Hey, Old Zhou, the herbalist from Green Ox Valley, was worried sick today! He carried a bag of worm-eaten White Cogongrass Flower on his shoulder and sighed heavily, "Abacus Bead, oh Abacus Bead, you tell me, these bugs can chew even more than Huwa, what are we going to do?" The Abacus Bead rattled and transformed into a magnifying glass, projecting an image right over a bug hole: "Don't worry! Let the beads hold a 'Bead-Chain Trial' for the bugs!" In a flash, thousands of Abacus Beads rolled together into an anti-pest formation, finally displaying a message across the bug hole: "Those who bore into medicinal beads shall be punished by the beads to chew on stones."
"Xiaoxiu! Come here and control your beads!" Old Zhou yelled, holding up the Abacus Bead as it jammed tiny medicinal pills right into the bug holes: "These are 'Bead-Aroma Insect-Repellent Pills'. They smell sweet, but taste bitter—the bugs will be breakdancing the moment they take a bite!" Old Zhou chuckled as he looked at the Abacus Bead patterns on the pills: "So the Abacus Bead is throwing a 'bitter medicine party' for the bugs?" The Abacus Bead projected a mischievous grin resembling Huwa: "Party's over, and all the bugs are off to report to the King of Hell!"
Amidst the commotion, word came from Chang'an Pharmacy: "What should we do with worm-eaten herbs? The Abacus Bead says, 'three parts eaten by bugs, seven parts medicinal potency left,' but how are we supposed to explain that to customers?" With a whoos…
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