Harming others will eventually harm yourself, be kind
In the late Qing Dynasty , in a village in the north, a family named Xu wanted to build a new house, so they invited masons to work at the house. But this mason had evil intentions. When he was working, he saw the beautiful daughter-in-law of the Xu family, Sister-in-law Xu, and made fun of her. Brother Xu saw it and scolded him.
After the house was built, Brother Xu paid him the wages and let him go. Unexpectedly, the mason held a grudge. Before leaving, he secretly placed a paper tiger on the beam of Xu's new house.

In the next three years, nothing went smoothly for the Xu family and they lost money on everything they did. Later, the doors and windows of the house needed to be repaired. Brother Xu hired an old carpenter to come over and help repair the house. The Xu family was very kind to the old carpenter. When eating, Mrs. Xu often put more meat in the old carpenter's bowl and told her husband, "The old carpenter is still working at an early age, so don't treat him badly."
The old carpenter heard this and was very moved. One day, when the old carpenter was repairing doors and windows, he entered a room. As soon as he entered the door, he felt an inexplicable evil aura. The old carpenter secretly complained that something might happen to this family. However, the old carpenter remained calm and did what he had to do.
When the work was almost finished, the old carpenter called Mrs. Xu over and told her, "I specially changed the door of your house. It will be very tight when closing, so it takes two people to close the door."
Mrs. Xu asked, "Can't you just make it looser?"
But the old carpenter said: "I have my own reasons for doing this. Just do what I say, and remember to close the door together. Doing this can ensure the safety of your home in the future."

Mrs. Xu saw that the old carpenter was sincere, so she said no more. After the work was done, the Xu family treated the old carpenter to a good meal. When sending the old carpenter away, Mrs. Xu not only gave the old carpenter his wages in full, but also gave him a big red envelope.
Seeing that the Xu family was so generous and generous, the old carpenter quietly explained this to Mrs. Xu and even gave her a peach stick.
After the old carpenter left, the Xu family and his wife would use all their strength to close the door every night. Every time they closed the door, the door would make a harsh sound.
Three years have passed in the blink of an eye, and the Xu family has spent these three years smoothly and safely. The mason with evil intentions back then wanted to know what bad luck the Xu family was in now, so he made a special trip to have a look.
However, when the mason entered the door, he could not tell that something big had happened at home. Seeing that the mason was back, Sister-in-law Xu not only did not argue with him about what happened back then, but instead entertained him warmly.
Before the mason left, he took advantage of the Xu family's attention and stamped his foot three times under the beam, and then whispered: "Beast, beast, you should wake up!"

In fact, Mrs. Xu did all this because of Xu's wife. Seeing this, as soon as the mason went out, Mrs. Xu immediately took out the peach wood stick left by the old carpenter, hit the beam hard three times, and then said: "Beast, beast, go back with your master quickly."
Mrs. Xu later heard that the mason was inexplicably violent on his way back. Dead.
It turned out that the old carpenter had already noticed the mason's tricks, and he deliberately made the door very tight, just to make a harsh sound like a dragon's roar when closing the door, frightening the paper tiger so that it would not dare to come out and harm the lives of the Xu family.
The purpose of that peach wood stick is to drive away the paper tiger when the mason comes, so that it can bite back its master
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