Sergeant Lin actually came and sat down to drink with us.
"The thing was found. It was taken away by one of your refiners."
Mao Xiaoli glanced at me.
"Don't be afraid, Sergeant Lin can't raise a big ghost for nothing, it's very simple."
I don't have a good impression of Sergeant Lin because he is a Feng Shui master but he is engaged in the business of raising ghosts. No matter whether you have other purposes or not, or whether you don't want to harm people, I don't think it's a good idea anyway.
"Lao Lin, I want your big ghost eyes."
Sergeant Lin jumped up high.
"No, what's the point of raising a blind ghost?"
Sergeant Lin became angry.
"What?"
Sergeant Lin was stunned when Mao Xiaoli glared at him.
"Sister, sister, sister Mao, I will save you, let me go..."
"Don't talk nonsense. Just understand that it's midnight and you have to deliver it. Otherwise, you will be in trouble. Get out of here."
Sergeant Lin was about to cry and left.
I looked at Sister Mao.
"Bring Zhang Xiaoxue here tomorrow night. Remember, wear black, inside and out, no other colors."
"What?"
"I let her see things."
I was stunned and happy, but when I thought that Mao Xiaoli wanted the eyes of the big ghost raised by Sergeant Lin, I became a little scared.
"Is it the big ghost's eyes?"
"Yes, that's enough. Don't say anything else. Look at this thing. It's very good."
Mao Xiaoli took out something from the black box that had been on the table and placed it in front of me. It was an object the size of a fingernail. When I looked closely, I found it was actually a painting.
"A finger-painting. I found it in the drawer of an old desk."
The finger painting is very beautiful, but it looks a bit weird.
"This fingernail painting is probably related to my face painting..."
Mao Xiaoli didn't say anything else. She drew a picture on the fingernail, took it over, put it in a black box, and sent it upstairs.
The next day, when I went to work, I saw Mao Xiaoli entering the refining room in mourning clothes. I followed her and looked through the glass outside. She was standing on operating table No. 8. She was talking to a female refiner at operating table No. 8. The female refiner stood up after a long time. This refiner was Gui Li. She was originally in another shift, but this time she was transferred back to my original shift. I didn't know this Gui Li, but I would meet her sometimes. She was cold, with a delicate face.
Guili and Mao Xiaoli came out and went to the corner of the building. Mao Xiaoli slapped Guili in the face. I heard the sound from far away. Guili didn't say anything, but nodded later. Mao Xiaoli left Guili and saw me but ignored me. I went into the dressing room and Master Zhao said.
"We will dissolve the body from yesterday together tonight."
Zheng Jun screamed “Ah!” and I shuddered too.
"Master, I have something to do tonight."
Today I'm going to take Zhang Xiaoxue to Mao Xiaoli's place.
"What's up?"
"What time will it be finished tonight?"
"Ten o'clock."
"Okay, ten o'clock will do."
I went out and made a phone call, telling Zhang Xiaoxue to pick her up at around ten o'clock in the evening because there was something important and it would be dark outside.
We were a bit clumsy that day, and so was Zheng Jun. The master kept scolding us both, and I was taken to the dressing room outside by the master, who took back the dressing room.
Master Zhao watched closely, fearing for any mistakes, and finished the work at noon.
"It will be dark and over in two hours."
Zheng Jun and I returned to the office.
"Mingzhe, do you want to put makeup on the dead person with the snake wrapped around him?"
"You know the answer but you still ask."
I am still angry about Zheng Jun's betrayal.
"Don't be angry with me. I was confused for a moment. You are good to me, so isn't it okay for me to be good to you?"
"Okay, Zhang Xiaoxue and I are going to get married."
"What? Marrying a blind man? Are you sick?"
"She went blind to save me."
"That's not love."
"I think so. I liked her when she was not blind. I liked her smile. She always had that smile. I liked it."
"ill."
Zheng Jun left. I sat in the office, thinking about the dead man. How did he get entangled with a snake
Master Zhao came in and I asked a question.
"I'll tell you when the time comes. Go home and have some rest."
I went home, but it was still a deserted place. I didn't know how my mother Yunbai was doing. I didn't want to go there. I called her, but she didn't want to answer because she could smell the dead smell on me over the phone. I just couldn't figure it out. I guess she was mentally ill. I think my mother should go see a doctor. There were no psychological clinics in her era. I think I should go and see a doctor.
I arrived at the crematorium before dark. Zheng Jun had also arrived. He had changed into all black clothes and was sitting in the office. I was shocked when I walked in.
"I'm fast."
"It's dark now. I don't dare to walk along the road to the crematorium. They say it's full of ghosts."
"Yes, in addition to the little ghosts, there are also big ghosts. If you encounter a big ghost, you will get sick at the very least, and die at the worst."
"You're scaring me? That's annoying. I'll tell the master."
Master Zhao came in and Zheng Jun started to complain.
"He's telling the truth."
Zheng Jun didn't say a word. She just stood there in a daze. She shivered suddenly and had a chill. I laughed.
"Master, I'm scared."
"Mingzhe, take her home after you finish the job."
Zheng Jun looked at me with pride. I dare not disobey the master. The master is the boss here. If I don’t obey, I will be offended and will be punished.
The body was already on the makeup bed.
"Mingzhe, lift the shroud."
Oh, go ahead, let me do it, I was about to pee, Zheng Jun leaned against the wall, nervous and proud.
I had to lift it up, and the moment I did, the green snake raised its head and spit out its tongue. I screamed in fright, but the master acted as if he didn't hear me.
"Don't be afraid, this is a snake corpse. His soul has entered the snake's body. We don't care about that. Just put on makeup. It won't bite. But you must remember, there are some things you need to do."
After Master Zhao finished speaking, he took out a red rope and tied it around the snake's neck. The snake then calmed down. Then he took out a black rope and tied it around the two feet of the deceased.
"Okay, that's it. Tomorrow when you cremate the body, take down the black thread and keep it safe. Untie the red rope as well, and the snake will leave the deceased on its own. Don't hurt him, he has a soul."
I almost peed.
"Xiaojun, you do the makeup."
"Master, I have been afraid of this thing since I was a child."
"Don't talk nonsense."
Zheng Jun came over trembling and opened the makeup box.
"Remember, a snake corpse is rare, so when you put on makeup, do it from bottom to top, not from top to bottom as we usually do. Remember this."
Zheng Jun's hands were shaking and he was applying makeup slowly. Master Zhao sat on the side, drinking tea and watching him do her makeup.
When Zheng Jun was almost halfway through the process, the shivering stopped. However, the deceased suddenly coughed. Zheng Jun shouted "Ah!" and threw away the makeup brush. His face turned pale and he leaned against the wall.
The deceased's coughing scared me so much that my legs went weak and I started sweating. I looked at Master Zhao.
"It's okay. This is your last cough. Go ahead and continue."
"Master, can't two people do the same makeup?"
"This requires two people to draw, each half."
Oh my god, Zheng Jun took a long time to recover. I was putting on makeup and finished at 10 o'clock in the evening, which was obviously more than an hour slower than planned.
After cleaning up, we left the dressing room and went back to change clothes. I was waiting for Zheng Jun in the car. I was anxious. Mao Xiaoli sent me a text message, asking me to arrive before twelve o'clock, otherwise there would be no way.
Zheng Jun got in the car.
"Can you hurry up, I have something else to do."
After I drove Zheng Jun home, I took Zhang Xiaoxue to Mao Xiaoli's house. Mao Xiaoli was drinking at home alone.
"It's a lot of work today, isn't it?"
"Snake corpse."
"No wonder, this is a once-in-a-millennium event. I've been working here for so long, and this is the first time I've heard of it."
After Zhang Xiaoxue sat down, Mao Xiaoli took a look and went upstairs.
It took more than ten minutes to come down. Zhang Xiaoxue was a little nervous and she held my hand tightly.
"This thing is right here. You decide. I'll give you ten minutes. This is a ghost eye. It can see all kinds of dirty things in the world. It will scare you at first, but it will be fine after a while because you want to see the light and the people you love. So, you have to endure more because this is an unnatural phenomenon, or a kind of ghost science, but it doesn't involve this part."
Zhang Xiaoxue's hands were sweating, and I knew she was nervous.
"Xiaoxue, don't be afraid. It's okay. Everything has a beginning. You will get used to it slowly and everything will be fine."
Zhang Xiaoxue's hands were shaking. She wanted to make her own decision.
"Okay, I agree, thank you Master Mao."
Zhang Xiaoxue was taken upstairs and Mao Xiaoli didn't let me see her.
When Zhang Xiaoxue came down, she came down by herself, then threw herself into my arms and closed her eyes.
"I can see ghosts and some souls floating in the room. They are young, old, beautiful, ugly..."
Zhang Xiaoxue said in a low voice.
"It's okay, it's okay, I can see it too."
Zhang Xiaoxue opened her eyes and looked at me.
"Okay, it's okay, go home, and remember, there will be some problems during this period. As for what the problems are, we will know when the time comes."
I didn't say anything else. When I was about to leave, someone knocked on the door. I looked at the time and it was almost 1 a.m.
Mao Xiaoli opened the door and it was Gui Li, holding the black box.
"I'm telling you, Guili, don't think you're smart. Otherwise you're stupid."
After Mao Xiaoli finished speaking, she closed the door, holding the box in her hand.
"You guys go too!"
Zhang Xiaoxue and I came out and got in the car, she whispered.
"There is a soul on the box. It is very young. It is a blue soul of a girl."
I know that it was the skin of an 18-year-old girl. Mao Xiaoli was very strict about skin cutting. Only the skin of an 18-year-old girl was used, and the girl had to be pretty and well-educated. She was able to find out all the information about the deceased, so I was wondering why the requirements were so strict
"What are you thinking about?"
My point is distracted.
"It's okay. There are souls everywhere."
Zhang Xiaoxue was nervous.
"There is a soul on the car window."
I can't see any souls, I can only see little ghosts walking around in the street.
"What was he like?"
"Blue, soft, lying on the glass."
I listen, this is the soul, the human soul.
That day, after I sent Zhang Xiaoxue home, I went back to my own home. Home was still cold, and I seemed to have gotten used to it.
Standing in front of the window smoking, thinking about Zhang Xiaoxue's eyes, what will happen in the future? Mao Xiaoli has no idea.
My cell phone rang and I picked it up immediately. I thought something happened to Zhang Xiaoxue, but it turned out to be Zheng Jun calling. I didn't want to answer, but then I thought maybe it was something urgent.
The phone rang for a long time before I answered it.
"Brother Mingzhe, I'm in trouble."
"It's the middle of the night, why aren't you sleeping? What do you want to do?"
"I forgot my makeup compact in the dressing room and didn't put it away."
I started sweating when I heard this. The most basic thing for a makeup artist is how many things are in your makeup box. After finishing the work, don't look outside, but count. Only when there are enough, can you close the lid, carry the makeup box back to the office, and lock it in the cabinet. If you leave things in the dressing room, something bad will happen. Master Zhao has told us this many times. It seems very important, so I count it every time. Yesterday, because of the snake corpse, Zheng Jun was nervous and wanted to leave as quickly as possible, so he forgot about this matter. At that time, Master Zhao went out first and put the corpse back into the freezer.
What happened to Zheng Jun was a big deal. She didn't dare tell Master Zhao because he would definitely yell at her.
"Wait at home, I'll pick you up."
The powder must be found, otherwise something bad will happen, that's for sure. This has happened before, Master Zhao also told us, it's just that the things lost are different, no one knows what will happen to the powder. (To be continued)