Before the morning mist in Cyan Ox Village had even fully dispersed, the Protagonist's abacus bead cart came rumbling across the stone-paved road, the abacus beads bouncing on the cart shafts to form the character for "Return." An old man rubbed his eyes and exclaimed, "Young Master Yifan has brought the abacus beads back to the village!" The abacus beads instantly bounced into the shape of the character for "Prosperity," embroidering the blue crystal pattern of "Medicinal Manor Flourishes" onto the old man's straw hat.
"Lay out the medicinal fields according to *Essential Techniques for the Peasantry*!" the Protagonist chuckled, shaking his abacus bead compass. With a clatter, the abacus beads scattered across the fields, forming the formation for the character "Wood" in the east to plant wolfberry and hemp; bouncing into the character "Fire" in the south to scatter danshen and Rhodiola; arranging the character "Gold" in the west to plant cogongrass and lilies; hopping into the character "Water" in the north, where poria and alisma soaked; and forming the character "Earth" in the center, which was stocked full of Chinese yams and white atractylodes. Huwa's carved wooden figurine held up an abacus bead wooden plaque as it followed along: "East is wood, west is gold, south is fire, north is water, and the center is earth. Miss a single plant, and the abacus beads will smack your backside!"
The villagers crowded around, shouldering abacus bead hoes. The abacus beads bounced o…
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