In the early years of the Qing Dynasty, Liu Laixi, a rich man in Kanto who started his business by accumulating water from a copper plate, wanted to build a mansion and visited folk carpentry experts, vowing to build a six-in - six-out mansion in three years. When the news came out, all kinds of carpenters gathered, all wanting to make a fortune on rich Liu.

As the saying goes, a mule is a horse that has to be led out for a walk. The reason why rich Liu can become a rich man is naturally extraordinary. He does not listen to the rhetoric of applying for a carpenter, and only uses one trick: which job is yours, no matter how long the journey is, you have to take me to see it. I don't know how many carpenters have been eliminated with this method of picking bones in eggs.

Among the carpenters who applied for the job, there was a father and son soldier called "Wu Luban" who was selected by the rich man Liu. When the family was called Chen Tianliang, he led four living sons and was famous in Kanto for his ancestral carpentry skills. There were countless wealthy courtyards built, whether it was the ridge of doors, windows and roofs, or the mortars and tenons, you could never pull away ten mules and eight horses. Looking at the butterflies and carp carved on the beams, doors and windows, boxes, and corners of the table, you would be afraid that the butterfly would flutter its wings and fly, and the carp would jump up and jump into the pot. With this, Chen Tianliang and his four sons got the title "Wu Luban". Liu Laixi was so impressed that he piled his pleated face into a bun.

Chen Tianliang nodded and agreed to understand the true intentions of rich man Liu. As for the salary, Chen Tianliang did not ask in detail. Based on his experience, rich people like rich man Liu would not treat them unfairly.

Next, Chen Tianliang and his son worked day and night according to the requirements of the rich man Liu. Rich man Liu often came from the old house, and his picky eyes were always staring at every knife the carpenter cut, but no matter how harsh he was, he did not find any fault.

Unknowingly, in the cold winter, goose feather snow fell for three days and three nights, and the deadly "white hair wind" also blew for three days and three nights.

That morning, the rich man shouted at the guys in the old house to get up and sweep the snow, and by the way, he also shouted at Chen Tianliang and his son. Chen Tianliang swept out the snow path and went over to open the black lacquered door. As soon as the door was pulled in, a one-legged beggar with a wooden stick fell hard from the door. The Chen father and son exclaimed: "It's broken, it's a one-legged 'road fall !'

Poor and sick beggars often fall to death on the side of the road in the cold winter, which is called "Road Down." Chen Tianliang touched the beggar's chest, saw that there was still a mouthful of hot air, and hurriedly shouted to his son: "Quick, carry it back and wipe the whole body with snow, there may be help." At this time, the rich man Liu shouted: "Wait!" Everyone stopped, and saw the rich man Liu pick the empty trouser leg of the beggar with a crutch, saying, "Such a useless man, what can he do if he is saved? It is better to follow God's will." After saying that, regardless of Chen Tianliang's objection, he arranged for a man to use a horse to climb the plough and throw it in the wilderness.

Seeing that the three-year construction period was about to expire, the new house of the Liu family was already magnificent, and the black mansion was majestic, so the Liu family chose an auspicious day to move in.

"Wu Luban" father and son had already tied up the carpenter's household, and the bedding had also been packed up, just waiting for the rich man Liu to settle the wages for three years as soon as possible, so that he could go home early to celebrate the reunion with his family.

This morning, when he finally came to see the rich man Liu, he was walking steadily, holding a bright brass hookah, gurgling casual cigarettes, pointing at the half of the mahogany, nanmu and precious plank heads that had not been used up on the ground, and said, "It's a pity that so many good woods are wasted like this, let's put two more boxes on it." After saying that, he went back to the backyard and disappeared.

Chen Tianliang looked at it, and if he didn't finish this job, he was afraid that he would not be able to go home for the New Year. The two boxes were easy to make, but the size was hard to find, and the men combined for a night. In the end, Chen Tianliang made a final decision: "The Liu family has millions of hidden boxes, and there are countless cabinets. Maybe it depends on our good craftsmanship. Let's make two treasure chests for ourselves by the bedside."

There was no way, Chen father and son untied the luggage tools that had already been bundled, selected a few pieces of nanmu scraps, took out the skills of housekeeping, and worked hard on carving. In just a few days, a pair of exquisite boxes were made. When the rich man Liu saw it, he cheered again and again, and finally, stroked his beard and said with a smile, "As expected of the famous'Wuluban ', even if these boxes are sent to the palace, the emperor will probably have to reward them. In this way, this pair of boxes is my gift to you, and you can use it to make money for three years!" After saying that, he told the housekeeper to lead them to the warehouse to pack money.

The father and son of the Chen family never dreamed that things would be like this, and a dumb loss was eaten in their stomach like this. They can only admire in their hearts that the reason why the rich man Liu can become the rich man of the rich side, the means of deceiving people are high, it is really high!

Chen Tianliang looked up at the sky and sighed. Just as the door was about to close, Chen Tianliang suddenly patted his thigh as if he remembered something and said, "Master Liu, the dog was negligent when building the house. The carving work on the beam the day before yesterday was not completed. I wanted to remind him that I forgot, and I almost missed something big." After saying that, he took out the carving knife from the package and went to the room with the housekeeper.

After a while, Chen Tianliang came out of the room. Looking at Wu Luban left in embarrassment, Master Liu felt an indescribable joy in his heart.

Living in the new house where lightning can't strike, fire can't burn, and water can't be flooded, the rich man Liu is so beautiful that he can laugh out of his dreams, and he is cool inside and out. The flowing mat is filled with the house of the six advanced, and there are more people coming to congratulate than the toads in the pond.

Just that night, the rich man Liu sent the guests away. Just as he turned off the lights and lay down, he heard a strange sound coming from the beam. First, he vaguely heard the car owner "wantonly" hooking up the car, then he heard a "pop" whip, and the car owner shouted "Drive!" A horse hanging Luang bell rang until the sky was bright.

At noon the next day, when Rich Liu, who had not slept well all night, was about to take a sip of ginseng soup, he saw the housekeeper staggering in and saying, "Master, it's not good. A big cart that we went out to buy goods fell into the river with people and goods..."

Rich Master Liu let out an "Ow" in heartache, and the ginseng soup he just drank into his mouth spurted out again.

He didn't think it was far from over. Just after half a month, the rich man Liu heard the sound of a car coming from the beam at night. He sent the housekeeper to look at the back and forth a few times at dawn, but he did not see that the child was ugly.

Every half a month, fortune is broken by lightning, and in less than a year, the original Liu rich family has only an empty shell left.

This year, the plague spread outside customs, and refugees were everywhere. Seeing that the rich man Liu, who could not gather his family business, simply did good deeds, set up 18 cauldrons in the yard, and gave porridge to the refugees every day. The skinny camel was bigger than the horse, and he gave alms for seventy-seven or forty-nine days in a row, but the rich man Liu still did not stop.

On this day, the "Wu Luban" father and son passed by here and were astonished when they saw that the rich man Liu generously gave alms to the victims. When the rich man saw Chen Tianliang, he looked ashamed and took out the wages he had paid back then, insisting on making up for it, and begged to forgive his greed.

Chen Tianliang looked at the kindness of the rich man Liu, and suddenly thought of something, and said to the rich man Liu: "The eyesight was not good back then, and it seems that a knife was not carved well when carving the beam. Can Master Liu allow me to make up for the difference of the knife back then?" The rich man Liu nodded in shame.

After "Wu Luban" left, every half a month, rich Liu could still hear the shout of a carriage from the beam of the house at night. The difference was that not only did he never lose money, but on the contrary, his days got better day by day.

It turned out that when Chen Tianliang saw that the rich man Liu was unkind and sinister, he secretly carved a delicate carriage on the beam and placed it in an unnoticed place. The front of the carriage was facing outside the house, and he saw the sky pull out the property of the rich man Liu. When the rich man Liu came to his senses and did good deeds, Chen Tianliang turned the carriage back and pulled the lost property into the sky.

A few years later, Liu became a rich man again, and he never did anything immoral in his life.