It’s not enough to have a coffin. I also need to know the time and place of Li Xiaotao’s burial so that I can trade the civet cat for the prince. So, I returned to the backyard. Li Xiaotao’s body had been pushed out, and a group of people followed him in the courtyard.
Behind the iron cart, it looks like it's going to be cremated?
Some places tacitly allow burial, but it is definitely not possible to bury the body directly under the ground, which will cause environmental pollution. It must be cremated first, and then the ashes are put into a coffin to create a tomb similar to a tomb.
However, Li Xiaotao cannot be cremated yet, because according to local customs, the burial is after cremation, and my replacement coffin is not ready yet!
Thinking of this, I took a few steps to catch up with the Li family's team. I pulled Xiaotao's father aside and handed him a flower: "Uncle Li, are you going to be buried today?"
"No, if you keep the body here for one more day, it will cost more than a thousand yuan!" Xiaotao's father grinned. It turned out that he was worried about money, so he was anxious to cremate Li Xiaotao.
I was afraid of exposing my true intentions, so I pretended that the matter had nothing to do with me, and said casually: According to your daughter's destiny, it would be more appropriate not to bury her in the first three days. The fourth day is just right, it can make the family prosperous, and besides, like Xiao Tao
For people who died abnormally, the patrol room needs to do an autopsy, so the rental of the morgue freezer should be paid by them. You just need to go through the formalities and deposit it for as many days as you want, and it doesn't cost you a penny.
Under my two-pronged coercion and inducement, Xiaotao's father was tempted and took a long drag on his cigarette: If he was buried two days later, would it really make our family prosperous?
I chuckled and said: Logically speaking, it will definitely be prosperous.
"Then, that...expense issue," Xiao Tao's father made a gesture of counting money, seemingly a little embarrassed, "Who should I ask for reimbursement? I was already charged 2,500 yuan just now, what about the freezer usage fee, and the management fee?
Hey!"
"You have to go to the patrol house with the receipt." I joked. There is no such rule. Unless the patrol house takes the initiative to keep the body for examination, the family of the deceased does not need to pay the additional morgue fees. However, if the period is extended, the patrol house will
No need to spend money either.
Because the corpses are stored for a few more days, it is just a little electricity fee. The so-called management fee. The administrator Lao Qin earns a fixed salary. He can look at one corpse and guard two corpses. There are no additional fees.
It’s all in the name of this place, with unspoken rules. It is a self-financing unit. We have no choice but to generate income so that we can have food.
"We still have to find the patrol room..." Xiaotao's father scratched his head, "It's a bit troublesome, so I'll give it up."
"Let's see, Uncle Li, I think you are quite pitiful when you have a middle-aged widowed daughter. You give me the receipt, I will give you the money, and I will go to the police station to report the bill. Do you have WeChat?" I took out my account.
I bought a mobile phone. In the past, my WeChat account did not exceed 1,000 yuan all year round. Now, I am always rich!
Xiaotao's father was stunned for a moment, then his sorrow turned into joy: Okay, okay, thank you, brother!
I transferred 2,500 yuan to Xiaotao's father and pretended to receive his receipt.
Xiao Tao's father trotted towards the group of relatives, shouting as he chased: Don't practice (cremate), don't practice, this big brother knows how to see things, he said, you can't bury him until the day after tomorrow!
He was the victim, and the family members must listen to him. The team pushed Li Xiaotao back to the morgue with a roar.
Xiao Tao's father put his hands on his hips, as if he had suddenly become rich overnight: Xiao Shengzi, lower the temperature of that iron coffin to the lowest level. Don't let my little Tao get too hot. We don't need to spend electricity money anyway!
I struck while the iron was hot and asked Xiao Tao's father about the burial. I had to know where to bury him so that I could make arrangements in advance.
Xiaotao's father said that he was going to bury him on the hill to the east of their village, where there was a circle of ancestral graves for the villagers.
"Shanggangzi is fine, but you'd better ask someone to check the location of the burial. If it is revealed, it will be counterproductive. Not only will it not make your family prosperous, but it will also bring bad luck to the men in your family." I threatened.
he said.
Xiaotao's dad reacted very quickly: Brother, don't you understand this? Can you just help me take a look?
"But I'm very busy," I pretended to decline, "you'd better find something else to do."
"No, big brother! If you help me to the end, you can give me some pointers. Otherwise..." Xiao Tao's dad paused, "I'll give you two cigarettes!"
"I only smoke this." I flicked the ashes and smiled.
Xiaotao's father looked at the words on the butt of the cigarette, and for the sake of the future of their Li family, he stamped his foot and thought: OK! I'll give you two huazi!
Originally I wanted to refuse, but I was afraid that if I didn't accept the gift, he would become suspicious and do things with greedy people. I had to learn to be greedy before he could trust me.
"Deal, uncle, you can go back first. I will go to your village tomorrow morning to help look at the cemetery. I will call you before I arrive." I shook Little Tao's father's rough big hand and coaxed them away.
Their village is called Zhaojiacun. I know that place. Last fall, I went there to pick up a dead person. The village is not far from the city. It only takes 20 minutes to drive there. And I also remember that there is indeed a village to the east of the village.
There are no less than a hundred small tombs scattered on this bare hill. There are several new tombs among them, decorated with many wreaths and garlands. From a distance, they look quite beautiful.
After the Li family members left, I began to think about how to replace them the day after tomorrow. After thinking about it, gradually, a perfect idea came to my mind...
Didi, WeChat prompts, I checked, and a new friend was added, called An Xin, okay, I know who you are.
After adding, the other party showed up in the input, and soon, a line of small words with Pikachu skin was typed: I forgot to tell you, Xiao Tao's body cannot be cremated.
I wonder: Not cremated? Buried directly?
This is the law!
Xie Xin'an: When cremating, you find a dog instead, give the dog's ashes to the family, then put Xiaotao's body into your red coffin, bury it for seven days, and then dig it out.
Why does it feel like the process of pickling pickles?
Wait! She is talking about the red coffin. Damn it, I seem to have made a mistake with the boss. I quickly called and changed the white to red. The boss said that the coffin boards have not been shipped yet. I need to hurry up and paint them last.
step.
After confirming the color of the coffin, I asked Xie Xin'an: Wouldn't it stink after being buried for seven days in this hot weather?
Xie Xin'an: Leave this to me and just bury it.
It turns out that she would talk about me on WeChat, and she used to call herself me.
She was the leader, so just follow her arrangements, so I didn't ask any more questions.
Until five o'clock, I didn't get out of the car again. There was still a dinner party in the evening. I used WeChat to find Xie Xin'an: Where are you, sir? It's time to go to the banquet.
Xie Xin'an took a photo, which was home-style and well-decorated. In the photo, a girl in a nightgown was carrying a plate of fruit and came over with a confused expression - it was Fangyuan!
Damn! She actually passed ahead of time!
I quickly got in the car and drove to the community where Fangyuan's home was. I arrived there in fifteen minutes. I called Fangyuan and asked what building it was. Fangyuan said Building 6, 106. It was difficult for a hearse to drive into such a high-end community, so I parked the Cadillac opposite.
In the alley, register into the community, find Building 6, and knock on the door.
Fangyuan opened the door, grinned at me with a half-hearted smile, rolled his eyes back, and said in a sinister tone: "Your girlfriend came here first."