The "Clinic Following Sweet Disciple Day" at the Green Ox Medical Academy turned the clinic upside down today. Huwa handed out "Clinic Following Sweet Recorders" to every apprentice—palm-sized, green-ox-shaped gadgets that let out a "moo" the moment you pressed the horn, recording the diagnosis consultation. As it turned out, the recorder of the apprentice from Luoyang mistakenly recorded "headache" as "sweetache," making Huwa knock him on the head in exasperation. "If you record wrongly again, I'll punish you with licking 'Correct Pronunciation Sweet Paste' for three days!"
During the apprentice-level clinic following session, Zhang Dama's grandson Huwa (little Huwa) followed the Protagonist to learn how to observe tongue coatings. An old man stuck out his tongue, and little Huwa cried out in surprise, "Ah! The tongue coating looks like a piece of sweet bean cake!" The Protagonist flashed a "Sweet Tongue Diagnostic Mirror," which projected little Huwa's funny face in the reflection: "You must have sneaked a bite of my 'Spleen-Strengthening Sweet Beans'!" Little Huwa had a bright idea and dropped some "Coating-Dissolving Sweet Dew" onto the old man's tongue. The dew was mixed with Huwa's "Bursting Sour Crystals." After licking it, the old man suddenly shrieked, "Sour! It's even sourer than vinegar!" Just as his voice trailed off, the tongue coating indeed dissolved, revealing a pink tongue and causing the onlookers and apothecary boys to laugh until tears came out.
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Chapter 480