In ancient times, there was a saying among the people that "a dog cannot live for eight years and a chicken cannot live for six years."
It means that domestic dogs raised by ordinary people in their homes must be released into the wilderness after eight years and left to fend for themselves.
The chickens raised must be slaughtered and eaten after six years.
Otherwise, over time, domestic animals will become familiar with people's behavioral habits and imitate them, and they will feel it in their hearts, and strange things will inevitably happen.
In the past, there were endless legends like this.
The story of "the chicken does not last for six years" was mentioned in "The Wrath of the Ghost Blowing the Lamp" in Qing Xiangxi.
The story of "the dog has been without eight years" can be found in the journals of the Qing Dynasty.
It is said that there was a carpenter who was well-known for his superb woodcraft and exquisite workmanship.
People from far and near came to him to build bed cabinets and furniture for their homes.
One day an employer came and asked the carpenter to build a set of furniture for his daughter as a dowry.
After the two parties agreed on the price, the carpenter followed the employer to the home.
He saw the owner's courtyard was deep and wide, and knew that the food and housing conditions would be relatively good.
Not bad, I was secretly happy.
There is a big black dog in the yard of this owner's house.
This dog is extremely large, with deep and sharp eyes, and its black hair is smooth and bright.
When the carpenter saw that the dog was tall and strong, he felt a little frightened, so he took a few more glances.
When the employer saw that the carpenter was afraid of dogs, he said, "This is my guard dog.
It has been here for eight or nine years.
It has always been tame and does not hurt anyone.
Master, don't worry."
After saying this, he greeted the servants and cleaned out a large room.
Gave it to the carpenter as a place to live.
After the carpenter moved into the big house, he got up early and stayed up late every day to carefully build furniture.
When the employer saw that the carpenter was conscientious and meticulous, and because of his reputation and excellent skills, he would ask the kitchen to open a small stove for the carpenter to cook more meat for three meals a day to replenish his strength.
According to the custom in the countryside, after preparing the meal every day, the meal will be placed in a bamboo basket, and then hung on a wooden beam with a rope to prevent it from being eaten by rats.
When the carpenter is finished, he will go into the house to untie the rope and put it down.
You can eat and drink from a bamboo basket.
This continued for several days, but the good times did not last long.
One evening, the carpenter came back from work and found that the dishes were still in the basket, but they were all empty.
It was probably that the employer was a money man, and he felt distressed by having three good meals a day, so he deliberately skipped meals in order to reduce his expenses.
The more the carpenter thought about it, the angrier he became, and finally he went angrily to seek justice.
However, he inquired with his servants and his employer, and they all said that there was no such thing.
No one could neglect the handicraftsmen.
The food had been put away at first, and there was no deduction or deduction.
The carpenter suffered a loss and had no choice but to return to the house with a sigh of relief.
But in the next few days, when he came back from work at night, there was still no food in the bamboo basket.
The carpenter secretly made up his mind to hide and see if his master had delivered the food on time.
The carpenter suspected that his employer had deprived him of food because of his financial obsession.
Just before dinner one day, he hid behind the trees outside the house and took a peek.
Sure enough, I saw a maid bringing the food, putting it in a bamboo basket, hanging it on the beam, closing the door and leaving.
The carpenter gave up his doubts and was about to come out from behind the tree and enter the house to eat when he suddenly found the big black dog walking over quietly.
It stood up like a human, pushed open the door with its paws and walked into the house.
The carpenter knew something was fishy, so he did not disturb the dog and continued to peek.
After seeing the black dog entering the house, he looked around to make sure no one was there.
Then he pushed a wooden stool next to the table under the bamboo basket, and then He stood up and jumped onto the wooden bench.
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He raised his front legs and stood up like a human being.
It grabbed the bamboo basket with its front paws, put its head into the basket, and ate all the food in an instant.
After eating, he jumped back to the ground, gently pushed the wooden stool back to its original place, then strolled out of the big house, closed the door and left. no trace The carpenter suddenly realized what happened when he saw this.
He was so angry that he immediately ran to his employer and told the story exactly.
The employer didn't quite believe it after hearing this, thinking that the carpenter was lying and just wanted to make excuses.
Seeing that his employer didn't believe him, the carpenter asked his employer to go with him to find the black dog.
The two of them came to the black kennel one after another, and saw the black dog sleeping soundly in the kennel, with leftovers from the time it ate in the mouth.
The owner immediately became furious and ordered someone to kill the black dog.
After leaving home, the matter was settled.
He thought everything would be safe from now on, but seeing that the construction period was coming to an end, the carpenter was very tired after a long day's work.
He fell into bed and fell asleep.
Half asleep and half awake, he felt something touching him.
He thought it was a rat and quietly opened his eyes.
Looking at it, I didn't expect to see the black dog dragging a bamboo pole in its mouth and gesticulating back and forth beside me, acting very sneakily.
The carpenter didn't know what the black dog wanted to do, and he was afraid that it would get angry and hurt someone.
He was so frightened that he didn't dare to say anything, so he had to continue pretending to be asleep.
After a while, the black dog finished playing with it and slipped out of the room.
The carpenter became curious and quietly got up and followed him to see what was going on.
He followed the trace and came to a wilderness.
He saw the black dog throwing the bamboo pole into a big pit and making a strange move to compare the length. , seemed to feel that the size of the pit was not enough, so he continued digging with his claws.
When the carpenter saw this scene, he was still wondering what the dog would dig a hole to bury.
Suddenly he thought about the black dog using a bamboo pole to measure his body.
He was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat and almost collapsed on the ground.
He never expected that this beast could actually He was so scheming, just because he told his employer about his stealing food, he was kicked out of the house and made homeless.
Therefore, he held a grudge and wanted to bite himself to death in the dead of night, so he dug a hole in advance to bury the body.
The carpenter ran back quickly and told the whole story.
The employer was equally shocked after hearing this, and hurriedly ordered several servants to bring sticks, knives and guns, follow the carpenter to the wilderness, and beat the black dog to death with sticks while he was still digging the hole
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