Wuchen sent clerk Zhen to show them the medical district. Zhen carried a route card and led them through the public medicine library, the therapy courtyard, and the industrial ward entrance. Yan could enter the first two with his visitor token. The ward still needed a patient invitation or a clinic escort.
At the entrance, Qinghe checked the authorization she had received. The desk attendant verified it and marked the route card. Zhen waited with Yan and Bai while she signed in. The visitor pass stayed in Yan’s pocket; it did not replace the clinic’s permission.
Zhen asked whether anyone wanted to see the reduced-rate receipt process. Yan said yes. The clerk handed the woman a small paper slip showing the medicine name, price, and time. She tucked it with the instructions. “That helps if I need to ask what I took,” she said. The clerk kept the work token’s number, not her employer’s name. Qinghe watched the exchange and made a note about the receipt fields.
The tour began at the public medicine library. Shelves held common remedies and instructions written in clear language. A woman asked the librarian about a fever medicine. The clerk showed her the standard price and the reduced rate for residents who presented a work token. She gave her refinery badge and paid the lower price.
