【026】My altar
There is a time-honored carpentry workshop in Dongmu Town, in the past, this woodworking workshop would help the townspeople make some furniture and farm tools, etc., and later with the continuous development of the times and the progress of science and technology, many people in Dongmu Town do not do farm work, and furniture and everything must choose international brands.
What mahogany, European and American style, North American style, ins style, Nordic style......
Because of the improvement of everyone's living standards, no one can afford the handiwork of old carpenters anymore.
After all, even if the older generation is willing to use it again, the young people will definitely dislike it, and most of the older generations of the current social families love their children and grandchildren, so naturally they are what they say.
As a result, this long-established carpentry workshop in the town of Fuyuki has become less popular.
However, even if the business began to become depressed due to the times, the owner of the shop did not plan to close the store, but directly turned the business into wood carvings of Buddha, Arhat, Bodhisattva, Land Gong, Zao Wangye, Sanqing Patriarch, Erlang God, and so on.
I have to say that this change was indeed a self-salvation when this carpentry workshop was on the verge of closing, and it was precisely because of the woodcarving skills of the carpentry workshop owner that he successfully pulled a business for himself that could be eaten for many years.
According to Shang Yan's information, most of the statues used in Taoist temples and Buddhist temples throughout the city were provided by this carpentry workshop.
And every year those places pay to invite the owner of the carpentry workshop to come and repaint and plate the gold and tin.
There is a distance between the storefront of the carpentry workshop and Shang Yan's old house, and Shang Yan walked for about seven or eight minutes to arrive smoothly.
Although there is no risk of going out of business, this carpentry workshop is still deserted on weekdays, and there are no ordinary customers, which is convenient for Shang Yan.
"Master Lu Mu Shop......" Looking at the plaque hanging on the door of the store, Shang Yan immediately walked into the store.
What Shang Yan didn't expect was that the light in this wooden shop was surprisingly dim, and pieces of carved and uncarved wood carvings were piled up in the house, which was quite spectacular.
"Anyone?" Shang Yan looked at the pitch-black environment in front of him, then stopped and stood still and asked.
"Who?" Soon, a reply came from the darkness.
Shang Yan: "Guest." ”
Click!
Immediately, there was a sound of things collapsing in the store, and soon a tall and thin figure came out of the darkness.
He was tall and thin, with eyes that looked like swimming goggles on his face, a mask on his mouth, and a leather apron around his body.
"Are you going to buy it or do you want to make it to order?" The man asked, pulling down his mask.
"Custom-made, you see how long it takes to make a finished product of this thing, money is not a problem, I need to get the finished product as soon as possible." Shang Yan handed the drawing of the altar to the other party and said.
"Oh, it's a table, it's weird." The man touched his hair like a chicken nest: "If you are in a hurry to use it, then come and get it tomorrow afternoon, and give a deposit of 200 first." ”
"That, I don't have cash with me, can you use Zhibao to transfer money?"
The man glanced at Shang Yan speechlessly, and then reported his phone number.
Through the name on Zhibao, Shang Yan learned that this man's name was Lu Fugong.
In view of the fact that Lu Fugong needed to leave drawings to make the parts of the altar, Shang Yan left the drawings in this carpentry workshop, and then returned to the old mansion leisurely.
The easy things have been done at the moment, and the problem left in front of Shang Yan is to cultivate a zombie in the backyard and transport a corpse to Guolianggou Yizhuang.
And now Shang Yan still doesn't know how to turn a corpse into a zombie, so the task of [exchanging corpses for corpses] has become the easiest task for Shang Yan to do at the moment.
But in order to complete this task, Shang Yan's first condition is to obtain a new corpse.
Yes, that means he's going to dig up corpses again.
However, digging up a corpse is not so easy to dig up a corpse, last time there was a map to give instructions to himself, Shang Yan was able to successfully dig a corpse, this time there is no map, Shang Yan wants to dig up a corpse in the mountains The chance is undoubtedly to find a needle in a haystack.
"Whoa!"
Just as Shang Yan was thinking about his problem, an old man with a folding chair on his back, a fishing rod in one hand, a bucket in the other, and a box of fishing bait hanging from his neck suddenly ran in front of him.
He looked very flustered and a little frightened.
In this Dongmu Town, except for young people like Shang Yan who have not been back for several years, everyone else is a villager who has known each other for many years.
Seeing that this old man had just run past Shang Yan's side, another old man not far away directly shouted to stop him.
"Lao Li! Why are you in such a hurry? ”
"Something's wrong, there's an accident......" The old man who was trotting all the way stopped immediately after meeting an acquaintance, and hurriedly gasped and said.
Shang Yan is a master who likes to join in the fun and listen to gossip, so he immediately learned from the old man to stand still together, cocking his ears and eavesdropping on what was going on.
"What's wrong? What big things can we do in town. ”
"Ahem, me, I went fishing in the river outside the town in the morning, and as you know, the upstream of that river is the Changkeng Village Reservoir."
"Well, I know, what's wrong with the reservoir? Or what's wrong with the river. ”
"Dead man, dead man floating up the river."
"What?"
"Dead man!" Shang Yan was shocked, this news is a bit exciting!
Without waiting for the two old men to say anything more, Shang Yan directly took big strides and ran out of the town.
I have to say that since Shang Yan got the skill of Heart Like a Rock [1], his heart is really much bigger, how could a normal person rush to the scene of the accident with a smile on his face after hearing the news that there was a dead person.
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The Green Snake River is the only river near Dongmu Town, with the Changkeng Village Reservoir in the upper reaches and another village in the lower reaches.
The river is usually used by the townspeople of Fuyuki to irrigate their fields, and occasionally there are fishing enthusiasts who like to fish.
When Shang Yan ran to the river, he saw that the river was extremely calm, let alone a corpse, and he couldn't even see a fish.
"I guess we've been washed downstream." Shang Yan crossed his hands on his hips, panted and looked in the direction of the downstream and said.
The speed of the water in the Green Snake River is not turbulent, even if you throw an empty wooden basin into the river and walk slowly along the river, you can keep up with the flow of the wooden basin, so it stands to reason that if a corpse is really washed down from the upstream, then it will not be washed downstream so quickly.
Shang Yan looked left and right, and then walked towards the shore in the downstream direction.