The man with glasses turned his head when he heard the sound.
"Fuck!"
"What are you doing! Why did you come in without knocking?"
He threw away the headphones and hurriedly put on his pants.
"I knocked on the door. Didn't you hear it with your earphones on?"
"Is it you? A relative of the Bai family?"
"What are you buying?" He recognized me.
"Wreath," I said. Buy a better wreath, a bigger one. It may be used in a day or two. You can send it to me then.
The man with glasses put on his down jacket and said with a smile: "Brother, you have come to the right place. The quality of the wreaths in my shop is the best in Xianyang. They are big and round."
"The wreath takes up space in the store next door. Come with me, brother."
When I came out, I was a little curious and asked casually, "Why does your door open upward? It's inconvenient."
"Don't you understand this?"
He pushed the door up casually and turned around and said: "Three hundred and sixty lines, this is the rule in the industry. Although our Baishi shop is in the business of dead people, we do not welcome things that are not human to come in. The door is made to open up and down, which is a bit awkward.
Good things can’t come in at night.”
His two shops are right next to each other, right outside the door. The other shop has no signboard, and there are many ready-made wreaths and paper figures placed against the wall in the room.
Nowadays, many Baishi shops no longer sell paper figurines. There are dozens of paper figurines standing in this room. It is dark and only the outlines can be seen without turning on the light. It is a bit scary. It is even scarier when the light is turned on.
Why do I say scary? Because the paper figures here are all over one meter tall, with round faces. They all have the same expression, wearing blue clothes and white clothes. Eye sockets are painted on the faces, but there are no eyes, and some are not placed properly.
, fell to the ground.
There are two large white horses made of paper in the north corner. A pair of paper figures of a boy and a girl are holding the paper horses. There is also a paper cow on the left side of the paper horses. Have you never seen a paper cow? This is my first time.
He casually helped up a paper man who fell on the ground and said: "The wreaths are all here. Take a look at which one you choose. There are big ones and small ones. They are all new. The big one is 60 yuan and the small one is 35 yuan. I want paper."
It can be cheaper for people and horses. Leave your address and I will deliver it to your door."
"Just that one," I randomly picked the biggest one.
"Where's the paper tie? Do you want it?"
I said, "Let's just forget about it. It looks uncomfortable. What's wrong with your cow? There are still people buying paper cows," I pointed to the corner of the wall and said.
He explained: "Paper cows are not called paper cows in our funeral industry, they are called Yin|Buffalo. They are rarely used in the north, but sometimes people want them. Did you buy one without looking at me? I will buy it when I sell it."
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I asked, "What is Yin|Buffalo? I only know buffalo."
He continued: "In the funeral industry, this Yin|Buffalo can only be burned for women. It is a bad thing to burn it for men, because there are gold and silver bridges in the underworld. After offering sacrifices to Liuge and receiving the sacrifices from relatives in the underworld,
Men and women will go to the bridge separately, men will go to the Golden Bridge, and women will go to the Silver Bridge."
"There is a pool of bubbling hot blood in the middle of the Silver Bridge. Some women usually waste a lot of water when cooking and washing clothes. They can only get over it if the buffalo drinks up the blood. Otherwise, walking over the pool of blood will kill them.
My feet were burned to pieces."
I burst out laughing after hearing this.
I said, what are you talking about? Who said that women waste water but men don’t waste water? Oh, according to you, men who take baths in bathhouses and men who drive sprinklers don’t waste water every day.
ah.
"Hey, brother, don't argue with me. What I said are just the opinions passed down by the elders. If you want to know the truth or falsehood, you will know after you die."
I was too lazy to argue with him, so I took out a hundred yuan and gave it to him, saying that I would buy a wreath and give me the rest of the money in change.
"Come on brother."
He collected the money, grabbed a round-faced paper man, and said with a smile:
"Look how nice and cute this is, I'll give this to you, don't ask me to change it."
He almost slapped the paper man in my face, so I took two steps back and cursed: "Get the fuck out of my way now. If I tell you not to, I won't. Quickly change the money. I'm leaving."
"I know, I'm looking for you."
He gave me some change and asked, "Where will I send it? Leave me your address."
I didn't know where to book the Bai family's funeral hall in two days, so I said, "I'll call you then. Won't you deliver it free of charge?"
