When the midday sun in Chang'an West Market made the abacus beads scorching hot, Pei Hongxiu's abacus-blue cloak swept across the Heaven-grade Dragon-patterned Brocade display rack. The abacus beads bounced among the "Qian Trigram Dragon Scales" to spell the character "Noble": "Yifan! High-ranking third-grade officials are rushing to buy defective goods?" Zhang Yifan chuckled, shaking his Abacus Hexagram tray: "These are 'Heaven-grade surplus materials'—" The abacus beads leaped into a customer's palm, forming the character "Hexagram." "Scraps embroidered with 'Abacus Small Hexagrams,' a hundred strings of cash per pouch—what people are rushing for is the exact palace style!"
Moli's Earth-grade fabric stall was surrounded by scholars, the abacus beads bouncing on a wolf-hair brush to form the character "Poetry"—a scholar had just chanted, "The spring breeze turns the south bank of the Jiangnan green once more," and the beads immediately embroidered "The abacus beads turned Chang'an city green" across the fabric surface. The scholar stroked his beard in annoyance, but the beads bounced into his sleeve to form the character "Fun," revealing a hidden pattern inviting Moli to write a poem: "To exhaust a thousand miles of sight, buy ten zhang of fabric first!"
Huwa squatted among the Human-grade fabric piles, stamping seals for peasant women. The abacus beads bounced on the "Qianniu Protects Agriculture" label to form the character "Drop": "Aunt Li buys five zhang of fabric, don…
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