When the strings of Abacus-Bead Lanterns lit up across the East and West Markets of Chang'an, Xiaotao's abacus-bead tangyuan cart was surrounded three stories deep. The abacus beads bounced frantically on the steamer baskets to spell out the character "BOILING": "Brother Fan! We're running low on sugar wafers!"
The Protagonist gave the abacus-bead sugar-wafer machine a light shake and chuckled: "Already calculated—"
The abacus beads jumped into the machine, forming the character "FAST": "Look! Huwa's carving-knife edition of 'Round and Flawless' sugar wafers, ten pieces a second!"
Chapter 226