The backyard of Qingniu Medical Hall had been transformed into a giant "Epidemic Prevention Maze Paradise." Huwa, wearing a fuzzy green-ox-ear headband and holding a garlic-shaped horn that "mooed," shouted loudly, "Listen up, big friends and little friends! Today our whole family teams up to battle dysentery bacteria, and the prize for clearing the stage is the garlic waterfall from Xiaotao Eatery!"
As soon as they entered the grounds, the children were completely charmed. At the entrance, the "Qingniu Guardian" sculpture blinked its big eyes and blew disinfecting bubbles, which were stamped with cartoon mnemonic verses from the Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold. A Tibetan apprentice, Dawa, led a little yak wearing sunglasses, and the yak carried a mini prayer-wheel disinfection machine on its back, scattering star-shaped Tibetan medicinal incense powder with every rotation. The "arithmetic hopscotch" area run by the Silla apprentice Kim was the most popular; the squares were filled with epidemic-prevention math problems based on The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art, and stepping on the correct answer popped out a garlic-scented sticker.
Garlic steamed buns were transformed into "level-clearing assistants." Huwa drew rosy cheeks on the buns and attached short, flapping arms. These "steamed bun babies" hopped around the maze, shouting, "Follow me, and all the prizes are yours!" One steamed bun baby was so enthusiastic that it chased a toddler for three alle…
Chapter 531