A group of "special guests" suddenly appeared on the lawn of Qingniu Medical Hall: Aunt Wang's speckled hen next door was wearing a mini face mask, and the peddler's donkey from the east side of the city was carrying a small saddle equipped to sprinkle disinfectant powder. Wearing a hat woven from foxtail grass and garlic skins, Huwa held a megaphone that played "Epidemic Prevention Woof-Woof" and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Attention all city critters! Today we're holding a pet epidemic prevention contest, and the winner gets garlic-scented pet cookies from Xiaotao Eatery!"
As soon as his voice trailed off, the scene instantly transformed into a chaotic circus of adorable pets. The yak belonging to the Tibetan apprentice Dawa wore sunglasses and had a prayer-wheel-style disinfectant dispenser hanging from its horns, scattering Tibetan medicinal herbal powder with every step. The cat belonging to the Silla Kim apprentice squatted on an abacus, and every time its paw clicked an abacus bead, the bamboo tube beside it popped out a mnemonic verse on epidemic prevention from the *Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art*. The most hilarious sight was the dog belonging to the owner of Xiaotao Eatery, which had a string of garlic steamed buns hanging around its neck and shook its head at everyone it met, barking, "Woof! Eat steamed buns to keep dysentery bacteria at bay!"
The pets all showed off their own "epidemic prevention superpowers." Granny Zhang's speckled hen was the ul…
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