My mother left early.
After my mother left, my father got into the bad habit of gambling.
A few years ago, my father owed hundreds of thousands in high interest, and the creditor came to collect the debt.
In order not to implicate my sister and me, my father hanged himself on a live broadcast to show his creditors.
It is said that hundreds of people donated money to the carnival during that live broadcast. Unfortunately, my father died and I didn’t get a cent of the money.
There is a saying that the debts of the father are repaid by the son!
My father said he didn’t want to cause us any trouble, but he made us suffer even more.
After my father left, the usury came to my door every day and threatened me. If I didn't help my father pay off his debt within five years, he would arrest my sister and sell her to a nightclub.
In order to help my father pay off hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt, I dropped out of high school and went to work before I finished high school.
But he has no education, and the money he earns from working is not even enough to support his sister’s tuition, let alone pay off the debt!
Later, after being introduced by a colleague, I worked in a funeral parlor and became a tongs maker, which is the job of burning corpses.
The salary for this job is very high, more than 10,000 yuan a month, and sometimes you will receive red envelopes from the family members of the deceased.
The total gray income and salary income averages about ten thousand to twenty thousand yuan a month.
I stayed in the funeral parlor for five years, and my father's debts were basically paid off.
It happened that my sister had just entered college and needed money. I thought to myself, I could work for two more years, wait until my sister finishes college, and then quit and change jobs.
Many people don't last long in this kind of job at a funeral home.
Even if the salary is high, not many people are willing to do this kind of work.
The reason is that in this kind of job, let alone a wife, you won’t even have friends!
If I hadn't been forced by life, I wouldn't have chosen this kind of job.
When I first started this job, I was really scared. I often had nightmares in the middle of the night.
Later I got used to it, and I just burned corpses like garbage, without any psychological burden!
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I went to work normally today, not busy at work, except for the delivery of a female body in the morning.
Generally, before the body is put into the furnace, the family members have to take a final look to identify the body and check the information to avoid mistakes.
The deceased woman’s name was Ye Wanru.
When it was almost time to burn the body, Ye Wanru's parents walked into the stove and burst into tears.
I sympathize with them, but as I do this job every day, it has become a habit and I am basically numb to the separation of life and death.
He opened the white cloth covering Ye Wanru and let her parents take a look, ready to confirm the information.
As soon as I lifted the white cloth, I was almost stunned.
This Ye Wanru was a great beauty, so it would be a pity to die.
When her parents came out, I was about to push Ye Wanru into the stove.
Suddenly a man from behind shouted:
"Master, wait!"
I turned around and saw a young man, in his twenties, with long hair. He looked like an artist. He was quite handsome!
The man looked around and saw no one. He ran over nervously, took out a thousand yuan from his pocket and gave it to me, saying:
"I'm Ye Wanru's boyfriend. When Wanru is finished burning, help me look for it and pay attention to whether there is a green stone."
Stone?
I'm a little confused!
I thought to myself, is it possible that this Ye Wanru can burn relics?
I wanted to laugh.
Looking at the thousand yuan, he forced himself to ask the man: "If the stone is not burned, don't you blame me?"
"there must be!"
Seeing the affirmative expression on the man's face, I became even more confused.
I have been burning corpses for so many years, and at least I have burned thousands of corpses. Who has not burned them?
I even burned a 120-year-old eminent monk, but nothing like a stone relic was produced.
I was just about to say something.
The man gave me a business card with his name and phone number on it.
I took a look at the man's business card. His name was Zhang Ren. There was also a career introduction about him on the business card.
There are a few lines written on the back of the business card: Specialized in treating mental illness!
Also specializes in treating neurological diseases?
I suspect he is mentally ill!
If people are burned, how can stones be produced?
How appalling!
Zhang Ren handed me his business card and said hurriedly: "Master, if you find the stone, just call me and I will give you another five thousand yuan!"
When I heard this, an idea came to my mind.
He patted his chest and promised, "I will definitely help you complete your mission!"
For the sake of five thousand yuan, even if this female corpse doesn't burn any stones, I can help her burn one stone.
As soon as Zhang Ren left, I went outside to find a light green pebble-like stone while no one was around. Then I slightly opened the white cloth covering Ye Wanru's body and put the stone inside.
After doing all this, I pushed Ye Wanru's body in and pressed the button.
As soon as the stove was lit, I stood aside and thought about the five thousand yuan.
Suddenly there was a scream from inside the stove.
"ah!"
Ah what? I'm a little strange, isn't Ye Wanru dead? Why are you still barking?
Also, this cry seems to be a man’s voice!
I was stunned for a moment, and then my palms became sweaty.
From the corner of his eye, he saw another body covered by a white cloth.
I remember that there was only one corpse just now, that of Ye Wanru.
Could it be that when I went to pick up pebbles, another body was brought in?
This kind of thing is absolutely impossible!
Usually, even if a new corpse is brought in, the superiors will greet us furnace workers in advance to avoid getting the order wrong.
I stared at the corpse beside me in panic, then walked over and took a look at the white cloth.
Suddenly he was startled.
Damn, you burned the wrong person!
Ye Wanru's body is placed here intact!
So who did I just burn?
Thinking of this, I broke out in sweat all over my body.
Burning the wrong body is not a big problem.
A colleague once tried to burn the wrong body, and was criticized and deducted half a month's salary. The punishment was not very big.
But damn, what did I just burn seemed like a big living person?
Did I kill someone?
Thinking of this, I trembled all over.
I'm afraid I'm going to jail this time!
My heart trembled for a moment.
Suddenly a voice from the door called me: "Ling Feng, what are you doing? It's time, why don't you burn the female body?"
I shook and looked towards the door.
The person who called me at the door was Wang Ming, the workshop director, who is also my boss.
As soon as Wang Ming came in, he felt strange when he saw that the fire in stove No. 2 was strong and the body next to it was not burned.
He scolded me: "You kid, are you drunk? You opened fire before putting the body in?"
How could I make such a stupid mistake?
But I made a high-level mistake today and burned the wrong person.
Burnt a big living person!
I don’t know how there is a big living person lying here...
Seeing that I was stunned and didn't speak, Wang Ming slapped me awake, and then went to turn off the stove.
He was about to press the button on stove No. 2 and control the iron plate inside to come out.
I immediately pulled him in panic and said: "Director Wang, I was preheating the stove just now... Don't move around, go back first, I will take the female body to burn now!"
I said, preparing to put Ye Wanru's body into the No. 3 stove.
Wang Ming let out a laugh, pointed at stove No. 2 and said: "There is only a female corpse today, why are you turning on so many stoves? You kid, it's weird today. Why does the stove need to be preheated?"
I didn't know how to argue.
The whole person was stunned.
Click!
Then Wang Ming pressed the button on the No. 2 stove.
