At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was a carpenter surnamed Sun in Kaifeng Province. This person has been in the industry for thirty years, his craftsmanship is exquisite, and the furniture he makes is exquisite and beautiful, strong and durable. He is also said to have possessed a Book of Luban, which contains various forms of witchcraft. Unfortunately, Sun Carpenter was childless all his life and had only two apprentices.
The eldest disciple, Hao Lai, was meticulous and mean; the second disciple, Jie Yang, was a careful eye and could not see others well. The two apprentices fought for the inheritance of the Book of Luban. In order to prevent the two apprentices from having a harmful heart after their deaths, Sun Carpenter parted the book in two and handed it to the two apprentices.
After that, the two immersed themselves in hard training and finally mastered most of the techniques. In order to get the full book, Hao Lai did not hesitate to use the learned sorcery to harm his own disciples. Jie Yang was not as smart as Hao, and after several fights, not only did he lose his family property, but his daughter-in-law also ran away.
In the end, Jie Yang gave up on himself and gave the next book to Haolai, and he left his hometown and embarked on a wandering life. Although Haolai had obtained the complete Book of Lu Ban, before he could cultivate, he lost the first and second volumes due to a fire. Later, Hao Lai calmed down and became a carpenter with peace of mind. But the story of the two is far from over.
In the mid-autumn of the year, Li Yuanwai of Kaifeng Province prepared to build a new house. He invited many craftsmen, negotiated the wages, and the construction of the new house began.
Li Yuanwai is kind and kind to the craftsmen, and he will bring good wine and good dishes to comfort the craftsmen every day. The lord is generous, and the craftsmen naturally have motivation. In less than half a month, the main body of the new house was built. Li Yuanwai was also very satisfied, but it didn't take long for him to find a problem.
Among the craftsmen invited by Li Yuanwai this time, there was Haolai. As Sun Carpenter's apprentice, Haolai's craftsmanship has nothing to say, but this man acts arrogantly and is vitriolous and mean, and everyone does not like him. One day at noon, Hao Lai squatted in the corner of the wall, just about to eat. But as soon as he got off the chopsticks, he saw a hair in the dish. Under normal circumstances, he would pick out his hair and continue to eat, but Hao Lai refused, he got up and poured a full bowl of rice into the swill bucket, and hit another bowl.
The foreman was a little dissatisfied and went forward to teach, but Hao lai retorted: "You are not eating your house, what are you doing so carefully?" ”
Coincidentally, this scene was just seen by Li Yuanwai. Li Yuanwai was originally a thrifty and thrifty man, and Haolai's actions and words made him very angry.
At noon the next day, Li Yuanwai instructed Jia Ding to refuse to give Hao Lai a meal, and when everyone had finished eating, he would call Hao Lai with the leftovers. Li Yuanwai hopes that in this way, Haolai will know that every grain is not easy to come by. How expected that after Haolai learned of this, he hated Li Yuanwai in his heart, but he was worried that Li Yuanwai would withhold wages, so he hid it.
On the eve of Shangliang, Haolai thought of a way. He made three or four small carts out of sorghum straw, and then folded a bunch of small treasures out of paper and put them into the straw cart. On the day of the beam, he took advantage of the fact that everyone was not paying attention, and put all the straw carts on the beam, and Li Yuanwai did not know it.
Not long after Li Yuanwai had just moved into the new house, a beggar came to the door of Li Yuanwai's house. He was so thirsty that he wanted to beg for water. Li Yuanwai immediately ordered someone to bring a pot of water, but when he poured water for the beggar, he was worried that the beggar would drink too hard to the lungs, and only poured one bite into the bowl at a time. Ben was a piece of kindness, but the beggar thought that Li Yuanwai had slammed the door, and even the bowl of water was not willing to fill him.
The beggar with a grudge secretly buried a pile of torn clothes and shoes under the door of Li Yuanwai's house that night. These things will affect the luck of Li Yuanwai's family, so that the dirty qi will enter the room and form a trend of breaking the wealth.
When the beggar had done all this, he left contentedly. Two years later, the beggar returned here again, but found that Li Yuanwai's family had nothing to do, but had a more prosperous life. The beggar was completely dumbfounded, and like him, there was Haolai. After that, the two came to the same tavern to drink and relieve their boredom, and Haolai recognized at a glance that the beggar was his long-missing disciple, Jie Yang.
After years of not seeing each other, the two looked at each other and smiled, and all the grudges dissipated. The two men pushed cups and exchanged cups, telling each other their hearts. As a result, he inadvertently mentioned the matter of Li Yuan's family, and the two of them understood. It turned out that what Haolai had ordered was to push the fortunes of Li Yuanwai's family outward, while what Jie Yang had ordered was to inject the filthy qi into the room. Coincidentally, when fortune arrived at the door, it was just blocked by the filthy gas, and the filthy gas was blocked by the fortune. In this way, fortune was gathered in Li Yuanwai's home, and his family could cross over and become more and more prosperous.
Later, the two found out that Li Yuanwai would take money every year to help the poor people, and learned from the Li family's family that they had a conflict with Li Yuanwai many years ago. The two were ashamed and embarrassed, and decided to change their ways and never use witchcraft to harm people again.
Editor's Note: The heart of harming others must not be there, and the heart of preventing people must not be without. In the beginning of man, nature is good. In this world, there are no natural evil people, only good people who go the wrong way. Haolai and Jie Yang have a grudge against Li Yuanwai because of small contradictions, but every move of Li Yuanwai is from goodwill, and it is precisely in this way that he can be safe and sound, and the better it is, it can be seen that good rewards are not empty.
Disclaimer: This story is a fictional folk tale, based on folklore, strange talk, myths, stories, legends, etc., aiming to inherit, expand and develop China's folk cultural heritage, do not be linked to feudal superstition!
Written by: Chat Zai Xian Sheng