Meng Yan's Transformation

Yunhan returned to the county town with his three sons. He first opened a barber shop in his own house, but the location was remote and business was not good. Later, he rented a small house on the roadside so that passers-by could see the sign of the barber shop, and business gradually improved.

Yunhan's business was booming, but he felt overwhelmed and busy, and there was not enough manpower. His third and fourth sons were both working and had no time to help him. Only his second son Yundawen had time to help, but he had a hand disability, a crooked mouth and slanted eyes. He sometimes came to the barber shop to help boil water. But when he met customers who brought their children to the shop, he would scare the children and make them cry.

Once, when there were many customers in the store, Yunhan called Yundawen to help. When he poured hot water into the basin and was about to wash the hair of a little boy of four or five years old, the little boy looked up and saw Yundawen’s distorted face. The little boy was so scared that his face turned as pale as window paper, his lips turned purple, and he kept shaking. His body was tense, and then he burst into tears, crying breathlessly and cursing: "What kind of dog is this? Why is it so ugly! Get out! Get out! Mom, please get this ugly thing away for me, Mom! Mom!... I want to go home, I want to go home... I'm scared... I'm scared..."

"Baby, don't be afraid. He's an uncle. Don't call your uncle like that. It's so rude. There's nothing to be afraid of. Baby, you are a brave little man. Let your uncle help you wash your hair, and then we can go home, okay?" The child's mother tried her best to comfort the child. She pulled the child closer to Yundawen, but the child tried his best to retreat.

When the child was in a stalemate with his mother, the child's grandmother came to the barber shop to pick up her grandson.

"Why are you still washing his hair, baby? Damn it, didn't you see how scared my grandson is? How could you let this ugly, ferocious guy wash my grandson's hair? Grandson, come home with grandma. We will never come to this barber shop again." The child's grandmother angrily went forward and pulled her grandson.

"Grandma, I'm scared, I want to go home..." When the child saw his grandmother coming, he broke free from his mother's hand and threw himself into his grandmother's arms as if he had seen a savior.

The child’s grandmother picked up the child and slammed the door and left. The child’s mother said to Yunhan: “Brother, the child is young and naive. Please don’t mind it. The child’s grandmother is also old and confused. What she said was unpleasant to hear. I apologize on her behalf…”

The child's mother said as she put the haircut money on the table and hurried to chase her mother-in-law and son...

"Sister, my second son scared your child today. I will not charge you for cutting your child's hair today. I will not let my second son come to the barber shop to help anymore. I promise that he will not scare the child again. I hope you can bring your child to the shop often for haircuts." Yunhan hurriedly chased out and returned the haircut money to the child's mother.

The child's mother and Yunhan pushed and pulled the boy's haircut money. Finally, the child's mother threw the money on the ground and ran away.

"Dad, I can run fast. I'll catch up with them and return the money to the child's mother," Yundawen said as he picked up the money from the ground.

"What are you chasing after? Aren't you satisfied with scaring the child? I won't make trouble anymore. You are only making things worse for me. Go home, go home! Don't come to the barber shop again. Otherwise, you will scare away all the people who come to my barber shop for a haircut. Then our whole family will be left with nothing!"

Yunhan angrily scolded Yundawen.

Yundawen looked at Yunhan aggrievedly and walked slowly towards home. He looked back at Yunhan every two or three steps, hoping that Yunhan would ask him to go back and continue to help. He didn't want to stay at home alone...

Yunhan waved to Yundawen, signaling him to go home quickly...