Paper Effigy Maker

My name is Chang Xiaogang. I grew up in the countryside, and because I never applied myself at school, I dropped out and stayed home at a young age.

Kids from the countryside either leave for the provincial capital to find work or stay in their hometown to farm. But my dad didn't want me farming. He said there was no future in it. So he sent me to apprentice at Old Wang's funeral paper-goods shop at the village entrance.

That's when I started encountering things that weren't quite right...