The car that collects the body is a hearse, parked in the square of the funeral home.
It was a big black van with a big word "spirit" on the glass on both sides.
After getting in the car, I looked at the contents of the document bag.
Body collection manual, funeral home work permit, body confirmation form, receipt form and address form.
I wasn't in a hurry, so I looked at the body collection manual first.
It briefly introduces the procedures for collecting corpses, as well as the various tools used to collect corpses.
Including protective clothing, body bags, shovels, suction machines, peach wood nails, hemp rope, etc.
Looking at it this way, I found that collecting the corpse was not as simple as imagined.
As for tools, there are more than ten or twenty kinds.
Can handle corpses in various situations, even dirty things.
In addition to carefully looking at the body collection manual and the tools in the tool box.
I simply glanced at the other documents.
Look from the data sheet.
The corpse to be collected this time was a corpse that drowned in the river, at a small dock more than fifty miles away from the funeral home.
After getting ready and confirming the address where the body should be collected, I started the car.
Because the driver's license is taken when I'm in school, I don't have to drive very often on weekdays.
Along the way, I drove more cautiously and not very fast.
So by the time I arrived at the place, it was already evening.
At the edge of the pier, there was a cordon, and three people were standing there, but no body was seen.
I parked the car, wore my work permit, and opened the door with white gloves.
As soon as he arrived outside, a thin middle-aged man wearing a cadre uniform came up to him.
However, when this middle-aged man saw me, he didn't greet me immediately. Instead, he glanced into the car.
After seeing that I was alone, I frowned slightly.
Then he asked tentatively:
"Phoenix Mountain Funeral Home?"
I saw this middle-aged man dressed like an official.
It seemed like the boss here showed his work ID:
"Yes, I came here to collect the body. Where is the body?"
I looked left and right several times, but I didn't see a body on the pier.
However, I saw some white floating objects in the river not far away.
As the water rose and fell, a buoy was placed next to it as a warning.
It looks a bit like a corpse...
But this middle-aged man showed great disdain for me showing my work permit.
He didn't even look at it, but grinned and said with a hint of contempt:
"Little brother, forget it! You can't keep this corpse. Go home, wash it, and go to bed early."
After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the other two people.
At the same time, he said with resentment:
"What do they think? They sent a new person here. He can't collect this body. The second one continues to call Director Tie."
I wasn't happy to hear this.
What happened to the newcomer?
And as a newbie, I have learned a lot of ways to ward off evil spirits.
I haven't confiscated the body yet, so he said I can't?
I walked up directly:
"Hey! I haven't confiscated the body yet, how do you know I can't?"
As soon as I said this, the three people across from me all turned to look at me.
The skinny middle-aged man turned his head.
He held the cigarette with his fingers, squinted at me, and took a long puff of smoke:
"Little brother, this is a life-and-death business, no joke.
I, Chang Laosan, have been in this business for more than 20 years.
I have seen dozens of kinds of corpses.
I know better than anyone in Nangang City who can collect what corpses.
In your Phoenix Mountain Funeral Home, there are only two or three people who can collect this body.
Don't tell me you are a new person.
Even if the corpse-burning man from your restaurant comes, he may not be able to bear it."
This guy who calls himself Chang Laosan seems to know our funeral home very well.
It also implies that this "corpse" is dangerous, and I don't have the ability.
But this order was personally assigned to me by the curator.
Explain that the curator asked me to come, knowing full well the risks involved with the corpse.
This is testing me.
And coming to Fenghuangshan Funeral Home was a reminder from my godfather.
It shows that there must be something different here and it must stay.
If you return without success on the first day, you will not only fail to complete the tasks assigned by the curator, but you may also leave a bad impression and risk being fired.
More importantly, if the corpse cannot be recovered, there will be no performance.
My job is based on commission. The more corpses I collect, the greater the commission and the more I earn.
The timid will be starved to death, and the bold will be starved to death.
I have Sister Bai's tiger claws on my body for self-defense, and I have a charm in my pocket. What am I afraid of?
Moreover, I haven't seen any corpses, so I'm not sure whether I can collect them.
Therefore, I spoke again:
"Brother Chang, everyone is very busy, so don't waste time.
Whether this corpse can be recovered will only be known after trying it.
And I leave the words here for you.
Don't say he is a corpse, even if he is a ghost, I can make arrangements for him tonight."
Chang Laosan saw that I was neither humble nor arrogant, and that I was full of confidence, so he took another look at me.
The two people standing next to him were also talking into his ears.
He said, you look at me as a bluff.
Let me give it a try. After all, it's late in the day.
If we ask the funeral home to send someone over again, we will still have to wait for more than an hour.
Chang Laosan was stunned for a moment, then he put out the cigarette butt and said:
"Little brother, have courage!
The bodies were floating there...
But to tell you the truth, this corpse had its eyes open, its mouth open, and it was facing up.
Three fishermen went there, but no one could pull her ashore.
Two fishermen even fell into the river.
He is still unconscious in the hospital.
If you kid is not afraid of death, then go and give it a try.
As long as the body can be dragged ashore.
This time, I will give you an extra five thousand, so I will compensate you.
But if your kid has any bad luck, he will not be able to get up after falling into the water.
Hum hum, you deserve it too.
Don’t blame me, Chang Laosan, for not reminding you..."