Hey, the movable-type printing workshop in Qingniu Valley is facing an ink shortage and broken types today! Old Qian sighs as he holds up a jujube-wood type cracked right down the middle: "Abacus Code! This type is even more brittle than Huwa's teeth, how are we supposed to print the ledgers?" Abacus Code pops up with a *whoosh* into the shape of a carving knife, displaying an image on a discarded type: "What's there to panic about? The Bead-Chain is opening a 'Fruit Movable-Type Shop'—apples carved with 'harvest', pears with 'roast', haws with 'kiln', and you can even munch on them after printing!"
"Xiaoxiu! Bring over our 'Bead-Chain Orchard Inventory'!" At a shout from Moli, Old Zhou huffs and puffs as he carries in a bamboo basket: "Abacus Code has already stripped Qingniu Slope bare of every last peach and plum!" Abacus Code projects an image of Huwa with his hands on his hips: "Take a good look! The peach flesh is carved with the word 'fresh', and the pit with the word 'bead', printing a natural fruity fragrance right onto the ledgers!" Old Qian wrinkles his nose at the dripping wet "fresh" character: "So Abacus Code has turned the ledgers into a 'fruit preserve manual'?"
Just as they are carving, an apprentice drops a hawthorn type right into a medicine jar: "Oh no! 'Storage' just turned into 'storage vinegar'!" Abacus Code leaps onto the jar with a *swoosh*, displaying the "Bead-Chain Type-Washing Incantation"—using the Abacus Code to drive clear water in circles in…
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