Hao Fei's father asked me to call the crematorium. I answered the phone and he said he was sick, so I went there after get off work.
Hao Fei's father's eyes were dull and he seemed to have been sick for several days. I carried him to the hospital.
The results of the hospital examination surprised me. The patient was very ill and there was no hope of saving him. He only had a few days left.
I stayed in the hospital. Hao Fei's father knew that he didn't have much time left, so he wrote his will. He had no relatives left, so after his death, the house and everything in it would be mine.
I stayed with him for three days, and then Hao Fei's father passed away. He told me this at the last moment.
"Fei Fei's ashes have been placed in the urn, No. 11. She said it's close to you, so she put it in the place closest to you."
My tears came down.
"I'll take good care of her."
It was said that Hao Fei's ashes were buried, but they were not there.
I burned Hao Fei's father as if he were my own relative.
That day I buried Hao Fei's father in his ancestral tomb. This was the last ancestral tomb of the Hao family. Seven tombs showed that the Hao family was not prosperous. I really didn't know what would happen to this tomb after I died? Would it be leveled slowly? Or dug up by someone? Or there would be more situations.
I was in a bad mood that day. I drank a lot in the evening and went to the crematorium. I asked the old man to open the urn. I went in and found No. 11. The urn was facing my office. There was a window there. The curtain was drawn, but a corner was ajar. I broke out in a cold sweat. Hao Fei's father had good intentions for his daughter. I didn't know how sad he was after losing his daughter.
That day, I took Hao Fei's ashes home. I wanted to keep them for seven days before burying them in that empty grave. Sometimes I would go to Hao Fei's grave, but I didn't expect that it was an empty grave. From the day I entered the crematorium, I always felt someone was looking at me. Was it Hao Fei? I always thought that I was nervous. Every time I went to the crematorium, I would be nervous for a while.
When Gu Juan saw the urn, she was surprised.
"This thing..."
"Her name is Hao Fei."
I had never mentioned Hao Fei to Gu Juan before, but when I did this time, she actually cried.
"I'm sorry, I don't know."
On the seventh day, I took a rest and went up the mountain carrying Hao Fei's urn. Grass had grown on Hao Fei's grave. The grass in summer was crazy.
When I was about to dig up the grave, He Dana unexpectedly came.
"Don't dig."
"How did you find this place?"
"I went to your house. Gu Juan told me that I knew you were coming to Hao Fei's tomb."
“Why can’t we dig?”
"This is an empty tomb, or a cenotaph. Once it's built, it can't be moved. It's a fake tomb. Don't choose a place to bury it!"
"Why? This place has good feng shui."
"As far as tomb robbers are concerned, digging up an empty tomb would bring bad luck and death. The same applies to us. Don't move."
That day, He Dana took me to a place in Xishan, selected a place, and buried Hao Fei.
I don’t know if Hao Fei is satisfied.
Anyway, it's all over.
A few days later, I went to Hao Fei's house, changed the door lock, and stayed in the house. There was always a scent of Hao Fei's room, just like us when we were young. I liked her scent, the scent of grass, and the moon and stars in the sky.
That day, I got home in the middle of the night and Gu Juan was still awake.
"I want to discuss something with you. I want to go to Bone Village."
I was stunned.
"What?"
"There's a brother of mine in the freezing room in Bone Village. I think..."
"no."
I flatly refused. The fact that she was still alive was an accident. This was against the principles of the Yin, and there would be trouble in the future. He Dana said that he didn't know what kind of trouble there would be, but we couldn't do such things anymore.
Gu Juan looked at me without saying anything.
"It's not that I won't help you, it's against the Yin principles. You don't know what the Yin principles are. It's like, you've died and you've died in another world, or you've been reincarnated and there's another you in another world. That's not okay. It's against the Yin principles and it's going to cause problems."
"I don't understand. I'll listen to you. Can I go and take a look? I miss my little brother."
"Yin Village is one of the top ten ghost villages in China, so it's best not to go there. Nothing good will happen there."
"But… "
"Okay, don't mention this matter again, absolutely not."
I could see that Gu Juan was very disappointed, but I would not let anyone in the ice cave live anymore. That was a very scary thing. It was already hard enough for me to have a princess like this alive.
He Dana invited us to a dinner at Xilailou for his birthday. I went with Gujuan. Xiaozhe went to school. He Dana called Ji Yihe, Liu Shougui, and some other people to the table. There was a big table. Looking at these people, I felt a little dizzy. They were all weird people.
"It's my birthday today. Thank you for coming to support me and bringing me all the gifts."
No one is so shameless. I didn't want to prepare anything, but Gujuan said she would prepare it and I didn't have to worry about it.
Gu Juan took out a small box and placed it in front of He Dana. He picked it up and opened it, then stood there in a daze, talking for a long time.
"I can't have this, it's too expensive, save it for your wedding!"
I took a look at it. It was a piece of jade, mutton-fat jade, which should be worth more than 200,000 yuan. It was a plaything, and it should be something from the palace. It might not be a big deal for Gu Juan. I knew that this was something that belonged to her. When she was alive, she was wearing a lot of things on her body, but she put them away later, including the clothes, the princess's clothes.
He Dana was very happy that day. Dong Jun also gave him a gift and waived his meal expenses.
I could never understand He Dana. He had no method for doing things. When I wanted to learn the Great Qing Mantra, he scolded me and told me that I would naturally learn it after he died.
I took Gujuan home and she told me.
"When are we getting married?"
"Observe mourning for three years."
She didn't say anything, maybe she really needed a home.
When I was at work and someone was burned to death, my partner didn't go to the morgue when the last person died. He lit a cigarette and looked at me.
"I'll push it."
"Don't go yet. I've seen that corpse. It's not very interesting."
"What's going on?"
“Zombies.”
I looked at him and didn't say anything for a long time.
Zombies are not the ones we see on TV that walk by jumping. Real zombies are soft corpses. They are not stiff. The term zombie means that when burned, they do not melt and become harder as they are burned. After a person dies, the corpse is hard, but his is soft. This is the most terrifying thing.
Master Yunzheng told me about this. Regarding zombies, I didn't know how to burn them. Yunzheng mentioned that he thought I would never encounter one in this lifetime. I didn't expect that I would not encounter one.
"Looking for the director."
"Hurry up, the family members are waiting. If it takes too long, there will be trouble."
I went into the director's office and he was sitting there drinking tea.
"There's a zombie."
"What?"
The manager didn’t understand, so I explained.
"What a joke! People are made of flesh and blood. It's impossible that they won't burn. Turn up the fire and add more oil. I don't believe it."
"No, if he becomes stiff after being burned, he will really run away. No one dares to catch such a corpse. It is extremely evil."
"Is there any solution?"
"Tell the family that they can't burn the body today. We have to find a way. Or we can ask them to take the body away and bury it directly."
"That's not the case. After the cremation system, it's not allowed."
The director discussed this with the family members, but they found it difficult to understand such a thing and finally agreed, but only for two days.
I went to find He Dana.
"I won't burn you even if no one burns you. I won't burn you even if I quit."
"But… "
"But, but, you always say but, and the consequence of but is that I have to help you, how many times have you done that?"
I stopped talking. There was nothing I could do. I told the manager that I was on sick leave because I couldn't have a fever.
I don’t know how the manager finally handled the matter. On the third day of work, the manager asked me to get in the car, which also had two other workers and a shovel and a pickaxe.
"What is this for?"
"I don't know when I get there."
"Is it about zombies?"
"That has been dealt with. A report has been filed. Special cases are handled specially. We just buried it directly."
It would be best to bury it directly. I really don't know how the manager convinced the higher-ups. After the cremation system was introduced, the management is very strict. They won't dig up the bodies just because you bury them.
I was thinking about this, but I didn't expect that when I got here, I arrived at a mountain and found a new grave. I dug the grave, but there was no cremation.
"Director, you are taking this a bit too far. This is not our responsibility. It's the responsibility of other departments. We at the crematorium are only responsible for burning. You can't play around like this."
"This matter has been assigned to the crematorium. A few new employees will come in a few days to take care of this matter."
Oh my god, this matter has been assigned to the crematorium. Who would want to do it? Digging graves is definitely not a good thing.
I didn't do it, but two other workers did. Before they had dug two shovels, more than 30 family members rushed over. I ran away, I didn't care.
That day, the field manager and two other workers were beaten with blood all over their faces. I thought that was the lightest punishment, as they were lucky enough that they were not buried.
I went to the hospital to see the director and he glared at me.
"I said that's not okay. I'm a cremator, not a jack of all trades. I'm allowed to go, and I'm giving you face if I go. Don't be so rude to me. This is not the responsibility of our crematorium. You're so good that you took this job. Are you sick?"
The manager was stunned and his wife looked at me blankly.
"You, you..."
I turned around and left. It was a relief. But when the director is discharged from the hospital, I will bear the consequences. Anyway, I am like this. I have had enough. I will quit if you fire me.
The manager went to work. I finished my work at noon and was about to ride my bike out of the gate when the manager stopped me.
"Let's go to the countryside and eat pork."
The manager asked me to leave the car in the yard, and he drove the car in the yard to the countryside.
That was a relative's home who was not related to him in any way, but he was very welcoming.
Killing pigs, killing pigs at any time other than the New Year or any festival, I don’t know what the logic is.
After we finished eating and drinking, we also took a lot of pork. After getting in the car, I asked why they were slaughtering pigs at this time
"Offerings, today is the anniversary of the ancestor's death."
Oh my god, this mouth is too greedy, isn't it? This meat can also be eaten.
"You can't eat for free. In a few days, our ancestors will move their graves. More than a hundred graves will be moved. If you want to come, I will come too. It's best to persuade He Dana to come. There's money to be made. His family will not be short of money."
I glared at the manager and said, this is a condom. This idiot is using any condom.
Regarding the relocation of ancestral graves, that is a big deal. There are more than a hundred graves, which is really unexpected. It is a very troublesome thing. I don’t want to do it, but the director shook his head and I have to do it.
"Can you fire me? Or strangle me to death."
"Master Ke, we are friends and brothers. You know how I have treated you over the years. If I didn't treat you as a friend, I wouldn't let you help me."
My grandfather, he's playing with my feelings, I can't stand this, think about it, the manager is really good to me, who has drunk his tea? Me. Who has smoked his cigarettes, me, think about it, just help him!
I had to get things straight, so I went to talk to He Dana. I didn't want to ask him to go, or else I would get scolded again.
"To move the ancestral grave, we need to find a guide. You are that person. The souls and ghosts will follow you. You also accept this job? Are you short of money? Are you short of brains?"
"Don't tell me all the time, just teach me how to do it."
"You simply can't do it. Let me do it, and you'll see when the time comes. I'll teach you as much as I can. I'm afraid my days are numbered, too. If you don't learn more, you'll be dead soon by the time I die. You're always getting into trouble, big trouble at that. I think you're such a sinister person, it's really strange."
"I don't want this either. I also want to live a peaceful life."
He Dana sighed. (To be continued)