"Hey, Tian Qi, is this a dragon that Lao Hu called 96144?" Classmate A asked.

The so-called one-dragon is the common name of the Northeast people for those who are engaged in funeral business, because they can wrap up the whole set of procedures from the deceased's breath, purification, dressing to the final cremation in the funeral home and putting the ashes into a box for you to take away, so it is called a dragon. 96144 is the special line of the Civil Affairs Bureau's funeral business, which belongs to the state's non-profit organization. Of course, these non-profit organizations are often the most profitable now, such as hospitals and schools.

I beckoned to the middle-aged man from afar, and the man walked quickly: "You are Mr. Hu, right?" ”

"No, it's in this house." The classmate next to him pointed to the ward, and the middle-aged man hurriedly walked in.

Lao Hu and his family are busy in the ward. The middle-aged man was obviously very experienced, so he first took out two bottles of cheap liquor, asked the family to strip the deceased naked, and then wiped his body clean with wine. Then put on a full set of shrouds that Lao Hu had already bought. Then he called the eldest son of the deceased, that is, Lao Hu, to the window of the ward, and asked him to read a set of words with him, such as "Dad, you go well, Western Avenue XXXXXX" and the like, there is a lot of content, and I can't remember it for a long time.

Our classmates saw that there were many programs, and some of them wanted to smoke. I went downstairs first and smoked and chatted in the courtyard of the inpatient department. There was a long van with the word 96144 sprayed on the body parked next to the door, which should have been driven by the middle-aged man. A classmate said: "I heard that there are also counterfeit ones in the Civil Affairs Bureau. ”

"How is that possible?" I don't smoke, so I have to smell their second-hand smoke. "Counterfeit people won't buy the same long van, and spray it exactly like the Civil Affairs Bureau, right? That's too costly. ”

Another classmate also said: "That is, how can the fake one connect with the funeral home?" ”

The classmate said, "You don't understand, they may all collude with the funeral home." "I asked what is the point of this kind of collusion, the funeral home has its own car, why do they have to give up the business to outsiders, and they don't make money themselves.

The classmate smiled and said: "You are a foreigner again, the one-stop business of the funeral home is a clear real price, just like a public hospital, you can't ask for money casually, and you can't add projects, otherwise you will have to be complained." But these fakes are fine, they can ask for any price, and they can give you all kinds of names. If you outsource out to take over a job, you will receive more rebates than you can earn by going out of the car. ”

I expressed my incomprehension: "If the counterfeit price is casually asked, won't the family of the deceased complain?" And this is still a dereliction of duty by a public institution, so it must not be punished to death by the competent department? ”

The classmate said: "You are too naïve, someone has to accept the complaint, and when the time comes, it will delay you for a few months, and it will always be said that it is under investigation." Can you still chase your ass every day and ask? "We didn't believe it, and we thought it wasn't that dark.

While we were chatting here, Lao Hu and a few people had already come out of the gate of the hospital with a paper coffin, and the middle-aged man walked quickly to the long van. Open the back compartment board and direct everyone to put the paper coffin inside. As soon as he closed the back compartment board, Lao Hu answered the phone, suddenly looked nervous, and said to his mother: "My aunt has a heart attack in the ward, and the doctor is rescuing her!" ”

The family members of the Hu family hurriedly ran back to the hospital, and Lao Hu asked the middle-aged man to wait for a while, then turned around and ran into the hospital. The middle-aged man pulled out a pack of cigarettes. I and a few classmates divided a few, I waved my hand not to smoke, several classmates each asked for one, I saw that this person was smoking a soft bag of China, it seems that the income should be good.

I chatted with a few classmates, and someone asked: "Tian Qi, in the past two years, I have made a lot of money selling Buddhist cards in Thailand, so I should invite a few of our brothers to go to the bathing center to play, right?" The other two asked for peace, and I laughed and said that this reason was not sufficient, and then another one.

Another classmate asked: "I heard that Lu Wen is still wearing the amulet you sold her back then, is it effective?" Last cycle, she broke her foot while riding an electric car, didn't she say that wearing a Buddha card can protect the body? ”

". Who do you listen to? The Buddha card is not a body armor, but also a vajra body! It can only change the wearer's luck to some extent. I replied as I flipped through the text messages on my phone.

The classmate said, "I originally wanted to buy one from you, so forget it." ”

We were chatting. The middle-aged man came up to me and asked me if I was selling Buddhist cards. I said yes, the middle-aged man asked me to give him a business card, and I thought to myself why he was interested in Buddhist cards, could it be related to the funeral industry? He took out the business card from his wallet and handed it to him, the middle-aged man was just about to say something, Lao Hu and his relatives hurried out of the hospital building again, the middle-aged man asked how it was, Lao Hu said tiredly: "My aunt has a heart attack, she has just been arranged for emergency hospitalization, my uncle and cousin stay to take care of it, let's go." ”

The middle-aged man got into the cab. Lao Hu's family had a van, and his relatives also had two drivers, so he let the middle-aged man drive to the funeral home by himself. The middle-aged man poked his head out and let Lao Hu sit in the co-pilot. Lao Hu didn't think much about it, so he got into the funeral car, and the other relatives all drove off, and several cars left the hospital one after another. A few of my classmates and I went home separately.

At noon the next day, I received an unfamiliar phone number, which was the middle-aged man from yesterday. This guy claimed to be surnamed Wu, and I remember his name very well as Wu Dawei. It sounds very reminiscent of Wu Dalang, but fortunately, this person is about 1.8 meters tall, otherwise it is estimated that it will be a joke.

Mr. Wu asked, "I just drove a one-stop funeral car, do you remember?" ”

I said, "Of course I do." Is there something wrong with me? Did my classmate Hu do anything over there? ”

"Definitely do Lisuo, we're just doing this!" Mr. Wu said with a smile, and changed the subject again, "By the way, I have something I want to ask you." It's not easy for us to drive funeral cars, and we specialize in pulling the dead. Although the family members of the deceased are often followed in the car, there are still many times when the car runs empty. I just want to know, is there a kind of Buddhist card that can be put in the car to ward off evil spirits? ”

Hear him say that. I'm still very happy, thinking that business opportunities are really everywhere, the funeral car that pulled the corpse is heavy, maybe this Mr. Wu feels unlucky, so he wants to suppress it. I said, "Of course, the main purpose of the Buddha card is to ward off evil spirits and keep peace, and the second function is to attract wealth and prosperity." The price you want to ask for is from more than 2,000 to tens of thousands. ”

"Tens of thousands? What kind of amulet does that have to be? Gold or jade? Mr. Wu asked. I said on the contrary, Thai amulets are generally made of clay embryos, and the shells are mostly plastic and acrylic, and a few are pure silver, and there are no precious metals.

Mr. Wu didn't understand: "How can a mud-pinched Buddha card still be sold for tens of thousands of yuan?" "I told him that the value of Thai amulets is not based on metal, but on mana, age and raw materials, and gave him a brief science popularization. Mr. Wu said. He knew two friends who also drove this kind of funeral car, and in order to keep safe, he also asked someone to bring back two Buddhist medals from Thailand and wear them around his neck every day. I don't know how it works.

For this kind of customer, it's still the same old routine, I never pack tickets in a big way, but I will definitely say the advantages. So he said: "Thailand's amulet must have an effect, have you often watched the news on the Internet, those Hong Kong and Taiwan stars have gone to Thailand to ask for amulet, and-"

"I know, Cecilia Cheung, they all say that what kind of ghost she raises, it is also made by the Thais, what kind of Buddha is that little ghost?" Mr. Wu took over.

I said, "A little ghost is a little ghost, and it is two different kinds of Buddhist cards, and you can't use it." Just ask for a genuine card, as long as you can ward off evil spirits and keep safe, how much money can you accept? ”

Mr. Wu thought for a while: "I don't understand this, you ...... You say. "It seems that this customer is different from others, probably afraid of being slaughtered, so he doesn't dare to negotiate the price first. I said that if I am genuine, I will have to get three to four thousand, and the effect of being too cheap is not obvious. Mr. Wu said that the effect is not obvious, isn't that a waste of money.

"The reason why you ask for the card is that you just want to have peace of mind, or do you have any specific requirements? For example, have you ever bumped into evil, haunted by ghosts, or touched evil or something? I asked. Mr. Wu coughed dryly, hesitated for a long time, and didn't say anything.