Seeing that Yan Huan agreed, Changsheng's mother went straight to Third Aunt and told her about her plans. Third Aunt was delighted at the idea. It wasn't as if her job was being stolen, since one of her hands were paralyzed and none of her children had a knack for the craft, and her tools were just left to rust. She saw it as a good thing that someone who was familiar with haircutting was in the village. The villagers would all benefit from it.
Yan Huan was surprised when Changsheng's mother brought home a set of haircutting tools. The tools were ratty, but still usable. She rinsed the tools with boiling water, then dumped the tools into a pot and boiled them for an hour. When that was done, all the tools were sparkly clean. They didn't have disinfectant here, so she had to make do with boiling water.
