The atmosphere at home is actually quite good, because grandpa is very dignified and no one dares to cause any conflicts under his nose.

When she arrived at the dining table on the second floor, Mina was helping her mother lay the plates.

Aunt Mary saw Karen coming down,

Deliberately sarcastic:

"Our young master can finally go downstairs to have breakfast by himself, instead of your loyal maid serving it to you?"

Aunt Mary is such a person, she has a venomous mouth and likes to be sarcastic;

At home, except for her grandfather, she did not dare to offend anyone else, including her husband, her children, her sister-in-law, including Karen, who were all targets of her words.

Karen had a warm smile on her face,

Very sincerely:

"Thanks to Auntie for taking care of me these days, I was able to recover so quickly."

In "Karen's" memory, although this aunt had a bad mouth, she always looked after her as if she were her own two biological children. She was a bit mean-spirited.

"Forehead……"

Unexpectedly, the eldest nephew, who had always been dull and withdrawn, could speak so fluently. Aunt Mary didn't know how to respond. She could only curl her lips and said:

"Let's eat."

"good."

Karen sat down at the dining table.

Breakfast is sandwiches, fried eggs and milk, as well as some small sausages.

took a bite of the sandwich,

Chew slowly,

Although I have only been here for half a month,

But Karen has begun to miss the duck blood vermicelli soup with three spoons of spicy pepper.

At this time,

A car horn sounded outside the house.

"Your father is back."

Aunt Mary went to the sink to wash her hands first, then took off her apron,

"You guys keep eating, I'm going to see if your father has brought me any 'surprises'."

Other husbands bring a ring or a brand-name bag to give their wives a small surprise when they come back from a trip.

Uncle Mason, on the other hand, brought back the "remains" to his wife.

For Aunt Mary, the remains of those who died of normal illnesses are considered "surprises". She hates those who died of abnormal deaths, as they are very troublesome to deal with.

Karen put down his fork. Subconsciously, he thought that he was an adult. When something happened at home, he naturally could not sit at the table and continue eating like the children, so he followed Aunt Mary downstairs.

There is a large space on the first floor. There is a small platform with three steps in the southeast corner, which is the "mortuary" used to place the coffin.

And at this time,

Two of the family's assistants, Paul and Ron, came in pushing a stretcher covered with white cloth.

Uncle Mason did not come down. He regarded himself as aloof. Although he had to work under the authority of his father, he was only responsible for driving and rarely came into contact with the body.

In "Karen's" impression, although Uncle Mason was unreliable in investments and considered a waste of money, in life, he was a very funny and humorous person who was very kind to his family.

Aunt Mary stepped forward, opened the white cloth, took a look, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

The body was that of a young man. His death condition was not scary, but although the body was lying flat, his face was facing to the right at a 90-degree angle.

"Frozen to death?" Aunt Mary asked again, "Welfare bill?"

Although winter has just entered and it is not really cold yet, drunkards or homeless people freezing to death on the roadside have already happened from time to time.

As for the welfare list... it is a special fund office established by the city government, education, charity organizations, etc., to give a decent funeral to the deceased who has no relatives or friends... that is, no one can pay the funeral expenses.

The welfare bill requires multiple funeral homes to actively fight for it. It is basically divided by photo area and exploited layer by layer. The profits that actually fall into the hands of the funeral home are so thin that they are almost negligible, but it can ensure the operation of the funeral home. After all, even if it is not

Even if you start working, you still have to pay wages to your family workers, right?

Correspondingly, it is easier to handle welfare forms because there are fewer relatives and friends to supervise and find faults;

The body was simply disposed of and placed in the coffin. Grandpa, wearing a priest's robe, stood beside the body. People sent by the relevant government departments took a few photos for filing and registration, and the end of the wait for the allocation at the end of the month was completed.

"Yes, ma'am, I know him. His name is Jeff, an unlucky guy who always loses at cards. Alas, I'm even more unlucky. Every time he goes to the pub to play cards, I'm not there," Ron said.

"Madam, there is one more order. We have to go to Huashuiwan Sanatorium." Paul said.

Aunt Mary immediately reminded loudly: "Let the nursing staff in the nursing home give the person a bath first, otherwise don't bring him back. The old man who was brought back from there last time has scabs on his body."

"Yes, I understand." Paul assured immediately.

After saying that, he and Ron changed into an empty cart and returned to the hearse.

"Dudu..."

Uncle Mason, who was sitting in the car with a cigarette in his hand, honked the horn twice more.

He first shouted to Karen:

"My little Karen, it seems that you are recovering well."

"Yes, uncle." Karen responded.

"Haha, that's great." Then he looked at his wife and shouted to her, "Honey, I want to eat the mince pies you made when I come back at noon. They are the only two delicacies I love most in my life!

"

"Go and eat in the toilet, I don't have time!"

Uncle Mason shrugged,

He continued to smile shamelessly and said:

"Oh, that's another favorite of mine!"

Aunt Mary's face couldn't stand up, she turned her head and the corners of her mouth trembled.

"Gone, dear!"

Mason started the car and left.

Aunt Mary took two deep breaths and reached out to push the stretcher.

Karen naturally leaned in to lend a hand;

Aunt Mary glanced at Karen but didn't move;

Karen looked at her with some confusion.

"Karen, you seem a little different from before."

"Maybe."

Karen is too lazy to cover up the matter of "travelling". In fact, as a "traveler", the last thing you need to worry about is this. Who among the people around you will think that your soul has been replaced?

Crazy!

"Go to the basement."

"Okay, Auntie."

Together, the aunt and nephew pushed the stretcher with the corpse on it past the corner of the lobby on the first floor and then down.

There is a slope leading to the basement, with a flat slope transition in the middle.

When pushing down, you must control the speed to prevent the body from sliding down.

"It would be nice if it could be installed in an elevator." Karen said when they got to the basement. He held the hand of the stretcher with a little difficulty.

"The kind in department stores?" Aunt Mary mocked, "That's crazy, how expensive it is!"

The basement has only one floor, divided into three rooms, or functional areas.

A grocery room... Actually, it can't be called groceries. There are many items needed by the funeral parlor, and they are piled up quite neatly.

One was the morgue, and there was no body in it. Karen didn't see a freezer inside.

Karen didn't ask why she didn't buy a freezer, because she believed Aunt Mary would reply: "That's crazy, how expensive it is!"

However, it can also be seen that the Immelais family's business is actually not big, and they don't need to "buy goods."

But from another angle, we can also see that no matter what era or cultural background, the business of dead people... is really profitable.

The last room is Aunt Mary's workshop, where she needs to "beautify" the body.

No matter how good-looking a person was during his lifetime, he will become very... ordinary after death.

Not to mention that there are many people who died abnormally, so the workload is even greater.

For a general welfare bill, you only need to take care of your face, and no family members will care about anything else. But for a large bill, the family is willing to spend money to make it more elaborate. The whole body needs to be cleaned, and even the nails have to be trimmed.
To be continued...