Hey, the Qingniugun caravan ran right into a "mountain road thrill ride" today! Old Qian was sitting on the mule cart clutching the Taiji Ledger when *clunk*, the wheel plunged into a massive ditch gouged out by a mudslide, and the ledger went *splash* right into the muddy water, looking for all the world like a soaked black sesame pastry. The abacus beads went *clatter* and bounced into the shape of a hydraulic jack, projecting an image right beneath the wheel: "Old Qian! Hold tight to the ledger! The beads are turning this into 'Mule Cart Bungee Jumping'!" With that, countless abacus beads linked together into a spring array, and the mule cart sprang three feet into the air, landing steadily on flat ground.
"Xiaoxiu! Come and rein in your beads!" Pei Hongxiu laughed as she swung her leather whip. "They've turned the medicine packs into an 'Abacus-Bead Parachute'!" Every single pack of medicinal herbs was tied with silk ribbons shaped like abacus beads, stamped with the slogan: "Bead-Chain Express, Delivery Guaranteed." Old Qian stared at the medicine packs floating in the air and shook his head: "Are these beads trying to turn the caravan into an 'Airborne Apothecary'?" The beads projected a wink at Huwa: "What's wrong? The beads' 'aerial dropping technique' is way more thrilling than Chang'an acrobatics!"
As they pressed on, a fierce gust of wind suddenly blew from ahead, blurring the carved inscriptions on a wooden sign. The beads went *swish* and hopped onto a medicine…
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