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"But what?"

"Even... I haven't seen this with my own eyes..."

"Please tell me."

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"Old sir, would you like another cigarette?"

"Oh, thank you very much. This cigarette is good. It's such a waste to give it to me..."

"You're so polite. I'll give you this bag. You can smoke it slowly."

"Thank you, thank you. Huh - just what I just said, the finding of the child. Actually, more than one child was found. Among the people who went into the water at that time, there was an uncle of mine. He is dead now. He has been dead for several years. He didn't find anyone, but another person went into the water and picked up the child. My uncle swam along the river for a while. The water was not clean and there was a lot of sand on his feet. It was entangled in water plants. He was good at water, so he pulled the water plants away, and the mud under the water was pulled out. This was not what he said to me at the time. When he came out of the water, his face was white and his body was shaking. For several days, he seemed to be scared out of his mind. He was not going to get married the next year. The little aunt pointed at him and scolded him. I didn't know the reason at the time, but I knew that before the end of the year, he went to the city to work, and then he didn't come back for several years, and his family didn't come back during the New Year. They all thought that he was dead outside, a bad learner. After nine or ten years, he came back from outside. He was still unmarried and had no children. He was injured at a construction site and his hand failed. He got the compensation and had to come back. ”

"He told you what happened that year?"

"Yes. He has no children. In our family, my father is the only one who gave birth to three sons. I am the youngest, so he regards me as half his son. When he died, I was the one who broke the basin for him."

"What did he tell you? What happened under the river?"

"It's not like anything happened. He just pulled out the water plants and brought out the things in the soil. A child's skull floated up. He was very frightened at the time. At first, he thought it was the missing child. He also searched carefully. Under the river, the water and grass were pulled out, and the soil was full of bones. They were all the bones of children! When he saw a few children's skulls, he felt something was wrong and left immediately. ”

"Is he the missing child in the village?"

"No. How can there be so many missing children in the village? The only one I can remember is that one time. The other time was seven or eight years ago. A child ran outside on the road and was hit by a car. There are no others. I have never heard of so many children dying. I have never heard of it, and neither has my uncle."

"You don't know where those children's bones came from?"

"That's not true. Didn't you just tell the story about the black fish spirit in the past? What my grandfather told was that the black fish spirit caused a flood, and the Taoist priest collected the black fish spirit. There was a grandfather next door who said that the black fish spirit eats people and was killed by a general. Cut into two pieces. I forgot who it was, but I vaguely remember hearing the third story, that is, the black fish spirit caused a flood, and the villagers threw the boys and girls into the river to stop it. ”

"Do you suspect that these are the bodies of those children from before?"

"Probably. How can you be sure?"

"Didn't your uncle tell anyone else about his discovery?"

"No. People are scared out of their wits. He must be a coward."

……rustle……

"...I heard that a female college student disappeared here before?"

"Hey, I just saw you guys coming out of Lao Zhangtou's place. Did he tell you about the black fish spirit?"

"Yes."

"He has a bad brain. Don't listen to his nonsense. He was adopted to live with an uncle before. That Zhang Jiren is a bad brain. When they were about to get married, he ran away and he didn't have a good time. , My hands are useless. After I came back, I drank all day long and talked nonsense. I think that old Zhangtou also has a bad mind..."

"What do you know?"

"It's not that... he just keeps talking about it. He always runs into the woods, jumps into the river when nothing happens, and doesn't know what to touch... That little girl from the Zhou family, maybe... cough..."

"When the police came to investigate, did they check Mr. Zhang? Did you tell the police about the river?"

"Why not? I've searched in the water. No. The girl's things, a big bag, were left at home. Her mother said that when she went out, she should take her mobile phone with her. There was a lot of it. There were a lot of things on her mobile phone. . No one can be found alive, but there is no corpse. We don’t have abductors here, but there are always firsts.”

……rustle……

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On September 8, 2011, Zhou Min’s mother Sha Shuhui was contacted. Audio file 07220110908.wav.

"Hello, Ms. Sha."

"..."

"I'm sorry to bother you."

"No. If I... publish it in the newspaper like this, will you... put my daughter's photo on it?"

"certainly."

"Oh...what do you want to ask?"

"Please start telling the story from the very beginning. Did you arrive here to attend the funeral?"

"Yes. My father-in-law had a cerebral hemorrhage and passed away. We received the call, bought tickets immediately, and rushed back. When we arrived, my father-in-law had already been taken home and was laid to rest at home. In addition to the elderly at home, My sister-in-law and her family were also there. Mainly because they were busy with these things. My sister-in-law passed away suddenly while he was watching TV. After being sent to the hospital, my mother-in-law was fine. She was getting older...but she didn't cry much. After seeing Xiao Min, she pulled her and told her a lot about her father-in-law. We were busy with the funeral. He had always been in better health than my mother-in-law. She is two years younger and is in good health. We have prepared the shroud, coffin, etc. for my mother-in-law. Now, we are busy..."

"Ms. Zhou has been accompanying the old lady?"

"Yeah. It's not that... my mother-in-law is not in good health and mentally. She goes to bed very early every day, gets up very early, and takes a break at noon. She is either accompanying her or playing by herself in the house. She is always playing with her mobile phone. . I don’t understand these young people.”

"Ms. Zhou is usually like this at home?"

"Um."

"One thing we learned is that Ms. Zhou did not reply to the message sent by her friend. You said she kept playing with her mobile phone. What was she playing with? Have you seen it?"

"No. I didn't pay attention. The police also asked about this matter. We don't know much about it. There is no Internet connection here at home, but the signal is good. I didn't even care about this..."

"Please continue. I just mentioned that you are busy with the funeral. Miss Zhou is either accompanying the old lady or playing with her mobile phone."

"Yeah. That's pretty much it...for a few days, I have to deal with the relatives, friends and villagers who come to my door. I cook rice and fold paper money every day... She stays with me and my sister-in-law at night. We share a room. It's the one next to it. The bathroom is outside, and the one over here has a light. She was also playing with her phone that night. My sister-in-law and I went to the bathroom, and I could see the bathroom light turned on. After we finished watching an episode of the TV series, she didn't come back, so I went over and asked her. I knocked on the door and called her, but she didn't respond. I pushed the door twice, but it wasn't locked inside... ...There is no one...There is no one, and the toilet has not been used, it is clean..."

I've been in a very erratic state lately...

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