Hu Ma and Er Guotou, with real patience, waited in this small courtyard until evening without even drinking a sip of tea. Not until it was already dark did the coarse-cloth-clad maidservant come out to lead them inside.
There, they saw a prayer cushion already set up in the room, with a basket of gold and silver paper money, four weights, a heap of fresh pomelo leaves, a basin of cool water, and sheets of talisman paper covered in strange characters beside it.
"You two, come over and sit down!"
The old nanny, wearing a cloth robe, had already stood up. Only then did they see her emaciated frame, her eyes sunken deep into their sockets.
Er Guotou looked around, then chuckled. "No need for you to go through the trouble, nanny. My young brother here can go down alone."
"I need to stay up here and be ready to bring him back!"
