As soon as the Sweet Prevention Fun Fair at Qingniu Medical Hall opened its doors, the entire street was filled with the aroma of garlic mixed with honey. Huwa had built his stall in the shape of a moving green ox, its horns hung with riddle lanterns bearing passages from the *Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold*. The ox's mouth opened and closed, spewing not saliva, but bubbles inscribed with epidemic prevention formulas from the *Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art*.
"Step right up, don't miss out!" Huwa called out, walking on stilts and holding a glowing "epidemic prevention token" crudely carved with the words: "If you aren't keen on eating garlic, your ideology is problematic!" and "Today's treasures will make dysentery bacteria buy a return ticket on sight!" No sooner had his voice trailed off than the market erupted with activity. At the stall of the Tibetan apprentice Dawa, every revolution of the yak-laden prayer wheel scattered disinfecting powder scented with Tibetan medicine. In front of the Silla apprentice Jin's "epidemic prevention spinning top stall," children lined up to spin tops that whipped out colorful ribbons printed with medical prescriptions, shouting, "One spin banishes sickness, two spins chase germs away!"
When their sweet prevention inventions hit a snag, Huwa upgraded the "garlic steamed bun" into an "intelligent shopping guide." Not only could the bun introduce epidemic prevention knowledge, but it also recommended sweet medicine ba…
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