When the morning bell of the Medicinal Farmer Academy in Qingniu Valley struck five times, the "Taiji Ledger Inspection Team" from the neighboring prefecture was packing the Medicinal Farmer Academy to capacity. An elderly medicine merchant held a ledger with trembling hands, saying, "This movable-type abacus code is even fancier than my family's antique ledgers!" The abacus beads instantly bounced into the character for "fancy," causing fluorescent floral vines that read "Abacus codes like flowers, auditing gets better and better" to materialize on the ledger. Finally, they even embroidered a miniature portrait of an abacus bead holding a magnifying glass onto his spectacle lenses.
"Open an 'Abacus Ledger Crash Course'!" Xiao Moli waved his abacus-bead pointer, and the beads bounced into the character for "play" on the blackboard. Filling out ledgers was suddenly transformed into an abacus-bead puzzle game, with each grid of data corresponding to an abacus-bead color. Anyone who filled it in incorrectly triggered a "bead-water spray." An apprentice had just written "flower picker" instead of "herb picker," and the abacus beads immediately projected a small water ladle bearing the words "wrong characters get beaten" above his head, drawing a roar of laughter.
Xiaoxiu's abacus storage room drifted with the fragrance of mugwort, and the abacus beads bounced into the character for "busy" on the "ledger promotion ledger." The thousands of ledgers ordered by various prefectures …
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