13 Mink Street Chapter 8

　　 The sky is overwhelmingly bright;

　　 "Who is it, who is it!"

　　 Aunt Mary's angry screams were heard in the basement.

Then,

　　 She walked up the **** with enthusiasm,

　　 saw Diss in the priest's clothes.

　　 "Father, Mr. Mossang in the basement doesn't know who the **** was given to..."

　　 "I made a ceremony for him."

　　 "Oh, that's it, praise your kindness, and may Mr. Mossan rest in peace."

　　 Aunt Mary prayed immediately.

　　 immediately,

　　 She turned around and went back to the studio, quietly re-applying makeup for Mr. Mosang.

　　 It's not uncommon before. The body collected at home has been messed up, and my father-in-law has done rituals for the body several times, leaving the body with its makeup worn.

but,

　　 Since the father-in-law got it,

　　 Aunt Mary didn't dare to get angry with him, she didn't dare at all.

Last night, Karen, who left here, resettled Mr. Mosang's body back to the stretcher, wiped off his own blood on the ground, and Mr. Mosang's clothes were also tidyed up, but the makeup on his face... Karen was really absent. Ability to recover

　　 Therefore, he can only re-wash and go back to the house to sleep.

when Wake up,

　　 The cousin Lent, who slept in the same room with him, is no longer there.

　　 Karen sat up from the bed, reached out and patted her forehead.

　　 This body is really good-looking, even from a man's point of view, it is also good-looking;

　　 But it's too weak.

　　 Even though Karen used to stay up late and smoke a lot in his last life, he would insist on running and fitness, and his physical fitness was still acceptable.

　　 "It seems that exercise must be put on the agenda."

　　 Karen washed herself, went down to the second floor, and saw milk and bread on the table.

　　 poured a glass of milk, picked up the bread and dipped it in it, and ate two slices and drank the milk mixed with breadcrumbs. Karen sorted out his collar and cuffs and went down to the first floor.

　　 The phonograph on the first floor is playing the piano song "The Far Away Old Man", which is regarded as one of the most frequently used songs in mourning venues in Luojia and several nearby cities.

　　 Karen stood beside the gramophone, the first floor has been arranged, and it looks solemn and solemn;

　　 Ron and Paul are putting the coffin on the small platform, Mina and Kris are busy lighting candles;

　　 cousin Lent is holding a mop in his hand, and is clearing any possible footprints on the ground.

　　 Aunt Mary was sitting in the corner drinking water and looked a little tired. Karen knew why she was tired. The work she had done last night turned into a morning rush, she must be very tired.

　　 Aunt Winnie was holding a booklet and was checking the utensils.

　　 All the furnishings in the room on the first floor, except for "flowers", are old actors.

　　Although they are all recyclable things, it is a big expense to replace them if they are lost.

　　 Grandpa stood by the small high platform, watching Ron and Paul set the coffin together.

　　 Karen has been down for a while, and Grandpa didn't specifically turn his gaze to Karen.

　　 The family members are all working, but Karen gets up late and no one calls. This is a special treatment for "Karen".

　　 "Please, you have worked so hard. I'm sorry to come over so early."

　　 "It's okay, it's okay, it should be, huh."

　　 Uncle Mason welcomes a middle-aged bald man who is cheaply dressed but looks very stylish;

　　 Karen searched his memory and learned that he was called "Malmö" and he was the deputy director of a certain office of the district government.

In "Memory", Aunt Mary looked down on this person very much. She felt that he was too greedy and unsightly. She also liked to pinch his identity. It happened that in the office where he was located, except for a director, everyone else was too greedy. Is the "Deputy Director";

　　 Everyone in the office walks through the back door to hang on, so he has to run errands, so in fact, he is just a clerical clerk.

　　Mr. Malmo noticed Karen and reached out to touch Karen's head;

　　 Karen took a step back and avoided.

　　 "Hehe, I learned that you were sick last time, but now it seems that your body has recovered?"

　　 "Yes, thank you for your concern." Karen responded.

"okay."

　　 Malmo didn't delay any more, went up the steps, picked up the old-fashioned "Wofuci" camera he carried with him, took a picture of Jeff in the coffin, and then stepped back;

　　 Grandpa dressed in priest's clothes stood in front of the coffin, bowed his head, and prayed;

　　 "Crack!"

　　 Malmo took another picture;

finally,

　　 Malmo retired to the entrance of the living room and chose a place with better light. The camera lens faced the whole living room and raised it;

　　 Karen saw Aunt Mary, who had been sitting in the chair, also stood up, and everyone, including their cousins, bowed their heads in mourning solemnly.

　　 "Get ready, everyone is in place..."

　　 Karen also straightened up and lowered his head.

　　 "Crack!"

"All right."

　　 Malmo put down the camera.

　　 Uncle Mason handed Malmo a black notebook, and Malmo nodded and accepted it.

　　 is a tip;

　　 This is the case with the welfare bill. It is not low to just look at the municipal government funding quotas and the quotas of charitable organizations, but the implementation will be divided into layers.

　　 Of course, today's "tips" will be more than usual, because Mr. Malmö got up early today.

　　 The three photos that needed to be filed and submitted for the report were taken. Mr. Malmo did not delay, and left with the camera and notebook. Uncle Mason sent him all the way to the door.

　　 Even if you want to show courtesy and send people directly back to the office, you can't do it, unless Mr. Malmö is willing to be picked up by a hearse. There really is no private car at the Innmeres family.

　　 Then,

　　 Paul and Ron worked together to remove Jeff's body from the coffin, put it on a stretcher, and pushed it back to the basement;

　　 Immediately afterwards, the two pushed "Mr. Mossan" out and carried it into the coffin.

　　 Aunt Mary stepped forward and began to make posture adjustments to make Mr. Mossan appear more "comfortable" and "easy" as much as possible.

　　 The rest of the decorations and furnishings have not changed, as usual.

　　 This is "hurry up";

　　 Although Mr. Mosang's children are stingy in other respects, because some of their relatives live in other cities, they have "a whole day" instead of a "half day" for Mr. Mosang's memorial service.

　　 Of course, if conditions permit, don't even talk about the package for a long time, they are even willing to "package time".

　　 So, today "Jeff" actually rubbed Mr. Mossan's car.

　　 Jeff, who has completed the process, must give way and return to the basement to continue lying down.

　　Mr. Mossang has "layed down" in his seat,

　　 Paul and Ron went to the door of the living room and the door of the yard on the side of the road to put up signs indicating that this is the memorial service for Mr. Mossan today.

　　 Anyway, she didn't have much to do on the first floor, Karen simply walked to the garden flowerbed and picked a lot of Agastache leaves.

　　 Then, he walked up to the second floor and entered the kitchen.

　　 Today's lunch is prepared by him;

　　 Many times, mourning venues will provide simple meals to relatives and friends who come to mourn. Of course, this may happen after the family members need this service and pay for this service;

　　 Therefore, the family of Inmelais will eat with them as a work meal.

　　 But today, Mr. Mosang's children don't talk about simple meals, they don't even have drinks...the cheapest lemon sweet water. Therefore, the family of Inmelais has to prepare their own lunch.

　　 Karen who entered the kitchen didn't feel much uncomfortable. In his previous life, he often cooked for himself. He also enjoyed this process. Although the cooking skills are not a chef, they should be considered excellent at the level of housewives and housewives.

　　 Huoxiang leaves were washed first, Karen put a few pieces into the cup, and then poured hot water.

　　 Then, he began to choose the ingredients. The food reserve at home was actually quite abundant, but he didn't plan to make a sumptuous meal.

　　 There is a refrigerator in the kitchen. It looks very new. It shouldn't have been long since I bought it, but in Karen's eyes, it's really “old”.

　　 When preparing to process the ingredients, there were some noises on the first floor. It should be that relatives and friends who participated in Mr. Mossang arrived one after another.

　　 Mina and Chris went to the second floor. The two little girls curiously stood outside the kitchen and looked at Karen who was meeting each other.

　　 When there was a business at home, the two of them had to be responsible for serving tea and water on the first floor. Today they don't need it.

　　 "Brother, when did you learn to cook?" Mina asked.

　　 "Yeah, yeah, what is that stick for?" Kris asked, poking her head.

　　 "Wait and eat."

　　 Karen smiled. The rolling pin in his hand was removed from the small desk in his bedroom. In fact, there is a more convenient round stick in the basement, but Karen dare not use it or wash it.

　　 Pour the oil, heat it up, Karen puts the wrapped spring rolls into a frying pan for frying, and then removes the oil to control.

　　The spring rolls are packed with leeks and mixed with some diced meat;

After 　　, Karen started to fry the egg cakes, but in the middle of each egg cake, Karen added a piece of rugosa leaf, which made the taste more crispy and relieved of greasiness.

　　 Because there are many people in the family, Ron and Paul will also have lunch here, so the spring rolls and the egg cake Karen fried two big plates respectively.

Later,

　　 Karen started to fry the ingredients. He felt that he still had to make time to go to the market in the future. There was a lot of food at home, but there was a lack of anecdotes;

　　Pour the previously marinated chicken pieces into the pot, cover the pot, and start simmering.

　　 Yes, Karen is going to make another "Yellow Braised Chicken".

　　 picked up the tea cup, the warm Huoxiang tea entrance,

　　Hu,

　　 Karen likes this feeling very much.

　　 In his previous life, his hometown had a very popular simple way of eating, called "chazhao rice", using Huxiang tea, with pickles and pickles, although it is simple, but it is also addictive to eating habits, but it is not friendly to the stomach.

　　 Oh, yes, I have to get some kimchi. Although there are "jars" in the basement, Karen decided to go to the market to buy new ones.

　　 After the chicken is almost cooked, Karen pours the cut potato pieces, shiitake mushroom slices, green peppers, etc. into it, and begins the final fire to collect the juice.

　　 In another pot, Karen used eggs and tomatoes to make a simple tomato egg soup.

　　 When the soup is cooked, the yellow braised chicken will be out of the pot.

　　 "Mina, Chrissy, come and serve."

　　 "Okay, brother."

　　 "Well, it smells so good!"

　　 Mina and Kris came in to serve the plates;

　　 After setting up on the table, Chris went down to inform her family that the lunch was ready, and then she rushed up, reached out her hand, grabbed a spring roll, and delivered it to her mouth.

　　 It's not that I don't obey the table rules, but when I have business at home, I always eat when I'm empty. You don't have to wait for people to gather. You can eat early and you can go to change shifts to greet the guests.

　　 "It's delicious, brother." Chrissy nodded while chewing.

　　 "Chrissy, use a fork." Mina reminded.

　　 "It's okay, just use your hands." Karen himself took the spring rolls directly with his hands, and then dipped it in the bowl of fruit vinegar;

　　 The taste of fruit vinegar at home is not different from that of white vinegar. Karen is not very satisfied. He is still more used to Zhenjiang aromatic vinegar.

　　 Mina served Karen a bowl of soup. According to past habits, Karen also likes to add vinegar to the tomato egg soup, but he still resists the taste of fruit vinegar.

　　 Take a sip of soup into your throat,

　　 Karen took a deep breath.

　　 moved a little for a while to cry.

　　 is not greedy, but after such a big change, the food in the "hometown" can bring people a sense of spiritual comfort.

　　 No amount of "chicken soup", there is no soup that can be put in the throat more realistically.

　　Mina and Kriss ate very sweetly. They used spring rolls and egg biscuits to dip the yellow braised chicken in the soup, but Karen refused Mina's move to serve the yellow braised chicken on his plate;

　　 He didn't cook rice, and the yellow stew chicken without rice is soulless.

　　 "Brother, will you also teach me cooking in the future?" Mina said.

　　 "There is still me, and me." Chris also looked forward to.

"okay."

　　 At this time, Aunt Mary also walked up and saw the food on the table. She was surprised and said, "Karen, you did it?"

　　 "Yes, auntie, you can try it."

"good."

　　 Aunt Mary picked up a spring roll with a fork and took a bite:

　　 "Well, it's delicious, when did you learn to cook?"

　　 "I read it in the book."

　　 "Really, it's amazing. In the future, we can add a service at home. The chef we have invited meticulously prepares simple meals for our guests."

　　 "Okay." Karen responded politely. Today is just a small test. He still cooks a lot of dishes. In his previous life, he realized small financial freedom. He often traveled all over the country. Instead of checking in for photos, he specializes in looking for local food;

　　 especially likes and is good at Sichuan cuisine.

　　 Aunt Mary sat down and continued to eat. When she ate, she still mocked:

　　 "There are not many people who come to offer condolences. There are even fewer to give money. There are even a bunch of flowers. Hey, he picked it from the yard of Mrs. Mark's house next door."

　　 The level of productivity development is the fundamental reason for the emergence of customs. After all, both weddings and funerals require the help of relatives and friends. Therefore, the emergence of layoffs is also reasonable.

　　 But according to "Karen" memory, the wedding here can give gifts without money, but sometimes the newlyweds will make a list of the gifts they want to give to relatives and friends.

　　 Also, people are more willing to receive cash than gifts.

　　 "Can you pay back?" Karen asked Aunt Mary.

"So they booked the afternoon show. In the afternoon, relatives who live in the other city will come. There should be a generous gift gift, right?" Aunt Mary took a sip of the soup and continued, "But it doesn't matter. We can have fun with less income. ."

　　The big guys came up for lunch one after another, and they all showed their praise of Karen's cooking skills.

　　If the food is sorted, spring rolls are the most popular. Ron and Paul deliberately came up in the afternoon to wipe out the remaining cold spring rolls;

　　 When Grandpa came up for lunch, Karen was standing by.

"good."

　　 "I will do other things," Karen said, "but some extra spices are needed."

　　 "Ask your aunt for money."

　　 "Okay, grandpa."

　　 "If you cook in the future, you can increase your allowance. Of course, you don't have to do it every day." Diss said.

"I like cooking."

　　 Well, I also need an increase in allowance.

　　 During this conversation between the grandfather and the grandson, Pu'er has been crawling on the small sofa next to him, looking at the table of food, the cat is lost in thought.

　　 "Meow..." (A strange monster with his own language?)

　　 "Meow..." (A strange monster who still cooks?)

　　 "Meow...meow..." (Is it crazy, or is it crazy?)

　　 Nearly three in the afternoon, the last group of condolence guests from other cities finally arrived.

　　 They are four old people, wearing suits, and hanging on their chests... are military medals.

　　 Karen noticed that the four of them gave the envelope containing the deposit, which was obviously thicker.

　　Four old people gathered around Mr. Mossan to mourn. One of them, Dingle, also asked Aunt Mary about the funeral arrangements later, and Aunt Mary politely answered that everything was arranged;

　　 can mock others' children's stinginess secretly, but there is no need to take down the platform in person.

　　 Mr. Mosang's children hurriedly stepped forward, helping several elderly people and leaving together while talking.

　　 Karen, who was standing at the door of the living room receiving water with a bucket, heard Mr. Mosang's children explaining that because of the weather, the burial in the cemetery would not be organized and arranged. He said that Mr. Mosang's last words are to make things simple and not disturb everyone.

　　 However, Mr. Dingle clearly saw something, but he didn't take it seriously. When he walked out of the courtyard with a few other old people, Karen saw him sigh in the direction of the living room and wiped the corners of his eyes again.

　　 The mourning service is over.

　　 Under the organization and supervision of Aunt Winnie, everyone began to clean up the living room.

　　 Paul's neighbor came over to find Karen and said that his mother had gone to the clinic in the afternoon for medical reasons.

　　 Paul, who had just increased his salary, asked his neighbors about his mother's situation. After all, he had just increased his salary. If it was not a big problem, he would be embarrassed to leave work now;

　　 After all, today's work is not over yet. Although there is no need to transport the coffin to the cemetery for burial, two corpses have to be transported to the suburban Huus Crematorium for cremation.

　　 "Go to the clinic to see your mother, and say hello to her for me." Aunt Mary said.

　　 "Thank you madam, thank you madam."

　　 Paul thanked him, and immediately turned around and ran towards the clinic with his neighbor.

After 　　 Uncle Mason waited for Paul to leave, his face was awkward, and he reached out and rubbed his butt, complaining:

　　 "I still hurt here."

　　 Aunt Mary stared and shouted to her husband: "You will be lazy!"

　　Uncle Mason doesn't touch the corpse very much and doesn't like to do physical work. It's normal to be lazy;

　　 But at the moment, Karen believes that Uncle Mason is really inconvenient. He should have been injured yesterday. He said it was a fall, but Karen believed that Uncle Mason was beaten.

　　 "Uncle, let me accompany you." Karen said.

　　It's not that Karen is diligent, but he knows that some things can't be hidden, just tacitly;

　　 But the important thing to ensure his safety at the moment is that he has to integrate into this family.

　　 "home" is the weakness of grandpa;

　　 To a certain extent, Karen is also grasping this weakness. Under the premise of protecting his life, Karen does not think that he is insidious and artificial.

　　 Aunt Mary was unwilling to let Karen go to work. The situation in the studio that day made her worry about her nephew's recent physical condition, but she is indeed lacking in men.

　　According to the custom, women and underage children are not suitable to go to cremation clubs except for aunts, and the folk standard for adulthood here is fifteen years old.

　　 Uncle Mason was overjoyed and patted Karen on the shoulder affectionately: "Our Karen has really grown up, Ron, come, let's transport the'guests' up first."

　　 Together, Karen and Ron pushed out Jeff, who had been parked in the basement alone for a day, and then together they carried the modified "Guoshell" hearse;

　　 Then he pushed out Mr. Mossang again and put it on the hearse.

　　 When carrying, Ron was afraid that Karen was not strong enough, so he held the shoulders of the "guest" by himself, and Karen only needed to lift his legs.

　　 After the "guests" got in the car, Uncle Mason waved goodbye to his aunt, got into the cab, and started the car.

　　 The car went all the way to the west, turned a corner, continued to the west, and entered the townhouse area on Mink Street.

　　At this time, Karen found that Uncle Mason had deliberately slowed down the car.

　　 Karen turned to look at the townhouse opposite,

　　 is on the window sill on the second floor,

　　 He saw a woman sitting on the coffee table behind the curtain, with a book and a glass of water on the coffee table;

　　 The woman leaned back slightly, her upper body was hidden behind the curtain that was not fully opened, but her slender legs, and the red high heels that gently shook her toes, showed a strange sentiment and temptation;

　　 But after Karen saw the high heels,

　　 suddenly felt a little dizzy, and his mood was unknown;

　　Because of the bad picture left by that dream, he should not like high heels that much for a long time, especially the red ones;

　　 Then he turned his head and looked at the driving seat in front of him. He was also looking at Uncle Mason in the direction of the townhouse. In his eyes, there was an inexplicable look;

　　 But in the memory of "Karen", although Uncle Mason is not in business, he likes to be lazy and doesn't like manual labor, but his life style is okay, and his relationship with Aunt Mary is also excellent.

　　 Therefore, Karen does not think that Uncle Mason cheated here, and the cheating object chose to be so close to home, which is too stupid.

　　 At this time, Karen asked tentatively:

　　 "First love?"

　　 "Um... nonsense, nothing!"

　　 Mason immediately stepped on the accelerator,

　　 glanced at the woman wearing an apron among the flower gardens and watering the flowers one last time.

　　 After driving out of Mingke Street, Uncle Mason couldn't help but turned his head and glanced at Karen.

　　 "It's really nothing."

　　 "I believe in uncle."

"Actually, I only learned that she and her husband had moved here not long ago. I met her across the yard, but we laughed at each other and didn't speak. Karen, you know, I'm a family that values ​​a lot. People."

　　Speaking of which,

　　 Uncle Mason sighed and continued:

　　 "I made a mess of my former home, but since I've made it so bad, how can I do something that I'm sorry to your aunt?

　　 However, her family ran into trouble the day before yesterday. She asked me for help. I took care of it. Then there was nothing to be involved. She and her husband were looking for a new house and preparing to move. "

　　 Uncle Mason moved his **** subconsciously, and at the same time glanced at the two "guests" lying in the carriage from the corner of his eye.

　　 Karen noticed this detail,

so,

　　 Uncle Mason was beaten by his grandfather, has something to do with... Jeff lying on the back?

　　 It could only be Jeff, because Mr. Mosang received it from the nursing home, and Jeff was the welfare bill frozen to death on the street.

　　 I remembered the dream I had in front of Jeff and after Grandpa got out of the basement, Aunt Mary immediately called and told Uncle Mason to go home...

　　 Karen rubbed her eyebrows,

　　 Jeff,

　　 really frozen to death?

　　 "Karen..."

　　 "Don't worry, uncle, I won't tell auntie."

　　 Karen knew that his uncle wanted this guarantee, he hadn't said it on purpose before, waiting to hear more gossip.

　　 "Huh...hehe."

　　Second floor, bedroom.

　　 One leg is lifted up, the high-heel sole hooks the curtain, and draws the curtain closed.

　　 Then, these legs in red high heels walked towards the door.

　　 When "she" was about to open the door,

"Snowflakes" came out on the radio next to 　　;

　　 "Ahem, ahem..."

　　 There was a coughing sound from inside.

"where are you going!"

　　 The voice of the host on the radio seemed a bit weak, as if he was sick, or...injured.

　　 immediately,

　　 There was another voice on the radio:

　　 "Oh, you said you felt him?

　　He is dead, UU reading www.uukanshu. Do you know, com, because you scared him to death and brought me so much trouble, the judge of the Church of Order in this area has already come to me. "

　　 "What do you think of a judge of the Church of Order?"

　　 "Of course the others are nothing, but he is not, he is not an ordinary judge... No, I don't even know why he is just a local judge now.

　　 My injury was left by him. I am not sure to defeat him. "

"I was injured this time, and it is considered that I have paid back the favor I owed you back then, so please give me peace of mind next; in addition, there may be something happening in Luojia city recently, and I have noticed a few unusual things. The breath has appeared on the outskirts of this city."

　　 "He, he, him? Why do you bother with him! He is just a stupid thief who was scared to death by you. He is being sent to be incinerated, what else do you want!"

"what?"

　　 "You said you didn't mean that stupid thief?"

　　 "Yes...Is that the guy who entered the mind of you and me last time?"

　　 "Then, that, let alone contact him, he is definitely not an ordinary existence!

　　Even, I think he is a priest in a certain religious religion who is using the sacred utensils of the church to explore spiritually, and he happens to have caught you and me. "

　　"Afterwards, I realized how powerful he really was, because I thought it was a stupid thief who entered the house and was pulled in by you, but then you told me that he appeared silently.

　　 No, it is coming! "

　　 "You asked me why he did this?"

　　 "Spying is just his interest, not his original intention!"

　　 "Especially the hymn he sings...makes my soul tremble!"

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