I decided to go to the crematorium for an autopsy to see if what I saw in the morgue last night was a hallucination or a real thing. I didn't dare tell anyone about this idea, I don't think anyone would believe it, and if anyone knew, they would think that something was wrong with my nerves. So, I had to go and see it secretly, and I couldn't let anyone else know.

I only knew that Zhang Ke's body was cremated today, but I didn't know the exact cremation time, so I didn't dare to delay, hurriedly dropped the half of the fritters and a small half bowl of soy milk that I hadn't finished eating, and hurried back to the room, with a mobile phone without a battery, planning to have a battery and shell on the way, otherwise it would be inconvenient for someone to find it.

Our school is in Shapingba, and the crematorium is in Shiqiaopu, although they belong to the same district, but there is still such a long distance, I hurriedly took a taxi to the crematorium.

Fortunately, the journey was very smooth, and it was not yet eight o'clock when I arrived at the crematorium, and there were already many people waiting in the funeral parlor of the crematorium, all of whom were family members of the deceased, all of them with sad faces, or quiet, or anxiously waiting there.

I walked around there, and I didn't know if Zhang Ke's body had been transported from the hospital, and I saw a middle-aged woman holding a number plate in her hand, so I leaned over and asked her: "Sister, I want to find someone, how to find it"

The woman looked at me in amazement and asked, "Are you looking for the living or the dead?"

My face flushed slightly, and I hurriedly said: "Find a dead man, I heard that he was cremated today, but I don't know his family, I don't know how to find it." ”

The woman held up the number plate in her hand to me and said, "All those who are cremated today have a number, which is made by appointment in advance, and it will be called when it is the turn of the time, and it has not started yet, it is still early, you just wait." ”

It turns out that the cremation of the corpse in this crematorium is also like a hospital doctor, and it will be called, I am worried that it will only be called by name, not by name, so I asked again: "Sister, I'm sorry, I want to ask, will the name of the deceased be called when the number is called?"

The woman was quite enthusiastic, and said, "I don't know about this, and it's my first time here, so you can go to the funeral home and ask the staff on duty." I've heard that there is also a simple farewell ceremony before cremation, where the deceased's loved ones take one last look and then sent for cremation. However, this funeral ceremony is not available to everyone, and it is at the request of the deceased's relatives. You can also ask the staff and if the person you are looking for has this request, they will be registered there. ”

I thanked the kind sister gratefully and went to the staff to ask.

I came to the morgue inside, and saw that there were neatly lined up corpses inside, all covered with white cloths, obviously all of them were going to be cremated today, and there was a middle-aged man guarding inside, and many family members surrounded him and asked this and that, and the man was very impatient and ignored him.

I was about to ask, but when I saw his attitude, I couldn't open my mouth a little, so I stood there uneasily and waited.

A middle-aged couple was also standing there, and the woman had been wiping her tears and complaining to the man in a low voice: "Our son died the day before yesterday, why does it smell?"

The man also whispered: "I asked him, and they said it was the hospital's problem, and they can't be blamed." ”

The woman was not satisfied, and her voice rang out all at once, and she said, "The weather is so cold, and it snowed for another day yesterday, even if it is not refrigerated, it shouldn't smell so quickly." ”

The woman's voice alarmed the staff, and this time the staff didn't dare to ignore it, so she hurriedly walked over and said kindly: "Sister, you don't have to worry about this problem, there are differences in corpses, some rot quickly, and some rot slowly." We've checked it, and your son's body is fine, and you've seen it yourself, and it's all right. Don't worry, the hospital has discussed with us to advance your son's cremation time and rank first. ”

A fat man who looked very good next to him immediately said: "This is not good, our old man saw the auspicious time, and he wanted to be buried before twelve o'clock at noon, so we paid the expedited fee and specially bought the first number of the day, how can you add it casually."

The staff member hurriedly smiled and said, "Don't worry, you won't be delayed in your auspicious time, soon." ”

The fat man still disagreed, and was still reasoning with the staff.

When the woman saw that others still did not agree to let his son be the first, and that the crematorium still took special care of his son, she had nothing to say, and silently wiped away her tears.

While dealing with the fat man, the staff member said to the middle-aged man and woman: "The cremation chemical industry goes to work at half past eight, and the cremation starts as soon as you get to work." Why don't you go to see your son one last time, and then send him directly to be cremated in a while, which will save time. ”

The man helped the woman to walk towards one of the corpses, and when I heard their conversation, I guessed that it was probably Zhang Ke's parents, so I hurriedly followed them and stopped them, asking, "Uncle and aunt, are you Zhang Ke's parents?"

The middle-aged man and woman turned to look at me, and the woman nodded, "Yes, who are you?"

My heart was sour, and I hurriedly held back my sadness and said, "I am Zhang Ke's high school classmate, I only heard about it yesterday, and I came to see him for the last time." ”

The woman's tears flowed again, perhaps because she was sad to see that I was about the size of her son, and that I was still standing before her alive while her son was dead.

Zhang Ke's father was quite able to hold on and said to me, "Thank you for coming to see him off, come with us to see him." ”

I nodded, and followed them to a corpse with trepidation, and a faint smell of corpses came over, and even Zhang Ke's parents couldn't help but cover their mouths and noses.

I suddenly had a sense of foreboding, but I didn't dare to show it.

We walked to Zhang Ke's body, and Zhang Ke's mother uncovered her son's body cloth with trembling hands, revealing his head and face.

It was indeed Zhang Ke's face, I couldn't be more familiar with it, Zhang Ke's mother cried again, Zhang Ke's father couldn't bear to look at his son's remains, and when he saw that I had seen it, he hurriedly covered the white cloth and said to me with sadness: "This classmate, you can come to see Zhang Ke for the last time, he will be happy to know about it, the smell here is unpleasant, let's go outside and wait." ”

Zhang Ke's father said, and helped Zhang Ke's mother to go out, I haven't looked at Zhang Ke's right hand, so I naturally refuse to just go, just hang there, and don't dare to take the liberty of lifting the corpse cloth on the right side.

Zhang Ke's father saw that I was not leaving, so he urged me again, and at this time, two stokers came and wanted to push Zhang Ke's body to be cremated.

If I didn't check it out, it would be too late, so I hurriedly said to them, "Wait, I have something for him." ”

Because it was very abrupt to pull Zhang Ke's wrist like this, I had an idea, took off the string of jade bracelets I was wearing on my wrist, and said that I wanted to give it to Zhang Ke under the pretext.

Zhang Ke's parents were very touched when they saw me like this, but the two stokers looked at me with surprised eyes. I think they must think it's very strange, because it is generally the living who leave the relics of the dead as a memorial, where is there a reason for the living to send things to the dead as a memorial, but I can't care so much, I hurriedly lifted the cover cloth on the right side of Zhang Ke, and shook his hand to pull Zhang Ke's wrist