Chapter Fifty-Eight: A Lonely Funeral
About half an hour later, the black van drove to the funeral home.
I looked at the funeral parlor from afar and found it to be "polarized". Let's start with the left side of the funeral parlor, which is almost all pitch black, which also gives people a sense of lifelessness, while the right side of it is very bright, and even people can always be seen.
I guess there are mourning halls on the right, and these mourning halls are also in use.
Our black bread went straight to the left, which is where the dead air was. Finally we stopped in front of a large warehouse.
I guess it's a corpse store, and just as the van was parked, the door to the corpse opened and two people came over to meet us.
These two must have received some news beforehand. The two of them and the two gentlemen who were originally in the car, the four of them were busy working together to carry Ah Hu's body to the corpse warehouse.
Beard and I both wanted to help, but the problem was, we didn't know how to help.
After such a delay, a man soon came out of the corpse house, and he introduced himself to the two of us first, saying that his name was Wang Bing.
If you want me to evaluate this Wang Bing, he is an ordinary person who can't be more ordinary.
Beard and I said hello to him. Wang Bing pointed in another direction, which meant that the two of us should go with him.
I thought he was going to take us to a resting place, but who knows what was going on here, and finally we came to a shop.
The shop was a bungalow, and now the lights inside were all off, and the door was locked, but Wang Bing had another key, and he fiddled with it, and went in first to turn on the lights.
And when I went in with the beard, it was all about funeral supplies, including columbariums, paper figures, flower baskets, or ingots.
Wang Bing let the two of us choose.
I frowned and asked him, "What do you mean?"
Wang Bing looked surprised, and asked me, what does that mean, since the dead police officer is about to be cremated, don't you need to choose a columbarium niche and some other supplies?
Hu Zi was a little fried on the spot, he scolded, and said, "Which father told you that Ah Hu wants to be cremated? Now that Ah Hu has just left, his body is still fucking hot, plus the case has not been solved, and Ah Hu's family has not come, how is the cremation method?"
Wang Bing is very afraid of beards, especially I have to say that beards are so anxious, and it is really scary to look at.
Wang Bing is also very smart, he didn't argue with the beard, but showed a helpless look, shrugged his shoulders and said, "I also received a call from the leader, and he said that the police notified our funeral home to do this." ”
Hu Ziqi stretched out his hand and asked Wang Bing to call his leader's mobile phone, and he wanted to question the leader.
I guess it had nothing to do with the leader, so I stopped my beard. I borrowed a mobile phone from Wang Bing again, and after a little hesitation, I used this mobile phone to call Yang Qianqian.
Actually, I want to find Lao Ba, but the problem is, I don't know the specific number of Lao Ba.
The call was answered quickly. Yang Qianqian seemed to have anticipated the purpose of my call.
And she not only knows about Ah Hu, but at this moment, she is also a little heavy, we first chatted a few words about Ah Hu, and then Yang Qianqian took the initiative to tell me that Ah Hu is indeed going to be cremated soon, this is the arrangement of the organization, and Ah Hu has no relatives, since we are present, we can take care of Ah Hu.
I wanted to ask a few more questions, but Yang Qianqian didn't plan to talk to me more about this.
The two of us quickly ended the call, and of course, Yang Qianqian also told me Lao Ba's phone number.
I savored Yang Qianqian's words again, and finally made a gesture to the beard, and emphasized to him that cremation should be cremated.
Beard looked puzzled, but I saw that I had said so. He also suppressed the doubts in his mind.
Before we got to the container, Wang Bing stayed with us, and from time to time, he also introduced a few words.
I focused on the columbarium, and I found that it was quite expensive, ranging from hundreds to thousands, or even tens of thousands.
Wang Bing observed my expression, and he added, that means, don't think about the price, the top will settle the bill.
The beard shushed and said that since this is the case, what is expensive to buy. And I think that sometimes expensive is not useful, but practical.
I looked at the columbarium niches in turn, and finally I found a small mahogany coffin in one corner.
This coffin is half a meter long, although I don't know much about wood, but I can feel that this coffin is of good quality.
I pointed at it. Wang Bing praised my good eyesight, he said that this small coffin is a product from Liuzhou, and in that place in Liuzhou, the coffin is a first-class one in China, and when it comes to this, he also looked around.
There were us in this little shop, and he was so vigilant that I wondered.
He lowered his voice and said, "It's all cremation now, but with this small coffin, let the workers control the time when the time comes, and when the cremation is finished, the large bones will not be burned to ashes. ”
I see, to put it simply, this little coffin is just a side-kick.
That's why I was fascinated by this little coffin. I also immediately made a decision and said that I would want this.
As for the beard, he wandered around the container of wreaths and ingots. He shouted at Wang Bing, asking Wang Bing to prepare a hemp bag, and he would burn a hemp bag of ingots for Ah Hu in a while, after all, in this world, where can you not spend money? The underworld is no exception.
Wang Bing responded in one bite.
I know that the funeral part is very particular, such as male horses and female cows, we also have to prepare paper horses for Ah Hu, and there is also a piece of linen and filial piety.
If Ah Hu was the elder of me and Huzi, we could wear linen and filial piety, but we were brothers, and finally I told Wang Bing to let him prepare some things, and let me and Hu Zi wear filial piety directly.
Beard and I stayed in the store for about twenty minutes, and Beard finally chose two paper figures, both of which were women.
The meaning of the beard, afraid that Ah Hu would go to the underworld and be lonely, he deliberately picked two little ladies and asked these two people to go down and serve Ah Hu well.
I suddenly felt that the superstition of the beard had come up again. But I didn't stop him.
After coming out of the small shop, a few more people happened to come over, it is estimated that they are all the mourning hall guards, and when they saw that the lights were turned off here, they were bored and walked around.
Of course, Wang Bing didn't turn away customers, thinking about it, everything in this store is profitable, and if you sell one, Wang Bing will definitely have a share, and there will definitely be a lot.
Hu Zi and I didn't blame Wang Bing, we took a patient waiting posture.
The two of us didn't have much to go for a while, so we just found an open space near the small shop and squatted and smoked for a while.
I thought of Lao Ba, I said in my heart that he would be cremated in a while, would he want to come over?
I don't have any other phones now, so I have to take out the one I snatched from my pocket.
After turning on the phone, I called Lao Ba, who was not in a very good mood, at least when he answered the phone, he was always cold.
He told me not to wait for him, and to send Ah Hu away later. Finally he sighed, and it was very meaningful, and we ended the call.
After waiting for a while, Wang Bing walked out of the store with those people. I saw that those people bought a big bag of things, but Wang Bing smiled and locked the door of the store.
Then he took us and went straight to the place of cremation.
Beard and I went to a hall first, and I found that the funeral parlor at night was also quite efficient, and after a while, Ah Hu's body was already dressed and parked in this hall.
Ah Hu was wearing a black suit with a white shirt inside, and the collar of this white shirt was still very large, which was probably specially made. At this time, the collar was still erected, blocking the wound on Ah Hu's neck.
I looked at Ah Hu so carefully, and found that after he changed into this outfit, he was still very handsome, and he had the image of a successful man.
Next to Ah Hu's corpse, there was still a person standing quietly, and this person should be Zhibin.
He discussed it with the two of us, in fact, this gentleman didn't know what to do in his heart, for someone else's funeral, there must be a lot of people present and attended, he just said the cliché and went through the process, and this funeral, only me and the beard.
He asked the two of us, "Do you want to go through the process as usual or do you want to do it separately?"
I waved my hand at Zhibin, which meant that I had saved those processes. I told him not to disturb me and Beard, we wanted to stay with Ah Hu for a little longer.
This Zhibin silently turned around and left, he had a good relationship with Wang Bing, and the two of them probably hid outside to chat.
Beard and I stood next to Ah Hu on the left and right. I found that the lace of Ah Hu's left foot was open, and it is estimated that the staff was negligent at the time.
I leaned over and tied my shoelaces properly, and I also tidied up Ah Hu's clothes as much as I could.
The beard was more concerned about the shape of his head, and he combed Ah Hu's hair.
Half an hour later, Beard and I watched as Beard was pushed away. The two of us were also led by Wang Bing and walked towards the lounge.
Listening to that, let's wait for a while and a half, and when Ah Hu is cremated, we can just go and pick up the bones.
I also met with the master in charge of cremation. This master is suitable for this line of work at a glance, and he looks naïve, and even shows a hint of fierceness in his naivety.
I remember a friend told me that ordinary people can't be a butcher or a cremator, and if the person's constitution is not good, he can't suppress that evil spirit, and he will easily suffer.
Now that I look at this master, I believe this more or less even more.
The master promised to reassure the two of us, saying that the leader had explained to him, and he would definitely make Ah Hu's corpse fit properly, and he would never be verbose.
I know the rules, and I don't care what his leader says. I took advantage of the time to get the beard to buy two packs of cigarettes. I shoved this cigarette into this master's hand.
In this way, we were busy until almost dawn, and I and Hu Zi finished Ah Hu's business, and his ashes were packed in a small mahogany coffin, and we also burned the ingots and the little paper girls.
My beard and I were tired enough. There is also a small guest house in this funeral home, which is actually a place for the family of the deceased to rest, and the others are the same as the outside guest houses, which are also charged.
But we were specially taken care of, not only did we live in a standard room on the best second floor, but we didn't have to think about the cost.
I also took the little mahogany coffin with me, and I kept it in a corner of the room.
My beard and I each lay on the same bed and fell asleep.
After sleeping for a while, I heard a continuous car horn outside the window.
This voice is also very nervous, it seems that the driver is in a hurry, and he is urging someone.
I got out of bed, and when I looked at my phone, I was shocked.