A red taxi passed through a desolate straw field and swayed toward a lonely courtyard in front of them. There was a tall chimney in the northwest corner of the courtyard. In the dark evening sky, it was like the mouth of a monster, constantly spitting out thick smoke. The thick smoke rushed into the sky and gradually dispersed with the wind, enveloping the nearby area with a charred smell, like... the smell of burning corpses!
In the back seat of the taxi sat a young girl in her twenties. Her name was Yang Xiaoting. She had delicate features and an oval face. Her eyes were big, and her eyebrows were slender and slightly raised. There were signs of makeup on her face. Her hair was also very long. She was a standard beauty. From time to time, the taxi driver would greedily look at her beauty and the white legs exposed under the short skirt through the rearview mirror.
Yang Xiaoting closed her eyes slightly and leaned her head against the car window, dozing off. In her arms was a large cosmetic bag filled with all kinds of professional cosmetic products. Suddenly, the taxi passed by a big pit. The car shook and knocked Yang Xiaoting awake. She rubbed her head and looked at the scenery outside the window. She couldn't help but ask in surprise,"Where is this? Aren't we going to the hospital? Why are you here?"
The 40-year-old driver was speechless."Little sister, are you sleepy? Didn't you ask me to send you to the county funeral parlor? She even said that she was going to apply for a makeup artist job. Have you forgotten?"
"A makeup artist?" Yang Xiaoting patted her forehead and remembered that she was indeed applying for a makeup artist. When she thought of this, Yang Xiaoting was filled with bitterness and anger. After all, he had studied makeup for three years, but in the end, he was going to do makeup for a dead person. This was a ridiculous makeup training school. Back then, the recruitment guide clearly stated that the job allocation was for the graduation bag, and the salary was no less than 5,000 yuan. Who knew that when he graduated, the school leader said that the industry was competitive and that the supply of jobs was greater than demand. He actually stuffed a letter of recommendation into this damn place to do makeup for a dead person! He even said that applying makeup to a dead person was the best way to train one's basic skills. Sigh, humanity and conscience have all been eaten by dogs, haven't they? This f * cking trap at the entrance was a complete scam!
Yang Xiaoting looked out of the window with a frown. In a moment, the car arrived at the entrance of the funeral parlor. As the car slowly stopped, an old man in brown clothes appeared in Yang Xiaoting's sight. He was squatting under a big tree by the roadside and smoking. Beside him was a huge black dog. It was lying on the ground and greedily gnawing on a long bone. The bone was very thin and long, and there were blood-red tendons attached to it. It was impossible to tell what kind of bone it was. The old man reached out and touched the dog's head while staring at him with his white and turbid eyes. Yang Xiaoting's heart was suddenly shrouded in an uncomfortable shadow. He thought to himself that this old man's eyes were really strange, as if there was a deep resentment in them.
"Hey, hey, hey…what are you looking at, little girl? Have you never seen an old man and a dog? We're here. Get out of the car quickly." Seeing that Yang Xiaoting did not respond for a long time, the driver had no choice but to remind her to get out of the car. Yang Xiaoting had been attracted by the strange old man. She only came back to her senses when she heard him speak. She smiled awkwardly and opened the door to get out of the car. She walked to the back of the car, opened the trunk, took out her luggage, paid the fare, and pulled the luggage towards the door of the funeral parlor. She had only taken two steps when she heard the driver whisper softly behind her,""I really don't understand what young people are thinking these days. Can't a good little sister do something? Why must you put makeup on a dead person? Sigh…"
Yang Xiaoting stopped in her tracks when she heard that and cursed in her heart,""Your sister is already miserable enough, and you're still making things difficult for her!”She immediately turned around and took out an eyebrow pencil from her makeup bag. She walked to the driver with a smile and pointed the eyebrow pencil at his face. The driver leaned back in surprise and said,"What…what do you want?" Yang Xiaoting narrowed her eyes and revealed a sinister smile."I'm doing your makeup for free."
"Hey! Little girl, you can't play like this, you know! Be careful not to run into ghosts!" The driver grumbled unhappily and drove away. Yang Xiaoting stuck out her tongue and looked at him in disdain. She couldn't help but laugh when she thought of his embarrassed expression just now.
Just as she reached the entrance, she saw a middle-aged man in his forties walking quickly from afar. The way he walked reminded Yang Xiaoting of Pan Changjiang in Hands Up. Yang Xiaoting almost laughed again.
"Hehe, you must be Yang Xiaoting, right? I'm Jin Li, the director of the funeral parlor. You can call me Director Jin. If you don't mind, you can also call me Brother Li.”Jin Li said with a bright smile. It was obvious that the school had informed this funeral parlor in advance. This scamming school was considered to have sent Buddha to the west.
"He didn't finish speaking about gentleness, only Lige was left…Is it this Brother Li?”Yang Xiaoting sang a cappella and asked with a smile.
"Aiyo! Sister, you're really humorous. You've just met me and you're already making me a song. Aren't you deliberately making fun of me?”
"Hehe, no!" Yang Xiaoting saw him dancing around like he was watching a two-person show.
"Come, come, give the box to me. I'll help you carry it. Let's go into the house first.”Jin Li was tall and thin. He spoke with a northeastern accent and had a natural sense of humor. He walked with a little O-shaped legs, but his mouth was eloquent. She was so enthusiastic that it was as if she had seen her own mother.
Just like that, Yang Xiaoting followed Jin Li through the empty courtyard and arrived at a row of two-story dormitory buildings. Jin Li told her that her dormitory had been arranged on the second floor. When they were going up the stairs, Yang Xiaoting couldn't help but ask,""Brother Li, this place is so big, but why don't I see any other staff?”
Jin Li chuckled." This is a question that most of the new compatriots just now would ask. In fact, our funeral parlor is different from other places. Many of the nearby villagers work here as temporary workers and go home when it's time. So, at night, it's basically just me and that Uncle Jia guarding the funeral parlor.”
"Oh, which Garber?" Yang Xiaoting asked casually as she looked around. All she saw were very old objects. The cement floor under her feet had been eroded by the wind and rain. She was really worried that she would collapse with the building. The burnt smell in the air was even stronger than on the road. It made Yang Xiaoting frown and have the urge to vomit.
"Garber, the old man who was squatting at the gate just now. He's a corpse crematorium here and has been working here since a long time ago. He used to be a gambler and lost his wife and family. It was said that the corpses that he had turned into ashes could fill a reservoir if they were piled up with their old noses.”
"What? How terrifying." Yang Xiaoting was shocked.
"Sigh, once this person gets old, his temper will be a little strange and his taste will be strong. In the future, you have to be careful when you interact with him. "Even I don't dare to offend him. I guess I've been with the dead for a long time, so my personality has become neither human nor ghost…" Once Jin Li started talking, it seemed like he couldn't shut it anymore.
"You…Don't scare me, okay?”Yang Xiaoting complained with fear on her face.
"Aiyo, hey, old sister, look at my mouth. I'm just saying things that you don't like to hear. Alright, I won't say anymore. This is your room. Clean yourself up. I'll call you down for dinner later.”Jin Li put down the box and went downstairs.
Yang Xiaoting tidied up the room for a long time. She pasted a few posters of her favorite celebrities on the wall and placed a new alarm clock on the bedside table. She dusted her hands and looked around. Finally, she had tidied up the small dormitory.
She subconsciously rubbed her hands and suddenly felt a little sticky. When she looked at it, there were many strange stains on her palms. They were dark red, like…blood! Yang Xiaoting was shocked and immediately thought," No, no, no, how was this possible? Don't scare yourself. Maybe it's the red paint on the bed. It's the south wind now, and the humidity is heavy. It might have soaked the paint.
There was a small bathroom in this room. This was the only thing that Yang Xiaoting was satisfied with. Seeing that her hands were dirty, she went to the bathroom to wash her hands. It was already late at night, and the switch in the bathroom did not respond. Perhaps the light was broken, Yang Xiaoting cursed. The window on the opposite side was not closed, and the wind blew against a piece of the torn curtain, causing it to flutter as if a hand was deliberately fiddling with it. Yang Xiaoting felt a little scared, but she still braced herself. She turned on her phone and walked in step by step under the light of the screen. Suddenly, she heard a rustling sound coming from a broken cardboard box in the corner. The two paper lids of the cardboard box were still flapping, as if there was something inside. Yang Xiaoting's heart was in her throat, but she still mustered up her courage and walked over. She reached out and gently opened the lid of the cardboard box. With a whoosh, a wild cat suddenly jumped out of the cardboard box.
"Ah!" Yang Xiaoting was so scared that she fell back on her butt. The wild cat kept jumping up the window and disappeared. Yang Xiaoting's heart almost jumped out of her chest. However, seeing that it was just a stray cat, she slowly calmed down. She swallowed her saliva and leaned over to throw the cardboard box away in case the stray cat came again. However, when she picked up the cardboard box, a strip suddenly fell out. In the darkness, she couldn't see what it was. Yang Xiaoting picked it up and took a picture with her phone.”It was a human finger! It had been gnawed to the bone by the cat.
Yang Xiaoting threw away her fingers frantically and hurriedly got up to run outside. She quickly opened the door and was about to rush out when someone stood at the door. Yang Xiaoting bumped into that person's chest. Only then did Yang Xiaoting see that it was an old man with a pair of turbid eyes staring straight at her. It was Uncle Jia!
"Ah!" Yang Xiaoting screamed again. She wanted to turn around and run downstairs, but just as she took three steps, a big black dog suddenly squatted in the corridor and barked angrily at her like a black-faced Buddha. The low barking startled Yang Xiaoting and made her stop in her tracks. A man and a dog sandwiched Yang Xiaoting in the middle. She could only lean against the wall and cry helplessly! He cursed in his heart, F * ck, do you have to be so ridiculous? Although I'm not scared, you don't have to abuse me like this, right?”
"Yang…what's wrong? Don't be afraid! I'm here to call you down for dinner!" Garber let out a hoarse and unpleasant voice, and then he started coughing.
"There's…there's…someone's fingers in the bathroom," Yang Xiaoting cried.”
" There are flies in the toilet," Garber asked in a strange tone." Isn't that strange?"”
Yang Xiaoting scratched her head and thought for a while.”
"Well, isn't it strange that there are fingers in a funeral parlor?"”
"…" Yang Xiaoting was dumbfounded.
Garber coughed a few times and said,"You'll get used to it after seeing it a lot in the future." Let's go eat."
Yang Xiaoting was speechless. It took her a long time to calm herself down and follow Uncle Jia into a dark room on the first floor. Garber told her that this house was the kitchen where he and Director Jin cooked together.
"Why isn't Director Jin here?" Yang Xiaoting asked uneasily. He pulled over a wooden chair and sat down.
"Oh, he had something to do at the last minute and rushed to the county town. He'll only be back tomorrow.”Garber was a man of few words and was unsmiling. After a few simple words, he went to the kitchen to serve the dishes. When Yang Xiaoting heard this, she felt even more uneasy. There were already very few people. Now that Director Jin had left, only she and this strange old man were left in this ghastly and terrifying place.
However, after a day of running around, her stomach was really hungry. In order to distract herself from her hunger and fear, Yang Xiaoting turned on an old color TV on the table. At this moment, she heard the host report," Yesterday at two o'clock in the morning, there was a suicide at the Xinglong Hotel on Jinbin Road. It is reported that the deceased was the daughter of the county head, Wen Xuejing. The police are investigating the details of the suicide…"
Garber placed a big bowl of hot soup in the middle of the table and turned off the TV with a bang. He handed her a set of chopsticks and said calmly,""Don't look at those disgusting things when you're eating.”He didn't say anything else and started eating.
Yang Xiaoting thought to herself,"Is there a need?" He didn't even allow her to watch television, weird old man! Damn old man!" At this moment, his mouth was dry, so he picked up the steel hook and scooped the soup into the bowl. The soup was very light, and there was tofu half floating in the soup. Yang Xiaoting asked,"Garber, what soup is this?"
"Try it and you'll know.”
Yang Xiaoting scooped a few spoonfuls and drank it with relish. She didn't know what the soup was made of, but it tasted very fresh. She scooped the soup again to see what it was made of. She scooped the bottom and scooped a round ball into the spoon. Yang Xiaoting took a closer look and saw a black bead on a big white ball. Eyes!"
With a clang, he threw the steel spoon on the table. The eyeball rolled to the ground and was bitten into the mouth by the big black dog beside him!
Yang Xiaoting felt disgusted and ran to the door to throw up. " Don't worry," Garber said calmly." It's beef brain stewed with beef eyes." My eyes are not good, so I often stew cow's eyes to nourish them.”
"Bull…Bull's eyes?" Yang Xiaoting initially thought that it was a human eye, but when she heard that it was a cow's eye, she felt a little better. However, she still felt that it was f * cking disgusting. After a long time, he sat back down to eat. Yang Xiaoting stopped drinking the soup and scooped a bowl of white rice. She picked up some vegetables and stuffed them into her mouth.
"What is this green pepper fried with? Delicious, Garber. You really know how to cook.”
"Stir-fried green pepper tongue!" Garber replied hoarsely.
"Oh, is it a cow tongue? It's delicious. I want another bowl, hehe.”Yang Xiaoting subconsciously thought that the cow tongue and the cow eyes should be a set.
Garber did not answer. He only let out a sinister and strange laugh from the depths of his throat."Kakaka…"
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