Chapter 29 The undertaker is ordinary but great!
After hearing the girl's explanation, Lin Yuan glared at the photographer fiercely.
There's no such thing as hitting the wall, it's just to scare yourself.
I was fine at first, but I was scared to death by this guy.
Fortunately it's safe now.
Lin Yuan looked at the girl and smiled and replied: "It's okay, it's okay. I'm not afraid of delaying your work. Are you finished?"
The girl turned her head and looked at the room, smiling apologetically: "I'm sorry, I've just started."
"If you're not scared, come in and I'll say it while putting on makeup. If you're scared, you can wait for me outside."
"It won't take too long. One of them will be cremated tomorrow and it will take some time to say goodbye to his relatives decently. The other one had a car accident and is covered in blood. I will simply take care of it so that the family can come to visit tomorrow."
Lin Yuan nodded and thought for a moment.
To be honest, he is also quite taboo about the deceased. It would be a lie to say that he is not afraid in the middle of the night.
But when I think about the cute girl in front of me who is not afraid of being alone here, wouldn't it be too embarrassing for him to act cowardly?
And he was also curious about how the deceased was buried.
Thinking of this, I made a decision in my heart and replied with a smile: "It's okay, I'm not afraid. I'll explain it to you while you work."
The girl smiled cutely when she heard this: "Okay! Come in."
"good!"
Lin Yuan followed the girl into the dressing room and saw the photographer also following her.
He quickly turned around and reminded: "Don't take pictures of the deceased."
The photographer nodded: "Don't worry, I know what's going on."
After entering the room, what came into view were the two bulging beds in the middle, each wrapped in a piece of white cloth. One of the white cloths had a large blood stain printed on it.
The interior of the room is simple and neat. There are small jars placed in the closet on the left wall, which look like decorations.
There are also neat rows of clothing placed in the corner for the family members of the deceased to choose appropriate clothing.
The room was filled with a solemn and solemn atmosphere, and even the air felt a little heavy.
Accompanied by a gust of evil wind blowing.
With a click, the door to the room was closed.
Lin Yuan just glanced briefly, then looked at the girl curiously.
The girl first took out a document from her bag, compared it with the deceased's information on the bed, and signed it after confirming her identity.
Then he put on his gloves and lifted off the white cloth covering the deceased.
Lying on the bed was an old man with gray hair. Judging from his age, he must have died.
In Lin Yuan's sight, the girl took off the deceased's clothes and covered him with a neat white towel, leaving only his head and feet exposed.
After doing this, the girl smiled and explained: "As embalmers, we actually let the deceased die in a dignified manner. Even if he has passed away, we cannot show off at will."
Lin Yuan nodded and watched with concentration, completely forgetting what he was here for.
Then the girl took out a piece of soap from her cosmetic bag and washed the deceased's face, hair and body all over to remove any bacteria on it.
Even the spaces between fingers and toes will be cleaned, just like in a beauty salon, so that the deceased can enjoy the last moment of comfort.
After washing the face, apply a water mask paper on the face of the deceased to keep their skin moist.
After all this is done, the stiff corpse must be massaged.
Next is makeup.
Applying makeup to a deceased person is different from ordinary makeup.
Because considering that many people did not die normally, there were car accidents, falls, and even murders.
So makeup is not just about making your face look better.
Bones must also be fixed, sutures, skin grafting, etc.
Many people cannot accept this alone, especially when they see those whose deaths are extremely horrific, which will leave a psychological shadow.
Fortunately, the deceased who is being enshrined at this moment has passed away, and there are not too many complicated steps required.
The girl first used metal to fix the shape of her face, and then used glue to seal her mouth.
This is to ensure the stability of the facial contour and avoid deformation or distortion during the makeup process.
At the same time, it is also to prevent cosmetics from entering the mouth of the deceased during the makeup process and to maintain the cleanliness and dignity of the deceased.
Lin Yuan witnessed the whole process of the girl's encoffining and was amazed in his heart.
It seems like a very ordinary job, just cleaning and applying makeup, but it depends on the right person.
Ask yourself, he can’t do it!
Even if he was offered a high salary, he wouldn't do it.
Before, he had never known the career of an undertaker.
Even when I hear this name, I will look at it with colored glasses.
Contact with the dead every day makes me shudder just thinking about it.
But today, for the first time, he had some admiration for this profession!
The job of an embalmer is to give tenderness and respect to the last moment of life, so that the deceased can die with dignity and bid farewell to this world with dignity.
"The Book of Rites" says: "The corpse is placed on the bed, and the quilt is used to remove the dead clothes. The minister wedges the teeth with a jiaoshao, and embroiders the feet with a swallow table."
It can be seen that people from ancient times to the present have attached great importance to dignity after death.
However, modern society has a great prejudice against this industry, causing many practitioners to be unable to hold their heads high.
But just imagine, if this continues and no one wants to be an undertaker, what will be the consequences?
Many of the deceased's last dignity before cremation no longer existed. How sad it must be for the family members to see the horrific appearance of their loved ones.
Especially those who died in a car accident after jumping from a building, they dare not look directly at them.
If a person is born, there are nurses and doctors to take care of him, they are called angels in white.
When you die, you will be accompanied by an undertaker, who can also be called an angel!
To do this kind of work, you must first have a strong psychological quality. People without great love cannot do this job well.
Because when the embalmer puts on makeup, he must be thinking about how to make the deceased look decent, not disgusting!
Just when Lin Yuan was stunned, the girl stood up, breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "I'm sorry for wasting your time. I'll trim his nails and shave him right away."
"Finally, drain his blood and gas, inject disinfectant and preservative, and that's it. If you can't wait, you can introduce the house to me now. My rent is about to expire recently, so I'm in a hurry!"
When Lin Yuan heard that the blood had to be drained and injected with preservatives, he felt the hairs all over his body tremble.
Although he didn't faint from blood, the thought of drawing blood made him feel uncomfortable all over.
He had no choice but to laugh and say: "It's okay, it's okay. You're busy with your work. I'm not in a hurry. I'm just here to take a look. Is it okay?"
The girl smiled happily: "Yeah, okay!"
After receiving the approval, Lin Yuan curiously looked at the clothes placed in the corner.
But he wasn't stupid enough to touch it with his hands. No one knew how many dead people had passed through that thing.
What really made him curious were the ceramic jars on the wall cabinet by the door.
Originally he thought it was for makeup.
But the girl brought her own makeup supplies.
So what are these jars for?
Lin Yuan took one down out of curiosity and wanted to open it to take a look.
But before I could open it, I heard the girl exclaim: "Don't open it! Those are ashes!"
Hearing this, Lin Yuan shivered in fright and almost threw the jar away.
He quickly put it back in place, clasping his hands together and apologizing repeatedly: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!!"
The girl was amused by Lin Yuan's apology, and said jokingly: "Don't be afraid, the ashes have been stored here for a long time and no family members have come to pick them up. If there was a ghost, something would have happened to me long ago."