"Coffin! Help us send a coffin to Youshui Wharf!"

The short and fat man looked at me with a smile, waiting for my answer.

Youshui is the mother river of the Tujia people. It originated in Xuan'en, Hubei, passed through Chongqing, passed through Xiangxi, and finally flowed into Dongting Lake.

In the Youshui River Basin, there are many Tujia people living in it, so the Tujia people regard Youshui as the mother river of their nation.

The Youshui Wharf mentioned by the short and fat man is in western Hunan. In fact, the straight line distance does not look far, but there are so many big mountains in western Hunan. It still takes several days to cross mountains and ridges, which is considered a long journey.

In fact, when I heard the word "coffin", I instinctively refused: "Sorry, I am a corpse-driver, and I am the job of corpse-driven!"

Of course, I said this to the short and fat guys. We are not not accepting the job of transporting coffins. This happens to be the business of coffin carryrs. Logically, I should not refuse.

But I was a little worried, so I was careful. Most of the coffins we took over were introduced by acquaintances, or neighbors from ten miles away came to us, and suddenly two strangers appeared and asked us to transport the coffin. I felt that this was a bit strange, and I was worried that the origin of the coffin would cause trouble. So, when I encountered such a business, I would rather not do it.

The short and fat man was not upset and raised his chin at me, and his eyes moved to Lei Zi: "I heard that Jiu Ye's partner is a coffin carryr! Why? If you don't do business, are you waiting for porridge for the New Year?"

"Do it! Why don't you do it?" Leizi hurried over and I gave Leizi a wink, and Leizi pretended not to see it.

Lei Zi walked straight to the front of the short and fat man: "It's still a bit far from Youshui Wharf, and I have to hire at least four to six coffin holders. Look at the price..."

"It's easy to say! It's easy to say!" The short and fat man smiled with a kind smile and said, "I can't care about what you want. Anyway, I just need you to send the coffin to Youshui Wharf! Is the price? I'll give you 8,800 yuan, what do you think?"

The short fat man said, comparing two consecutive "eight" gestures.

Eight thousand eight, meaning the homonym of the word "Fai" is homophonic. The short and fat man is still very good at negotiating the price, and this price is irresistible.

Eight thousand eight, a considerable amount of money, for us, it is definitely a big business.

Lei Zi couldn't help but smiled and said, "It's easy to say, 8,880, right? The deal is done! I wonder where the coffin is?"

The tall man said: "At midnight tonight, the coffin will be delivered to the entrance of the mountain temple!"

Lei Zi nodded: "Then we arrived at Youshui Wharf, where should we put the coffin?"

The tall man said again: "No need to talk so much nonsense. If the coffin is transported to the dock, there will naturally be someone to pick it up!"

"No problem! Haha! No problem!" Lei Zi smiled all over his face and rubbed his hands happily.

The short and fat man stretched out his hand and shook hands with Leizi: "Happy cooperation!"

He reached in front of me again: "Justice Jiu, happy cooperation!"

I acted calmly, with no emotion on my face, and shook hands with the short fat man: "Happy cooperation!"

I don’t know if it’s cold or why, but I always feel that the short and fat man’s hands are a little cold and they are very cold.

"Thank you!" The short and fat man bowed to us, turned around and left with the tall man. The tall man had the same bad face. Before leaving, hello, the two figures, one tall and one short, gradually went farther away.

At this time, the sky was almost dark.

Lei Zi turned around and looked at me in confusion: "Jiuyizi, what happened to you just now? Why did you refuse them? This is a business that comes to the door, and it is expensive! Didn't we just do business when we open the door? We finally waited for the first business, but you stopped accepting it. What does this mean?"

I frowned: "These two people are from unknown origins, I am worried... I am worried that this business may not be easy to deal with..."

Recalling the cold hand of the short fat man just now made me even more suspicious of the identities of the two people.

"What are you worried about? You rejected this business. Where did you ask your brothers to make a living? Eight,880, the price is so high, the New Year will soon be coming. Is it really as the fat man said, you want to watch your brothers drink porridge during the New Year!" Lei Zi made a cigarette at the place where he was angry. He was very angry with my decision just now.

In fact, I can understand Lei Zi's mood. It's not that Lei Zi is so greedy. He is desperately trying to take on this business, but he is also thinking about the brothers who carry the coffin. He also wants to take care of more work for the brothers so that everyone can find more money for the New Year.

So I was not angry and said patiently: "Don't you think these two people are a bit suspicious? We asked us to send a coffin, but they didn't come forward. When they arrived at Youshui Wharf, there were people taking the coffin. No matter how you look, it doesn't seem like helping to transport the corpse?"

Lei Zi spitted out the smoke ring and said, "Jiu Lizi, you are so stupid sometimes. Who told you that you must pretend to be dead in the coffin? I care about their identity and background, and I don't care about what they contain. Since they offer such a high appearance fee, I must do this business. I can't let the ducks fly away!"

I sighed: "It is because the appearance fee is high that I feel even more problematic. Why would a coffin be sold at a price of 8,800 yuan? Have you ever thought about it? If it weren't for the coffin, it was a problem with the whole thing..."

Lei Zi threw away the cigarette butt and stomped it on his feet: "I said, I must do this business! If everyone is as afraid of wolves in front of others and tigers in the back, how can they do business? Isn't it just to make money? Now that others offer big prices, you are worried about problems, and the money is placed in front of you, and you don't dare to bend down and pick it up?"

I said seriously: "It's not that I dare not! I want to be responsible for you and for the personal safety of my brothers!"

Lei Zi said unhappily: "Since we started working in this business, we have one foot in the coffin. Life and death are from heaven. If something happens, it is God's will! But if we don't accept this business, it is stupid!"

I know I can't resist Lei Zi. With such a high price, Lei Zi will definitely not be able to give up this business.

"Okay, I've said other things too. Anyway, it's best to be able to successfully complete this business!" I said.

Lei Zi nodded: "I know! You go to the kitchen to prepare, I'll buy mutton. Today is a good day. Big business comes to your door. Let's have a good drink tonight and celebrate the good start!"

I didn't say much. Looking at Lei Zi's back as he left, I felt a little inexplicable worry.

Why is the short and fat man's hands so cold?

No, it's not cold, it's cold!

That kind of cold is an abnormal cold. Usually there are only two types of people, and the palms of their palms are that warm.

One is a dead person, and the short and fat man is obviously not a dead person, so he must belong to the latter type, that is, a person who often deals with dead people!

Because they have been dealing with dead bodies for many years, the yin energy in their palms is very heavy.

However, not asking about the identity of the customer is the industry rule of our industry, so even though I was curious from beginning to end, I never asked what those two people do.

Anyway, I'm full of concerns about this business.

It is important to make money in business, but personal safety is more important than making money.

I don't want to make money if I have the life to make money, but I will spend it if I have no life. That's not worth it.

I walked around the mountain temple with my hands on my back.

Half an hour later, Lei Zi came back, holding wine in his left hand and a large bag of fresh mutton in his right hand: "Jiujizi, put the stove on and eat mutton!"

We came to the kitchen and I set up a stove. The stove was made of honeycomb coal, and a small iron pot was built, and the iron pot was set on the stove, then poured in the lamb and stewed.

At that time, not many people in remote rural areas had used induction cookers. Most of them used this kind of honeycomb coal stove, especially for stewing soups, hot pot, etc. They used this kind of stove. The whole family sat together and had a happy time. Of course, this kind of stove is not very good for the body. The smell of honeycomb coal is relatively pungent and contains toxic chemical components. Therefore, when using a stove, the house is usually ventilated and the wind dilutes the toxic gases burned by the honeycomb coal.

The mutton soup in the pot quickly boiled, guru, roaring, roaring the aroma of mutton.

We patiently stewed for more than an hour. When the mutton was cooked in the pot, we sat down face to face, filled with soju, placed dipping sauce, and started eating meat and drinking.

Lei Zi raised his wine glass and said happily: "Jiujizi, come, let's go one of us. I wish our first business a smooth and smooth one!"

I had a drink with Leizi. Since Leizi had decided to take on the business, I wouldn't say much, so as not to make a fuss about the two brothers and would have the intention of not making money.

"Have you contacted Lao Huang and the others?" I asked Leizi.

Lei Zi picked up a piece of mutton and put it to his mouth and blew it: "I will contact them tomorrow morning, arrive in the afternoon, and you can set off in the evening!"

I nodded: "Although this trip is mainly the business of coffin holders,... I'll go with you for safety reasons!"

Lei Zi stuffed the mutton into his mouth: "You go too? That shop..."

I took a sip of soju: "The store can be closed for a few days. After all, this business is 8,800 yuan. If it is done, I don't care about the business these days, right? Besides, I mainly think about your safety. If, I mean, if, what happens on the road, I can still deal with it, right?"

"Finish!" Lei Zi nodded: "With Master Jiu, you personally press the formation. Our trip will definitely be successful!"

I smiled and said, "Uncle Lei, drink, you really ruined me!"

We ate and chatted. Lei Zi talked more about his future life. He took on big business when he opened the door, which made him full of confidence in his future business.

Eat and drink until midnight, Lei Zi burped and stood up: "Middle Time is here. Didn't they say that Middle Time will bring the coffin? Go out and have a look!"

Leizi and I walked to the entrance of the Shanshen Temple, removed the wooden bolt, and opened the temple door.

ah!
Chapter completed!