13 Mink Street

The hearse drove back to Minke Street and stopped at the roadside in front of the house.

flameout,

He touched the steering wheel again.

Karen suddenly felt an inexplicable love for her.

After all, it is a car that the family spent so much money on, so there is really nothing to say about the texture.

Mina pushed open the courtyard door, and Aunt Mary greeted her, asking, "Have you eaten yet?"

"Mom, we ate at Sarah's."

"Nor a call back," Aunt Mary complained.

"Sarah's house doesn't have a phone."

At this time, Aunt Mary saw the jar in Karen's hand: "What's in the jar?"

"Sour cucumber, very refreshing."

"Yes, I will try it tomorrow."

Karen went back to the third floor and went to the bathroom to take a shower.

Even in winter, he will insist on taking a bath every day, which is a habit he developed in his previous life; fortunately, he still has this condition in this life.

Aunt Mary put her clean pajamas on the countertop in the bathroom every evening, and the next day's clothes were put on Karen's bedroom bed, which made Karen feel very warm.

After taking a comfortable hot bath and changing into pajamas, I thought about going to the second floor to get a glass of ice water, but hesitated for a while, and went into my bedroom first.

Lunt was sitting on his box-spring, playing with some cards;

Karen sat down at the desk,

Like suddenly remembered something,

Turning sideways to Lent on the bed behind the head, said:

"I just forgot, Lunt, go and get me a glass of ice water."

"Okay, brother."

Lunt got out of bed, put on his slippers and went out to help his brother pour water.

Karen stretched his waist, and reached out to get the "General History of Ruilan Religion" that Mina helped him borrow from the library, but he unexpectedly found that there were several more books on the desk, which were also Books on religion.

"Brother, water."

"Well, by the way, Lunt, who put these books here?"

"Oh, I took it from grandpa's study."

"You took it from grandpa's study?"

Do you have the guts to go into grandpa's study and steal books?

"Grandpa asked me to bring it."

"Oh well."

This is normal.

Lent lay back under the quilt again, leaned on the pillow, looked towards Karen, and asked:

"Brother, don't you rest?"

"I'll read the book for a while."

"Brother, don't you plan to go back to school?" Lent asked curiously.

The older brother may not have adapted to school, but the current brother, Lent thinks there is no problem. He is actually looking forward to the picture of his brother's drawer full of love letters after returning to school, so that at this time of night, he can help his brother open it happily. Love letter!

"Well, let's talk about it, you go to bed early."

Karen was eager to go back to school before, and wanted to pass the exam, leave Diss, and breathe fresh and free air;

Now Karen, as a jurisprudentially identified "evil god", realizes that the free air outside is not actually prepared for him.

Turn on the desk lamp and take out a new book. The cover of the book is brown and the title is Symmetra. Karen noticed that the book didn't indicate the publishing house, but the production is quite good.

So, this is an internal publication of the Cult of Order?

Opening the book and glanced at the compendium, Karen found that it was indeed a book introducing "The Cult of Order".

It’s a bit like when you go to another company to apply for a job, they will give you an “introduction” of your own company, which will include the company’s establishment, development, growth, opportunities, and of course, the most important thing is the extremely bright future and blueprint .

Generally, the more unreliable a company is, the more dazzling its blueprint for future planning will be.

However, religious internal publications are different from those MLM companies, because the future prospects are basically fixed, and even the prayers that believers usually talk about;

Moreover, it has been around for a long time and has been passed down for a long time. Even if it is an MLM company, if it can sell MLM for thousands of years or even more than an era, it...maybe still a MLM company...but it must be tainted with aristocratic temperament.

The first half of the book in his hand is about the history of the Cult of Kosmos;

From the beginning of the mythical story, after the "historical narrative" of the mythical part is finished, it will transition to a development model with names, surnames and ages.

For example, what did a certain person do for the Cult of Order in a certain country in a certain year, what precedents they created, etc., are very similar to the chronicle of a country's political power.

In terms of fairy tales, Karen paid special attention to the part where the God of Order awakens.

In the explanation of this book, the God of Order is self-enclosed and exiled for an era, and there are a lot of complicated narratives behind it. In summary, the general meaning is equivalent to "the eminent monk enlightened."

It's just that the God of Order's enlightenment time is relatively long, and the eminent monk is out of seclusion, while the God of Order is "awakened".

The "awakening" here is very similar to the "awakening technique" that the judges of the Cult of Order must master.

Karen remembered that Pu'er once told him that in the mythology of the Order God, it was the God of Light who awakened the God of Order, but there is no such record in this book.

Pu'er lived for a long time. According to Diss, Pu'er had a relationship with the Inmeles family before Diss was born;

Therefore, Karen believes in Pu'er's statement even more. After all, written records can be changed. Most importantly, what purpose does a cat have to falsify history against a high school dropout?

As for why in this book, the sense of participation of the God of Light is eliminated?

The reason is also easy to understand, because the Light God Sect has died out.

The reason why the God of Light was included in the mythological narratives of the God of Order in the early years... may also have a factor to counteract the popularity of the God of Light at that time.

And after the Guangming God Sect died out, it was cut up again immediately, and its black history was revised.

After all, which religion wants the true god of its ancestors to be the younger brother of other true gods?

If you still have a big family and a big business, you can still hold your nose and climb down to this relative. Now that the grass on your grave is so high, you must be the eternal glory of the God of Order in my family.

Not only that, but considering that the God of Order was "self-enclosed and exiled" for an era in the book, it is equivalent to directly surpassing the God of Light in terms of age or seniority.

It was supposed to be the God of Light who "woke up" the God of Order, a bit like the elder supporting the younger, the older brother waking up the younger;

Now it seems that the prayer of the God of Light moved the God of Order, and then the God of Order descended.

It's very similar to the religious play of fans in the fan circle to their idols;

Karen skipped the rest of the mythological narrative, and Karen also chose to skip the chronicle in the middle.

The last volume is about the current mode of operation of the Cult of Order.

But it only records which countries have which regions, how many management offices have how many statues, and does not describe the real underlying operation logic in detail;

But there is a theory that attracted Karen, because this theory is normal at first reading, but after thinking about it, it feels unbelievable.

"The gods signed a contract, and the contract was binding. The gods took the initiative to take half a step back and let the god of order take charge of the order of the heavens."

"The Cult of Order, as an existence that maintains order, should be treated equally under the light of order."

The "gods" here signed an order contract with the God of Order, and Karen didn't think it was true, unless the person who recorded this was the table or the pen that signed the contract in the God Realm at that time;

Therefore, this should be an insinuation of reality, many orthodox churches in reality;

To take a half step back should be to transfer part of the power to the Cult of Order, allowing the Cult of Order to maintain a certain order.

But why are those other orthodox religions so reasonable? So considerate of the overall situation?

Is it really a voluntary concession made on the basis of friendly negotiations?

And under the light of "Light of Order", everyone is treated equally, and the meaning is worth pondering again;

The connection of these passages made the image of a young and Dangerous boy with a machete appear in Karen's mind:

Do you obey the rules I set?

Don't be afraid, I like to convince people with virtue!

Karen took a sip of water,

Therefore, in this world, the Cult of Order should have relatively strong influence and confidence, at least for now.

After skimming through this book, Karen felt a little tired, and did not plan to read the remaining books for the time being;

go to bed,

lights out,

sleep.

...

The next day, at half past seven, Karen woke up.

After washing up, I went down to the second floor;

Breakfast is milk and bread with sausage, oh, and a few pickles.

How does this stuff go with bread?

It may be that my aunt mistakenly thought that she was too obsessed with this mouthful, otherwise why would she bring a big jar back from someone else's house?

With the right hand dipping the bread in the milk, the left hand habitually opened today's "Luo Jia Daily" on the dining table.

The first page of the newspaper was to inform all citizens that voting for the mayoral election would officially begin in five days.

The second edition is an exclusive interview with representatives of workers' demonstrations in the past few days.

The presentation method is that the reporter asks the other party to answer,

Part of the worker’s answer showed a negative and pessimistic attitude, and a worker suffering from pneumoconiosis said in the interview:

"Sixson has betrayed us, betrayed the East!"

Um? In terms of emotional orientation, it is completely different from what Rott said to himself last night.

In Rotter's eyes, the old mayor of Sixon is the pride of their East District.

However, Karen was not at all surprised by the tendency of the newspapers. From the beginning of the campaign warm-up, the "Luo Jia Daily" almost stood on the opposite side of the old mayor, as if he was sure that the old mayor would not be able to get It's the same as being re-elected, and I don't worry about whether I will be suppressed and liquidated if I stand on the wrong team.

I took a bite of the soaked bread,

Karen suddenly discovered that in this very long interview, there was an interviewee named Roth.

Reporter: Do you think the municipal government's handling of this workers' demonstration is appropriate and reasonable?

Root: No, the city government is completely perfunctory to us. When we need our workers, they use all kinds of rhetoric to make us work for him. Once we lose our value of use, for example, like me, I lost a leg and become Disabled, they would sweep me out like garbage, and let me fend for myself surrounded by a swarm of flies in a stinky gutter.

Reporter: So what are your views and expectations for the future?

Roth: I have no expectations. Really, I feel that the sky in the entire city of Luojia has turned black. My family and I have become numb and desperate for the future. I just want a job that can sustain me. Channels for family life, but I can't even get these.

Sixon has betrayed us in the East District. He is like those cold-blooded factory owners. After using us, he will kick us away!

Mr. Reporter,

I can't live anymore, really, my family and I can't live anymore, this winter is so cold.

...

At the bottom of the report is a photo. The man in the photo is leaning on crutches. It is a back view, but one of his trouser legs can be seen to be empty;

The background is Rott's house, a low house full of puddles.

See here,

Karen frowned.

Subconsciously picked up a piece of pickled cucumber, took a bite, and with that sour energy, Karen cursed:

"This newspaper is really...shameless."

He didn't think these were the original words of Roth's interview, because Roth had no reason or reason to deceive himself last night. His home was run by a funeral club and not the mayor's office.

"I can't read the newspapers at all these days." Uncle Mason said as he walked over, "Especially after the mayor's election campaign started, I quit the habit of reading newspapers for breakfast."

As he spoke, Uncle Mason drew a circle with his hands:

"After all, who wants to have a stamped butt in front of them at dinner?"

"Then our family can subscribe to another newspaper in the future." Karen said.

"Oh, but that's just going from a red-stamped ass to a black-stamped ass, a few more newspaper subscriptions, more asses you'll get.

However, every newspaper will reiterate its respect for press freedom, but the freedom they understand is the freedom to press their boss's ass on the faces of our readers. "

"Uncle is right." Karen put down the newspaper, "It's very profound."

"Haha, hey, is this cucumber delicious?" Uncle Mason reached out and picked up one, and took a bite: "Umm...I..."

After finishing speaking, Uncle Mason drank a large glass of milk directly.

"My God, this is really the devil's food." Mason picked up the bread and took two more bites, but quickly said, "It's good to eat with meat, it can relieve tiredness, and it can also be served with noodles."

Karen was a little relieved. After his "feeding" during this period of time, Uncle Mason finally realized the meaning of "relief from greasy".

In the past, the eating habits of the Inmeles family followed the unified standard of Ruilan's middle class, and this standard can be divided into two points:

See if I am not sweet to you!

as well as,

See if I don't get tired of you!

"By the way, what's the date today?" Uncle Mason asked.

"It's the 16th," Karen replied.

"That's great. If you don't deliver it today, you can just lie down and collect the deposit."

at this time,

The phone rang on the first floor, and Aunt Winnie answered it on the first floor.

Uncle Mason, who was eating bread, didn't care about the crumbs flying out when he spoke.

muttered:

"Don't be dead."

Shaoqing,

Aunt Winnie shouted from the first floor: "Mason, Mason!"

Usually such a hasty cry meant that the car was about to leave, and Uncle Mason got up immediately and put on his coat.

Karen also stood up and walked downstairs with Uncle Mason.

"Winnie, isn't it?" Uncle Mason asked as he went downstairs.

In fact, there is no need to ask, because if it is other business, according to the contract, the Inmeles family will not accept other orders until tomorrow.

And even on the 18th of the day after tomorrow, Uncle Mason only arranged a welfare order and did not accept an official order. After all, no matter what, you have to reserve an extra day for others, right? Business, you can’t be so rigid and greedy.

"Yes, that order came, and it was the one who paid the deposit."

"Oh." Uncle Mason shrugged, "Okay, let's get started."

They paid a deposit, and since the job came, it must be done.

"Ah Fu, Ron!"

Uncle Mason called two jobs.

Among them, Alfred's name was simplified by Uncle Mason because it was too convoluted. This is very common here. Sometimes friends with long names will even be simplified into a few letters to represent him.

When Uncle Mason called Alfred, the "ah" politely prolonged a little bit, and then added a little more polite tongue, but it still sounded like...Ah Fu.

Alfred appeared at the door, still in gray overalls.

"Where's Ron?" Uncle Mason asked.

"He said he was going to drink in the pub last night, so he might be a little late today and he hasn't arrived yet." Alfred said.

"Damn it." Uncle Mason cursed, then turned to Aunt Winnie and said, "When Ron comes, tell him to find a way to come here. Oh, by the way, what's the address?"

"117 Mine Street, East District."

"What?" Karen immediately looked at Aunt Winnie.

"The road to Mine Street is so difficult, it seems that the road is still under construction." Uncle Mason said.

At this time, Aunt Mary came up from the basement and said, "Mina's classmate Sarah lives in Mine Street, and Karen drove her back yesterday."

"That's it, then, Karen, come and drive." Uncle Mason patted Karen's shoulder, and asked curiously, "Does Mina's female classmate live on Mine Street? What's the number?"

What number?

In that kind of shantytown where you have to step on bricks to walk like a dance on a rainy day, where can you see the house number...

Karen could only answer:

"I have no idea."

"Okay, let's ask people when we get there." Uncle Mason looked at Alfred again, "Ah Fu, have you had breakfast yet?"

"Have eaten, sir."

"Okay, let's go then, Karen, drive."

"okay."

Karen started the hearse and drove out of Mink Street.

No, probably not, it just happened to happen on Mine Street.

while driving,

Karen's mind began to see the morning's "Roja Daily" report:

I can't live anymore, really, my family and I can't live anymore, this winter is so cold.

Subsequently,

At the last funeral, what the man in black who paid the deposit said again:

"Their family has a deep bond."

Immediately afterwards,

It seemed that Rott's words sounded in his ears again:

"Yes, yes, Mr. Cullen is quite right in saying that, and everything will be all right."

well,

What the hell am I thinking,

How could it be their home.

I'm going to Mine Street again later, so I can ask Sarah's mother how to make the stewed noodles, especially the configuration of the sauce. It tastes really good.

"Karen, be careful!"

cried Uncle Mason.

Karen immediately tightened his consciousness and turned the steering wheel, so the hearse did not directly hit the street light.

"Aren't you awake? Or are you feeling unwell again?" Uncle Mason wasn't worried that Karen would crash the new hearse at home.

"I...maybe."

"Let me drive the car and you show me the way."

"Okay, uncle."

The interior of the hearse is large, and the driver's seat is a bit like that of a small bus. People in the car can change the driver's seat without getting out of the car.

Uncle Mason restarted the hearse, and Karen sat in the back.

Why am I so scared in my heart,

What the hell am I thinking, worrying, and afraid of?

Their family must be doing well now, and I will tell the old grandma later that the pickles she pickled are really delicious.

Alfred sat opposite, looking at Karen who was sitting there silently.

He intentionally wanted to go forward to ask, but he hesitated a bit. The great existence was disturbed now, but he didn't seem to need comfort.

finally,

The hearse rolled into Mine Street.

"There are so many people. Is today the flea market day?" said Uncle Mason, who was driving, "Oh? There are still two police cars there."

Karen looked out the window, there were indeed quite a few policemen among the crowd.

"Here comes the hearse, here comes the hearse." Someone in the crowd shouted.

"Poor family, I hope they can rest in peace soon." A woman's prayer came to Karen's ears.

"It's so pitiful. The little girl was still carrying her schoolbag when she fell to her death. It is said that her mother lied to her and told her to take her to school earlier."

"Get out of the car, Karen," Uncle Mason called. "Get the stretcher out."

Karen stood up. Because of the pit design in the rear compartment of the hearse in front, Karen became unstable. If Alfred hadn't reached out to grab Karen in time, Karen might have to fall.

Alfred smiled and said, "Master, this is not a suitable place to lie down."

...

"Well! You can lie down and sleep."

"Haha, you can't lie down in this car."

...

Karen got out of the car, and Alfred, who was wearing overalls, carried a stretcher on his left and right shoulders.

Uncle Mason was taken aback when he saw this scene:

"I want to kill Ron."

At this time, a thin police chief came over and said, "Go in and collect the corpse, there are too many people watching."

Uncle Mason was a little surprised and said, "Have you completed all the procedures?"

According to the scene of the onlookers, according to Uncle Mason's experience, it is definitely not the kind of normal death. Whose old man died of old age or whose family member died of illness can block up half of the street? Unless he is rich.

"The suicide notes are all there, and they committed suicide. One took poison, the other hanged himself, and the remaining mother jumped off the roof of Tongzilou with her daughter."

"So many!" exclaimed Uncle Mason.

"Hurry up, deal with it early and finish it early."

"Come on, follow up." Mason shouted to Ah Fu and Karen behind him.

The rain last night lasted until the early morning, so there was still water in the puddles, and everyone could only continue stepping on bricks to get in.

familiar road,

familiar bricks,

familiar environment;

Ahead, the conversation between the uncle and the sheriff of the Eastern District continued to pass into Karen's ears:

"The man participated in the parade a few days ago, and he probably failed to meet his demands, so he left a suicide note in desperation and committed suicide by taking poison. The suicide note was full of words scolding Mr. Mayor for treachery.

Alas, there is no way, he is still a disabled person, you know, it is not easy for a able-bodied person to find a job that can support his family, let alone a disabled person. "

"Yes, that's what you said."

"His old mother probably found out that her son had committed suicide and couldn't bear the shock, so she hanged herself in the house. We let her down, and she also left a suicide note. Just a word, my son needs my care."

"well."

"The man and the old mother died at home, and the neighbors didn't know in advance, so when they saw the woman and her daughter carrying a schoolbag going out at dawn, they asked them where they were going.

The woman replied that her husband called a taxi to take her daughter to school today, and the daughter happily said that today she didn't have to go far to the station to take the tram.

The neighbors wondered at the time, how could their family have the money to take a taxi to go to school, and their family's daily income might not be enough to take a taxi. "

"Later, the woman took her daughter..."

"Well, I went to the roof of the Tongzi Building and jumped off the building to find her husband and her father.

I fell a bit badly. I heard that your funeral club can restore people to their former appearance. Is this okay? "

"No problem, this is our business card." Uncle Mason handed over his business card habitually.

"It's amazing, it's here, the father's body has been carried outside, and the old mother's body is inside, first collect these two, and I will take you to collect the mother and daughter.

Um? Funeral Society of Inmeles, the address is on Mink Street, interesting;

The people who lived here were directly taken to the cremation house to be burned to ashes when they died. Who would hold a mourning meeting? "

"Well, we are..." Uncle Mason didn't know how to explain it.

And Karen behind opened his mouth. He heard exactly the same words last night.

"Master?" Ah Fu asked in a low voice, "Is your body really okay?"

Suddenly the sheriff shouted angrily:

"Hey, push those reporters away, push them away!

Damn it, who told you to show the suicide note to the reporter for a photo, grab it back for me!

Hurry up and take the body away, hurry up, these reporters are like sharks that have seen blood, I don't want to get into trouble. "

"OK."

Uncle Mason came to the male corpse covered in white cloth on the ground, and stretched out his hand to signal Karen and Ah Fu to come over.

Karen looked at the male corpse in front of him, his mind was empty.

"Thank you madam, hey, madam, did you hear that, he called you madam." After taking poison;

"You must be full, you can't be polite." Hanged himself,

"It seems to be very suitable for your taste, take it home and taste it with your family." "Well, I help Dad pinch his legs every day." Jumped off the building;

In Karen's mind, when he left last night, he saw the family seeing him off through the rearview mirror.

How can this be,

How could this be,

Although they are poor, they have been working hard and living an optimistic life;

How could this family seek death!

Will not,

Impossible.

Uncle Mason shouted, "Ah Fu, come here and I'll carry it with you, Karen, help the stretcher."

Uncle Mason and Ah Fu lifted the corpse together and put it on the stretcher cart. The wheels of the stretcher cart slipped for a while. Karen, who was in a trance, subconsciously stretched out his hand to carry it, but his feet stepped on the puddle and slipped. Lost balance and fell backwards.

Fortunately, there were onlookers behind him to resist him, so that Karen would not fall into the muddy puddle.

Because of the sliding of the stretcher, the corpse that had just been placed on it also swayed, and the white cloth that originally covered the corpse fell, revealing the empty cuffs of the corpse.

Karen stared at the sleeve, um, is it missing an arm, shouldn't it be a leg?

At this time, the man who pressed Karen with his chest said:

"Mr. Cullen, get up quickly, my crutches will no longer hold up."