Paper horse incense shop

Chapter 6 Bones
  The second uncle had not said a word since he had just opened the coffin. At this time, he listened to Wu Laosan's words and did not answer. He just walked straight to the coffin and reached out to poke inside.

I was surprised and quickly took out a pair of gloves that I had prepared when I went out this morning and handed them to my second uncle.

If I remember correctly, I have heard someone say before that decomposing corpses can easily become a breeding ground for various microorganisms, and without protection, they can easily become infected.

The second uncle, who was already pulling hard, was stunned when he saw the gloves. He happily put the gloves into his pocket and continued to pull.

I looked anxiously for a while, and before I could urge my second uncle to put on the gloves, he took his hand back from the coffin, raised his voice, and announced:

"This is the body of a woman."

"There could be dozens or hundreds of years of death."

I was taken aback and asked quickly:

"Then how can it appear here?!"

"Everyone is watching, and I have to testify for my second uncle. I also know that everyone is sensible, and they will definitely not say that my second uncle stuffed a white bone in without anyone noticing!"

"If my second uncle had such great abilities, would he still be here?"

I deliberately raised the volume of the last two sentences, word by word, so that people around me could listen carefully.

As expected, the confused Wu couple's faces alternated between red and white, and they whispered for a while, not knowing what they were talking about.

The second uncle touched my head to express comfort, and then said:

"Then we have to ask Wu Dabao!"

"Everyone knows that Wu Dabao has been doing bad things since he was a child, but I didn't expect him to be so bold."

"You are not fools. You can tell what the two people are doing in the coffin, right?"

I was stunned for a moment, and then I remembered that I hadn't taken a closer look at the posture of the person inside. I immediately stepped up to take a look, but my second uncle pushed me back again.

I was a little dissatisfied, but my second uncle glared at me and scolded me in a low voice:
  "go back."

I could only step back a few steps and listen to everyone whispering.

After a long time, the second uncle stood up and said:
  "It's this kid who found someone's grave and brought the human body, no, the bones into his own grave and they became husband and wife."

I was dumbfounded for a while, while the neighbors around me had expressions on their faces as if this was indeed the case.

Wu Laosan also beat his chest and stamped his feet repeatedly:

"A crime, a crime, this is it!"

"I, Wu Laosan, have been considered smart and capable in my life. Why did I give birth to a stupid egg, then let the stupid egg take another stupid egg, and then gave birth to a little bastard!"

Waiting for Wu Laosan to calm down a little, the second uncle stepped forward and patted Wu Laosan on the shoulder:

"Now that the matter is over, let's bury the two of them together."

"These bones must have been in this mass grave for many years. Now that they have been dug up, they must be difficult to find. It would be a good deed to simply spend more money and bury the person in dignity again."

Before Wu Laosan could reply, Chen Chuanjuan wiped her tears and said coldly:

"How can I have the money to collect someone else's body? Just carry Dabao out and cremate her, and bury her in this coffin."

Chen Chunjuan looked at her son's rotting and stinking body in the coffin, and felt heartbroken again:
  "Our Dabao has to be buried again, so where is the extra money?"

At this time, Wu Shepi finally recovered from the shock and approached his second uncle:

"After the burial, just give some more paper money and incense. We are not the ones who were taken advantage of. How can we interfere with other people's affairs."

Wu Laosan was persuaded by his son and daughter and nodded hesitantly.

Burying graves indiscriminately, these bones will not even be able to eat incense in the future.

The Wu family is too indifferent!
  I was a little surprised. I took a step forward and was about to reason, but my second uncle grabbed me and shook his head inconspicuously.

In front of everyone, the second uncle separated Wu Dabao's corpse from the bones, put them together, and followed everyone to the crematorium.

I have always known that those who do evil will be punished, but I never expected that the Wu family's retribution would come so quickly.

First, the incinerator malfunctioned, causing Wu Dabao's body to be burned twice.

Then Wu Dabao's porcelain ashes jar hit something unknown, and in front of everyone, the white ashes were scattered on the floor.

Mr. Wu and the Wu couple hurriedly collected the ashes, but some of them were still blown away by the wind.

When it comes to burial, the rest candles lit for the deceased cannot be extinguished even if they are alive or dead.

According to local custom, if the candle is not extinguished, it means that there is still resentment and unwillingness to be buried!
  The Wu family finally started to get scared. After suffering a series of frights, they could not maintain their previous arrogance.

If he had doubts about his second uncle before, he had nothing to say now. Mr. Wu sternly scolded his son and daughter-in-law for kneeling down and apologizing to the second uncle. He could not afford to do so, so the second uncle sidestepped him.

I looked at my second uncle, walked over to the Wu family, and helped them up one by one:

"I don't believe it, but I can't disrespect it."

Several members of the Wu family repeatedly said yes, and Wu Shepi slapped his chest on the spot to confirm. First, he said that the bones would be buried properly, and then he said that he would sell one of his two houses and donate it to accumulate blessings.

I looked at him swearing so confidently that I couldn't help but tug at the corner of my second uncle's clothes.

My second uncle patted the back of my hand to express comfort.

Then in front of everyone, he walked to the porcelain jar of Wu Dabao's ashes and whispered something.

In just a moment, Wu Dabao, who originally weighed as much as a thousand pounds and refused to be buried, was successfully placed into the tomb.

Everyone present, including me, breathed a sigh of relief.

Third Master Wu knew the rules and quickly stuffed a red envelope for his second uncle. The joy on the faces of the Wu family and his wife did not fade away. When their father took out the money, they suddenly turned as black as coke.

The second uncle didn't seem to see their faces, handed me the red envelope, then said goodbye and went home.

They really didn't look like they would donate money and do good deeds, I thought to myself.

Sure enough, not even a month later, the news spread that the Wu couple had died on the construction site, and what followed was the story of the two men taking away the workers' wages and running away. The debt collector came to Mr. Wu's door to ask for help. Long queues.

Not long after, Mr. Wu also moved out of the village late one night, and he went to nowhere.

But these are all things for later.

At that moment, my second uncle carried me back home, and when he saw my angry look, he knew that I was still worried about the Wu family, so he couldn't help laughing and said:

"Why are you angry! Their hard days are still to come!"

I didn't believe it: "How can the second uncle know what will happen in the future?"

The second uncle put away his smile and said solemnly:

"Of course I know! Papermakers are also considered middlemen in the underworld who walk in the world of the world. Of course they have their own unique ways of knowing other people's fates!"

"Not to mention, that couple has sharp mouths and monkey cheeks. They look like traitors at first sight! If they don't do good deeds, they will be in trouble soon!"

"You have been following me for a whole day today. You should understand how good our paper makers are?"

"Are you still willing to learn this craft?"

Although it was a question, the faint expectation in the eyes of the second uncle could not be faked.

I nodded firmly, and my second uncle laughed with joy, stroking his hands. He walked to the yard and dragged out a few moso bamboos that had just been cut down, and taught me the basics of chopping, shaping, and gluing them into paper.

I quickly said:

"Second uncle, I know all this."

"You didn't let me watch it before, but I actually watched it secretly to learn from it."

The second uncle shook the bamboo shavings off his body and patted my shoulder:

"There are still a lot of things you don't understand in this business, just study hard."

This is not a bad thing to say, but I didn’t expect that it would only take me half a month to learn the basics.

For half a month, I spent all day shaving bamboo in the paper-making shop, and almost didn’t shave my hair anymore.

Every night when I dream, my hands are filled with paper.

It wasn't until my second uncle finally took over a big business that eight paper horses, eight sedans, and eight pairs of boys and girls were sent to the village chief's house next door for the funeral, that I could breathe a sigh of relief.

Watching my second uncle go out, I hadn't rested for an hour when the sky suddenly turned dark.

There was a sound of wind chimes at the door of the shop, and a storm was coming. I was about to get up and close the door and close the window, when I saw a customer coming in through the door curtain.

The guest is a rather young woman.

She has a slender figure and a bright red lip.

The first thing she said when she came in was:
  "Is Tu Fangcheng here?"

"I asked him to make paper figurines, big business."

　Baby, pop! ! ! Why doesn’t anyone leave a message to ask the author to play! It will be really sad!

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)