The man must have been used to the sight of nothing in front of the store, so when he slowly opened the two doors and raised his head to look at the sun, he found a young man standing outside the door. He took this old man seriously.
Startled.
Seeing his reaction, Zhou Zheng felt relieved and no longer afraid. Since the other person was afraid of him, what else did he have to be afraid of? When that person walked out of the door just now, Zhou Zheng had already seen it.
, the person has a shadow when the sun shines on it, so this should be the person in the coffin shop, not some monster.
Just when Zhou Sheng was hesitating whether to go up and say hello, the old man had already spoken, "Mini, are you Zhou Sheng?" He was quite enthusiastic. He walked forward in three or two steps and took the bag on his back from Zhou Sheng.
He took Zhou Sheng's arm with one hand and walked towards the coffin shop.
"Oh, I didn't expect you to arrive so early today. If I had known I should have opened the door earlier, I guess you have been waiting outside for a long time. You are really old. You are older. You are slower this morning, but you will be fine in the future.
With you here, I think the business of this coffin shop will get better and better."
Zhou Sheng didn't know how to react. He wanted to leave. After all, he really didn't want to be an apprentice in a coffin shop. What could he learn here? Make a coffin or lay a wreath?
Learning these is not the profession he wants to engage in in the future, nor does he want to rely on this profession to support himself. But his hand has been held by the man, and he can clearly feel the warmth coming from the man's hand. On the one hand, Zhou Sheng is relieved.
Man is indeed a big living person, but on the other hand, he doesn’t know how to take his hand out of that person’s hand.
Without paying attention, the beast had been dragged into the coffin shop by the little old man. The shop just opened was still very spacious, but there were a few coffins inside, which made people shudder.
The most important thing is that in this coffin shop, except for the door at the door, there are no other lighting officials, so even if the door is wide open, the light in the shop is very dim.
The wall was covered with wreaths and paper figurines, which Zhou Sheng didn't even want to look at. Perhaps sensing Zhou Sheng's resistance, the little old man didn't stay too long in the store, but instead pulled Zhou Sheng through.
The front store leads directly to the backyard of the coffin shop.
The backyard didn't have that spooky feeling. It was a very ordinary courtyard with a large peach tree and leafy branches. There was a well. Then there was a row of rooms. The little old man pointed to a room on the side facing the opposite direction.
Zhou Sheng said.
"Most of the rooms in my backyard are used to store inventory, but that one is empty. You can just live there from now on."
He hadn't even raised his head to look at the room assigned to him by his old man since he was born. The feeling when he walked through the coffin shop just now that made people stand up with goosebumps all over his body has not completely faded away yet.
He hesitated again and again, but decided to say what he was thinking: "Boss, I didn't know before that I wanted to be an apprentice in your store. Now I regret it. I don't plan to learn this craft."
When the little old man heard what Zhou Sheng said, he immediately let go of his hand and raised his eyebrows: "What's the matter with you, a young man? You still look down on the little old man, so what's wrong with your craftsmanship? Let me tell you, this coffin shop
The business is going well, but after all, who can leave? Sooner or later, everyone in this business will die, so how can we still come and go naked?"
Of course Zhou Sheng knows this, but he really doesn’t want to learn this craft. It’s not that he has any prejudice against coffin shops, but he never thought that he would open a coffin shop in the future, or engage in something similar.
the funeral industry.
Zhou Sheng shook his head sincerely, "That's not what I meant, boss. The coffin shop is still very useful. I know this very well, but I have no interest in this business."
After listening to his explanation, the little old man's raised eyebrows slowly relaxed, and his tone was better than before. He also knew that he had overreacted. Who made him open this coffin shop?
Those old friends in the past no longer contacted me, and many people even ran away from me when they saw me from a distance, as if seeing me was a bad luck.
But who can leave this industry? Who in the end has to rely on themselves for these things? They stay away from themselves now, but sooner or later they will have to go to the store to buy things.
When Zhong Sheng said that he had no interest in this business, the owner of the coffin shop also sighed deeply. It is really difficult to recruit an apprentice now. Who would admit that he is interested in coffins and wreaths? Even if someone does
If you are interested in the craft of paper-making, you will probably make lanterns. No one wants to engage in this industry.
In any case, it took a lot of effort to get an apprentice, but the boss didn’t want to let him leave so easily. “Oh my, why are you so impatient? Isn’t this interest something that can be cultivated slowly at the beginning? Look at what I’m involved in here.
There are still many skills that I have learned, and I will teach them all. Don’t worry, I couldn’t be more amiable.”
But regardless of the coffin shop, how can the boss guarantee that you can definitely learn real skills from him, and he can never bring any apprentices, so he treats them well, and his future treatment will be even more generous, and he will not let Zhou Sheng do anything.
Heavy work.
However, this is not what he wants in his life. He is not afraid of hardship or tiredness, otherwise he would not have been favored by such a strict master in the blacksmith shop. However, he really does not intend to engage in this line of work.
.
Regarding what the boss said about cultivating interests, Zhou Sheng felt even more numb. When he entered this place, he could feel the cold air rising from the soles of his feet. How could he stay here with peace of mind and learn an apprenticeship?
"My boss is really bad. I'm not saying that Nian's job is not good, but I'm not suitable for it. I really can't do this."
There was no other way. When doing business, I could only tell the truth, be pitiful and sincere, and hope that the boss would let me go. If he had known that his apprentice's shop was actually a coffin shop, he would never have come.
When the old man heard Zhou Sheng's humble plea, his temper rose. He thought he had said all the good things he could say, but the young man in front of him refused to listen at all and insisted on leaving. This was something he couldn't bear.
, "Okay, why are you so unreasonable as a young man? Do you think you can leave like this?"