Chapter 281

When the Abacus-Bead Lantern harvest gongs of Qingniu Valley beat until the clouds dispersed and the sun rose, farmers from thirty villages were carrying abacus-bead grain bins filled with contracts into the medicinal herb drying ground. Atop the bins, the golden abacus-bead ears of grain carved by Huwa spun with a rustling sound, and every single ear of grain displayed the golden radiance of "A thousand chapters of abacus contracts, every single grain returned to the granary." A village woman patted the side of her bin and laughed, "My Rhodiola yielded twenty percent more than last year, and the abacus beads are better at farming than my old man!" The abacus beads bounced into the character for "shy," embroidering a small image of an abacus bead blushing on her apron. "Open the granary and verify the contracts!" The Protagonist waved his sleeve, and the abacus beads arranged themselves into the Great Wall array of contracts among the grain bins—every single contract levitated into an abacus-bead brick, with the guaranteed-price clauses flashing red and the records of advance deposits glowing with silver light. Moli shook the abacus-bead contract verification ledger and said, "A thousand contracts with zero defaults, the abacus beads' 'Integrity Manifestation Art' is brighter than history books!" The abacus beads bounced into the character for "bright," displaying on the pages an image carved by Huwa of an abacus bead holding a torch. The aroma of roasted whole lamb drifted…