Chapter 20: The Burial
Sugisawa became a good listener, covering the bruises on his head, listening to some interesting things about Uncle Liu's Liu Zhi from childhood to adulthood, and talking about how sensible and distressing Sugisawa Hai was at that time. At least quietly listened throughout the whole process, nodded and smiled at Uncle Liu from time to time, and did not interrupt Uncle Liu's narration again.
At the end of the conversation, Uncle Liu's eyes began to turn red slightly, and this little memory finally reminded the old man of the fact that his son had left, and Sugisawa Hai patted Uncle Liu's back and comforted the old man softly.
In the end, Sugisawa Hai dealt with it, and Uncle Liu also realized that he was leaving, and finally seemed to think that Sugisawa Hai might be the messenger to answer, so he asked pleadingly:
"Xiaoshan, uncle knows that you are great now, can you tell uncle that you can see Liu Zhi again after you go down."
Sugisawa was reluctant to tell the old man the truth that he might have seen the capital, so he still spoke:
"Uncle, you can."
"Okay, good boy, you have to be good, uncle will go first."
Uncle Liu looked at Sugisawa with a smile, and finally turned into a phantom and disappeared, and the old man was obsessed with his son until he died.
Sugisawa actually knows very well that this is basically unlikely, at least what he knows is impossible, the sea of flowers on the other side is very large, and he can't see a trace of a human figure, but it can leave some expectations for the old man when he leaves.
And according to Sugisawa's memories of going to Xudu that time, once a person enters Xudu, almost all of his senses, emotions, and cognitions will disappear, and he doesn't even know who he is.
The death of such a kind old man he knew well still touched Sugisawa's heart greatly.
The night was deep, and the rain stopped. The stars in the sky are gradually emerging, looking down on the earth and looking down at all living beings, and no one knows which surprise or accident will come first. There was no second guest tonight, Sugisawa came to the outside of the store to breathe, and Xiao Hei somehow ran out of his room and curled up in his arms, as if he could see Sugisawa Hai's emotions, and did his best to provide warmth to Sugisawa Hai.
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Sugisawa received the news of Uncle Liu's death the next morning, although he already knew about it, but after this phone call, his heart was still very uncomfortable.
Because the old man has no other relatives at home, the leaders partnered to help him hold a very simple farewell ceremony, Sugisawa and the system bargained, at the cost of two hours in advance and one hour longer for a week, in exchange for today's request not to be open, in fact, Sugisawa Hai even if he was deducted credit points today, he must go this trip, fortunately, the system is not too difficult for him.
Dressed in a dark suit, Sugisawa posted a sign outside the store that would no longer be open today and would open early tomorrow, and although no one was necessarily looking at it, he was still very responsible for putting up the notice out of professionalism.
I took a taxi at the intersection, and the driver learned about the destination, and he also knew that Sugisawa was not in a good mood, so he simply did not give full play to the nagging skills of the taxi driver in Xiangcheng.
Driving through the bustling city center, the city is still so bustling with vehicles coming and going, the world will not stop because of anyone's emotions or whose departure, nor will it become accelerated because of whose arrival and whose joy, all the way silently watching from the bustling city to the lonely suburbs in front of you is the funeral home. Just like human life, from exuberance to aging, and finally into this cold coffin.
When Sugisawa got out of the car, the driver still couldn't help but say a word of comfort:
"Young people, life and death parting always have to be experienced, look at the point."
Sugisawa smiled and nodded to the driver and thanked him.
Sugisawa arrived at the funeral home very early, and the farewell ceremony only began at two o'clock in the afternoon.
He directly found the staff of the funeral home and said:
"Hello, one of my very respected elders left last night, I am a makeup artist, I hope I can do something for him."
The staff looked at Sugisawa with some differences and asked:
"You don't want to help him with the burial, this is not something you can do for the living, not to mention whether you can overcome the fear of cold corpses, even if you can do it, but mortuary is a very professional profession, not as simple as it seems."
"Do you think this is okay, after you help the old man dispose of the body, I will help him put on some makeup at the end, even if it is the last auxiliary work, I am definitely not as good as you for the disposal of the body, but I hope it can be handed over to me when I finally clean up the makeup."
The staff saw that Sugisawa was so determined, so they called the person in charge of the funeral home, and the person in charge was surprised at first.
The person in charge called the neighbor who sent the body over, and the leader on the other end of the phone still felt very strange, but after hearing that it was Sugisawa Hai, he agreed with a mouthful of words, and the leader knew Sugisawa Hai's ability. After getting permission, the person in charge also happily took Sugisawa to the mortuary room, the staff is helping Uncle Liu clean up the body, seeing the uncle's acquaintances come in and there are still some differences, generally the mortuary is not allowed to enter the mourning people, even the family members of the deceased are not allowed, worried that they will not be able to control the emotional collapse or shock after seeing the state of the deceased, which is not conducive to their follow-up work, nor is it conducive to calming the emotions of the family, so the mortuary is basically not able to see outsiders.
After the person in charge explained the situation to the mortuary who was working, he learned the reason.
This mortuary is a girl who looks only about 20 years old, and her personality is also very friendly.
Sugisawa helped the girl to start, and the two gradually chatted, this girl's name is Wu Yumiao and she is also a native of Xiangcheng.
Sugisawa asked:
"Why did you choose to enter the industry and become an undertaker?"
"At the beginning, it was out of curiosity, maybe I was born bold, and I chose this industry without being afraid, and I was not afraid of high school at that time, and I was not admitted to the secondary school to learn to be buried, and I began to like this profession while doing it, and you can read a lot when dealing with corpses, especially accidental death, such as the love of life, the love of life. In fact, they taught me more to cherish and cherish what I have now. ”
"Well, in many cases, only death may give us more awakening and help us grow."
Wu Yumiao helped Uncle Liu dispose of the body and then handed it over to Sugisawa Hai, these tools Sugasawa Hai is also very familiar, using the makeup material based on the oil paint of the drama makeup, because the skin of the corpse is relatively dry after death, the drama oil paint is a particularly suitable makeup material. Sugisawa saved the process of adapting to the material and directly began to put on makeup for Uncle Liu.