Li Xiaohuan didn't let us go out that day, she went out to buy groceries.
When drinking, Zhang Liwen, who was in his twenties, spoke very carefully. I could see that he was not completely relaxed.
What we learned more about that day was the refining furnace, which was indeed at the world's advanced level.
We had a very relaxed chat. The strangest thing was that when he left, he hugged me very tightly and for a very long time. And when he let go, I saw tears in his eyes.
"This Zhang Liwen is weird."
After Zhang Liwen left, Liu Yang said.
"There's no one who doesn't act strange when working in a crematorium. You and Xiao Huan should go back. Don't stay in the crematorium. It's full of evil spirits."
After they left, I sat in the yard smoking and thinking about Zhang Liwen. I felt that it was a bit redundant for him to ask me this question. Any master at the crematorium could explain it. I felt that there was something going on, but I couldn't tell what it was.
After this incident, I devoted myself to studying paper-making. It was really something that fascinated me, and I would work until late at night every day.
I want to reach the point where people can leave but houses are difficult to live in, which will probably take several years. I didn't expect that I would like this thing, and once I get used to it, I can't get rid of it.
When Ji Yihe came, I was stabbing someone.
He came in, looked around and said.
"That's great. In a few years, I'll be able to catch up with He Ping."
He also knew He Ping.
Ji Yihe came here suddenly, something must have happened.
"I came here today for something. I have a batch of things to leave with you."
"What?"
"Urns and small coffins, more than fifty pieces."
"Why?"
I know that Ji Yihe can be put there.
"Put this here for now. I'll explain it to you later. It won't cause me any trouble."
I nodded in agreement. There was no way I could not agree because Ji Yihe and my father were like brothers and he helped me a lot.
That day, he brought the urn and the small coffin and put them in the room. It was a six-story house with many rooms, so I let him choose a room himself, put the urn in it, and then he left.
I didn't care about this, but I also thought about it. The more than 50 items he brought were all the best and exquisite. I could see that these were his favorites. He would never give these things away, nor would he use them, because they were works of art, and it was a pleasure to look at them.
Liu Shougui called me to tell me about Ji Yihe's death. I was not surprised because he was so old after all. But what was strange was that he died within a week after he left these things with me. Did he have a premonition? What did it mean to leave these things with me
When I went there, many people came to Ji Yihe's house, all of them were his friends. Ji Yihe's life was a strange one. He had a wife, but no children. After his wife died, he lived alone. In the end, the only people who saw him off were his friends.
Liu Shougui pulled me aside and asked me in a low voice.
"Has Ji Yihe been to your place?"
I nodded, and he seemed to understand something. Ji Yihe placed a letter on the table. It was for me, and it was very simple.
"I'll give you those things. The rest of the things here, including the house, will be sold. My urn is in a room on the second floor. Don't bury it yet. Keep it for three years."
It was very calm to see Ji Yihe facing death.
I will wear mourning clothes while setting up the mourning tent.
After breaking the basin, I entered the crematorium for the first time as a family member of the deceased, and Bu Lele was still the director.
She saw me and came over.
"It's Ke Mingzhe."
She still called my name, as always, and I responded.
"It's Bu Lele."
"I'll waive all fees for you."
"Need not."
That day, I carried the urn into the columbarium storage building. Everyone who saw the urn was very surprised. The urn, which was half a meter high and one meter long, was made entirely of hollow carvings and was extremely beautiful.
After I finished storing the things and was about to leave the crematorium, Bu Lele called me and Li Xiaohuan followed behind.
"I transferred your apprentice to be the director. Can you thank me? Because you haven't taken good care of your apprentice over the years."
"Bu Lele, you are still the same. You are lucky not to die here."
"Yes, you lived a good life. I heard that you were very good at tying. I would come here from time to time to see your works. Your things were so beautiful. It's a pity that they were burned. What a pity! You will never leave anything behind. Your life will be empty."
Bu Lele is really mean. For a tattoo master, this is the case. However, He Ping got over it, but I haven't. For tattooed things, they will be burned within three days. No matter how beautiful or perfect you tattoo it, it will only exist for three days. I have never gotten over this hurdle.
"Yes, in fact, in the end, there are no people. It seems that there are people. You won't go to the underworld and be the director of the crematorium, right?"
"you… "
Li Xiaohuan was covering his mouth and laughing behind me, so I turned and left.
Actually, the moment I entered the crematorium, I felt like I had taken some medicine. I felt excited. I controlled this excitement. I don’t know why, but there was a smell in the crematorium. It was the smell of corpses or people being burned to death. I liked it. I don’t know why I liked it. Or was it poisoned? Would this smell poison people? I don’t know. Maybe it was like this. Otherwise, why would I be excited in the crematorium
When I got home that day, Liu Yang was at home. She had already started resting and her belly was already very big.
When Li Xiaohuan came back in the evening and we were having dinner together, Li Xiaohuan said.
"Bu Lele scolded me today because when she was watching the surveillance video, she saw me standing behind her with my hands covering my mouth and laughing, so she scolded me."
"That woman is sick. She hasn't married yet, and she hasn't found a partner yet."
"They all say she's abnormal and sick."
That day, the person talked more about was the woman Bu Lele.
After staying at home for a few days, I returned to the weaving room. It seemed that there was something tempting me there.
I sat in the yard and made people out of paper. Among all the paper-made things, making people out of paper is the most difficult. It looks simple, but it is difficult to make it, and it is even more difficult to make a soul out of it.
It took me six days to make this figurine, and it is life-size. If it were a job, I would only make small figurines with legs as high as the human body, and it cannot be higher. This kind of big figurine is of another kind, and it is an artistic display of the tattoo artist.
That night, when I was finishing my work, I took out the drawing brush that He Ping had given me and painted the eyes with it. The man became even more vivid.
I am quite satisfied. At this point, it is just a matter of time.
I went to bed, got up in the morning, went out to the yard, and wanted to see the person I had stabbed yesterday, but the person was gone. Oh my god, someone stole it. Who would steal this thing? Are you crazy
The gate was locked and the wall of the yard was very high, so it was difficult to climb in. There was no sign that anyone had entered.
It's lost, so there's nothing we can do. Next time I'll just put the stuffed animals in the room. There are a lot of rooms anyway.
It was almost noon when Bu Lele called me.
"Mr. Ke, are you kidding me?"
I'm a little confused as to where this came from.
"Bu, what do you mean?"
"Come here if you have the guts."
Do you think she is still a woman? She is just like a man.
"Don't be sick, I don't have time to talk to you."
"Mr. Ke, if you don't come over, I'll go over right away. I know you're in the Zhafang in Chi County, and I'll burn your hut when I get over there."
"Bu Lele, what's the matter?"
"Come here right now."
No one dares to marry this woman. She is simply a lunatic.
I still went over there. It seemed that something really happened and it was related to me.
I called Li Xiaohuan first, but she didn't even know what had happened.
I went over and went straight into Bu Lele's office. When she saw me, she rushed over and tried to hit me. I grabbed both of her hands.
"Captain Buchang, please show some respect."
"Ke Mingzhe, I fired you and you hate me, that's fine, but the way you retaliated against me was too sinister, wasn't it?"
"Please explain yourself clearly."
"I left the crematorium at 8pm yesterday. Before I left, I went to the toilet and saw a man standing inside. I was so scared that I screamed and ran out. How could there be a man? That was the women's toilet, or rather, the toilet for me. How could it be possible? I watched the surveillance video and I understood at that moment that it was a person who stabbed someone. It was you who stabbed him. How do you explain it?"
I was stunned. It seemed that the person I stabbed was not stolen, but ran away. I was actually excited. The person I stabbed was alive.
"Hahaha… "
I laughed out loud, happy that I had succeeded and scared Bu Lele.
"Ke Mingzhe, don't think that I can't deal with you just because I'm not working at the crematorium."
"Bu Lele, Director Bu, first of all, I want to express my apologies. In order to calm me down, I will treat you to a meal."
"Go away, get that prickly guy away quickly, or I'll make you pay."
"I'm sorry, I can't find it either. You have to tell me where it is. You have surveillance cameras here."
Bu Lele was so angry that she was about to go crazy. She looked at the surveillance camera, but found nothing. She went to the bathroom, but there was nothing. It seemed that the stabber had hidden himself.
I didn't know there would be a case of Paozha. When I went to Liu Shougui's place that day and told him about it, he was stunned.
"No way, you've only been learning for a short time. It will take He Ping thirty years to learn running."
"I read the diary that Master He gave me, and that's why I learned so quickly."
Liu Shougui didn't know anything about Paozha.
"I don't understand this either. What if He Ping didn't mention running away in his diary?"
I shook my head. It was indeed not written there, but I didn’t know why.
I want to find someone to stab. For running stabbing, it is evil and will cause trouble. Whoever's house is stabbed, someone will die. If someone enters a house, someone will die. I know this clearly. This is also the most bizarre thing about the stabbing master. Some stabbing masters are not good at stabbing. If someone offends them, they will stab them. The stabbing stick is the size of a palm and buried in the person's yard. If the person does not die, he will get sick. If the stick enters the house, he will die. If such a big stick enters the house, he will not die. What fun is that
When I thought about this, I started sweating. This is a serious sin and I will not have a good death after death.
I went to the crematorium again and checked the surveillance footage, but after a whole day and night, I didn't see anyone being stabbed. Could it be that the creature had run into someone else's house
I started looking for it everywhere in the crematorium, but I couldn't find it. Where did the thing go? I started to get scared. I didn't owe anyone a death. Actually, I owed a lot after going through so much. I didn't know what the outcome would be when I died. (To be continued)