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Chapter 353

Chapter 353

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Hey, comic-style paper airplanes are fluttering through Yangzhou Yunjin Workshop today! Master Zhang holds up a copy of the Weaver's Operation Manual, waving it around: "Miss Xiao! How come this 'Silk-Selection Fairy' in the drawing looks just like Huwa's mother?" Moli chuckles as she looks at Huwa's doodle: "Master Zhang has a sharp eye! This 'Snow Silkworm Silk' diagram is exactly what Huwa drew after me!" Huwa squats by the loom, adding to his drawing: "And here's the 'Dyeing Monster'! The red circles mean 'dip ten times', and the blue circles mean 'dip five times'!" "Pei Hongxiu! Quick, call the 'Rapping Weaver' over here!" the Protagonist shouts. Pei Hongxiu arches an eyebrow and smiles, instantly dragging a blind clapper-talk storyteller rushing into the workshop: "Listen up! 'Pick the brightest silk to start, count your dyeing rounds, don't play your part; follow the code for brocade you weave, slicing scallions is all you'll leave!'" The blind man beats time with the counter's gear, and the weavers sway their heads to the rhythm, the silk threads in their hands moving three times smoother than usual. Right in the middle of all the excitement, a weaver uses the manual as a shoe pad: "Miss Xiao! This paper is softer than my thousand-layer-sole shoes!" With a *swoop*, Moli pulls out the manual, revealing an animated head-knocking graphic: "This is a waterproof silk finish! Look—" She splashes a spoonful of indigo onto the manual, and the text and images roll off like w…

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