Chapter 46
Yu Ming was willing to be taken away by An Jinghe. In his own words, he was going to die anyway, so it was better to die at the hands of the Jingling Sect, which did not have such a strong grudge against him, than to have his fate controlled by Master Ziyuan again.
People like Yu Ming always put their own preferences above everything else. He was born without the knowledge of love, and only knows hatred and greed. He can be deceived by Master Ziyuan because of greed, and he can also risk his life for revenge.
Watching An Jinghe activate the formation to take Yu Ming away, Su Yun saw from the corner of his eye that the video call on the tablet was still on, so he picked up the tablet and said, "Master Che, now only Zhao Tuhu is left. He should be harder to catch than Yu Ming, as he doesn't have any weaknesses."
Yu Ming was easy to catch because he had a child. Even though he knew that the child was of no use to him, he still could not escape the man's pursuit and fanaticism of supporting his son in his old age. So as soon as he found out that his son was gone, he rushed over to seek revenge. If he could successfully take revenge, he might even move himself.
But Zhao Tuhu is different. According to Yu Ming, he has not had contact with Zhao Tuhu for a long time, but he has never heard that he has a wife and children. It can even be said that he is a talent-enhanced version of Yu Ming. Although his cultivation is not as good, his character is much more difficult to deal with than Yu Ming.
Che Xuming said directly in the video: "So I still have to trouble you. We really can't beat this group of people. It would be better if you come. As for the reward, don't worry, I will go to Master Wen in person tomorrow to get it and then send it to you. Those are precious medicinal materials, so I can't express them to you."
"Okay," Su Yun had no objection, but she thought about the arrangements for Yu Ming afterwards, "By the way, according to the rules of Jingling Sect, how do you plan to deal with Yu Ming?"
"Generally speaking, people who use metaphysics to commit crimes, especially those who have destroyed national cultural relics, killed people, and controlled corpses to replace their identities, are actually sentenced to death according to the law. He has not made any major contributions, so there is no way to change it to a suspended death sentence to make up for his mistakes." Che Xuming said based on his own experience.
In fact, this is very easy to guess. Those death row prisoners who can survive are all true geniuses. Only geniuses are worthy of the country to keep them in prison for further research. Otherwise, they will be shot directly. The unforgivable criminals will not even be given a chance.
Although Yu Ming has been on the run for so many years and has followed Master Ziyuan to do various experiments, those were not done by him and he did not know much about them. After confessing, it is at most like turning himself in to seek leniency, and the result will not change.
After hanging up the video call, Su Yun returned to the ground. It was already past four in the morning and preparations for the funeral had already begun. She had no way to continue resting and could only change her clothes and get dressed to prepare for the funeral.
As things came together, Su Yun was actually quite exhausted. However, the good thing was that she knew enough information. She knew who was the one who killed her, and she also knew which direction to investigate next. This was a great progress.
The erotic ghost went to change clothes and put makeup on the old man of the Wu family early in the morning. There are many steps in the burial process. The previous parts can be regarded as restoration, and now is the final treatment for the old man.
The purpose of restoration is to make the corpse appear in better condition, while makeup is to make the corpse look like a living person. Yan Gui is very familiar with this process, but she did not try to make it look younger like she did when she made up Aunt Wu before. Judging from the old man's age, it can be said that he died of old age. At the age of seventy, there is no need to deliberately make him look younger.
The old man, who had never had peace in his life, lay quietly on the operating table. Yan Gui changed his clothes into the black and white suit requested by the Wu family. Western-style funerals are popular nowadays, and when the shroud was customized, they discussed and decided not to choose Chinese shroud in order to avoid being laughed at as an antique.
With the blessing of Yan Gui's craftsmanship and the straight suit made of exquisite material, at first glance, the old man is still the leader who dominates the business world, and his hair is combed meticulously by Yan Gui.
After watching, Su Yun sighed: "I don't know why, but watching the people I know leave one by one, I feel quite sad. In this life, apart from birth and death, there is really nothing you bring with you when you are born and nothing you take with you when you die."
People come into this world naked and leave naked, and finally become a few bones and ashes. If you think about it too much, you really don’t know how to arrange your life.
The ghost was washing her hands nearby, preparing to move the old man into the coffin. She said, "Who said it wasn't true? So, not long after I died, I didn't want to be reincarnated. What's the point of being a human over and over again? It's better to be a ghost and be free."
Especially modern people, everyone’s mental state is not good, and I guess few of them would like to be a human in the next life. Now people are lining up to reincarnate, but in the future, I wonder if they will all rush to reincarnate as animals.
"I hope he has a safe journey. After the funeral it will be the seventh day. I wonder what the old man will say when he comes back?" Su Yun said as he stretched out his hand and straightened the old man's trouser leg a little.
“What else can I say? Those who come back on the seventh day are basically regretting all the choices they made in their lives, as if they could make choices again, and live more comfortably.” The ghost thinks that people are a process of regret again and again, always regretting this and that, even after death. But in fact, in life, you will always regret the choices you make.
Or they are just being stubborn, because everyone wants a lot of things, but there are always things they can't get. If one's life is smooth and everything goes well, he probably won't be able to come back on the seventh day, but will be punished in the underworld - people's bad nature always leads to some immoral and illegal thoughts, and if they follow their wishes, they will naturally accept the punishment.
Su Yun did not comment. He spoke to the beautiful ghost for a few more words and then went to look at the arrangements for the coffin.
The old man’s funeral cannot be vague. The media are already waiting outside, waiting to take first-hand photos and post them on social platforms to earn the first wave of traffic money. As for news, what matters is time.
The Wu family members did not sleep after five o'clock and came out to help. They were the host family today and had to do more work than Su Yun. At least Su Yun only had to control the hard conditions and those related to the corpse, and the rest would be arranged by Wu's mother. As for welcoming guests and taking care of the guests, the men of the Wu family would be responsible for that.
The sun rises early in the summer, and at five o'clock it is almost daytime outside. It is better than winter, when everyone has to work in the dark.
After checking that there are no problems with the coffin, the old man must be put in advance. The weather is hot now, and the corpse will undergo certain changes over time, so it is best not to move it if possible. Put the corpse in the coffin when it is cool, and then push it into the ceremony hall. The part about the old man is then completed.
Lifting a corpse is something that needs experience. The sexy ghost called the fireman and the ghost messenger Ah Xiu. The two ghosts skillfully lifted the old man up by holding his spine without wrinkling his clothes. They then gently placed him in the coffin and made simple adjustments to the old man's appearance according to the sexy ghost's request.
For a person like the old man, even the lying position is important. It has to be beautiful, dignified, and auspicious. It would be best if he could still intimidate others like when he was alive, making people feel that he is still protecting his descendants.
After packing the bodies, Su Yun hesitated for a while and notified the Wu family to come over.
They were all busy, but they still hurried over after hearing Su Yun say that the body had been transferred to the coffin. They understood what Su Yun meant, that he wanted to come and take a look at the old man before the funeral began.
When the funeral begins, guests will arrive one after another. It will be a mess, and no one will care about the old man. Now I can only take a look and burn some incense as a final farewell.
There were incense burners and paper money in the morgue. The three men of the Wu family were all wearing black suits of similar styles. Wu's father's style was more stable, while Wu Jin and Wu Yu's were a little more lively and slim-fitting. Wu's mother wore a black long skirt and a black satin flower on her head.
Father Wu led the family to burn incense for the old man and burned some paper money. They said some farewell words in private, such as living a good life over there in the future, apologizing to Aunt Wu when seeing her, and that it was okay to bow your head for your daughter. As for reincarnation, they could go if they were destined to, and there was no need to stay at the Wu family, as they had their own destiny.
Time was tight, so I didn't get to say much. In fact, many things had already been said in the fragmented time. There was nothing more to say, so I just said a few words back and forth.
After the Wu family was done, Su Yun asked the fire-maker and the ghost catcher Ah Xiu to take the coffin to the ceremony hall and place it there. Remember to close the coffin lid because the funeral had not started yet, so to prevent any accidents that might damage the body.
Modern coffins are not like those in the past, where they have to be nailed shut when closed. They can be opened, after all, they have to be sent for cremation.
After finishing the part about the corpse, the paper flowers, paper money, incense sticks, incense burners, white sand and other miscellaneous items in the ceremony hall had all been prepared by the ghost bride. After the coffin was placed, the beautiful ghost and the ghost bride invited Wu Mu to go to the flower room together to select fresh cut flowers to be placed in the ceremony hall today.
Xicheng Funeral Home has always provided fresh cut flower services. There are two wreaths at funerals that are given away free of charge, which are the basic style of funerals. The wreaths are placed on both sides of the altar. Most people will hang elegiac couplets on them, which can also be written by Xicheng Funeral Home. If the family members like them, they can specify the sentence and the color, variety, and style of the flowers.
Apart from these two basic wreaths, you have to pay to buy the extra wreaths, and there are real flowers and artificial flowers. Real flowers are naturally expensive. They are all fresh cut flowers grown in the greenhouse all year round. They are basically 30% more expensive than those in the city flower shops. You can get a discount if you buy more.
The Wu family is not short of money. From Aunt Wu to the old man this time, all the flowers were fresh cut flowers ordered on-site at the Xicheng Funeral Home. In order to save the withering and wear caused by ordering and transportation in the city, they were purchased directly at the Xicheng Funeral Home, so the flowers will be fresh at night.
In fact, the frame of the wreath has been prepared long ago, and the flowers have been selected in advance. Wu Mu is called in to determine the final shape, variety, and what elegiac couplets to hang on each wreath.
The old man also likes calligraphy. It is estimated that people will like this kind of self-cultivation when they get older, so after consideration, Wu's father decided that all the elegiac couplets would be written by him, Wu's mother and Wu Jin. Wu Yu was not included because Wu Yu's handwriting was not good-looking and it would be embarrassing to write it.
Apart from these inedible things, the cook's spoon was about to come out of flames. He was the only cook in Xicheng Funeral Home, and the Wu family liked him very much, so they asked him if he could help prepare all the food for the funeral, from tea to snacks, from desserts to cold dishes, from main dishes to soups, all of which were prepared by the cook alone.
Because there were not enough people, Lin Lang and the fire-cooking master went to help. Wu's mother also invited all the chefs in the family to come and help the cooking master, and the housekeeper checked the process every step of the way to ensure that there were no mistakes.
After inspecting the auditorium, Su Yun suddenly realized that she seemed to have become the one doing nothing again. Everyone had work to do, except her.
Even Wu Yu was taken by Wu Jin to familiarize himself with the procedures and the guest list, to check the seating for the banquet later, to confirm for the last time who could sit with whom, and who should be kept together and not separated. Just listening to those details gave him a headache.
So when Wu Yu waited for the cook to bring breakfast over and hurried to eat more before the funeral started so as to get through it, he saw Su Yun sitting in the corner holding a doll and playing games.
"No, is she so free?" Wu Yu said to Wu Jin in shock. He was so busy that his throat was smoking, and he didn't dare to drink more water for fear of going to the toilet all the time and wasting time. But someone was playing games there!
Wu Jin actually saw it, and he even saw that Su Yun only checked the part about the old man in the funeral after she came out in the morning. But he thought about it and asked, "Then what else do you think she can do?"
After hearing this, Wu Yu was silent for a moment. Now everyone was working together on a division of labor. After the division, there was really nothing that Su Yun could do. He curled his lips and said, "No wonder he's called a mascot. He doesn't have anything to do, but isn't he just a mascot?"
Su Yun was playing a single-player game. When he heard him mutter, he turned it off and walked over: "What's wrong with a mascot? Having a mascot can help everything go smoothly."
Having said that, Wu Yu was very busy himself and was unhappy to see someone idle. However, he was no match for Su Yun in an argument, so he could only hum and mutter, not daring to speak loudly.
The cook was responsible for preparing normal banquet dishes, and the breakfast he served to them was also of high standard. Some of the dishes were made by the Wu family chef. For some reason, you could tell the difference with just one bite.
Wu Yu tasted the porridge and was surprised: "It's strange to say, I can remember the cooking skills of this master chef after eating it. I always feel that it is different from others, like... it tastes better."
"Just think of him as someone who has been enlightened by the God of Cooking and has a natural ability to eat delicious food." Su Yun said without raising her head. She has been eating here for four years and has become accustomed to the chef's cooking skills.
When Su Yun first came here, he was also shocked by this matter. He even thought that there were masters among the people. Later, when he was able to move around downstairs on his own, he found that the master chef was talented and had practiced for many, many years, the time he had spent before and after his death added up. If he could not surpass all the living chefs, then he really wasted his talent.
After a quick breakfast, it was time to get back to work. Su Yun was not idle this time, he walked around to see if there was anything he could help with.
Wu Mu had already prepared most of the wreaths, and the ghost bride sent them to the ceremony hall one by one and arranged them. This job was usually done by her because of her good aesthetic taste.
After 7:30 in the morning, everything was arranged. Father Wu finally confirmed the process and all the fixed arrangements. After everything was alright, they started to light the first incense stick themselves, and then said goodbye.
The funeral officially starts at eight o'clock, but it is impossible for everyone to arrive at this time, so they can only wait in the ceremony hall. Only after all the guests have offered incense to the old man can the body be sent for cremation, and time must also be left for the guests to say goodbye.
In fact, many luxury cars had already arrived outside at around 7:30, and paparazzi hiding in the corners were taking pictures everywhere. I might have to write a headline like "Funeral of the head of Wu Group, the leading heavy industry enterprise in Bincheng, attended by all the wealthy families in Bincheng", which is both realistic and eye-catching.
Those who can arrive now are all those who have a good relationship with the old man of the Wu family. They are all waiting to go in when the time is almost right. Waiting outside for a while is to give the family members time to say goodbye alone. They all know the rules. They should show up when they should, and it is okay to wait a little when they shouldn't.
At 7:50 in the morning, guests came in. They were elderly people who brought their families in to burn incense. They were all friends of the old man of the Wu family and they came from the same era. They didn't expect that the old man would leave so abruptly.
Wu's father called everyone one by one. These were the uncles and aunts who had watched him grow up when he was a child. His attitude and etiquette were all correct.
Su Yun was more like a master of ceremonies helping out in this occasion. According to the rules of the West City Funeral Home, she herself would not appear at the funeral, but she would come out because they were old friends.
When burning incense, a beautiful ghost and a ghost bride helped to send it to the big incense burner. It was difficult to walk because of the old man's coffin in the middle.
When the old men saw Su Yun standing behind the Wu family, they all remembered to say hello to her after the worship. It was quite scary to see the young generation who they liked very much and had disappeared suddenly appear.
After the Wu family explained to Su Yun, the old men finally understood that Su Yun found her biological parents after she disappeared, and now this funeral home was given to her by her parents to run.
The life of the Su family has become a bubble of the past. The old people who watched Su Yun grow up sighed and felt that this matter was quite mysterious. After all, how could such a big hospital take the wrong child? And it took twenty years for the wrong child to be taken.
What's even more outrageous is that when the Su family had not found Su Yun and announced his disappearance, he had already found his biological parents and seemed to be living a very good life. The condition and spirit of a person's face cannot lie, and Su Yun does look better now than when he was at the Su family.
So the old people would say while chatting that it is better to be close family members. If a child is not your own, it will be strange and you will not be sincere when raising him.
But soon they found something was wrong - if the two families really took the wrong baby, why wasn't Su Yun so happy in the Su family? Unless the Su family treated her badly!
If the Su family didn't know that Su Yun was taken away by mistake, how could they treat their own daughter badly? Judging from Su Yun's current situation, they don't seem like parents who treat their daughter harshly?
Some things cannot be talked about. The more you talk about them, the easier it is to find something wrong.
The old people are almost shrewd. They can react immediately if something is wrong, just like Lu Anning's parents, who understood the meaning of Su Yun's unfinished words after listening halfway.
After receiving the elders with whom we have a better relationship, the next ones to come are the relatives and friends with whom we have a less close relationship. Everyone understands each other's status, so the order of arrival will not be messed up.
The second group of customers were obviously more numerous and chatty, and not so sincere. Everyone knew they were here to curry favor with the guests. They came to burn incense as a token of their appreciation, and not causing any trouble was giving face to the dead. Fortunately, it was not a wedding, so they could keep a straight face, otherwise their faces would become stiff after smiling for such a long time.
As more and more people came, it became a huge crowd. It was inevitable that they noticed Su Yun, who had been busy following the Wu family. She was not a family member, but an emcee and VIP who could follow them around. Generally speaking, this position was similar to that of a half-son, and one had to have a very good relationship with the host family to be able to stand in that position.
Before coming, everyone thought they would ask a few friends or close relatives to follow along and help out. No one can handle the entire funeral process by themselves, so even neighbors would provide support out of humanitarian considerations.
Death is always a big deal, and everyone will put away all their little thoughts in the face of death.
They didn't mention Su Yun in person, but after they sat down in the banquet hall, they couldn't help but discuss the matter with each other, starting from Wu Jin's previous attitude and ending with the two funerals that Su Yun had recently organized for the Wu family.
There are only a few speculations. The more polite way of saying it is that it is easier to get things done if you have connections. The more vulgar way of saying it is that Su Yun wanted to climb up the social ladder and return to the circle of famous nobles in Bincheng, which is considered climbing up the social ladder.
After being missing for four years, he had to go through this again. Su Yun didn't react much. She had long been accustomed to those people who disliked her but couldn't get rid of her gossiping about her behind her back. Verbal karma is also karma, and they will realize their mistakes one day.
There were quite a lot of guests, and Su Yun was worried that the hot weather would cause something unexpected to the corpse. As more people came into the hall, it gradually became more popular and heated. 26 degrees was not enough, so Su Yun hinted to Yan Gui to lower the temperature again and again.
Later on, it was estimated to be around 16 degrees. The men who came in suits felt the temperature was comfortable, but the ladies started to feel uncomfortable again.
Fortunately, Wu Mu had taken all these situations into consideration and sent hot tea, iced drinks, and hot beverages to avoid poor hospitality.
Su Yun felt like a mascot. He would look up, then down, look serious, and keep a tight face when people came. When people came to say hello after burning incense, he had to act polite but sad.
It was finally noon and everyone had finally arrived. They had said goodbye to the old man. According to the procedure, the old man should be sent for cremation. In fact, it was not noon, but he had to be sent there first. Then, during this time, Father and Mother Wu treated everyone to a simple lunch. After the meal, the burial would take place. The funeral process did not require guests, they just had to watch him go. Then there was another banquet in the evening.
No matter in the north or south, weddings and funerals seem to be all about feasting. In some older villages, the feast alone lasts for three days, with music and dance for three days as well, and the guests are different every day.
People in the city don’t care about so many things anymore. They try to finish it within one day, and the procedures have been modified. The purpose of a funeral is socializing, and the people who really want to bury the elderly are probably the relatives. However, they are precisely the ones who want to perfect social etiquette.
A family like the Wu family is particular about even the seating arrangements when dining; immediate family members sit at the same table with their best relatives and friends. To give them face, Su Yun was arranged to sit at the seat for good friends. Although according to the current relationship, it would be no problem to give Su Yun a seat at the main table, after all, she had put a lot of effort into Aunt Wu and the old man's affairs.
The idea is good, but it is difficult to achieve in reality. People living in society cannot ignore social relations. According to social relations, Su Yun can only line up the next step and must first consider the ideas of those who serve as shareholders and investors.
Those who have power and influence are the big guys and must be respected at all times.
Su Yun was not ignorant and would not insist on having a main table. Besides, if the Wu family had not hosted the funeral, she would probably still be sleeping in the yard.
Taking into account Su Yun's awkward identity, Wu's mother arranged a table for children for her - all of them were people of the same age, including Wu Yu, Lu Anning, Yi Fangjin and some classmates and friends who, according to Wu Yu's recollection, had a close relationship with Su Yun when they were young.
Children are not allowed to drink alcohol at the table. Instead, they are served fruit tea and drinks. The food also has various strange flavors. There are also main dishes, but they are of a very conventional style, mainly catering to the greasy flavors that children don't like.
Those who could play with Su Yun were all big shots in the community, so apart from being a little reserved when clinking glasses with each other at the beginning, everyone at the table soon started chatting in whispers, mainly asking Su Yun about his disappearance over the past few years. They were very curious about where Su Yun had gone and why there was no trace of him at all.
Su Yun answered half-truthfully, "On the day of graduation, I saw everyone's parents taking graduation photos, and I was a little moved. Who are my parents? So I went to look for them. After searching for a while, I found that they were in this city. I have been learning from them how to manage this funeral home for the past four years."
Lu Anning had heard this answer before. She exaggeratedly told her classmates, "Su Yun is a good student. Didn't I hold a funeral for my ugly short-lived son? Come and stay for a few days. The environment is great. It's quiet, aerobic, peaceful, and there are meals cooked by a master chef. If I were Su Yun, I wouldn't go out for four years!"
"You just want to eat it, don't you think you know who you are?" Wu Yu looked at her with disdain, then modestly picked up another piece of fried fish, which tasted delicious.
"You talk as if you're not the same. You eat the most after you came here!" Lu Anning was also quite disgusted with him.
Amid the noise and bustle, the classmates did get a general idea of Su Yun's life over the past four years. The West City Funeral Home has many rules. As time goes by, the pace of life has also quickened, and the conservative funeral home has become a little desolate.
When the funeral home business was getting worse, Su Yun found his parents who were also looking for him. Both parties knew that they were relatives at first sight. They recognized each other, checked each other, changed their household registration... Su Yun stayed like this.
For four years, Su Yun has been learning how to manage such a large funeral home. Her parents left her a lot of family business and inherited employees to support her in continuing to run the business.
A classmate joked, "So, Su Yun, you are like the young master of the funeral home now? Oh, you should call him the director. The old employees should like you, right? You are the best at making the elders happy."
Unexpectedly, after hearing her words, the people who had lived here and Su Yun fell silent. Anyway, judging from their appearance, the ghost employees were all quite young, all in their early thirties. They did not look like elders, but rather like ordinary employees who had been waiting for Su Yun to inherit the family business.
Su Yun thought for a moment, pointed at the table of employees and said, "That table is for my employees at the funeral home. The other employees who were walking around were actually hired by Aunt Wu, so... there's actually not a big age difference."
The difference is extremely huge, but it’s not considered a lie.
The students at the table turned their heads to look and found that they were the two beautiful women who helped them pass incense at the funeral, and a few handsome men they had never seen before.
The eyes of old classmates immediately became teasing, saying that Su Yun's recruitment criteria must be based on appearance? Any one of those employees, at least, has a top-tier face, much better looking than those on the hot search now.
Su Yun couldn't help laughing out loud: "What are you thinking? They were all chosen by my parents. Maybe my parents are obsessed with looks. It's human nature to like pretty girls."
"That being said, the employees at the funeral home are so pretty. I don't know why, but I always feel like they're ghosts. It's a bit scary." One of the male classmates shuddered, wondering what horror movie he was thinking of.
"Hey, she's beautiful because of her parents. Why do you, a toad, have the right to say something about her?" The female classmate next to him kicked him under the table to avoid making Su Yun unhappy with her words.
Su Yun was not unhappy, he just felt that this unintentional remark was quite accurate. Isn't it a sexy ghost?
In order not to get angry when someone told him the truth, Su Yun invited them to dinner and tried to avoid this topic.
The host and the guests enjoyed the meal very much. Su Yun left early because she had to go to watch the crematorium. Because Wu's father and mother had to entertain guests, they could not come to pick up the bones themselves, so they entrusted Su Yun to help pick up the bones and ashes and put them in the urn, which would then be handed over to Wu's father to take to the cemetery at an auspicious time in the afternoon.
There were too many people at the funeral, and the old man hadn't been buried yet, so everyone was relatively well-behaved and didn't say anything unpleasant. As for the rumors that had spread before and after the old man's accident, no one wanted to bring them in.
The auspicious time calculated according to the old man's birth date was after two o'clock in the afternoon. Su Yun waited in the crematorium for the fire master to bring out the ashes. As the old man was old and had osteoporosis, he did not have many large healthy bones, so they could all be put directly into the urn.
For the sake of face, the old man's urns are all made of black agate without a trace of other colors. The Xicheng Funeral Home does have urns of this quality, but they are all finished products. The Wu family was not very satisfied after seeing them, so they went to find a larger agate and carved one directly.
The urn could not be carried by outsiders, so after Su Yun had packed it up, he informed Wu Jin and told him that whoever held the urn would have to carry it all the way to burial and that the hands could not be changed. According to humanitarian advice, it would definitely be better for the grandson to carry it, but if Wu's father was willing, he could do it himself.
Wu Jin replied that he had received the message and thanked Su Yun for his help.
It was Wu's father who came to carry the urn in the afternoon. He still didn't want to rely on others, and he thought his father should be sent off by himself.
Not all the guests went to the cemetery. Only relatives and a few close families went to watch the old man being buried. Su Yun stayed to receive the remaining guests and prepare for the evening banquet.
This was something that had been discussed early in the morning. The old man of the Wu family has only one son and one daughter. The daughter just died, and the son only has Wu Jin and Wu Yu. The kinship is shallow and the family is sparse. Although there seem to be a lot of people, it seems that not many can help. The real relatives usually interact with each other based on personal relationships and are not that familiar with each other.
When they needed people, the Wu family found that the person they could trust was actually an outsider, Su Yun.
Su Yun saw the Wu family off to the car outside the funeral home, and told them the rules on the road. He also asked Yan Gui and Lin Lang to accompany them. With the two of them around, the funeral would definitely go smoothly.
The beautiful ghost was smart and considerate, and knew all the procedures of the funeral. Lin Lang had a high level of cultivation and was good at fortune-telling, so he ensured safety.
Since not all guests were willing to go to the cemetery, quite a few stayed behind. Most of them were women who were pregnant or had young children. Old men and women would not make this trip as it was really embarrassing for the elderly.
Su Yun hosted the guests on behalf of the Wu family, so naturally the issue of status came up. Some people always think that weddings and funerals are private matters, so it must be the family members who preside over and make the decisions. What is Su Yun's status and position in this?
Facing everyone's questions and teasing, asking her if she was about to get married, Su Yun said directly: "No, this is one of the services provided by our funeral home. If necessary, we can pretend to be family members. Everyone understands that sometimes, it is better to hire a paid relative."
"Oh, in that case, Su Yun, how much did you pay the Wu family for this service?" another woman whose age could not be determined asked.
"It's like this. Our funeral home doesn't offer all-inclusive packages. It depends on what options you choose. For example, if I stay in the funeral home to entertain you, the price will be different. But since we are familiar with each other, I will charge you a friendly price. If you are interested, would you like to see the price list?" Su Yun asked, rubbing his hands. It seemed that they were all big customers.
Those who can come to attend the old man's funeral are either rich or noble. At the very least, they are the new rich in Bincheng in recent years. There are also nouveau riche, but they are all good-natured and educated. They have followed Wu's father to the funeral. These people are probably so poor all their lives that they only have money left. How can they go to any wedding or funeral without money?
Su Yun's reserved yet expectant look made the old men and women laugh. They had always thought that Su Yun's temper was funny, and at their age, there was nothing unlucky about it, so they said they wanted to see.
So Su Yun directly ordered the Ghost Bride to bring all the price lists. If there were not enough, he would just print out new ones and try to make sure everyone had a copy.
After seeing this, several wealthy ladies who had just become pregnant thought that the price was really expensive. They were amazed and felt that the Wu family were being taken advantage of.
Su Yun heard this but kept smiling. She knew that the price was actually quite expensive, but you get what you pay for. The funeral home must have dared to set this price so that customers can enjoy the services they deserve. At most, they would give customers discounts depending on how many items they bought.
Anyway, there was nothing to do while waiting, and the cook was serving afternoon tea. Except for a few ladies who needed to rest, everyone else was looking at the thick price list of the funeral home.
After watching for a while, an old man sitting next to Su Yun suddenly said, "Yunyun, can you still hold a ghost marriage here?"
This old man is a retired secretary of Bincheng, named Xin Dechang. He and the old man of the Wu family once fought together and they have maintained a friendship for most of their lives.
Su Yun respected him very much and quickly responded, "Yes, Grandpa Xin, our funeral home can handle this business, but it only handles the dead and the dead, or in other words, if one of the parties is engaged but has an accident, we will not accept it if it is a forced arranged marriage."
"Oh, that's quite particular. But you're quite right. Arranged marriages and marrying the living or the dead are feudal remnants and should be wiped out." Xin Dechang said indignantly. He was from that era and naturally hated this kind of thing.
After a while, Xin Dechang asked again: "Yunyun, are you guys seriously marrying a dead person?"
Su Yun was silent for a while: "It's serious, but why does this sound so strange..."
[End of this chapter]
Su Yun: As long as the corpse is a decent corpse and the person is a decent person, then we must be decent too O(∩_∩)O
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