Chapter 40 Chapter 40 Kidney Intelligence is Missing
After returning to Bincheng, no one at the funeral home was able to rest, but instead dealt with the things they had brought back first.
The ice cube has a certain level of intelligence. According to Lin Lang and Ah Xiu's examination, it was determined that it was an acquired intelligence formed due to influence, and it did not appear from normal growth.
In that deserted mountain stream, the only things that could affect the ice were the kidneys, which had never rotted or shriveled up, and they looked just like they had just been dug out.
Su Yun went back to take a shower and change clothes, then went to the morgue and asked Lin Lang, "Is that piece of ice obedient?"
Lin Lang shook his head: "It's not very obedient. It seems to have only one obsession, which is to freeze the kidney. If there is no kidney, it will always want to catch up with the kidney."
They look like companion spirits, but their behaviors are not quite like that. The ice cubes are more like programmed artificial intelligence prison guards, and the kidneys are prisoners that must not be let go.
The ice cube refused to communicate with their consciousness. It was only when Lin Lang used his powerful cultivation to check the consciousness of the ice cube that he discovered that there was only one thought in its tiny intelligence.
Su Yun pondered for a while and said, "It seems that if I want to know the details, my kidneys have to speak for me. How is my kidney?"
"It's still in the mourning hall. As you said, Director, the body will be kept for seven days, so it was sent there for worship." Ah Xiu was adjusting the temperature of the ice and said without turning his head.
"Okay, then I'll go over and take a look. You two try to prepare the ice for me. It's too cold and Ayan can't work. If the ice is frozen into ice cubes for the customers later, I'll have to pay for it." Su Yun pointed at the ice with disdain.
There are certain rules for burning incense in the mourning hall. When you are going on a long journey, you have to replace the incense with long-lasting incense sticks. If the incense has not been burned out when you return, it is not considered as short.
Different things are enshrined in different mourning halls. The mourning hall used for keeping corpses usually enshrines Hou Tu Niangniang, who protects the dead after death.
The funeral hall was open during the day, and Su Yun walked in. He immediately saw the kidney on the offering plate on the table. It was not cold in Bincheng, and there seemed to be no more white smoke. Only the incense burner at the back, with the newly lit incense sticks, was emitting thin smoke with a light smell.
Su Yun took the incense, kowtowed and bowed to the Queen Mother Hou Tu, then walked to the altar and poked the kidney with his folding fan: "Are you alive?"
No answer.
Last time, there was some connection between Lai Shu and Su Yun, but this time, the kidneys really had no response at all, as if they had no intelligence.
But this shouldn’t be the case. If Lai Shu can do it in a remote environment like this, why can’t her kidneys?
What's more, the ice cubes have been influenced by luck and have become intelligent, so shouldn't the kidneys be more flexible?
Just then the beautiful ghost came in with a basket of paper money. It was her turn to burn the money today.
"Director, are you here to see it?" the ghost asked as she put the bamboo basket aside.
Su Yun nodded: "Yes, but it didn't respond. Does it not want to communicate with us?"
The ghost came over, looked at the kidney and took the incense, then said: "Could it be that the soul is gone? As the saying goes, people have three souls and seven spirits. Lai Shu's three souls and seven spirits were not complete last time? He borrowed Lai Shu's name and position to become a human being. With only a kidney, it may be difficult for him to have the same thoughts as a human being."
This is the truth, and Su Yun also understands that not everyone has the same luck as Lai Shu. However, having seen it once, he always hopes that his lost organs can restore him, even if he no longer lives under the name of Su Yun.
After waiting for a while, the incense burned slowly, the kidneys showed no reaction, and the ghost had burned half of the paper money. Su Yun sighed and decided to get busy.
As winter approaches, we have more orders. Accidents are most likely to happen in winter and spring, especially for the elderly. Winter is a hurdle, as is the late spring cold and increased rainfall.
Although the funeral homes in the east of the city are always competing for customers, they do not monopolize the business of the entire city. Some people think they are far away, so the funeral homes can still get some orders.
Most of the people sent here are elderly people. Their families don't want to travel too far, but they want to bury them as soon as possible so as not to affect their work and school, so they are in a hurry.
The funeral home's rules are rather old-fashioned. No matter how much the necessary procedures are shortened, they still have to be followed. The family members are a bit impatient, and Su Yun always has to persuade them one by one, but it doesn't work. It's quite a headache.
Another family sent an old lady with a swollen body over. Su Yun didn't know what to say when he saw her.
The ghost in charge of makeup wiped the corpse's face with difficulty and complained to Su Yun: "This corpse is swollen, it's hard to recover."
Su Yungang had just collected the money from the family and said, "Just try to clean it up as much as possible, and don't put on too much makeup. The family said that the old man died at home, and they haven't lived together for a long time, so they don't know each other and have no feelings for each other."
After hearing this, the ghost went to get tools unhappily, but kept muttering: "What do you mean by emotionless? Do you think we can't see souls? Isn't it just that they raised a child but no one was willing to take care of it, so it starved to death in the house? People..."
It's sad to see this kind of thing happen so often in funeral homes.
Bincheng is located in the Jiangnan region, close to the sea, but it will snow. However, before the snow falls, there is a long period of sleet and frost. When you wake up in the morning, the whole yard is white. After the frost falls, there is a light drizzle.
Su Yun went to see the urn made by Lin Lang in the rain. Recently, many people have placed orders, and some of those who are unwilling to pay have lowered the standard from urns to urn pots. Lin Lang has learned a new skill, and he thinks that if the funeral home goes bankrupt in the future, he will not starve to death if he goes out to make pots for people.
With his hands covered in mud and water, Lin Lang could only use his magic power to hold the list aside and said to Su Yun, "Director, I'll be done with two more."
It says there are two, but some of them might be wasted during baking.
After calculating the money in his heart, Su Yun said, "If it really doesn't work, you can go out and buy two. Burning pottery jars is the job of a wizard. As a Taoist priest, it's too difficult for you."
Lin Lang would be very persistent in some areas. He pointed to the jar next to him and said, "No need, curator. I can do it. Look, that one is pretty good. It even has a lid."
Since the employees insisted, Su Yun didn't say much. She chose to do the math. Business seemed good recently, but she didn't know if it could cover the equipment expenses of the entire funeral home.
Su Yun was good at accounting. She sat in the study for an entire afternoon, looking at the meager profits. She felt that sometimes she still had to take on some big orders, as the money ordinary people were willing to spend on burials was still too little.
In those uneventful days, everyone had lost track of time, and Bincheng's first snow arrived quietly.
The night before it snowed, because of the rain, they hadn't been out to play in the yard for a long time. Instead, they were in the chess and card room, roasting snacks and playing mahjong. This thing was irresistible to both humans and ghosts.
After playing mahjong and finishing off the snacks, we said good night to each other, went back to our rooms to wash up and go to bed, as we had to get up and work the next day.
Su Yun took the last roasted sticky corn back to his room and put it on the table, planning to eat it while playing games later.
But when she came out of the shower, she found that a few kernels were missing from the roots of the corn.
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