Hey, Qingniu Valley is facing a "ledger famine" lately! Old Qian clutched the very last Taiji Ledger and worried aloud, "Abacus Code! The herb shops from the neighboring counties are all coming to fight for ledgers, and our movable type is almost worn down to the nub. What are we going to do?" Abacus Code rattled and bounced into a piece of movable type, projecting an image on the tabletop: "What's there to panic about? Moli invented the 'Bead-Chain Shorthand Method'—blink to record an entry, stomp your foot to calculate a page. It's even faster than Huwa drawing a turtle!"
"Xiaoxiu! Bring over our 'Ledger First-Aid Kit'!" At Moli's shout, Old Zhou huffed and puffed as he carried a hemp sack over. "Abacus Code already stuffed the kit with Abacus Code stickers, quick-drying ink powder, and even Huwa's crayons!" Abacus Code projected an image of Huwa with hands on his hips: "Don't know many characters? Use stickers! Hand speed too slow? Toss ink powder! Still no good? Draw a circle-bead to translate!" Old Qian shook his head as he stared at the crayons. "So basically, Abacus Code turned the ledger into 'Huwa's Doodling Book'?"
While they were busy, an herb farmer from a neighboring county ran over with a ledger covered in circles, looking utterly crestfallen. "We kept accounts in Huwa's artistic style, and ended up calculating that 'the herb yield equals the number of times a mule chews grass'!" Abacus Code leaped onto the ledger with a "whoosh" and projected a "Circle Transl…
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