I am Master Maoshan

Chapter 4 The Night Shift Begins

Woke up, washed, it was another beautiful day, Liu Jun simply packed his things, went to the gate of the community to buy buns and a cup of soy milk, this is his daily breakfast, there is no way, with this living condition, he wants to eat well Yes, one of his brothers named Wallet refused.

He took out his mobile phone and checked the time. It was exactly seven o'clock. Liu Jun walked to the bus stop and continued to wait for the bus.While the bus didn't come, he ate the steamed stuffed bun with big mouthfuls.

At this time, a girl with a ponytail and jeans walked by. Liu Jun had an impression of this girl. Every time she waited for the bus at seven o'clock and got off at the station of the district hospital, he often met him when he came out to take the bus.

Not far away, the 301 bus is coming slowly. The 301 bus is the only bus from Liu Jun to Zhiyang Road, and there is no need to reverse the bus.

Liu Jun finished the rest of the buns in two or three bites, and hurried on the bus, standing next to the girl.A faint fragrance came, and the girl looked at him, but said nothing.

Whoops, under the gaze of the beautiful woman, Liu Jun immediately puffed out his chest and retracted his abdomen. He had no choice but to lie fat in the hospital, and his beer belly was too disrespectful. He almost held himself back along the way.

But Liu Jun didn't dare to talk to the girl, he was neither a pervert nor a love expert, so he just stood beside the girl until she got off at the station.

"Aunt Wang, good morning, are you clearing the door again?"

Walking into the door of the shop, Liu Jun greeted Aunt Wang from another funeral shop nearby.Although it is said that colleagues are enemies, the relationship in this street is still good. If anyone is out of stock, you can go to the store next door to get the goods at a cost price in case of emergency, and the neighbors around are still in awe of the old man, although I don’t know why. .

"Xiao Liu is here, have you eaten yet? If you don't mind if you haven't eaten, some eggs I boiled are in the room, and I'll bring them to you?" Aunt Wang walked into the house while talking.

Aunt Wang is very familiar with Liu Jun. When she first came here, she was not familiar with her and she didn't talk much.

Later, a big mouse entered Aunt Wang's store, and she screamed in fright. Liu Jun heard the shout in the nearby store, rushed over immediately, and had a fierce fight with the big mouse, although no decisive result was achieved. Victory, the big mouse was caught, but at least it was driven out of the country and out of the shop.

Since then, Aunt Wang has become a lot more familiar with Liu Jun, and she often greets him, and even asks him if he has eaten in the morning.

"No, no, no need, Aunt Wang, I had breakfast when I came here, really, I'm not fooling you, I'm really not being polite to you." Liu Jun opened the store door, saw Aunt Wang was about to enter the house to get something, and said hastily , for fear that Aunt Wang would really bring out the eggs for him.

"That's fine, tell me if you haven't eaten, don't be polite to your Aunt Wang." Aunt Wang said.

"Okay, okay, Aunt Wang." Liu Jun opened the store door and walked in and said to Aunt Wang.

Liu Jun walked into the store, picked up the broom and swept the floor, wiped the table, and moved some wreaths, burning paper coins and so on to the door for customers to buy.

He saw that other shops put paper-wrapped people at the door, and he moved it once. Then, after moving out, the old man asked him to move back.

Liu Jun didn't understand what was going on here either, he had never been exposed to this thing before, not even the entire funeral industry.

I just heard from the old man that paper piercing is also very particular, you can't tie it casually, you can't buy it casually, let alone burn it casually, it is easy to make a taboo.

Most people may think that it’s just paper piercing people. Liu Jun thought so before, and then I checked it out, and then I realized that this thing is also a kind of folk art. You read it right, it is folk art. It is a kind of traditional folk art, just like paper-cutting, clay sculpture, color painting, etc.

To put it bluntly, it is a craftsman who eats the food of the dead.This industry has existed since ancient times. There are some particularities, taboos, and a lot of them. If the old man hadn't told Liu Jun, he really didn't understand these things. After all, a socialist three-good youth, why should he care about these things.

For example, the paper figurines you have seen, I don’t know if you have observed them carefully, but these paper figurines don’t have eyes drawn, why didn’t they draw eyes?Because of folklore, paper dolls with eyes drawn will come back to life.

In fact, it's not that the paper man is alive, but eyes are painted on it. This paper man is equivalent to a person without an owner, and it is easy for lonely ghosts to take advantage of it.

For example, the color of the paper figurines is also very particular. Paper figurines are generally virgins.The so-called red men and green women, virgin boys have to use red, and virgin girls have to use green, this cannot be mixed, if it is mixed, it will be useless.

A lot of people want to ask, what color are the paper sports cars made by many paper-making shops, and the paper buildings and buildings?Hehe, this is embarrassing for Liu Jun, he doesn't know, after all, the ancestors didn't think about so many tricks when they passed on this craft, didn't they.

Some people with better conditions can also burn paper, kraft paper and horses, which is also very particular.There is a saying called taking office immediately, everyone has heard it, that is, the living people think that the dead man went to take office elsewhere, so what is burned is a paper horse.As for why the woman burned the paper cow?There are two rumors. One is because women do a lot of housework, such as washing, boiling water and cooking, and waste a lot of water. They are afraid of going to the underworld and being punished by water, so they burn paper cows to help drink water and reduce punishment.The second is that I am afraid that women will be tired there, and I am very human, so I can go to help.

Believe it or not, these are the rules handed down from the older generation, they are particular, there is always some reason, and this business will not be easily changed.

Don't move the paper sticks at the door of the store, let alone destroy them at will, because the ones placed at the door are basically ordered by others, and if they are broken, it is easy to cause trouble, not to mention, at least you give them paper. Tie shop caused trouble.

Liu Jun was making paper figurines in the store, when the old man came in staggeringly, he looked like he was hangover and drunk.Just like this, some people still think that this bad old man is a master of Taoism. Have you ever seen a master of Taoism who falters?

"Little bastard, you didn't go back from get off work yesterday. Have you met Mo Li? From now on, you will be on duty with Mo Li at night, learn something from her, and usually sleep in the store." The old man said drunkenly.

"Why, I can bear it without vacation, and still want me to work 24 hours a day? Don't call me Qingfengzi, just call me Li Paipi, whoever you love will do it, anyway, I won't do it!" Liu Jun was directly angry,

Liu Jun heard from the old man before that his surname is Li, his Taoist name is Qingfengzi, Qingfengzi, Qingfengzi, Qingfengzi is almost the same, he is crazy every day.

"Salary plus one thousand," the old man said calmly.

"Don't do it" just kidding, is this a matter of money or not? In life, you have to combine work and rest. When can't you make money?" Liu Jun replied resolutely.

"Let me tell you, money is not important to me. In ancient times, there was Tao Yuanming who didn't bend his waist for five buckets of rice. Today, I, Liu, don't work the night shift for 1000 yuan. It's wonderful." Liu Jun looked like a gentleman.

"Salary plus three thousand!"

"Impossible, it's not about money."

"Add 1 to the salary! That's [-] for a month, ah, [-]." The old man squinted his eyes and said.

"I think, Mo Li is a beautiful girl. It's really inconvenient to look at the store by herself at night. If there are so many people with evil intentions, she is too dangerous as a girl. I have decided, and I will help in the future." Night shift. Old man, what do you look at? I am not doing it for money, I am thinking of Mo Li's safety. I am a man, so I should be a little bit tired. Alas, in this society, people like me always think about other people There are not many promising young people left." Liu Jun said that he adored himself a little.

"Hehe" the old man said a hehe speechless.This little bastard is really shameless, if you don’t add money, you can’t fool him, why is it so difficult for the old man to accept an apprentice, this kid has no foundation, his bones are not good, his character is even more worrying It wasn't the inheritance left by the patriarch who chose him, even if he was killed, he would not think of accepting such a thing as an apprentice.

(End of this chapter)