Chapter 1: Furnace No. 9
My name is Zhang Erpi, and I am a rural baby.
Before graduating from high school, I was forced by life to find a job as a corpse pick-up.
What I want to do is to bring the last dignity to the deceased, so that every deceased can leave this world with dignity.
The cremation room is empty and quiet, and the nine cremation ovens are neatly lined up.
In the afternoon, it was a little dead and cold.
Seeing the corpse cart coming in, I rushed over to pick up the cart and cremation sheet.
Because the master who brought me, Lao Qiao, didn't come, I, a novice, was a little panicked.
Twenty-five or sixteen-year-old Director Zhuang said to me: "Erpi, Master Qiao and Master Qi are not there, and the other masters are off duty, so you push the dead to the No. 9 furnace for cremation." ”
I chuckled in my heart!
Master Qiao told me, don't touch the No. 9 furnace,
I've been here for more than three months, and I've never seen furnace No. 9 open.
Seeing that I was in a daze, Director Zhuang, who was not smiling, said in an official tone: "Erpi, work hard, Master Qiao is about to retire, and when you take over Master Qiao's class, it will not be the treatment you have now." ”
"Okay. I answered.
My dad died of uremia not long ago, and in order to treat my dad, he went bankrupt and owed more than 100,000 foreign debts.
For me, there's nothing scarier than not being able to pay off debt!
When Director Zhuang saw that I obediently pushed the cart to the No. 9 furnace, nodded at me and left.
When the deceased is cremated, it is normal to wear a shroud and cover it with a quilt.
If the condition is good, it will be packed in a disposable cardboard coffin.
But this corpse was covered with a white cloth sheet from the hospital.
can be seen to be a slender female corpse,
The lower abdomen is slightly bulging, as if she is three or four months pregnant.
There was a strange fragrance emanating from the body.
It smells itchy and crispy.
This should be the kind that has no relatives and no reason, and no one cares after death.
Open the furnace door and carefully move the female corpse onto the conveyor belt.
Take two steps back and bow to the deceased.
Brew your emotions, think about more than 100,000 debts,
Immediately a painful expression appeared on my face,
With his hands on both sides of his thighs, he solemnly bowed to the body.
After the salute, I was about to press the teleportation key,
Suddenly, I saw something squirming under the clothes on her breasts,
Bulging peanuts as big as a small bag,
There are rules for doing what we do, and we can't bring anything alive into the furnace.
Even a tide insect can't do it, this is a big taboo.
I've been with Master Qiao for so long, and I've never encountered this kind of thing.
If this little thing were to call him, it would be too much for him to look down on!
Thinking that he will soon take over his shift, it is better to take care of it yourself when encountering problems.
Bite the bullet and put your hand under the white cloth,
I didn't take off the white cloth, and I didn't want to see her face.
The palm of his hand pressed against her cold skin,
I want to take out the wriggling thing quickly,
It's strange that I didn't even touch the wriggling thing!
It was as if it had evaporated out of thin air, and it disappeared under my eyelids!
I was stunned for a moment, and quickly withdrew my hand, how strange is this?!
After settling down, and carefully inspecting, I determined that there was nothing,
But I felt that the tip of the index finger of the hand that reached in was numb and crispy.
At a glance, a red mark like a blood mole appeared on his fingertips,
I don't know when I touched the bruise, but I didn't care.
He bowed three times again and said solemnly: "Go all the way." ”
Press the teleportation button, and the female corpse is slowly sent into the furnace by the conveyor belt.
Close the furnace door and press the ignition button.
With a bang, the raging fire instantly surrounded the female corpse!
Diesel pure oxygen and high pressure, thirty seconds can burn all the clothes and hair, etc.,
But this time it's different, it should have been a red flame of a raging fire,
But it turned into a faint blue flame emitted by alcohol, and there was no temperature at all.
What's the situation?
I was stunned!
The cremation machine and the blower are running normally, and the diesel fire is also normal.
It is a red flame with high temperature and high pressure, and it becomes a blue flame with no temperature at all.
I waited for more than three minutes, hoping that the flame would return to normal,
But nevertheless.
In desperation, he could only turn off the cremator and withdraw from the female corpse.
Not only did the body not burn hot,
It was as if it had just been taken out of the freezer, exuding a cold smell.
This is so abnormal!
I immediately called Master Qiao and told me what was going on.
Master Qiao roared on the phone: "You kid wants to die, who asked you to light the No. 9 furnace, didn't I tell you not to let you order the No. 9 furnace?!"
Being yelled at by Master Qiao, I was even more scared,
said in a panic: "It was the new director Zhuang who asked me to order it." ”
There was a long silence on the other end of the line, followed by a sigh.
I asked angrily, "Master Qiao, why don't I talk to Director Zhuang and change the stove?"
Master Qiao said in a heavy voice: "The furnace has been opened, and it is useless to change it!"
I panicked and asked, "What then?"
Master Qiao paused for a moment and said, "The corpse can't be burned, there must be an obsession, you try to recite the death mantra I taught you, and then open the furnace again." If it doesn't work again, you can go to the director of the village. ”
I put down the phone, chanted the incantation three times, and then sent the female corpse into the furnace again.
The result is still the same, I can only go and find Director Zhuang.
After listening to this, Director Zhuang said to me with a solemn face: "Erpi, don't tell anyone about this matter, if you go out and talk nonsense, it will affect the reputation of our funeral home, but it is not as simple as dismissal, and you will be held legally responsible, you understand?!"
I hurriedly nodded and said, "Director Zhuang, don't worry, I won't go out and talk nonsense." ”
Director Zhuang called Master Qiao first, but he couldn't get through.
Let me fight, but I can't get through,
I secretly wondered, I opened it just now, it must have been deliberately turned off by Master Qiao.
Director Zhuang called Master Qi again,
More than ten minutes later, Master Qi, who was in his forties, came.
Although the No. 9 furnace is under the management of Master Qiao, Master Qi is the leader of the incineration team, so of course he has to find him if he has something.
As soon as Director Zhuang saw that Master Qi had arrived,
He said to me: "Erpi, you go back and rest first, let Master Qi deal with it." ”
Actually, I want to stay and learn from Master Qi.
This cremator isn't as simple as pressing a button,
The master who wants to earn more than 10,000 yuan in a month has a deep doorway!
You have to be able to recite all kinds of incantations, and you have to be able to measure the six ways of corpse and something.
Master Qi has a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and his physique is particularly strong, and his unique skill is to touch yin and yang and break the six paths.
I heard Master Qiao say that Master Qi touched the stiffness of the corpse's knees, how cold was the lower abdomen,
You can determine which of the six paths you will throw into.
Seeing Master Qi inspecting the female corpse, I really want to learn hard,
It's a craft that earns a lot of money!
Director Zhuang glanced at me and signaled again that I could go back.
I had no choice but to greet him in my heart, and at the same time walked out unwillingly.
Furnace No. 9 is at the innermost point of the cremation room, and it is fifty or sixty meters to the exit.
I deliberately pretended to be very tired and walked out slowly.
Listen to what Master Qi has to say,
Master Qi didn't say anything, pasted a few talismans, sent the female corpse into the hearth, and pressed the ignition button.
The cremator began to work with a bang,
I couldn't help but feel depressed and regretful,
Alas, such a great opportunity, but it's a pity that I didn't learn the craft!
After walking to the exit, I don't give up,
After a moment of silence in the corridor, I heard that the cremator had stopped, and I felt that something was wrong,
It normally takes about twenty minutes to get it done, but it's only three minutes?!
I pretended to go back to get my clothes, and then went into the cremation room.
Seeing the female corpse withdraw, it was the same as when I operated it, unscathed,
There was even a cold frost in the air.
I sighed, and Master Qi didn't finish it,
I can't help but laugh a little gloatingly,
I took off my clothes and walked out without regrets.
I rented a house near the funeral home, a simple two-story building,
The rent is also the cheapest.
Go up to the second floor, and when you get to the door, first stomp your feet three times.
Open the door and go straight to the bathroom, stand in front of the mirror for a while, and then shower.
This is the rule of cleansing when the cremator comes home, and it is the same every day.
After dinner, I collapsed on the bed and played games on my phone.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door.
When I opened the door, my eyes lit up,
A woman with long hair and a shawl and a delicate face appeared at my door,
Looks like you're twenty-two or three.
The figure is slim, the skin is like congealed fat, but the complexion is white and a little sickly,
A familiar fragrance came into my nose,
It feels itchy, crispy, and I can't help but feel a ripple in my heart.
"Hello, my name is Xia Xueli, I am a newcomer, can you teach me how to rub the net?" asked the woman holding a pink mobile phone and staring at a pair of watery Danfeng eyes.
"No problem, my name is Zhang Erpi, come in. I hurriedly stepped back into the room.
After entering the house, I helped her download a WiFi master key, and quickly connected to it.
Xia Xueli happily surfed the Internet and said: "Zhang Erpi, your house is cleaner than mine, and you are a boy who loves cleanliness." What do you do?"
I'm afraid people will ask me what I do!
embarrassed and said: "I'm in a special industry, don't be afraid to say it!"
Xia Xueli said: "Do you think I look like a timid woman? ”
I took a deep breath and said, "I'm working at the funeral home in front of me, and I'm the corpse pick-up. ”
Xia Xueli tinkered with her mobile phone and smiled casually: "What's scary about working in a funeral home, I'm a real special profession, I work in a foot massage room, are you afraid?"
Actually, I've noticed a little bit of a different way of dressing her.
Skinny ripped hang-leg jeans, the holes are very excessive,
A small cropped black silk camisole with a sparkling blue diamond on her navel.
I saw her slightly bulging lower abdomen, and I was embarrassed to ask.
Xia Shirley saw me looking at her lower abdomen with strange eyes,
said lightly: "I'm pregnant, I don't know who the baby's father is, is there anything else you want to ask?"
"No, no, I didn't mean that!" I said incoherently.
The embarrassed face turned red.
Xia Xueli laughed,
When she smiled, I noticed that her mouth was big and beautiful.
It's a bit like Shuqi's mouth,
Just looking at it makes people can't help but think about it.
Xia Xueli finally managed to suppress her smile, and asked with a twinkle in her eyes: "What are you blushing, it can't be that you haven't dealt with someone yet, right?"
When she asked so bluntly, my face turned even redder.
Embarrassed, he changed the subject and said, "Do you want the child in your belly?"
"The baby is in my womb, it's mine, of course, it doesn't matter who his father is!" Xia Xueli said as a matter of course, and suddenly looked at me as if she had discovered a new world,
Then he smiled and twisted Xiaoman's waist and said, "Zhang Erpi, why don't you be a father to the baby, there are benefits." ”