Li Yu was stunned for a moment, frowned, and felt a little scared.
At this time, Li Yu remembered that the two corpses had been delivered yesterday and had not yet been collected and arranged.
He took out a copper lamp. It was an ever-bright lamp. It was the most precious thing passed down by the old cripple. It was said that it had been used in temples and had the effect of warding off evil spirits and calming down evil spirits. I don't know whether it was true or not.
When he lit the lamp, a dim yellow light filled the whole room. The lamp oil was of poor quality and had an unpleasant smell when it burned. However, Li Yu felt a lot more at ease inexplicably.
He lifted the white cloth, revealing the body underneath.
This corpse was an old man with white, messy hair and a thin body. His eyes were closed, his face was blue and lifeless.
The dim light shone on his face, giving him a vaguely eerie look.
Li Yu first found a piece of cloth dipped in water and wiped the deceased's face, then tidied up his remains, hair, and clothes. He also dipped hot water into the deceased's elbow joints to make them softer, and then folded them in place.
At this time, he seemed to be talking to himself:
"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust."
"Now that you are deceased, you will always have a good journey."
When people are alive, they need dignity, and when people die, they need dignity even more!
As a corpse keeper, Li Yu not only needs to stay at Yizhuang, receive and take care of the corpses, but also needs to know how to collect the corpses and organize the remains.
In this way, the living can feel at ease, and the dead can have dignity.
Once a person dies, everything is over. No matter what happened during his lifetime, he must give the deceased a happy ending.
This is a comfort to the living and a respect for the dead!
When Li Yu finished speaking, he didn't know if it was his imagination, but he found that the face of the deceased seemed to have become much more peaceful, and even the smell of the corpse seemed to be lighter, without the gloomy feeling just now.
In a daze, Li Yu seemed to see a huge roulette wheel, with its surface emitting black and white light, slowly rotating like a Yin-Yang Tai Chi diagram.
Under the light, the surface of the blue wheel is covered with ancient mottled marks, as if everything in the world, the sun, the moon, the stars, and the cycle of life and death are all included in it.
A voice as indifferent as a god echoed in my mind:
[Life and death are not controlled by people. Death is like a lamp extinguished. Collect the body and settle the cause and effect. The living will find peace and the dead will be liberated!]
"The reward for burial: tiger head mask."
Then, Li Yu felt something in his arms.
What's going on?!
Li Yu was shocked.
He seemed to have seen and heard something extraordinary just now.
Li Yu subconsciously took out something, and it turned out to be a mask.
The mask was carved from wood, and its surface was covered with cracks and gray. It could be faintly seen that the mask depicts the face of a grinning tiger.
【Tiger head mask】
Quality: Not good.
Introduction: Lang Wu's parents died when he was young, and he grew up eating a lot of food. He has long been vague about the faces of his parents, but he only remembers his father, a carpenter, when he carved this mask for himself when he was five years old.
The scene, that was the only memory he had.
He had been alone and helpless for more than fifty years, from a strong young man to a gray-haired old man. It was a miserable life. Only this tiger head mask was always by his side and became the comfort to his soul.
When his eyes touched, a piece of information slowly flowed from his heart. Li Yu slowly rubbed the rough mask, his eyes flickering.
Although this mask is worn out, its appearance means that he can get rewards by burying corpses!
This is quite shocking!
"What exactly is this Yin-Yang Roulette?"
At this moment, Li Yu's heart was beating violently, and he thought of something:
"Could it be that my coming to this world and the resurrection of this body from death are all related to this thing?"
He tried to calm down quickly:
"It doesn't sound good to get rewards by burying the corpses of the dead, but it seems that I am originally making money from the dead. To me, it is a professional counterpart."
In this kind of countryside, corpse guards like Li Yu are not uncommon.
Corpse keepers take care of corpses in Yizhuang. This is still a job, but the vast majority of corpse keepers live in poverty all their lives and their income is not very good.
Yizhuang is a place where corpses are placed. The family members of the deceased often give some money as a token of appreciation for placing the corpses here.
But he was in the countryside, surrounded by poor people. Dead people were often buried in the ground with straw mats, and he didn't meet many generous family members of the deceased throughout the year.
The emergence of the Yin-Yang Roulette now means that Li Yu has more ways to make money, and from now on he has the foundation to settle down and live his life.
At this time, Li Yu suddenly felt much more at ease.
Since I came to this world, the feeling of being helpless and uneasy deep in my heart has gradually disappeared.
"A gentleman does not take away others' love. Although I am not a gentleman, I cannot do such a thing. Since this tiger head mask is your favorite thing, you should keep it for yourself."
After all, this tiger head mask was the spiritual sustenance of an old man. Li Yu was not interested in this thing, so he naturally had no intention of keeping it as his own. He put the thing in Lang Wu's arms and covered it with a white cloth.
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After waiting for two more days, people from Guojia Village will come to take away Lang Wu's body and bury it. It will not continue to be stored here to take up space.
Then, Li Yu set his sights on the coffin next to him.
Lang Wu was a poor old bachelor who got a tiger head mask after his body was buried. So what reward would the old tavern owner's son get after his body was buried?
Li Yu rubbed his hands, feeling inexplicably more expectant in his heart, and even a trace of fear towards the two corpses disappeared without a trace.
This is not a cold, stiff corpse. It is clearly a kind person who brings benefits and warmth!
It even gave him a strange feeling of opening a blind box - even though this idea was somewhat disrespectful to the dead.
Pushing open the coffin lid, what was inside was an ordinary middle-aged man in his thirties, with a faint smell of alcohol on his body.
Still following the same steps as before, Li Yu carefully arranged his clothes, body, combed his hair, and even dug out a bit of black mud from his mouth and nostrils.
He did this very seriously, skillfully and carefully.
This is the professional skill taught to him by the old cripple.
One yard owned by a yard.
Let's forget about the reward for the corpse. Since you have eaten the rice bowl of the corpse guard, you must do your duty and do what you should do. Otherwise, you will be disrespecting the deceased and looking down on yourself.
Then
Li Yu once again saw a green roulette slowly rotating in a trance. The surface was covered with mottled and simple marks, which seemed to have been baptized by time, space and time. The roulette exuded black and white brilliance, like a Yin-Yang Tai Chi diagram.
Generally speaking, the cycle of life and death is followed by everything in the world.
A voice as indifferent as a fairy, demon, god or Buddha echoed:
[Life and death are not controlled by people. Death is like a lamp extinguished. Collecting the body and settling the cause and effect will bring peace to the living and liberation to the dead. 】
"Reward for burial: bone-strengthening wine recipe."
[Strengthening Bone Wine Recipe]
Quality: average.
Introduction: This is a recipe that has been treasured by the old tavern for many years. It is the lifeline that the old shopkeeper relies on to pass down the family. It can use ordinary old wine and a few medicinal materials to brew a delicious medicinal wine. It can also strengthen the muscles and bones, and strengthen the waist.
The effect of nourishing the kidneys has unimaginable appeal to men.