Hey, a "knot rain" started fluttering all over the Yangzhou Yunjin Workshop today! Master Zhang scratched his head in frustration at the tangled mess of threads and cried, "Miss Xiao! How are these Snow Silkworm Silk and Golden Thread Silk threads even stickier than Huwa's runny nose?" Huwa was squatting behind a pile of silk, snickering to himself while clutching a handful of colorful cords. As it turned out, he had encoded the Weaver's Operation Manual into "knot code"—a red cord tied with a "10" knot meant Snow Silkworm Silk, and a blue cord tied with an "01" knot meant Golden Thread Silk. Hanging them up on the silk basket made them clearer than an abacus. Moli watched the talking knots with great amusement and beamed, "Well! This 'Huwa Knot Counting Method' is even handier than our 'labeled bamboo tubes'!"
"Pei Hongxiu! Hurry up and bring the Knot Counter over here!" the Protagonist shouted. Pei Hongxiu raised an eyebrow with a smile, carrying the knot board engraved with a portrait of Huwa as she charged into the Silk Selection Station. "Listen up! 'Tie a knot = weave ten inches'! A '10' knot earns sesame candy, and an '01' knot earns osmanthus candy!" The weavers' eyes lit up. Their fingertips flew through the piles of silk, tying knots even faster than Huwa skewering candied haws, and the knot board clattered away like an abacus. The young apprentice gasped in amazement, "This is even more addictive than our Cat's Cradle!"
Just as things were getting lively, a weave…
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