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Chapter 363

Chapter 363

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Hey, a shower of Huwa paper-cut rain is drifting all over Yangzhou Yunjin Workshop today! Aunt Wang stomps her foot while holding up a pair of lopsided trousers: "Huwa! You've cut the 'Persian child's trousers template' into a 'toad mouth'!" Huwa crouches behind the cutting table with a chuckle, clutching a pair of scissors marked with a "010" code: "Abacus Bead said 'toad mouths have great ventilation'!" Abacus Bead projects a head-knocking animation: "Bead never said that! The Exploitation of the Works of Nature did!" "Moli! Quick, bring out the 'origami cutting method'!" yells the Protagonist. Moli blinks and pulls out Huwa's origami picture book: "Watch closely! Fold the 'lion-pattern robe' three times and make '10' cuts, fold the 'child's trousers' twice and make '01' cuts—it's even simpler than playing Cat's Cradle!" She claps the origami model down onto the brocade, and Aunt Wang follows the outline with a brisk *snip snap*, actually cutting out a pair of "cute lion trousers" complete with Huwa's cartoon paw prints. A young apprentice gasps: "This is even less tiring than our 'tracing shears'!" Amidst the lively hubbub, a weaver throws an origami piece like a dart: "Miss Moli! This '1010' code paper is even more accurate than my pitch-pot arrow!" With a *swish*, Moli pulls out an origami piece, and an animation of a head-knocking appears: "This is cutting alignment paper! Look—" She sticks the paper onto the brocade, and the cutting lines automatically glow with fluo…

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