Folk customs begin with the entire funeral procession

Chapter 86 Corpse Wax Fish Bone Needle

After receiving the ashes, Chen Miao began working on making adipocere.

During this process, Xiang Shang also returned with a bag of wood ash.

Where are these things kept?

Chen Miao glanced at the ashes in the plastic bag.

"Find a basin of water, pour it in, and then soak the fish bones from before in it."

"What kind of weird thing are you trying to make?"

Xiang Shang muttered something but did as instructed.

While the fish bones were soaking in wood ash, Chen Miao also finished making the adipocere.

Half a barrel of adipocere, enough to make a head even if you started from scratch.

After setting the adipocere aside, Chen Miao washed his hands and began making fishbone needles.

After scooping the fish bones out of the water and drying them, Chen Miao took out a hair dryer and began the drying process on the spine and fish bones.

Because she was worried that using the same hair dryer for too long would burn it out, Chen Miao went to the dormitory building and borrowed a few more.

They took turns blowing for an hour before stopping.

One of the two carp had a cracked spine, while the other was still barely usable.

Most of the sturgeon's bones were still intact, and Chen Miao picked out some of the better ones to keep.

Then, Chen Miao began to polish the fish bones.

Chen Miao originally planned to use the electric grinder to polish the fish bones, but he later realized that if he didn't control it properly, he might damage them, so he gave up on that idea.

Then he began to polish it by hand.

During this time, Xiang Shang felt bored and wanted to go to sleep, but Chen Miao wouldn't let him.

It took a full half hour to grind the fish bone into a needle shape.

Then, the fishbone needle, made from the spine, was handed to Xiang Shang to be finely polished with sandpaper. He was told to first use 100-grit sandpaper for rough polishing, and then, in sequence, use 150-grit, 250-grit, 350-grit... up to 1000-grit.

"I shouldn't have come!"

Xiang Shang, grumbling and cursing, picked up the fish bone and began to grind it.

Chen Miao smiled.

As for the sturgeon's bones, they are much simpler than the spine.

Sturgeon bones have a natural curve, which makes it easier for needles to penetrate human skin for suturing, making them a better material for fish bones than carp spines.

Another hour passed, and Chen Miao had collected nine fishbone needles that he had selected. They varied in shape and size, but after being polished, they all looked exquisite.

As for Xiang Shang's penis, it was also polished very well by Xiang Shang.

He probably got interested while polishing, and became more and more serious as he polished.

After the last thousand-grit sandpaper was used to polish the surface, a fishbone needle, resembling jade, appeared in Xiang Shang's hand.

"It's simply a work of art!"

"Will she like it?"

Chen Miao grabbed the fishbone needle with a dark expression.

"What are you doing! That's mine!"

"Go away, I bought that!"

Chen Miao said calmly.

He just couldn't understand why Xiang Shang, a rich second-generation, would give other women gifts instead of necklaces, bags, or cell phones when he was pursuing them.
Last time I gave you a half-finished peach charm, and this time I'm giving you a fishbone needle!

Do you even know what a fishbone needle is for? Then why are you giving it away?
After that, Chen Miao ignored Xiang Shang, who was filled with resentment. He took out a piece of thin iron wire from the ones he had bought earlier, heated the end of the wire until it was red-hot with a windproof lighter, and then stuck it into the back of the thicker fishbone needles.

Thus, the eye of the needle is formed.

As for the smaller fishbone needles, thin wire is unnecessary.

Chen Miao borrowed a sewing kit from Sister Li, then heated one of the needles until it was red-hot and poked a small hole in the end of the small fishbone needle.

And that completes the task!

Two of the four corpse-sewing tools had already been successfully made, so Chen Miao didn't hesitate and went to the bedroom to exchange for the remaining [Mulberry Bark Thread] and [Human Skin Paper].

There were ten mulberry bark threads, each two meters long, very white and thin. If Chen Miao hadn't known they were made from mulberry bark, he might have thought they were made from silk. There were also ten human skin papers, each about half the size of an A4 sheet. At first glance, they looked more like paper than skin, but when you picked them up, they were as soft as skin, which was quite amazing.

Then, Chen Miao took out the wooden box he had bought extra to store the talismans and put all three items except for the [corpse wax] inside.

With everything ready, Chen Miao carried the [corpse wax] and the box downstairs.

Xiang Shang wanted to come along, but Chen Miao didn't let him this time.

"I'm going to work; it's not suitable for you to go."

Chen Miao looked at Xiang Shang and said.

"What job is so shameful that it can't be shown to others?!"

Xiang Shang felt like he was being abandoned just when he was about to share the good times after sharing the hardships.

But Chen Miao remained unmoved.

"To prepare the body for burial."

Xiang Shang's expression froze, and as he hesitated, he heard Chen Miao's next words.

"By the way, the deceased, like you, liked to ride a bike. Because he was going too fast, a third of his head was ground off, and only his mouth was still intact. His limbs were also twisted."

"You can go if you want, you can take a look..."

Before he could finish speaking, Xiang Shang turned around and went back to his bedroom, slamming the door shut.

Chen Miao turned around and headed towards Shi Manman's reclining figure.

Upon arriving at the location, Chen Miao knocked on the door and went inside.

Soon, he saw Shi Manman in the inner room removing the fillers that other morticians had previously used to fill Luo Yucheng's face.

Upon seeing Chen Miao arrive, Shi nodded slowly and continued working.

Chen Miao put down his things and went over to take a look.

Even though I was mentally prepared, I still felt somewhat uncomfortable.

Having worked as a funeral director for so long, Chen Miao has mostly dealt with corpses that have been made up. He hasn't seen many corpses without makeup, but he's gotten used to it after seeing so many.

But this was the first time he had ever been so close to something like this, not to mention that Shiman was still 'pulling' it out!
Chen Miao activated the Ice Heart state, which made him feel a little better.

But it only got a little better.

It was then that he realized something.

Even if he knows how to use the "Southern School of Corpse-Sewing Secret Techniques," he might not be able to use it effectively!
It seems that he did all those things for nothing and exchanged them for nothing?
Chen Miao frowned.

"If you're not comfortable with it, you can wait outside for a while. I'll be done with this short time."

The sound slowly drifted out.

Chen Miao looked over.

At this moment, Shi Manman, wearing gloves and a mask, was carefully using tools to remove the fillers from the deceased's face.

Her hands were steady, and her eyes were bright.

Seeing this scene, Chen Miao suddenly had an idea.

Or should we let time take its course?

The thought, once it appeared, kept echoing in Chen Miao's mind.

After thinking for a full five minutes and weighing the pros and cons, Chen Miao looked at Shi Manman, who had just finished work and was taking off her gloves and walking out.

"Time will pass slowly."

"Ok?"

He slowly turned around.

"Do you... want to earn some extra money?"

Suddenly, Chen Miao noticed that Shi Manman's eyes were brighter than before!
Then, he heard Shi Manman's voice.

"Still 20% off!"

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(End of this chapter)