Hey, Yangzhou Yunjin Workshop is swarming with bamboo dragonflies today! Master Zhang sighs at the crooked Nine-Colored Cloud Pattern, "Miss Xiao! How is this Nine-Colored Cloud Pattern spinning even more chaotically than Huwa's top? The jacquard shuttle acts like it drank a magic potion!" Huwa squats by the loom, snickering while clutching a modified bamboo dragonfly. It turns out he jammed the "flying kite principle" from the Mozi (Book) right into the jacquard machine. As the bamboo dragonfly hums and spins, the shuttle automatically follows the spiral pattern. Moli watches the "flying" shuttle and laughs, "Well! This 'Huwa Bamboo Dragonfly Jacquard Method' is even better at running in circles than our 'Pattern Compass'!"
"Pei Hongxiu! Hurry up and bring the Windmill Counter over!" shouts the Protagonist. Pei Hongxiu raises an eyebrow with a smile, carrying a bamboo dragonfly frame carved with Huwa's portrait as she rushes into the jacquard room. "Look sharp! This is 'Rotation Speed Pattern Changing'! If the bamboo dragonfly spins 10 turns, it weaves the 'auspicious cloud pattern'; if it spins 01 turns, it weaves the 'water wave pattern'!" She plants the bamboo dragonfly straight onto the loom, and a strong northwest wind howls, sending the blades spinning wildly while the counter rattles out wooden plaques bearing spiral patterns. A junior apprentice exclaims, "This is even more dizzying than our Mawangdui Lantern!"
Amidst the chaos, a weaver kicks a bamboo dragonfly li…
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