As the sweet fragrance drifted from the candied figurine stall at the Chang'an temple fair, Moli dipped her wolf-hair brush and painted a playful face on an Abacus Monopoly die. The die immediately bounced over to Huwa's side, landing next to his carving knife to spell out the word "FAST" — while Huwa was busy carving "efficacy verified" patterns onto another die, the beads bounding amidst the wood shavings spelled out "FUN." "Watch closely!" Moli shook the dice, and the beads bounced across her Daoist robe to spell "PLAY." "The Abacus Monopoly game I designed can expose fake medicine with every single step!"
Zhang Yifan shook his abacus as he tended his stall, the beads bouncing across his sleeves to spell "STALL." "Three treasures for a temple fair stall — abacus dice, Huwa's carving knife, and Xiaotao's bag of Abacus Bead Medicinal Crisps." With a soft chuckle, he watched the beads roll across the counter to spell "LURE." "If the pharmacy spies try to stir up trouble, these beads have tricks of their own."
At the third quarter of the Wei hour, the Abacus Monopoly game began. Commoners rolled the dice and moved across the board as the beads bounced to spell "EFFECT." When a certain child rolled the "medicine verification" space, the beads instantly hopped into the medicinal packet in his hand, spelling out "TRUE" — the seven distinct ridges on the Qingniu Seven-Leaf Herb clearly visible. Meanwhile, a fake medicine packet from the rival pharmacy was branded with the word "…
Chapter 191