Chapter 21: Entering the Mourning Hall
The corpses were placed on an iron plate and sent out of the morgue through a small space via a conveyor belt.
This is a rule for sending corpses out of the morgue: the first time the corpse is sent in, the last time it is sent out, it must be separated from the person, although I don't know why, but many places have this kind of rule, called Yin and Yang Dao
The corpse walks in the shade. Dao, people walk the yang path, but if the corpse is not the first time to enter the morgue or go out and come back, there is no such rule.
The three of us walked into the garage through another exit, the body was already placed at the end of the conveyor belt, where was a transparent ice coffin, the body was loaded into the back box of the Volvo, fixed with the belt on all sides, the curtain behind the coffin car was closed, and the car slowly drove out of the garage.
The first time you were on the last trip of the deceased, you two should pay attention to the rules: you are not allowed to look behind you unless you are looking in the rearview mirror; If someone calls you by name in the back, don't say yes; If you feel someone tapping you on the shoulder or hair, don't pay attention. Lei Heng said very solemnly.
If you go out at night and find someone on the side of the road hitchhiking, don't pay attention to it, and don't pay attention to a car that is exactly like you in the front or rearview mirror, there are many taboos in this line, you should be careful.
Originally, I wanted to be the co-pilot so that I could chat with Lei Heng and learn more about this place, but Liu Yuwei desperately pulled me to sit in the back seat with her, and I had to sit in the back.
Although Liu Yuwei was sitting side by side with me, the whole person was almost half lying on me, and when she heard Lei Heng's words, she began to tremble.
Well, just some taboos, no big deal. I said helplessly: Yuwei, can you tell me what kind of bet you made to study here?
Sister Yuwei made a bet? Lei Heng asked a little strangely.
None of your business! Liu Yuwei said with some anger: Anyway, I want to come by myself!
Well, okay! As you see fit! Lei Heng laughed.
After about 40 minutes of driving, we arrived at our destination: one of the largest national funeral homes in the city.
There are many reasons why the funeral parlor has never been private, it is all a state monopoly, but I can understand why there is such a monopoly for the peculiarities of the industry of contacting and disposing of corpses.
After driving to the place, Lei Heng gave me some information and asked me to handle the handover, and he got the body out by himself, and after some cumbersome procedures, we pushed the makeup corpse to the storage place first, and when the mourning hall was ready, we could go directly.
Okay, I'll go back to school first, and I'll leave the rest of Xiao Zhang's affairs to you. Lei Heng got into the car and said.
All right. I nodded.
The funeral home is also a very troublesome place, but Zhang Heng, it seems that you should have a lot of experience in this area, you can do it.
After saying that, Lei Heng drove the Volvo away.
I looked around a lot: the corpse trucks were constantly coming in and out, and corpses covered with white cloth were brought in and dragged directly to some rooms to go through the formalities, waiting for their final ride.
Working in this kind of place all the time, you will feel that life is really dear: from the conveyor belt to the furnace, after 40 minutes to an hour, it will come out into a pile of ashes, and a life will disappear like this, and there will be no trace of its existence in this world
The corpse control of our old Zhang family can't resurrect a person, but only puts a front-line puppet next to the corpse left by a person, and no one knows where the person's soul goes.
Just as I was thinking, a staff member next to me held up this sign: Man No. 771! Where is it?
I looked at a sign that was handed out to me when I went through the formalities just now, and it said 771.
Here, what is the matter? I asked immediately.
The mourning hall is ready, and the goods are sent to the jade hall at the top. The staff gave me a form and filled out a form and ticked it to me.
In a funeral home, you can't say that the body can only say the body, you can't say the dead, you can only say the dead.
However, this is the first time I've heard of someone like this one who directly said delivery.
With that form in hand, I took Liu Yuwei to the corpse storage to collect the body.
The door of the corpse storage place was full of chariots, on which were corpses covered with white cloths, some of them were still stained with blood, and there were not many people here, only some workers dragging those chariots back and forth to other places.
What do these people think about working here? Liu Yuwei asked as she looked at the corpses next to me.
You have to study here, what do you think? I pouted and laughed.
A staff member looked at my number and form and nodded: Wait.
After a while, the transparent ice coffin of Zhao Shihan, who was neatly dressed, was pushed out.
This girl's family is a rich man, right? Do it to the highest standards, push it away. The staff member laughed.
At this time, Zhao Shihan's body has been covered with a longevity quilt (not necessarily the elderly deceased is called a longevity quilt, it can be called so) surrounded by two garlands on all sides: the inside is a lily, the outside is a white chrysanthemum, and the outermost layer is some calla lilies, which looks very pure and elegant, and the color matching is good.
Then the staff member gave me a red cloth with some patterns sewn with gold four threads, and this cloth was covered on the coffin of the deceased, which is generally called the red head, which probably means to summon spirits, so that the soul of the deceased can return and see who is worshipping her.
I nodded and put away the cloth, pushed the ice coffin through a special elevator, and came to the so-called Jade Hall.
There are probably more than 30 mourning halls in this place, the size and furnishings are different, and the price is even different every day, this jade hall is the best mourning hall here, the interior setting can be described as quite luxurious, it is said that the rent is tens of thousands a day.
After entering, I saw Zhao Shanfu and Li Shuqin.
Seeing me pushing the ice coffin in, Zhao Shanfu immediately rushed up, and when he saw his daughter's tears, he left tears, and knelt down as if he had collapsed.
The few people in the back were probably his hands, and they quickly pulled him up.
Zhao Shanfu is said to have been a bastard in the early years, although these people are also in suits and leather shoes, but they all look like they are five big and three thick, and they don't look like good people. On the other side, there were a few women sitting on the side eating melon seeds, who looked like the wives of these people.
At a glance, all of these women seem to look good, but if you look closely, they give people a very vulgar feeling: everyone is wearing various types of furs, and they all look like bears, and everyone's face and makeup are painted with sabre-rattling, which is the kind of feeling that desperately wants to make their faces look good but is self-defeating.
The only one who can watch a little is Li Shuqin: now she is much more energetic than the dejected appearance last night, although there are tears in her eyes, but she still desperately resists persuading Zhao Shanfu on the side.
After tossing, I finally placed the ice coffin in the center of the mourning hall, then plugged in the power supply to adjust it to a constant temperature, and pulled Liu Yuwei to the side to sit and observe.
Zhao Shanfu sat on the side for a while after being sad for a while, and then walked towards us after seeing me and Liu Yuwei.
Thank you for your hard work, do you also spend the night here? Zhao Shanfu threw me a cigarette, and when he saw that I didn't smoke, he lit it himself and asked.
We are responsible until the cremation of the deceased, always here. I nodded.
Zhao Shanfu looked at Liu Yuwei on the side, nodded without saying and went to find his friends again, but Li Shuqin came up.
The meal we ate yesterday is meeting again today, how are you? By the way, I haven't asked: Are you two inseparable already boyfriend and girlfriend?
Liu Yuwei's face turned red, and I smiled and said: Actually, we have only known each other for two days, but we just happen to be studying this major.
So that's the case, Liu Yuwei, where are you from? Li Shuqin began to talk to Liu Yuwei.
Topics between women are generally boring, and I got bored and got up and walked around.
At this time, the mourning hall also began to be lively, and people kept coming in to offer flowers or something, it seemed that they were all some friends of Zhao Shanfu's business, and all of them seemed to be the same type of people as him.
The current situation is: If there is a person next to Zhao Shanfu who is the one who is responsible for this situation of seven corpses, then this person should also appear once today.
And this person must have an unusual relationship with Zhao Shihan, Lao Song asked me to come here to observe, mainly to find out some suspicious targets, I secretly observed.
While I was watching, I looked back at the corner: Liu Yuwei and Li Shuqin didn't seem to have a very pleasant conversation: Li Shuqin grabbed Liu Yuwei's arm as if trying to explain something, while Liu Yuwei pursed her lips and glared at Li Shuqin as if she was very angry, but she didn't say a word from beginning to end.
In the end, the two seemed to break up unhappily, and Liu Yuwei ran directly to me and sat down very angrily.
What's wrong? I asked curiously.
How can there be such a shameless woman in the world! Liu Yuwei's face turned pale and said: She, she, she
It's not that Zhao Shanfu is really ready to support you, right? I laughed.
Pretty much, but why did she speak? What the hell is it to find a woman for your own man?
Just as I was about to speak, there was a commotion at the door.