As the sound of looms in the Chang'an Qingniu Embroidery Workshop mingled with children's folk rhymes, the embroiderer A-Tao's abacus beads clicked down onto a bolt of Human-grade Coarse Cloth. The beads bounced against the "Qingniu Protects Agriculture" label, spelling out the character "Alter": "Doctor Zhang! The peasant woman says the plain fabric is too monotonous; she wants to embroider an abacus bead flower!" The Protagonist gently shook his abacus bead embroidery needle and smiled: "How hard can that be—" The beads leaped into the weave of the fabric, forming the character "Fun": "Starting today, all Human-grade fabric will come with the 'Sprouting Bead Shoot' small pattern embroidered on it, for an extra half-wen, with all proceeds donated to the Yi School!"
Moli was inscribing a poem onto a bolt of Earth-grade Flower and Bird Brocade when the abacus beads instantly jumped onto the wolf-hair brush, changing "Wealthy Peonies" to "Abacus Beads Roll Over Peonies." A certain local squire slapped the table: "Such a marvelous poem! It suits my notion of 'Abacus Arithmetic Building a Family' perfectly!" The beads immediately hopped onto his squire's hat, spelling out "Vulgar," while embroidering in wild cursive script at the corner of the fabric: "Though abacus beads are small, their weight is a thousand pounds." The sight of this made Moli collapse with laughter against the embroidery frame.
Huwa came running over to the Protagonist holding a scrap of Heaven-grade Dragon-…
Chapter 216