I walked around the town, and asked some people, only to find a shop that sells tombstones, this shop is not very big, about 30 square meters, the store is some unengraved flat monuments, the owner is an old man in his sixties, with a childish face, and his face is somewhat in line with his actual age. (Flat stele, semi-finished tombstone with no inscriptions on it)

When the boss saw me enter, his face was slightly stunned, and he said, "Young man, what's the matter?" ”

"One meter seven times fifty-five, three centimeters thick, the stone is granite, the style of double dragon holding beads, the stele frame is a black background, engraved with red Wei body, forty words, how much is it?" I got straight to the point and said the tombstone's request. (One meter seven is the height of the stele, fifty-five is the width of the stele, the general tombstone is one meter five times fifty, of course, this is an ordinary tombstone in the countryside, the real tombstone will be talked about later, so that everyone understands what a real tombstone is.) ）

"When?" The boss asked me.

"Tomorrow!" I touched some flat monuments in the store, it felt very slippery, there were traces of artificial processing, the owner only gave so much money, and I could only buy tombstones of this kind of goods, I didn't care so much, so I said: "Is it too late to come up?" ”

"Working overtime overnight, it should be urgent, but I'm afraid the price is a bit high." The boss glanced at me and said, "Roughly estimated, it will take about 2400!" ”

To tell the truth, we could have talked about the price again, but we can spend as much as we do in this line, and we have to spend as much as the master gives, and the oil and water in the middle cannot be fished, as for the reason, we still maintain some respect for the ghosts and gods, and the money spent on the ghosts and gods cannot be earned, and if it is earned, it will be spent in other ways, such as illness and the like.

Like some shops that sell yellow paper, their scales are definitely full of pounds, and even more will come out, which is what is important.

"Okay, it's 2400!" I nodded, took out a half-prickly grandfather, counted 24 to the boss, and said, "This head of the family died a little miserable, and the blood monument was erected, does the boss understand what I mean?" ”

"Hehe, young man, I've been playing tombstones for more than 30 years, I don't understand these things, it's not for nothing, okay, I'll choose a good flat monument for you, and ensure that you can squat peacefully." The boss smiled, took the money, beckoned to me, and led me to another room. (Squatting is entering the soil)

This room is a little small, about a few square meters, the lights in the room are a little dim, a few flat monuments are erected on the wall, I touched it with my hands, the quality is better than those flat monuments outside.

"When I was so old as you, I looked down on making dead people's money the most, but I didn't expect to start the stele industry in the end, today I see that you kid is very refreshing, sell you a piece of my private goods to you!" The boss took me to a flat monument and said, "I plan to keep this flat monument for a few years, what do you think?" ”

I glanced at the flat stele, the color is blue, two real dragons are depicted on both sides, the top is a round stone ball, on which is engraved with the word 'dian' in Wei style, the whole tombstone gives people a very strange feeling.

Stretched out his hand and touched the stone, the feeling of starting is very flat, the flat is the whole stone surface to the touch is particularly smooth, rough is the fine particles of the stone surface, giving people a sense of reality. It is indeed a good stone, and it is not as smooth as the artificially treated flat monuments outside.

"Boss, I'm afraid the price of this flat monument is more than 2,000, right?" I asked the doubts in my mind.

"Huh!" The boss smiled, did not answer my question directly, and said: "Now the people who make the money of the dead are all old people, and few young people are willing to do it, and it is the first time I have seen it when you are so young to buy a tombstone, if I am not mistaken, you should be the Eight Immortals!" ”

I nodded and asked, "How do you always see that?" ”

"In the early years, the little old man also carried the coffin, and he also knew a little about the Eight Immortals, your steps were heavier, and your left shoulder sank slightly, obviously you had carried heavier things, and you had a light smell of yellow paper, and now you have entered the little old man's tombstone shop, what is it if it is not the Eight Immortals?" The boss explained with a smile.

My face changed suddenly, this old man is not simple, he is definitely not an ordinary boss who sells tombstones, I don't want to have too much conversation with him for fear of being deceived, so I said: "Boss, I still buy the tombstone outside, the price inside is a bit expensive, and the main family does not give such a high price!" ”

"How much did the Lord give you?" The boss asked me with a smile.

"Everything is done, 4000, the budget for the flat monument and the inscription is 2400," I told the truth, meaning that I only have so much money, don't sell other tombstones.

"Interesting little guy, since I showed you this tombstone, there is no possibility of price increase, I Jiang Tiansheng is not short of this money!" The boss smiled, took out his mobile phone and dialed a number, and said, "Xiao Liu, call more than a dozen people to come and carry the flat monument!" ”

Hearing this, I was stunned, really stunned, just such a flat monument needs more than a dozen people to carry it out? That's, isn't it? In my opinion, the heaviest is about 600 pounds, and I asked him, "Do you need more than a dozen people to carry it?" ”

"Hehe, young man, when I found this flat monument back then, it was also your expression." The boss smiled, took out a box of cigarettes, handed one to me, and said, "You'll know when you carry it tomorrow." ”

I can't figure out what this boss means, I have never met him, and I gave me such a good flat monument, if you want to say that there is no plan, who will believe it?

"What the hell do you mean? Can you tell me the truth? Although the kid is not deeply involved in the world, he also understands that there is no merit, what are you? "I took the boss's cigarette and dragged it in my hand and didn't dare to smoke it, for fear that the cigarette would be drugged! After all, I have a huge amount of 4,000 yuan on me, maybe this little old man is the idea to fight this money.

"Hahaha!" The boss took my look in his eyes, laughed, and said: "Young man, don't think too much, I didn't give you this flat monument for nothing, there is a small request, if you can do it, I will give you an additional 3000, how about it?" ”

"You said, the kid can do it, as for the 3,000, you can keep it for the elderly!" I feel really tired talking to this boss, and I really don't understand what he means.

"You said before that the main family died very miserably, and it was a blood stele, and my flat stele has a scientific name called Linglong Blood Stele, which has some origin with the blood stele you said, as long as you let this exquisite blood stele squat, the deceased's resentment, grievances, and anger will dissipate immediately, which is better than those so-called Taoist priests and monks who recite scriptures for seven days and seven nights."

After speaking, the boss looked at me for a while, frowned, shook his head again, and said: "My request is that only eight Eight Immortals can carry the tombstone tomorrow, and they can squat peacefully, and there are no other requirements, remember, only eight Eight Immortals, if something happens to one more person, I will not be responsible." ”

Hearing this, I reached out and broke the tombstone, it was very heavy, and I couldn't lift it a bit, what kind of request is this, isn't it nonsense? It is obviously impossible for a tombstone that can be carried by a dozen people to be carried by eight of us.