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Starting from the day before the tenth anniversary of Xiwen's death, the village performed a three-day and four-night opera. Of course the troupe was invited by Huzi and came from the provincial capital. Huzi and I went back to the village, but we were not in the mood to go to the theater. We just added new soil to the graves of close relatives such as Xiwen and the accountant, burned paper money and left the village. The theater troupes in the provincial capital gathered together with famous actors, and each play was performed brilliantly and vividly, attracting people from all over the country to come to watch it. However, the plays performed were all related to evil ghosts and evil spirits, which made people's hearts tremble with fear. It is said that the atmosphere in the village became eerie for a long time after the opera was sung. As soon as night fell, the doors of every house were closed tightly. No matter how brave the people were, they did not dare to go out for fear of running into ghosts and gods. Later Huzi told me that these plays were all decided by him.