When snow granules in the Chang'an East Market fell onto the Abacus-Bead Lanterns, Su Wanyue's free-clinic cart was pushed clatteringly into her stall by the abacus beads, which bounced into the character for "medical" on her medicine chest.
"Sister Yue! Put the 'Pearl Pain Relief Patch' on top of the cart, or even the conservatives will cry out in pain when they see it!" Pei Hongxiu laughed lightly, shaking her abacus-patterned Sogdian dancing dress. "Yifan! The Sogdian veil needs to be embroidered with abacus-bead grape patterns so it spins like an 'Abacus Flying Apsaras'!"
As Xiao Moli dipped her wolf-hair brush in ink, the abacus beads instantly hopped onto the tip of the brush, forming the character for "fun"—and the Xuan paper automatically revealed the *Night Patrol Abacus Map*, in which abacus beads holding lanterns chased away stray cats.
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