Chapter 41: Arrange for cremation
With the support of Shen Dali and Yang Qing, I came to the coffin where Zhao Ye's body was parked, knelt on the mat, and kowtowed three times.
Then, I said to Yang Qing: "Help me up, I want to see Zhao Ye again." ”
Zhao Ye's body had been parked for three days, and as soon as I got closer, I smelled a sour smell, and I knew that his body had begun to show signs of decay.
Zhao Ye's old face was painted a thick white, but I could vaguely see that corpse spots had appeared on his face.
Shen Dali said to me very carefully next to him: "They said, don't look below the head. ”
I asked Shen Dali: "Have you seen it?" ”
Shen Dali was silent for a while, nodded, and then lowered his head.
I patted him on the shoulder and asked, "Help me get three pillars of incense." ”
Zhao Ye once told me that incense is the medium of communication between the living and the gods and the dead, so every time before the fight, he would ask incense.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, I had to communicate with Zhao Ye in such a way.
After a while, Shen Dali took three sticks of incense.
After I lit it, I kowtowed three times to Zhao Lao's body again, held the incense high above my head, bowed, and then inserted it into the incense burner handed over by Yang Qing.
Then, the three of us guarded the incense burner and watched quietly.
Wisps of pale gray smoke rose one by one, and I don't know if there was a sense of reluctance for Zhao Lao.
The three incense sticks burn slowly, the incense ash falls inside, and the incense head is flat.
This is peace incense, it should be Zhao Ye's blessing that we can be safe in the future, right?
I looked at Shen Dali and Yang Qing beside me, and I couldn't control myself in my heart: When we came out, everyone was still fine, and we were still five people. But now, Zhao Ye died tragically, and Liu Fatzi left again. What do the three of us do in the future?
I can't show any confusion, because I'm the backbone, I can't do anything about those who leave, and I must make sure that those who are still there are safe and happy, even if they don't necessarily have the same rich life as before.
I think this should also be Zhao Lao's last wish.
"Shen Dali, go to the funeral home, arrange cremation for Zhao Ye as soon as possible, I don't want to see him suffer again."
Shen Dali raised his eyebrows and said angrily: "This group of people is really bad, saying that if the family members don't sign, they won't be cremated." In the past two days, there have been a lot of self-proclaimed 'funeral one-stop' services, all of which have been beaten out by me. ”
I sighed and said to Shen Dali: "Go find them, say that I am Zhao Ye's grandson, and I will sign." ”
Zhao Ye's son is a lazy guy, he is middle-aged, he doesn't want to make progress, and he gambles all day long. Before we went to prison, he had a lot of gambling debts, and then I asked someone to help pay off the debt in prison.
Later, I heard that he owed a lot of money, his house and car were sold, and people were missing, and even Zhao Ye's granddaughter did not know where to go.
Zhang Yi also told me that he couldn't find Zhao Ye's family.
Could it be that if his family doesn't come, we will watch Zhao Ye's body decompose?
Shen Dali shook his head and said, "I've thought about this trick too, but it doesn't work." They want me to issue a certificate, where can I get a certificate? Proof of what? My dad is my dad? Or is my grandfather my grandfather? ”
When I heard Shen Dali say this, I also became angry, and said to Shen Dali: "Take me to them, I'll talk to them." ”
Yang Qing stayed behind to continue to take care of Zhao Ye's body, and Shen Dali took me to find the relevant personnel of the funeral home.
In charge of this part is a middle-aged man with a fat belly, who has been very busy lately, because he has never encountered so many dead people here.
Shen Dali and I waited for a long time before we had a chance to speak.
I hurriedly said to the fat middle-aged man: "I am Zhao Xue's grandson, I want to cremate my grandfather as soon as possible." The weather is hot, the corpse can't be left for a long time, and I don't want the old man to suffer any more. ”
The middle-aged man raised his eyelids slightly and glanced at me, lit a cigarette by himself, and asked, "Do you have a certificate?" ”
I looked ugly and said, "No." ”
"If not, go and get a certificate, you can see, I'm busy here now. Also, if you don't get the certificate out within two days, you will find a way to remove the body, and there will be no room for the dead, so they will stop in the corners. I don't know what's wrong, I'm going to be crazy for the past two days of sending people to me. ”
After speaking, the middle-aged man answered the phone and went out.
Shen Dali was very angry and wanted to beat the middle-aged man, but I stopped him.
People have to follow the formalities, and we can't force others to make trouble recklessly, which will only be self-defeating.
Shen Dali and I walked back with sad faces, and on the road we saw a middle-aged man talking to a young man. I didn't care, but Shen Dali suddenly stopped, pulled me and whispered: "Fifth brother, I seem to have seen that kid, what kind of funeral dragon is he engaged in, if he hadn't run fast at that time, I would have whipped him with the sole of my shoe." ”
Hearing Shen Dali say this, I frowned, looked over there with some confusion, and saw that the young man ordered a few hundred yuan and stuffed it into the middle-aged man.
Immediately after, I heard the middle-aged man say happily, "Tell his family, and we will arrange the rest." Don't worry about the proof, I'll help them get it. The dead are big, on such a hot day, the corpses will rot if you put them down, right? Hehehe......"
The middle-aged man was laughing, and when he saw me and Shen Dali, he frowned, and whispered a few words to the young man, stuffed the money into his arms, turned around and left.
I was angry, and asked Shen Dali in a gloomy voice: "Dali, do you still have the strength?" ”
Shen replied angrily: "Not only do I have strength, but I'm also angry." ”
"Okay, go ahead and beat up that fat man. I'll go find Zhang Yi. ”
Shen Dali was stunned, then sneered, rushed towards the middle-aged fat man with a huge fist, and dragged him into a relatively dark corner very rudely.
After a while, there was a scream like killing a pig inside, as well as Shen Dali's angry scolding.
The funeral parlor was full of crying and shouting, although the middle-aged fat man's cry was particularly miserable, but it didn't attract much attention, because no one was in the mood to take care of other people's affairs.
After a while, Shen Dali came back and said to me with a smile: "Fifth brother, I've been suffocating for the past three days, and I'm happy." The grandson said that he would arrange it for us immediately. ”
However, we didn't wait for the cremation arrangement, but waited for the police.
The police wanted to take Shen Dali away, saying that he was suspected of hurting others, and someone called the police. Fortunately, after Zhang Yi answered my call, he came in time and came forward to help solve the incident.
Shen Dali was very angry and asked me what to do next.
I said to Shen Dali: "You go to that person again and let him arrange, don't beat people this time." ”
Shen Dali frowned and said, "If you don't beat him, I'm afraid he won't listen to me." ”
"Listen to me, you go."
Shen nodded vigorously, rolled up his sleeves, looked fierce, and turned to find the middle-aged fat man.
I turned to Zhang Yi, who had returned from sending away the police, and said, "I'm sorry, I'm bothering you again." ”
Zhang Yi shook his head and said, "Don't talk about this, I came to you this time, mainly for other things." ”
As he spoke, he took out a mobile phone, unlocked it, pressed it a few times, handed it to me, and said, "This is the audio recorded by my colleague's mobile phone before Zhao Lao's accident, you can listen to it." ”