughter, my mother died early, and I've been taking care of him."
Take care of? It's strange that no one came to see him off after he died.
"Master Ke, I know you blame me. I didn't go to see my father off when he died. He didn't let me do that, saying it would be unlucky for me. If I did, he wouldn't be able to ascend to heaven."
Whether this is true or not, only Han Yang knows.
"Come with me!"
Han Xue pushed the wall open, walked in and took out the key.
"I know you will find this place, but you can only enter one room. You can't enter the other three because I haven't been in there either. Before my father died, he told me that only one person can enter, but I don't know who that person is yet. So don't come here in the future. If you come again, I can't take care of anything that happens. This place is not for the third time, but for the fourth time. Master Ke, Master He, I think you can understand what the third time and the fourth time are."
I know. He Dana once told me that in some places, if you enter three or four, you will die if you enter four. This is a kind of Yin technique in Yin studies. Some people died because of this. It was quite strange.
"My father always mentioned Master He and Master Ke."
The door opened, and this was Han Yang's study. Books were everywhere, probably tens of thousands of volumes, with all kinds of books.
"My father likes to read. I don't know how much he has read. This is his study and the place where he drinks tea. He likes to stay here."
The coffee table, tea table, bookcase, desk and chairs are all made of a thousand-year-old ship wood. They are very beautiful, which I did not expect.
We just stayed for a while and then came out because we couldn't come back a fourth time. Han Xue said that only one person could enter the other three rooms, but Han Yang didn't say who it was.
That day, He Dana invited us to dinner and learned that Han Xue went to the crematorium. It turned out that Han Yang asked her to go there. After his death, the crematorium was held for the 49th day.
Han Xue graduated from a teachers' college and was originally assigned to a school to be a teacher. However, instead of that, he ended up at the crematorium. No one understood what Han Yang was thinking. He probably had some explanation or statement.
He Dana ran very fast that day and had to return the borrowed legs, so he had to run. Han Xue and I were wandering on the street.
"Where do you live now?"
"It's in a yard on the west side of the river. How about going over and taking a look?"
I hesitated for a moment and then followed them. There was a residential area on the west side of the river, backing up the mountain, and a courtyard made entirely of blue bricks.
"It's the house with blue bricks. My father and mother used to live here. Later, my mother died, and my father moved over there. After I turned 18, I came back to live here."
When you go in, you will find that the yard is very large and there are many beautiful views designed.
“These were designed by my mother and father. My mother is a painter.”
I was stunned. I didn't expect this to happen.
"What did Master Han do?"
"He was working as a refiner in a crematorium when I was born. He was also a painter, but he never mentioned it."
When you enter the house, you will see that everything is very exquisite. There are two paintings hanging in the living room, two paintings of mountains and rocks.
“This side was painted by my mother, and that side was painted by my father.”
It was indeed good. When I saw the signature, I was stunned. Zuo Feng and You Ping, the couple painters back then, disappeared in an instant. It turned out to be Han Yang and You Ping. I was dumbfounded. I had been with Master Han Yang for so long, but I didn't know anything about him.
Han Xue brought me a bottle of drink. In that era, such drinks were rarely seen.
"Oh, my father bought this for me. He knows some friends abroad."
I didn't say anything else.
When I got home that day, I went to my father's house and played with Xiaozhe for more than an hour. Then I went back to my own home, read a book, and daydreamed.
That night, I dreamed of Yi Qiuju again, and the dream was intermittent.
The next day was Wednesday. I went to Xinkong in the evening. He taught me some Yin studies. There was no nonsense. I was stunned as I heard all of them. They were all completely unknown to me.
In the Yin Studies, the interaction of Yin and Yang creates another world. The marriage of Yin and Yang will take you to another world of Yin and Yang. The combination of Yin and Yin creates an extremely Yin world. The combination of Yang and Yang means staying in this world. Although it is the same world, because of the combination of Yang and Yang, it feels like a higher world. Although we are in the same world, in fact, we are not feeling the same world. I feel a little confused.
I went home in the middle of the night, drank some wine, and then wanted to lie down and sleep. I had no dreams, but I still had a dream, which was the dream about Master Yi Qiuju.
We held hands and ran on the grass, which reminded me of Hao Fei.
The smell of grass is my favorite in my life. When I smell it, I feel good and I can’t get rid of it.
That day, we lay on the grass.
When I woke up from the dream, the smell of grass was still there. I shuddered and shook my head, and there was still the smell of grass.
I jumped up, washed my face, rinsed my head, and then it was still there. Damn it, that's really weird.
I lit a cigarette and tried to find the scent of grass, but I couldn't find it. It turned out that Hao Fei and I squeezed juice out of the grass and put it in small bottles. We would open them when we wanted to smell it. She also liked the smell of grass, especially in winter. We would put a lot of juice in bottles before winter came.
That day, I pulled out the box from under the bed. It was full of amber necklaces made by Hao Fei. I picked up one to look at it. It was very delicate and I liked it. There was a lily on it. I put it on my neck and pushed the box back.
At work, sitting in the office, the cold snow came running again, rushed in with a "bang", and scared me again.
"I'm sorry, Master, I'm late again."
Then he poured me some water with a grin on his face.
"Hey, Master, your necklace is nice."
Han Xue reached out to touch the necklace.
"What?"
"It's just a necklace, isn't it? What's the big deal?"
She was really angry.
Han Xue changed her clothes, came in and sat down.
"When you work later, be careful. Don't forget everything I told you. There are two doors in the morgue. You can only enter from this side and exit from that side. Don't go backwards."
"I see."
The good thing about this girl is that she never asks why. Maybe Master Han Yang told her something.
There is a lot of work to do today. There are twelve dead bodies and four furnaces are all open. They will not be burned until after one o'clock. If there is a thirteenth dead body, it will be troublesome again. Thirteen is an unlucky number, it is a ghost number. You can't not burn anyone, you have to burn them. If the thirteenth dead body is to be burned, the furnace must be cleaned, and it must be burned in the first furnace. There is a door at the back of the first furnace, and you have to enter through that door. You also have to cover the dead body with a black shroud. Anyway, there are many things to do, but such things are rarely encountered, at least I haven't encountered them so far.
At noon, Mao Gang came in.
"Master Ke, I'll treat you to lunch at noon."
Mao left as soon as he finished speaking.
We didn't finish until 1:30 in the afternoon. We took a shower, changed clothes, and rested for a while before it was already 2 o'clock.
We went to the Dalai Restaurant and entered the private room, Mao Gang said.
"Master Ke, please take good care of Han Xue. This is Master Han's treasure. We can't neglect it."
"Then you can get her to the office. What kind of person is a girl like me being a refiner?"
"Is this what Master Han Yang meant?"
Ask Han Xue this question.
"yes."
The meal was good that day, but Mao left just after he finished half of it, Han Xue said.
"Master, please let me see your necklace."
I had no choice but to take it off. She looked at it for a long time and then put it around her neck.
"Master, do you think it looks good? This is for girls."
I was stunned and looked at it for a long time. It was indeed, but, but...
I don't know how to say it. All I can say is that that was what the girl I liked did to me when I was a child. I can't give it to you and I can't tell you.
"Then I'll give it to you."
"Thank you, Master."
There are rules in the crematorium. The master will give the apprentice a gift when we meet. When Master Yunzheng met me, he gave me a watch. I still wear it now. It belonged to a dead person, although I know it.
That day, after eating, Hanxue and I went shopping. This city is an ancient one, and sometimes you get the illusion that you've arrived in ancient times.
There is a street, an ancient street, with all the ancient buildings from the Qing Dynasty. People here wear Manchu clothes, and businessmen are required to do so. Hanxue and I were walking here. I liked this street, and Hanxue said she liked it too.
The cold snow jumped around, looking here and there. (To be continued)