When the granaries of Green Ox Valley opened the doors of the Abacus Bead storehouse, the Abacus Beads suddenly cascaded with a rustle into a golden ear of grain formation, spelling out the Chinese character for "purchase" amidst the piles of Rhodiola: "By the contract! Guaranteed price to purchase herbs, one tael extra, one cash reward in beads!" A farmer tremblingly brought forward his medicinal herbs, and the Abacus Beads jumped into the bamboo basket, forming the character for "excellent"—thanks to meticulous crop rotation, the Rhodiola actually yielded twenty percent more medicinal efficacy than the standard, and the Abacus Beads embroidered a small gold ingot bearing the words "Double Reward for Exceptional Beads" onto his trouser leg.
"Mr. Xiao! I've learned to write the two characters for 'contract'!" an old man crookedly pressed his fingerprint on the inspection sheet, and the Abacus Beads immediately bounced into the character for "praise," projecting an image of the Abacus Beads applauding, carved by Huwa, onto his fingertips. Xiao Moli chuckled softly, "The third-term students of the academy can already read account books; the 'literacy abacus array' of the Abacus Beads is even more responsive than the Classic of a Thousand Characters!" The Abacus Beads bounced into the character for "study," projecting a graduation cap with the words "Abacus Studies Successfully Completed" onto the old man's straw hat.
The aroma of walnuts drifted from Xiaoxiu's Abacus Bead acc…
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