Lincheng, midsummer, Zhengyang Street.

The dazzling sunlight, the cement floor of the city was baked by the scorching sun without half of the moisture, reflecting the hot white light, and the plexiglass of the rows of shops on Zhengyang Street seemed to be about to be roasted and melted.

Diagonally opposite Zhengyang Street is the first hospital of the provincial capital, and the crowd is still flowing in the scorching sun, but it seems that people's footsteps are stepping on the concrete floor, and there seem to be strings of white smoke.

The long Zhengyang Street, rows of shops, most of them are funeral supplies stores, wreaths, shrouds, urns, sanitary coffins, scriptures, candles, incense, tin foil, yellow paper, and elegiac couplets...... Wait a minute.

There are also those with strong funds who have completed the one-stop service of funeral.

"Mo Han, can you install an air conditioner, do you want to heat me to death this old man?" An old man sitting at the door of a store on Zhengyang Street called: "Qingshan Woman" turned around and yelled.

A couplet at the door: I see how charming Qingshan is, and I expect Qingshan to see me like this.

A few copper coins shook in the old man's hand, "clanging", and suddenly, they were thrown into the air.

The "ding" copper coins collided in the air, like butterflies flying, and the copper coins after the collision fell obediently on a small table in front of him. He touched the copper coin that fell on the table with his hand, and said to himself: "On the third day of the seventh month, the ghost lands, and it is forbidden to travel, break the ground, and do not do anything. ”

"Mo Han, forget it today, you can't install an air conditioner." The old man touched the goatee, and a small flag of "Iron Mouth Divine Calculation" was placed on the side.

The Mo Han in the old man's mouth is me, the main business is the second leatherman, and now I am called the undertaker, and the side business is this small shop for funeral supplies.

Two tanners have since ancient times, such as being beheaded in ancient times, beheading, etc., it is necessary for two tanners to sew them together, the two tanners in ancient times are very profitable, however, the industry has the rules of the industry, passed down from generation to generation, when the poor are less or even not, the rich can ask for a little more, but they can not ask for a price, otherwise they will be cut off.

"Oh." I reclined in my rocking chair and replied casually, and it was hard to say a word in such a ghostly weather.

The old man was picked up by me, he was a blind man, and he always said unashamedly: The reason why I am blind is because I have leaked too many heavenly secrets, hey...... Retribution.

At that time, the blind man had no fixed residence, and the stall was not fixed, and the whole was driven from the east city to the west by the city management, and the west city was driven to the north city, and from the north to the south city, one day, I was bored and sat at the door, the old man was on the opposite side to help a woman touch the bones, and after the calculation, the old man reached out to ask for the hexagram gold, and never wanted to be slapped by the woman, saying that he was disrespectful to the old, and the old cow ate the tender grass, and the old lady's oil.

Seeing the old man's inexplicable appearance, I kindly gave him a corner of the shop, but I didn't expect this move to make my business a lot better.

"Sir, please help me do the math." A middle-aged man came in, with slightly red circles under his eyes.

"Well, you want to ask about the future, marriage, school, or what?" The old man said slowly.

"Time to enter the earth."

"Who died? Gui Geng this year? ”

"My father, 89 years old."

"When?"

"It's 12:48 p.m. today."

The old man took out three copper coins, the outer circle and the inner square, "ding" with the hand, the copper coins flew into the air, the three copper coins collided in the air, showing off the exquisite butterfly flowers, a moment fell, he touched the copper coins with his hand and said: "The gold and wood puppets are combined, the four sides are short of water, the mortuary is three days, the coffin is carried at the time, the soil is not put into the soil from time to time, the Rao River is rolled three times, and the descendants are blessed." ”

"Thank you." The middle-aged man took out 500 yuan of hexagram gold and put it in the old man's hand.

"Great blessing, sorrow comes from the heart, and joy comes from it. However, the money cannot be collected. The old man clenched his fists slightly and returned the money to the middle-aged man.

"For ...... Why? ”

"Master Zu's rules, immortals can't earn money." The old man stroked his beard.

"This ...... Thank you sir. ”

The middle-aged man looked up at the funeral items in the store, but they were all available, and said, "Little brother, can you deliver the goods?" ”

"Yes, free shipping."

"Well, I won't choose anything, you can help me pick it up, just about 20,000." He paid a deposit of 5,000 yuan and gave it to me with the delivery address.

This is the first time I have met such a strange client, but I didn't ask too much, maybe there was an urgent matter, maybe I trusted the professional eye.

Seeing off the customer, the old man said: "Help you calculate a hexagram, when to leave, when to come back, how about inviting you to have a small drink?" ”

"Cut, old man, why don't you count yourself, you are chased by the city management every day, beaten by fat women, although I worship ghosts and gods, but I don't believe you, but it's okay to drink a little wine." I laughed and joked at the old man. Indeed, every time night falls, I feel lonely, after all, at the age of 26, I don't have a girlfriend, and I can only spend the long night on pictures and some websites.

Ay...... Helplessly, finding a girlfriend is indeed a big problem in this profession.

"You rabbit cub, haven't you heard of it: don't count people and count yourself, and count yourself to death?"

"Nope."

"Believe it or not, I'm pumping you."

"Letter, you are amazing, I found myself a master." I was talking to the old man as I sorted out the goods to be delivered.

"Master, let's calculate a hexagram for my good grandson." The old man only cares about the fortune telling, and I only care about sorting out the goods to be sent.

While I was sorting out the bereavement, I moved it to the truck, a second-hand broken truck. A small eliminated car that ran freight, I looked okay, so I took over with a meal.

"Mo Han, Mo Han." The old man's voice was a little anxious.

"What's the matter, sir, what a fuss." I replied casually with the goods.

"It's not appropriate to go out now, and I'll start after the unitary time." The old man had a straight face.

"Oh." I casually responded. Walked up to the old man, looked at him and said, "Don't you want to drink and set off at the right time?" By the time I got back, it was midnight. ”

"If you don't listen to the blind man, you will suffer in front of you." The old man was a little displeased, called me to his side, patted me on the shoulder, and sighed slightly.

"Old man, look forward to the store. Gone ......."

The delivery went smoothly, and the middle-aged man gave me a red envelope in order to express his gratitude, and I accepted it half-pushed.

When I went back, it was dusk, there were bursts of thunder in the sky, and dark clouds began to condense, I rolled the window, and a sultry heat wave came to my face, and I couldn't help but curse:.

The broken car without air conditioning was like a stuffy tank inside, there was a feeling of suffocation in the hot sweat, a lightning bolt pierced the silence of the sky, and a thunderclap woke up the creatures on the earth. I was also startled by the sudden thunder.

The rain began to fall.

The thunder grew more and more intense, and the rain became heavier and heavier. Near the city, shrouded in dense and interlaced rain curtains.

The car whistled and thundered. All the cars have their lights on, and the city is like a sea of lights.

My eyes were hazy, the whole person was almost lying on the steering wheel, the windshield wipers of the broken car could not clean the rain, and in a trance, it seemed that a car in front of me was speeding towards me.

At this moment, my mind went blank, and I made a sharp turn on the right, slightly braked, and stepped on the accelerator, and several actions were combined in one go.

A large truck behind "Woo" directly knocked a black car into the air.

Stopped on the side of the road, I trembled, my hands and feet have not obeyed the call, my right trouser pocket is like a fire, I took out a copper wire from the trouser pocket, the copper coin is round and square, at this time it has been red, I quickly threw it down, the copper coin "呲呲" smoked, disappeared without a trace.

"How did the old man's copper coin get into my pocket? It was the old man who saved me. After thinking about it, he regained a trace of consciousness and quickly got out of the car to save people.

The black car had been knocked out of the iron, and I vaguely saw that a girl inside was already unrecognizable, torn apart, as if dismembered.

Although I am an undertaker and have dealt with all kinds of corpses, I have never seen such a tragic corpse, I shook my head, and prepared to go back and invite the old man to a good drink, and thank the old man for saving his life.

It seems that the old man is a hidden master, so I want to let the old man guide and guide, it is best to accept me as an apprentice, I have been thinking about this matter in my heart, and I have arrived at Zhengyang Street unconsciously.

The door of the shop was open, the old man was gone, and even the small flag of "Iron Mouth Divine Calculation" was gone.

"Old man, stop kidding." I shouted a few times.

"Mo Han, Mo Han." Aunt Liu from the shop next to me waved at me.

"Aunt Liu, did you see the old man?" I don't know when I already care about the old man, after all, I've treated him as a grandfather all this time.

"Well, the old man wants me to tell you that he's back in the country."

"Country? Did you say where? I patted my head in annoyance, and when I picked him up, I never asked him what his name was, nor where he lived.

"I didn't say, and I didn't ask. You've been together for so long and you don't know, really. ”

"Oh oh oh, thank you, Aunt Liu." I ran into the shop and looked around to see if the old man had left any traces or a note for me, but I was disappointed.

Looking at the pouring rain outside, I was full of worry in my heart, and scolded in my heart: "A blind man, what is running around in such a heavy rain." ”

"Or does it have something to do with saving me?" "Smack" I slapped myself hard, regretting that I didn't listen to the old man's words. It's too late, and I can only pray in my heart that the old man is safe, if anything happens to him because he saves me......

I don't dare to think about it.

The mobile phone on the "Jingle Bell" table rang, and I hurriedly picked up the phone and said, "Old man, don't make trouble, come back quickly." ”

"Eh, are you Qingshan Mo Han?"

"Oh, I am, I'm sorry, I just ......"

"It's okay, I heard that you are the best undertaker, I need your craft."

"No problem, just give me the time address."

"We'll pick you up tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock."

"Okay, that...... That one...... Do you know the fees? ”

"As long as we are satisfied, I will make you satisfied."

I was just about to say that the festival is changing, but the other party has already hung up the phone. Leaving me messy in the wind with my phone, I smiled helplessly.