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On September 5, 2015, contact Cao Andong. Telephone recording 201509051814.mp3.

"Hello, Mr. Cao. Sorry to bother you."

"Ah, hello, hello. ...Have you... found anything?"

"Not yet. I would like to ask if you know a custom in your hometown, which is to hang wind chimes at the door of the house after someone dies..."

"Yes! We need to hang up wind chimes! When my grandma passed away, and when my grandma and grandpa passed away, it was the same way. Even if the wind chimes were hung up, the whole village would hang them up. The family members would notify each family to hang up those kind of wind chimes. After dark, the family members carry the person out to bury the person, and everyone else has to close the door and cannot come out, and cannot even light candles. Only when the person leaves the village can..."

"What are your talents, Mr. Cao?"

"Talent, open the door and take off the wind chime..."

"Mr. Cao?"

"That dog..."

"Is that the dead dog you saw?"

"No... they didn't hang the wind chimes..."

"Huh? Mr. Cao, do you mean that if an animal dies in your home, it will be treated as if someone dies?"

"No, not all animals. The kind of chickens and ducks you raise don't count, but the kind you keep as pets, not the ones you raise for sale or raise for food, all... When I was a child, my grandfather raised a A bird was bitten to death by my dog, so I hung up a wind chime and notified other people. At night, our family buried the bird together. That dog was definitely not a meat dog! No one in the village raised a meat dog. They were raising pigs or something... They didn't hang up the wind chimes... and they burned them..."

"Is there any saying in your hometown that you turn it into a dish without hanging a wind chime?"

"If we don't have a funeral, the dead thing won't go away... it won't go away... it must be that dog, it must be that dog! They must have hurt me like this!"

"We don't see a ghost in you."

"ah?"

"Your hometown seems to be very peaceful and peaceful at the moment. It's not the kind of place where evil spirits are at work."

"I...then I...I don't know...is it really not this? I think it's because of this..."

"Have you ever asked your parents about the disconnection between your family and your hometown?"

"I asked. It's nothing special. I was just busy and had no worries anymore, so I stopped. I...I still think it's because of the dog..."

"Then we will pay attention to this aspect. Do you remember who the owner of that dog is?"

"I don't know, I don't know him. I will definitely recognize him if we meet him. I still remember the face, but I don't know who it is."

"Okay. Sorry to bother you, Mr. Cao."

"Hey, no, no...you guys, how long will it take for you to find out about this matter?"

"We are not sure about this yet. The people in your hometown are not very cooperative with our investigation."

"Um."

On September 6, 2015, we went to Ancestral Village again. Contacted Zheng Hong, a senior official in the village. Audio file 09220150906.wav.

"Hello, Secretary Zheng."

"Hello. Cough, cough. Well, you are..."

"This is our work permit."

"Oh...this newspaper is a local newspaper, right?"

"Yes, our Minqing City is also undergoing land acquisition work on suburban farmland, so the newspaper sent us to do a special report. We have chosen some more typical agricultural villages and towns. In addition to you, we have other reporters who are interviewing The situation in other villages and towns. Depending on the situation, our satellite TV station will also select some typical models for detailed reports. This is also in line with our country’s current reform policy..."

"Yes, yes, we have to respond to the country's call. That's what we think too."

"But from what we saw when we came here yesterday, there are already some small factories here, but they are all shut down. The people in the village seem to be a little emotional. Has anything special happened recently?"

"Well, the main reason is that everyone still doesn't understand the importance and advantages of this kind of transformation of living environment. Our village committee has been doing publicity and introduction work to everyone, and it has already achieved certain results. Of course, our work still needs to keep it up……"

"Secretary Zheng, this kind of official talk can actually be dispensed with. To be honest, Ancestral Village cannot be regarded as a typical case in terms of land acquisition and transformation, and the answers you submitted are not excellent, let alone perfect. "

"..."

"We are curious, has anything interesting happened in your village?"

"What's the meaning?"

"We also provide articles to this company. You can think of it as a part-time job, or to make extra money. They are an online self-media content company, which is some of the news you see on the Internet, as well as social networking sites, forums and other places. Some of the breaking news and insider information are all compiled by their company and released selectively little by little. Some social hot topics also started to become popular from their side. You should be using the Internet, right?"

"Well, I understand this. You guys are a bit scary, haha... I remember that two years ago, there was an official who was caught wearing a famous watch on his hand, right? And whatnot..."

"Yes, it's something like that. There are a lot of coincidences in this world, but some things are actually not coincidences."

"..."

"Secretary Zheng, you don't have to worry. We are not interested in the news about the village government. To be honest, you guys are not newsy. We heard that Ancestral Village is a very historical place, but the ancient family ancestral hall has not been preserved, right? "

"This, we also feel it is a pity, but this is a historical issue. At that time, you reporters were very questioning. You should know about the war, right? The ancestral hall is just gone. We are really helpless about this, and we have also thought about rebuilding it. of……"

"In addition, there are some traditions in the village."

"Um?"

"According to what we have learned, if someone dies in this village, every household will hang a wind chime at the door to guide the deceased to leave. Is that right?"

"..."

"Secretary Zheng? Is there any problem with this?"

"Um, have you checked some background information?"

"What do you mean?"

"In my case, I've actually been here not many years. I'm not a local. I didn't know this at first. But once an old man died in the village, and his family told me about the situation. Because of my work Because, on the first day I moved here, someone gave me their wind chime and told me about it once. The first time I told it, I didn’t take it seriously. The second time I told it, I felt a little strange. It’s their rules. , there is a funeral at night. Before the funeral procession leaves the village, other people cannot open the door and turn on the lights. As soon as people leave the village, they must take off the wind chimes. There must be a signal, such as a shout from the funeral procession or something, right? ? People here speak some dialects, but they don’t speak them very well. I thought this traditional thing might be used, so I asked carefully."

"Hmm. Then what?"

"They...that person told me very strangely that as long as the sound of the wind chimes stopped. When the sound of the wind chimes stopped, I could open the door and take off the wind chimes. Isn't this very strange? There is no wind? And I hung up I hung up the wind chimes, but there was no wind, and the wind chimes also moved. One house after another moved, but there was no wind. This was a bit scary. I really wanted to leave at that time. I still have a house in the town. Yes, my home was originally over there. But they said no, they had already hung it up, and I could only leave after the funeral at night after collecting the wind chimes. I had to wait until night."

"What happened at night?"