Chapter 15 Martyrs' Cemetery

"We have arrived at the Martyrs' Cemetery. Passengers who are getting off please pay attention."

As the warm electronic sound on the bus slowly sounded, Xu Nian glanced at the old couple who were also getting off the bus, and followed them to get off the bus.

The son seemed to be tired of making a fuss, and kept yawning while sitting on his shoulders.

The old couple gradually went away.

Xu Nian rubbed his dry eyes, looked at the gate of the cemetery in the distance, and walked over.

The Martyrs' Cemetery is a place where heroes are buried, ordered by the Goddess of Glory herself, and ordered by the cities within the city wall to build it.

The heroes who can enter here after death are basically heroes who have made great contributions to mankind. Some of them are soldiers, some are ordinary people, but most of them are soldiers of the "Sonderous Rose" Corps who sacrificed for mankind during the period of disaster.

In other words, most of the people buried here are women, women who sacrificed everything for the survival of mankind.

It is the beginning of autumn now, and there are not many people here, but every year during the Qingming Festival and May 9th, the Victory Day of Mankind, there are many people who come here to pay tribute to their ancestors and remember the heroes.

There is even an unwritten rule here.

Shops near the Martyrs' Cemetery are not allowed to charge women in any form.

However, as time goes by, some things have gradually changed. In order to make money, some small shops announced that anyone can buy things for free, but customers are required to show their sincerity to their ancestors and take the initiative to donate to the gift box set up by the store. The amount of the donation depends on the value of the things you need.

In other words, women have to donate to the gift box of the store even if they need something.

Then there is the Martyrs' Cemetery affiliated to the Municipal Committee. Some people also set up urns like supermarket lockers in some vacant locations in the cemetery to rent out for a high price in order to make money.

Of course, you can also buy it directly, but the price is an astronomical figure for many people.

For example, Xu Nian's father-in-law was placed here by Xu Nian, with an annual rent of up to 20,000 yuan. He got it by persuading one of the staff members he knew.

For others, 30,000 yuan per year, don't think about less than a penny.

When Xu Nian walked to the gate, some shop assistants came forward with their own gift boxes to sell their own incense, paper money, tributes, flowers, etc., but he refused them one by one.

Today he did not come to visit his father-in-law, but to renew his father-in-law's urn, so naturally he did not need these things.

Soon he entered the office hall of the cemetery. The beautiful lady at the counter at the door saw that there was a customer coming and immediately greeted him warmly.

"Sir, are you here to rent an urn?"

The lady at the counter did not mention the purchase of an urn. After all, just by looking at Xu Nian, she knew that Xu Nian was definitely not the kind of person who could afford an urn.

Xu Nian smiled slightly: "Hello, I'm here to renew."

"Renew?" The lady at the counter looked a little disappointed, but she still politely pointed to the counter on the other side, "Sir, that's the renewal counter, you can go there to handle it."

"Okay, thank you."

Xu Nian had just taken two steps when he heard the lady at the counter behind him sighing: "Alas, it's already this time, it seems that there will be no orders today, what can I do, Father Fanni said that today is the last day, if I can't get enough money, I will lose this qualification."

Xu Nian's footsteps paused, but he still smiled and walked to the counter and said: "Hello, I'm here to renew."

"Hello sir, please provide the urn number and name."

The person in charge of handling it is also a lady, but she is not as beautiful as the one at the door.

"19-9-49, Ren Daming."

"Okay, please wait."

"Well." Xu Nian opened his mobile phone to call up the payment code, and glanced at the lady at the door inadvertently.

The lady was sitting on a chair playing with her mobile phone, but he still noticed the anxiety in her eyes.

The son on his shoulder had fallen asleep with his white butt sticking out, snoring and running nose.

"Hello, sir. The urn you rented will expire in ten days. How long do you want to renew it for?"

The polite voice of the young lady sounded.

Xu Nian showed the QR code and smiled, "One year."

"Okay, it's like this. We are holding an event recently. If you renew for five years at a time, you can enjoy a 9.5% discount, and if you renew for ten years at a time, you can enjoy an 10.9% discount."

The young lady did not rush to scan the code, but smiled and introduced it to Xu Nian.

Xu Nian's mouth twitched, shook the phone, and smiled, "No, I'll renew for one year first."

"Okay, I'll do it for you right away."

The young lady saw that Xu Nian really didn't mean to renew the large amount, so she didn't force it anymore. She directly scanned the code with the barcode gun and deducted 20,000 yuan of Guanghui coins.

Xu Nian naturally heard the sound of the system deduction. He looked at the balance of more than 16,000 and breathed a sigh of relief.

If it weren't for the compensation from the city this time, it would have been difficult for him to collect the 20,000 yuan.

Now it's completely different.

The city directly compensated him 20,000 yuan, which is equivalent to giving him a buffer for a year. In fact, if you count the fixed income of 2,000 yuan per month given by Zuo Qiuyue, he thinks that as long as he never helps Zuo Qiuyue find the murderer, he can let his father-in-law live here peacefully for the rest of his life.

Of course, he just thought about this idea. After all, people can be realistic, but they cannot be shameless. Since he accepted Zuo Qiuyue's commission, he would naturally help the other party find the murderer with all his heart. Moreover, Zuo Qiuyue, as an employee of Sunset Psychiatric Hospital, has a high salary of 3,000 yuan per month. He believes that he will not be much worse.

When he thought of this, he inexplicably felt that the pressure in his heart was relieved a lot, and the whole person was inexplicably refreshed.

"Sir, it has been done for you. Here is your receipt."

At this time, the young lady who handled the business for Xu Nian handed over a receipt. Xu Nian took a look and put it in his pocket. After saying thank you, he turned around and wanted to leave.

However, at this moment, he saw that the young lady was no longer on the seat at the counter at the door.

He frowned inadvertently, but still walked straight out of the hall.

As soon as he walked down the steps of the gate, he saw the young lady at the counter in the distance arguing with an old couple. Because they were far away, he couldn't hear the content of the other party's argument, but he still recognized the old couple.

It was the old couple who sat next to him on the bus before.

"What a coincidence?"

Xu Nian was not a person who liked to meddle in other people's business. Even though the words and deeds of these three people were very strange, what did it have to do with him?

So, he shook his head and walked out of the gate of the cemetery.

Perhaps because it was getting dark, there were basically no people in the cemetery. When Xu Nian was walking towards the gate, the three people who were arguing noticed Xu Nian and subconsciously lowered their voices.

Although Xu Nian didn't want to meddle in other people's business, he still noticed the pretty face of the young lady at the counter who was crying.

While he was muttering in his heart, the young lady at the counter suddenly ran towards Xu Nian, and then hugged Xu Nian and kissed him in front of Xu Nian's stunned expression.

Then, she took Xu Nian's arm, and with tears on her face, she shouted at the old couple: "Listen carefully, if you don't give me money, I will sell myself to him."