After New Year's Eve, once the firecrackers had been set off, Renxin Medical Hall resumed business as usual.
While other shops on West Street were closed for rest, the medical hall couldn't afford to. There were always headaches and fevers in households over the New Year, so the clinic had to remain open for consultations and medicine dispensing. However, the number of patients was significantly fewer than on regular days, thus the shop was relatively quiet.
The morning after New Year's Eve, when Yin Zheng woke from her drunken stupor, she entered Lu Tong's room and discovered that the white-robed Guanyin statue that was placed in the small Buddha cabinet was missing. Upon inquiry, Lu Tong only said that it had been broken, which greatly unsettled Yin Zheng for a while.