Chapter 192: Colorful Coffin (29)
Seeing that I nodded, Yang Yan approached the deceased with some doubts, first probed the deceased's chest with his hand, then frowned, and immediately leaned over and pressed his ear against the deceased's chest. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
In an instant, his complexion changed drastically, and he exclaimed, "Brother Jiu, this... This... What's going on, is this still the dead? ā
I shook my head and said I don't know.
With Yang Yan's words, Li Jiangang also leaned towards the deceased, stretched out his hand to probe his heartbeat, his face was the same as Yang Yan's, he exclaimed, his eyes were full of incredulity, and he said in a trembling voice: "Palace... Palace Master, is it really going to be a corpse? I... I... I've been a Eight Immortals for more than 20 years, and I've never... This is the case. ā
I smiled bitterly, it was the first time I had encountered this situation, where did I know what was going on, the reason why I asked Yang Yan to probe the deceased was nothing more than to hear what Yang Yan had to say.
And now, looking at Yang Yan's expression, he probably doesn't know what's going on.
For a moment, the scene fell silent, and we all stared at the deceased in disbelief.
After about a minute of silence, I really couldn't stand this situation, so I asked Yang Yan, "Long hair, from a medical point of view, does a person's heart beat after death?" ā
He thought for a moment and explained: "If you have just died, you may have jumped a few times due to nervous reasons, but now that the deceased has been dead for two days, it stands to reason that this will never happen." ā
Speaking, he paused and continued: "The heartbeat is the right atrium to absorb the venous blood of the whole body, which is pumped out of the pulmonary artery through the right ventricle, and the pulmonary artery is venous blood at this time, and through the exchange of gas in the lungs, it becomes oxygen-rich arterial blood, which is sent from the pulmonary vein to the left atrium, and then through the aorta of the left ventricle to various tissues and organs of the body to meet the needs of normal physiological activities. ā
I hummed, since it can't be explained from the medical aspect, it can only be figured out by us, I first asked Lang Gao and them to put the deceased into the coffin, considering that the deceased may not be dead, I didn't dare to cover the deceased's face with white paper, so I used a white towel to cover the deceased's eyes.
After doing all this, Na Lang Gao asked me, how to do the next thing, is it according to the previous agreement, and how to do the funeral tomorrow?
I can't answer this question well, after all, now that the dead have a heartbeat, what if they don't die? You must know that when I first became the Eight Immortals, I carried a living person to be buried, and I was afraid that I would encounter this situation again, so I said to Lang Gao, depending on the situation.
Afterwards, the few of us discussed in the hall for a while, and there were basically two topics, one was why the deceased ran from the coffin to the corner, and the other was that the deceased had a heartbeat.
I talked nonsense for about ten minutes, but there was no result.
In desperation, I had no choice but to let Lang Gao and them stay in the hall, and I planned to go to the master's house.
I don't know what's going on, but the moment I just stepped out of the hall, the hall suddenly lit up, and it was a call.
This made me breathe a sigh of relief, I remember when I was a child, my home was lit with kerosene lamps, and I was used to the darkness, and then the country developed, and our village was electrified, which made us no longer inseparable from electricity, and we felt that only with electricity did we have a sense of security.
Out of the hall, I walked straight to the left.
After walking less than ten steps, he happened to meet the main family and walked over, he was followed by three people, one of them was a woman, about twenty years old, the length was quite delicate, the woman held a child in her hand, about a year old, and the woman was followed by a little boy, three or four years old.
As soon as he saw me, the master hurriedly grabbed my arm and said, "Chen Baxian, it's just right that you came, and I was about to go to the hall to find you." ā
I snorted, the previous master said that he was looking for me to have something to discuss, but Lang Gao stopped him, so he said, "Well, go to your house and say!" ā
The man smiled and hurriedly led the way, while his daughter-in-law smiled at me and didn't speak, following with the child.
After a while, I came to a house that was indescribably dilapidated, with many traces of mud in the mud walls, especially the door, and several large holes. There is a saying that when looking at a house, you can see the door first, and you can see the economic conditions of a family from the door.
According to the current situation, the main family's family is estimated to be very poor, and what makes me puzzled is that such a poor family gave me a red envelope of 200 before. You must know that the general red envelope for meeting is at most 100, and the main family with a poor family background even only has 6 yuan.
With some doubts, I followed the master's house inside.
As soon as I entered the door, I found that this house can no longer be described by the word poor, can only be described by the word shabby, the room is not big, about 20 squares, two beds are placed next to each other on the left side, only a cloth is used in the middle, the right side is a cabinet, the innermost position of the room is a stove, the middle position is placed a table of eight immortals, on which a few vegetable bowls are placed, the dishes inside are more common in the countryside, are some sauerkraut, a group of flies buzzing above.
So poor!
This is the first thought in my mind, and I can even say that this is the poorest family I have ever seen, the kitchen, living room, and bedroom are all in one house, which is relatively rare in the countryside, after all, houses in the countryside are not as expensive as in the city, even if it is a brick house, a family down, there are still several rooms.
And now this situation... It seems a little shabby, no, it should be said that it is particularly shabby.
When the lord saw that I was stunned, he gave his daughter-in-law a look, and his daughter-in-law came to her senses, put the child in her hand on the bed, and brought a stool over, which made me wonder that the stool was very oily, and it was shining in the light.
I smiled bitterly, what the hell, how could it be so dirty? I glanced at the lord's house and his daughter-in-law, it's not dirty! Judging from the dress, it looks like a city person, especially the main family, the clothes on his body are a line of English characters, adidas, I remember Guo Fatzi told me about this brand, it seems to be called Adi something, it's very expensive.
It's weird, it's so good to wear, the family shouldn't be so poor!
At that moment, I exhaled heavily, and I didn't care about the stool burial, so I sat down, after all, I am a rural person, what is this dirty.
When the master saw me sitting down, he smiled slightly, handed me a cigarette, lit a fire for me, and said, "Chen Baxian, I have a reluctant request, I don't know if you can agree?" ā
I was stunned, our eight immortals are all based on the will of the main family, so naturally they will not refuse him, so they said: "But it doesn't hurt to say it!" ā
"I... I... I only have 200 dollars in my body, Iā" He said after a moment's pause.
I'll go, I kind of understand, the 200 yuan red envelope before I dare to love is the cost of the whole funeral! Isn't this a pit for me, after a funeral, it's worth a few thousand to say less! What is this for 200, not to mention that I want a salary, those eight immortals, suona teams and some funeral supplies alone, how to calculate this cost? You can't pay for it, can you?
More importantly, before coming to Shanghe Village, I asked Lang Gao to buy some funeral supplies, and I also used Lang Gao's money, which is a bit nonsense.
I smiled awkwardly and said, "Don't be kidding, I... I..."
His face sank, and he said, "Chen Baxian, I'm really not joking with you, our family only has 200 yuan." ā
I was stunned, I finally did a funeral, I can't do it in vain! You can't even post your own money, right? He said, "You... Talk to your relatives! I... We eight immortals also have to eat, marry a daughter-in-law, and support our parents. ā
He exhaled heavily, his face became a little ugly, and said, "Let me tell you the truth!" Those relatives in our family, you should have heard of it, for the death of their father, they fought for it, and even came up with the saying that 'they don't shave their heads in the first month, but they shave their uncles', their purpose is very clear, they just want to extort a sum of money from my aunt's family, we have to talk about conscience, my aunt's money is earned by their efforts, why do they blackmail, and it is exactly like this, my uncles, don't want to make money out... Unless I agree to their request, they will pool the money. ā
"What request?" I was intrigued and asked.
"A complaint was filed in court, suing my aunt's son for killing his father!" When he said this, the face of the lord sank very deeply.
This made me a little confused about what the family was planning, on the one hand, they had no money, and on the other hand, they wanted to extort rich relatives through the deceased, this relationship was a bit chaotic, and for a while, I didn't know what to say, so I was stunned and didn't speak.
Seeing that I didn't speak, the master smiled awkwardly and said, "Chen Baxian, even if I ask you, you must handle my father's funeral well, the matter of money is only so much for the time being, and when it is brilliant and prosperous in the future, I will definitely give it to you a hundred times." ā
I sighed, if I want to say that I am financially good, I will say yes! It can also be regarded as a good deed, the problem is, I owe a lot of foreign debts, and finally made some money on the construction site, but I didn't expect to spend more than half of the funeral, leaving only 2,000 yuan, and some wages are in the contractor, and there is no money to do this funeral.
So, I smiled awkwardly and said, "That... I... I don't have any money, only 2,000 yuan, I'm afraid... I'm afraid I won't be able to handle this funeral! ā
"Two thousand?" He was stunned, glanced at me, and said, "Please, think of a way for me, there will be a great reward in the future!" ā
I... I'm also drunk, this master's family is good enough, is his family dead, or what's the matter, shouldn't he find a way? Why do you keep begging me to think, doesn't he know that our eight immortals are very poor, living at the bottom of the society, how can we have extra money, and I was about to speak, when the main family suddenly knelt down towards me, and then his daughter-in-law also knelt down, and in the end, even his three or four sons also knelt down, and the family knelt in front of me and didn't speak.
This made me feel helpless, and I was ruthless, Made, and said as a good thing, "Okay, I'll figure it out for you, but you have to promise me one thing." (To be continued.) )