As the aroma of zongzi and abacus beads drifted from the Medicinal Farmer Academy in Green Ox Valley, the abacus beads suddenly rattled and leapt into a mediation formation, arranging themselves into the Chinese character for "harmony" amidst the arguing farmers: "Li San's Rhodiola has crossed the boundary! According to the Abacus Contract, pay five catties of honeyed jujubes!" A farmer stiffened his neck and protested: "It only crossed by half a foot!" The abacus beads instantly rearranged into the character for "measure," projecting a scale animation on the ridge of the field: "Half a foot equals five abacus beads, compensation of five jujubes, fair to young and old alike!"
"Mr. Xiao! Uncle Wang says literacy is useless!" Inside the small academy, a child held up an abacus textbook to lodge a complaint. The abacus beads immediately leapt into the character for "use," projecting an image onto Uncle Wang's tobacco pouch: "Without literacy, you can't read contracts and will end up crying after being cheated!" Uncle Wang glared: "How did the abacus bead know I was cheated when I was young?" The abacus beads formed the character for "peep," embroidering a pair of tiny eyes on the sole of his shoe that read, "Abacus eyes are like torches, let's not dredge up the past."
Xiaoxiu's abacus ledger room drifted with the fragrance of glutinous rice, where the abacus beads leapt into the character for "cute" on the "boundary dispute compensation account"—Li San had actually used his ow…
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