Fan Tong left Zuixiang Tower with his head down and quickly climbed into the carriage waiting at the door.
While sitting inside the carriage, I could hear complaints coming from outside.
"The Fan family owns hundreds of acres of fertile land and countless shops. They are one of the wealthiest families in Qingshui Town. If they are so rich, why would they deceive people when they do good deeds?"
"Who can argue with that? Rice porridge that's cooked until it's watery and thin is just a complete lie."
“Fan the rich is heartless and cruel; Heaven will surely punish him.”
"Exactly, the Fan family is utterly despicable; they'll get their comeuppance sooner or later."
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Fan Tong's face was ashen. He quietly lifted the carriage curtain and peeked out. He saw that the people talking were a few people sitting by the roadside eating breakfast, not disaster victims.
He was filled with anger and was about to get out of the car to yell at them when he suddenly remembered his current disheveled state.
If the people of Qingshui Town saw him in this state, they would be extremely embarrassed, so they had no choice but to swallow their anger.
Fan Residence.
Fan Tong got off the carriage, and to prevent his wife and servants from seeing his embarrassing state, he tightened the cloth around his head.
He then lowered his head and hurried into the house.
As soon as I entered the room, I saw Mrs. Fan sitting on the edge of the bed, her head wrapped up tightly, sobbing softly.
Fan Tong asked with concern, "Madam, why are you covering your head in this heat? Aren't you afraid of getting heat rash?"
Madam Fan stopped crying and gave Fan Tong a resentful look. "You're criticizing me, aren't you? You're also dressed quite warmly!"
"I'm fine. Look how hot you are, you're sweating, and you're all covered up. Take your headscarf off quickly," Fan Tong said, reaching out to help her remove it.
Madam Fan felt she looked too ugly and worried about frightening Fan Tong, so she quickly lowered her head to avoid him.
“Master, I caught a bit of a cold last night while sleeping. My head hurts terribly if I don’t cover it. You should take off your headscarf quickly, or you might catch a febrile disease, which is no joke.”
"It's okay, it's okay, I'm not hot."
Sweat dripped continuously from Fan Tong's face; he was unbearably hot. He wiped his face with his hand and then asked...
"Madam, what is the matter that you urgently summoned me back? Is your head throbbing badly? Should we call a doctor to come and take a look?"
"No, no, it's just that I was a little worried when you weren't home."
Madam Fan suddenly noticed that something was missing from Fan Tong's face. She quickly rubbed her eyes and exclaimed, "Master, where are your eyebrows?"
Realizing he could no longer hide it, Fan Tong ripped off the cloth covering his head, revealing his bald head, and cried out.
"Madam, I...I think I've been punished, I've had my head shaved by ghosts."
Mrs. Fan was shocked. "What did you say? You also had your head shaved by a ghost?"
Fan Tong nodded. "Madam, this thing is too eerie. Our family is really suffering retribution."
Looking at Fan Tong's bald head, Madam Fan beat her chest and stamped her feet, heartbroken and indignant.
"What a tragedy! Why can't you sincerely do some good deeds? Now look what's happened, how are you going to face people in the future?"
"Madam, please don't blame me. From now on, I'll just wear a hat when I go out."
“You’re wearing a hat, so what about me?” Mrs. Fan also ripped off the cloth covering her head, revealing her bald head.
Fan Tong was stunned. "Madam, you've gone bald too?"
"Yeah, I've become a hairless hard-boiled egg too." Mrs. Fan stamped her foot and started crying in grievance.
"This is hilarious!" As soon as he finished speaking, Fan Hun walked in from outside the door with a loud laugh. "Father, Mother, I didn't expect you to become bald too."
"What nonsense are you spouting, child?" Madam Fan quickly covered her head again.
Fan Tong glared angrily at Fan Hun, "You brat, your parents are in such a state, and you can still laugh."
"Father, Mother, whose fault is this? It's your own fault for not listening to advice. Yesterday, Miss Chen told you to make the rice porridge for the disaster relief thicker, but you wouldn't listen. Now look what's happened, karma has come back to bite you!"
Fan Tong felt a chill in his heart. Could it be that he had really offended the gods and was suffering this retribution?
He turned pale with fright. "Madam, it seems our family is truly haunted by evil spirits."
"My lord, I've felt something was wrong for a while now, but now I've lost all my hair. What should I do?" Madam Fan asked, her eyes red and at a loss.
Fan Hun shook his head and smiled, "What else can we do now? Let's hurry and go invite Miss Chen!"
"Yes, yes, I never thought of that." Fan Tong hurriedly shouted loudly towards the door, "The shit stinks! What are you doing hiding outside the door? Hurry up and go invite Miss Chen."
Shi Taishou had already heard that the master and mistress had both gone bald, so he forgot about distributing porridge and instead hid outside the door to peek into the house.
He was secretly delighted. "My goodness," he thought, "it's even smoother than a hard-boiled egg!"
This is the retribution for someone who lacked such virtue and talent.
It's so right, it's absolutely right.
Serves you right for being so stingy! Now all three of you are bald, and you don't even need to turn on the lights at night...
He craned his neck and peered inside, when he heard Fan Tong call him. He hurriedly ran over and said, "Yes, sir, I'll go right away."
"Wait, come back here!" Fan Tong hurriedly called him back. "Tell someone to go to town and invite that famous Granny Meng here."
"Yes, sir, I'll send someone to invite them right away." Shi Taishou hurriedly led his men out.
When Fan Hun heard that his father wanted to invite Granny Meng, he was puzzled. "Father, what does Granny Meng do? Why do we need to invite her?"
Fan Tong was so anxious that sweat was pouring down his forehead. "She's a well-known fortune teller in our town. I invited her here to see which evil spirits we've offended so she can perform some magic to get rid of them as soon as possible. That's the important thing."
"Since we've already invited Miss Chen, why bother inviting her again? Isn't that redundant?"
“What do you know? This is called a two-pronged approach. If the sorceress's magic is powerful enough to subdue the evil spirit, we won't need to give her any more porridge. Giving her a few dozen taels of silver is cheaper than giving her porridge. If the sorceress can't subdue the evil spirit, we'll hear what Miss Chen has to say. In any case, we must find a method that is both economical and effective.”
Even at this point, Fan Tong was still figuring out how to save money.
Madam Fan nodded repeatedly, "You're absolutely right, sir. We should have invited that sorceress Meng over a long time ago. Maybe if she had performed some shamanistic rituals, we wouldn't be in this situation now."
"Yes, I'm doing this to save some money! After all, that sorceress is quite expensive; I heard that she charges at least five taels of silver for each spell she performs."
"Oh my god, why is it so expensive? This is highway robbery!"
"That's right. If it were a hundred or eighty coins, I would have already ordered someone to invite her here." Fan Tong shook his head and sighed.
Fan Hun clicked his tongue in disapproval. "You two are really something! I'm in this state, and you can't even spare five taels of silver?"
If you guys don't all go bald, I bet you won't be in a hurry.
But it's fine now; we've all turned into hard-boiled eggs, so no one should laugh at anyone else.
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