Hey, a weird rumor has been making the rounds in Chang'an recently: "The wooden tags from Qingniu Medicinal Herbs are made of 'demon wood,' and touching them will summon bugs!" Old Qian stomped his feet while carrying a pack of medicine: "Abacus Code! This is even more absurd than Huwa wetting the bed! What do we do?" The Abacus Code rattled and bounced into a giant megaphone, projecting an image onto the roof of the pharmacy: "Rumors stop at the Abacus Code! Today we're holding the 'Bead-Chain Clarification Conference' so everyone can see what a 'demon wood turning into treasure wood' really looks like!"
"Xiaoxiu! Bring out our 'Bead-Chain Growth Documentary'!" At a shout from Moli, Old Zhou wheeled over a wheeled wooden tag cabinet. Every single tag was carved with the words: "Jujube wood core harvested from an old jujube tree in the Qinling Mountains, with an age older than Old Qian's beard." The Abacus Code drove the wooden tags to flip automatically, projecting the entire process from tree-felling and core-planing to character carving, and finished by spraying a whiff of anti-bug medicinal fragrance right onto the face of the tag: "Smell that! It's more effective than the mothballs in your wardrobe!"
While they were busy, Uncle Li from the east side of the city came over with his crutch to join the fun: "Abacus Code! I touched a wooden tag yesterday, so why was my pillow covered in flower petals when I woke up this morning?" The Abacus Code hopped into his straw hat an…
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