Requiem Chapter 11: Cohabitation in the New Era (1)
Watching Old Zhao's skillful techniques, Yin Hun suddenly felt a sense of reverence for his profession. He felt like he was an engineer of the soul and a architect of life, guaranteeing the final dignity of the dead and giving the final comfort to the living.
So, Yin Hun smiled at Old Zhao unconsciously, and Old Zhao also responded with a smile: "You are so vain at your age. Hey! You must have been an extraordinary person when you were alive!" As he said that, Old Zhao turned around, opened the bag that the family members had placed on the table, took out a top hat, and put it on the deceased.
Looking at this very Western-style old man, he also smiled.
Turning around, Yin Hun saw a white-haired old man in a black suit. He was standing by the door with a top hat in his right hand. Then he smiled at him, pulled the hat slightly upward on his head , and took off his hat in a very gentlemanly manner.
Yin Hun was shocked and looked at the old man on the dressing table. He looked exactly the same. When he turned around again, the old man was gone.
He was about to ask Old Zhao, but Old Zhao seemed to know everything. He looked at Yin Hui and shook his head: "Don't ask. You have to do the next one yourself!"
Let's talk about the freezer drawer that he opened. To be honest, Yin Hun was really scared the moment the drawer was opened. He didn't come back to his senses for a long time. When Old Zhao's words about fate appeared in his mind again, he suddenly had an idea to sober himself up. So, Yin Hun slowly walked into the freezer, and the friend in the freezer scared him again.
This was a mutilated corpse, half of the body seemed to have been smashed apart, and there was a crack on the skull. Fortunately, the hair was thick, otherwise it would have felt like the brains were about to flow out.
Yin Hui had never seen such a scene before. Even the live broadcast of the car accident scene was mosaiced. So, naturally, he felt nauseous and rushed to the bathroom to vomit.
After vomiting, I felt much better. When I looked at that friend again, I suddenly felt that he seemed to have changed. He no longer felt the chill that made him feel so cold.
Looking back now, maybe this is the real change that I have experienced since that time! After that, Yin Hui saw corpses that were much more damaged than this, but strangely, although there were corpses that were rotten or caused some stomach irritation for various reasons, Yin Hui no longer felt the disgust and horror that he had at the beginning.
To Yin Hun, all the corpses seemed to be in their best appearance when they were alive. Yin Hun always managed to dress them up as gorgeously as they were in life, so much so that many family members mistakenly believed that Yin Hun knew their deceased relative before.
Later, Yin Hui met Tang Yan, who was also a mortician. Later, for some reason, he moved into Tang Yan's apartment and became her roommate.
The sky was still dark, but it was covered with gray clouds. The sky and earth were completely shrouded in darkness. There was no warmth from the rising sun, no freshness from the early morning, and even few pedestrians on the street. Only a few motor vehicles were shuttling on the asphalt road. Everything seemed so lifeless.
Yin Hun's working hours are at eight in the morning. When he was about to leave, he saw that Tang Yan had also gotten up.
"You have a day off today, but you got up so early?" Yin Hun asked casually.
"Ah! There are a lot of things to do today."
"Oh!" Yin Hui said, "I have to go to work. See you in the afternoon."
"See you in the afternoon." Tang Yan made a scissors gesture.
Yin Hui got off work at five o'clock in the afternoon. It was a twenty-minute drive and he had dinner in the community. It was six o'clock when he returned to his residence.
As soon as he opened the door, he smelled a faint fragrance, like a faint jasmine incense. Yin Hui felt strange and thought he had walked into the wrong house. He was about to go out to check the house number. At this time, Tang Yan heard the door open and walked out of her bedroom.
"Please don't come in yet." Tang Yan said.
"What?" Yin Hun was surprised.
Tang Yan came to the door of the room and took out a pair of cloth slippers from the shoe cabinet next to the door.
"Please put this on first."
Yin Hui's expression was complicated at this moment, not because he didn't know where the slippers came from, but because his socks had not been washed for three days, and the smell, ahem, was definitely not good.
Yin Hun looked at the ground, which was as smooth as a mirror.
"Did you mop the floor today? It's very clean!" Yin Hun praised.
"Yes! So please change into slippers before coming in." Tang Yan said.
"Then I'll go back to my room and change!" Yin Hun was reluctant to change: "I'll just wear my own slippers." Tang Yan heard this, her eyes rolled, as if she understood something: "Well! It's up to you today. But please don't make the floor dirty, I mopped it twice today. There are still some things not put away neatly, I 'll go first . Also, the slippers are new ones I bought today, you can wear them." After that, she turned around and went back to the bedroom.
Yin Hui was as if he had been granted amnesty. He quickly tiptoed into the bedroom. He took off his shoes and socks, put on slippers, picked up his smelly socks and went into the bathroom. He first washed them clean, then washed his feet thoroughly, even using baby shower gel. After finishing everything, he walked out feeling relaxed.
At this time, Tang Yan was sitting in the living room drinking something. Seeing Yin Hui coming out, she said, "Yin Hui, come and sit down and have a cup of tea. I've already made it for you."
When Yin Hun looked carefully, he saw that there was indeed a cup on the glass table, steaming.
"Then I'd rather obey you than be disrespectful."
"This is green tea, and it seems to be produced locally. I don't understand it either, why don't you try it and see if it tastes good?"
Yin Hui picked up the teacup and put it to his nose to smell it. He didn't know much about tea, so he said, "Actually, I don't know much about tea, but it smells very fragrant, so it must be good."
"That's good." Tang Yan said, "I'm afraid I won't buy a good one! They say green tea contains theophylline, which is good for health."
Yin Hui nodded in agreement. When he looked at the teacup again, he saw that it had smooth lines, a slim waist and a wide mouth, and was very exquisite. What was even more eye-catching was that there was a mythical bird, the Phoenix, painted on it.
"This teacup is beautiful!" Yin Hun praised sincerely.
"When I was buying teacups today, I fell in love with this pair at first sight. Especially because one has a phoenix and the other has a phoenix on it."
Yin Hun looked up at Tang Yan and saw that she was now wearing a loose home suit, with long hair hanging down to her shoulders and light makeup on, giving people the feeling of a newly-born jade.
Tang Yan saw Yin Hui staring at her and couldn't help but feel shy: "What are you looking at? What's so good about me?"
"To be honest, I think living under the same roof with you for three months will definitely help me live another three to five years."
"Ah? Why?"
"Haven't you heard someone say that if a man often sees beautiful girls, he will be in a good mood. If he is in a good mood, he will naturally live longer."
Tang Yan laughed out loud after hearing Yin Hun’s reasons.
"That's complete nonsense. Besides, I'm not pretty. If you stay with me for three months, you may not live three to five more years. Instead of looking at me, you should look at my achievements today."
"Results?" Yin Hui didn't understand: "What results?"
"Come, I'll introduce them to you one by one." Tang Yan stood up.
"First, as you can see, I mopped the floor twice today, and now it's almost spotless. So, Yin Hui, please change your shoes before entering the house next time. Second, this morning I took down all the curtains in the three rooms, washed them, dried them, and put them back."
"Ah?" Yin Hui opened his mouth wide. He always thought that curtains should be used forever.
"This way we have a clean and comfortable environment. Psychologists say that a clean environment can make people progress and prevent them from committing crimes," said Tang Yan.
"Who said that?" Yin Hun didn't believe it.
"An American, right? I don't know him either. Go on, please look." Tang Yan pointed.
Yin Hui looked in the direction where her finger pointed and saw two pots of flowers.
"Did you buy it today?"
"Yes! A pot of aloe vera and a pot of agave."
"Why did you think of buying this?"
"Scientists say: Having green flowers in the room can not only purify the air, but also soothe the mind and benefit the body and mind."
