I said, "It's really one of our means of making a living." In fact, we are not much different from other people in our daily lives. Like me, I have to go to school when I don't have a business. ”

Boss Dong nodded and said, "Oh, I understand, let's just say that you still have an identity similar to a normal person in society." ”

I laughed on the spot: "You think of us people as too special, we are normal people." ”

Boss Dong didn't seem to believe my words, so he changed the topic again: "What are you studying now?" Adult education? ”

For this Boss Dong, although I don't particularly appreciate his character, I always feel that he is a very reassuring person, so I don't plan to hide it from him, and said: "No, I'm just an ordinary college student." Hehe, I went to college locally. ”

"How old are you?" Boss Dong asked with a look of astonishment.

I sighed helplessly: "It will be twenty-one in a while." ”

Boss Dong nodded with a smile and didn't speak again.

But I couldn't help but ask him, "How old do I look?" ”

Boss Dong hesitated for a moment before saying to me, "I thought you would be twenty-seven or eighteen this year." ”

I breathed a sigh of relief: "That's fine. When I was fifteen or sixteen years old, people looked at me like I was in my thirties, but now that I have my hair, I am younger. ”

Boss Dong stared ahead, with a smile on his face all the time.

Speaking of which, when I sat with Boss Dong, it can be regarded as a strong contrast. He was in his twenties when he drove in his eighties, and he was nearly fifty years old when he was eighty, but he only looked like he was thirty or forty years old. As for me, I have been old since I was a child. Outwardly speaking, we can be regarded as two polar opposites.

On the way, we talked about a few more topics. During this time, I asked him if he had a clubhouse by the sea, and he nodded yes and let me go over to play freely. Most of the time, he talks about some topics related to finance and real estate, although I don't know much about these two fields, but when Boss Dong talks about these topics, I don't feel bored at all. He is eloquent and his words are appealing.

Back at the construction site, Liang Houzai and I put a talisman on the corpse and wrapped it in a sack before putting it in the coffin.

After the evil corpse entered the coffin, I took out the green steel sword and carved the coffin pattern of the seven-star begonia on the coffin lid.

Boss Dong witnessed the whole process of my tattooing and said that he didn't expect that I was still a craftsman, and this kind of carving kung fu is not something that ordinary people can have.

I still remember when I first learned to make coffins with my master, the carved things were called ugly, and the things I carved out at that time were basically equivalent to the level of graffiti by children under the age of three.

But so far, I can only rely on the gourd to restore the seven star begonia, Kyushu map, nine dragon coffin these three carved lines, if I let me create a pattern, I guess I carved out of the things will not be easy to see. No way, I really don't have any artistic cells.

After the body was put into the coffin, I carefully checked the Qi field at the construction site again, and after confirming that there was no problem, I told Boss Dong that the matter here had been completely resolved, and explained to him some matters that need to be paid attention to in the future.

Finally, I quoted the cost price of the coffin and the manual fee, and Boss Dong happily promised that the money would be transferred to my account before four o'clock in the afternoon.

As for the corpses and coffins, I plan to give them to Senior Brother Zhuang, because Senior Brother Zhuang said in the email that the Wandering Corpse is a new evil corpse, and they don't fully understand the Wandering Corpse now. I gave this corpse to Senior Brother Zhuang to facilitate their research.

But when I called Senior Brother Zhuang, he said frankly that it would take at least half a month if he wanted to send someone over, and suggested that I transport the coffin to the second master first, and let the second master take care of it for a while.

Originally, Boss Dong had a party at noon, but as soon as he heard that we were going to use a car, he said that he was not in a hurry and drove us to the neighborhood where the second master was located.

The place where the second master lives is a residential area that looks very old, because the truck is too large to drive into the alley, Boss Dong can only park the car on the street, while Wang Lei and I moved the coffin out of the car.

Boss Dong gave me a phone number before leaving, saying that it was his private number, and he would only use it when he contacted his family, and he said that since they were all in the same city in the future, I would look for him if I had anything, as long as he could help, he would definitely help.

It was already more than eleven o'clock at that time, and Boss Dong still planned to participate in his entertainment, so he drove away.

I watched the truck go away, and then I turned my head and asked Wang Lei: "Why is this place so big and a bungalow?" ”

The reason for this is that the neighborhood where we are located is almost completely occupied by new residential and commercial buildings, except for this old house, which is hidden in the middle of the sea like an isolated island.

Wang Lei said: "This piece is the property of the old family. Now the family is also planning to demolish and build the building, but they have not been able to find a suitable developer. After all, there are too many secrets of the old family, and you must find someone who can be reliable to take over. The reason why the second master asked me to meddle in your business this time is because he also wants me to get in touch with Boss Dong. I feel that the second master seems to like him very much. ”

I nodded: "Boss Dong, this person also gives me a good feeling." ”

As soon as I finished speaking, the voice of the second master came from the alley next to me: "Yo, why don't you stand there, waiting for me to move the coffin for you?" ”

Looking towards the alley, I saw the second master coming out in a vest and pants, he still looked old, and his spirit was more than that of a young man.

After Master's death, every time I saw these elders, I felt a very close feeling, as if each of them had a shadow of my Master's past.

I kept smiling, watching the second master walk to me, and after the second master came over, he patted me heavily on the shoulder: "You bastard, you've been here for more than a year, and you don't know how to come and see me!" ”

The strength of his palm was so amazing that I felt that my shoulder blades were almost cracked by him, and I rubbed my shoulders with cracked teeth while saying, "Second master, can we count them?" ”

The second master ignored me, he looked at Liang Houzai, and immediately showed a smile: "Houzai is also here?" You're a rare guest, come on, come in, my stupid apprentice should boil the water, come with me to take a bath first. ”

As he spoke, he lifted the coffin and carried it on his shoulders, and then strode into the alley.

Wang Lei also followed, and Liang Houzai and I walked behind.

As I walked, I suddenly remembered something. Didn't the second master say before, did they have a hot spring at home, but why did he say that the water was boiled just now?

How did I suddenly feel like I had been deceived?

The alley is very deep, the floor is paved with red bricks, and the houses on both sides have blue-gray concrete walls full of creepers, while the courtyard is surrounded by red bricks.

It's almost noon, and it's just the time when every household is cooking on the fire, and when you walk in the alley, you can hear the sound from the nearby kitchen, the collision of the spatula and the wok, and the "snort" sound when the dish comes into contact with the hot oil, which is particularly clear.

Walking here, I suddenly had the illusion that I felt as if I was back in the old family home of the tax office.

I probably forgot to mention that in the 07th year when I reported to the university, my parents left the house in the family home and moved back to their hometown.

After all, I don't go to school in the city, and they don't need to spend money on rent, and after so many years, the messages from my hometown about my grandfather killing have long since subsided.

The second master carried the coffin to the deepest part of the alley and knocked on the door of one of the courtyards vigorously.

It didn't take long for the door to open, and a young man who looked about the same age as me stood on the other side of the door, he looked at the second master, frowned and asked, "Why did you get a coffin back?" ”

This person should be Zhang Ruofei mentioned by Wang Lei repeatedly, his eyes seem to be unable to open, and he has been half-squinting, giving people a feeling of malaise. can see that his posture is unusually straight, and there is no sense of weakness at all.

The second master glanced at him and said, "Do you care?" Is the water boiled? ”

As the young man left the door open, he said, "It's done, but there is not enough pot, so I'll borrow one from another house." ”

After speaking, he turned sideways to avoid the second master, went out of the door, and entered the alley.

When the second master entered the courtyard, he muttered in a low voice: "What other family is from another family, aren't they all from our old family?" ”

Wang Lei was the closest to the second master, so when the second master spoke, he also heard it. He looked at me and sighed through his nose, but I couldn't figure out what he meant by sighing with or without an expression on his face.

The second master put the coffin in the courtyard where the sun was most likely to shine, and then beckoned a few of us into the house.

The furnishings in the room have a very old feeling, the tables and chairs are old wood, and the tiles on the floor have long been worn out.

When I looked around the room, the second master smiled at me and said, "In the family, our room is specialized in old things, and these old woods in the house are not changed because they have no money, but because they have feelings, and they are reluctant to throw them away." ”

I asked the second master: "Is dealing in old objects just doing antique business?" ”

The second master shook his head: "No, we specialize in collecting old goods, you have to understand what antiques are and what is old goods." In our industry, what can still be sold when you buy it is something that is old from a hundred years ago, and it is called an antique. Thirty years ago, a hundred years old, we call it old goods. Antiques that can't be sold after being bought and can only be smashed in their own hands are not antiques in our opinion, but just troublesome old objects. ”

I can understand the words of the second master, but in the second half, I can hear it in a fog.

But he didn't plan to explain more, but said to me: "You tossed all night yesterday, just soaked in my hot spring water, and I also want to talk to you about the Bohai Tomb." ”

As he was talking, Zhang Ruofei rushed in with a huge wooden basin.

The second master called him: "If not, you will stop first, and you won't say hello to the guests when they come?" ”

This young man is really Zhang Ruofei.

He glanced at the second master, and said sullenly: "I'm not available." He hugged the wooden door and entered the back room.

The second master looked a little embarrassed and said to me: "Alas, my apprentice has a very strange temper. Usually it's fine, but once someone comes to the family, he becomes hypocritical. ”