Story: Lu Ban glued wood with his tongue and spat a mouthful of phlegm for his apprentice to swallow, resulting in the loss of the craft

Everyone knows that Master Lu Ban is the grandfather of carpenters, in fact, Lu Ban is not only a carpenter, but also the grandfather of masons and tilers.

It is said that Lu Ban taught three apprentices, his old man according to their respective understanding, let the first apprentice learn stonemason, mountain split stone; let the second apprentice learn carpentry, carving beams and paintings; the third apprentice learns tile maker, the future of the wall on the tile. He told the three disciples, three people should take care of each other in the future, who left who can not build a house. The three disciples agreed in unison: I know.

However, sooner or later, the disciples will have to leave the master to earn a living independently ah, Luban said behind the scenes to the eldest disciple, I will pass this straight line to you, so as not to be as bad as the masters, to my loss of face. He passed to the stonemason straight line, is a line, open the mountain split stone, the stonemason knocked out a line in the stone, as long as a force shouted: "open!" That stone is flush in two, without having to spend a few times hand.

The big apprentice satisfied to bid farewell to the master went. Besides, the second disciple, is learning carpenter, that work is also the same can not be separated from the release line ah, but the master has passed the good family craft to the oldest, he has no statute, all day long pestering the master to be out of the apprenticeship. Now, Lu Ban also have some regrets. What should he do? He said to the second, I have already prepared a good line for you, you come to take it to go quickly, so as not to call the old three see.

The second followed the master to the home library, but saw the master gave him a bad line, have the heart not to take, for fear that even this is gone, then asked: "Master, I take this bad line how to use ah?" The master casually replied: "You put two more will not have?"

The second disciple is still reluctant to see the master busy to go, he did not go, the master to where he followed to where. Lu Ban asked: "What else have I not passed on to you?" Apprentice said: "Master, I see your old man sticking boards, stick out your tongue so a lick, with the paste sticking to the paper like a stick, you tell me this method, the apprentice can not be difficult for."

The master said, "That's my specialty, people can't learn it, you have to be sincere." The second disciple cried: "How do I heart is not sincere ah, it is the master do not see me." This kung fu master and disciple came to a bridge, master luban said: "also, I'm old, keep it is useless, why not pass it on to you." Cough, containing a mouthful of phlegm, called the apprentice: "You open your mouth and swallow, a life of use." Said "snap" sound, the mouth of sticky phlegm spit out, sticky white flowers, the second disciple look, my mother hey, so dirty, how to swallow? A hesitation, the mouth of sticky phlegm fell to the bridge, was swimming under the bridge in the water of a big fish jumped up to catch and swallowed.

After that, Lu Ban tongue lick sticky wood skills lost, carpenters sticky boards, grab the slate fish pick out its swim bladder, that is, when it swallowed the master's mouth of sticky phlegm, with the slate swim bladder boiled glue, and so far it is also the top of the sticky wood; and carpenters put the line is indeed a bad line, put a not put another, sometimes with the strength or direction of a different, popping out of the ink line is not a.

There is also the carpenter put the line is not a bad line, put one not to put another, sometimes with different strength or direction, popping out the ink line.

There is also the old three mason, do not look stubborn, the heart is quite a number, the master does not like me is not it, I look for the teacher's wife. Usually, he will foot before and after to ask for the teacher's mother's good. Waiting to see the two brothers are self-employed, he was dumbfounded, no what he ah. He said goodbye to the master and then quietly went to find the master, how things come and go said. The master is very angry, said: "old thing so biased? I give you this bottom rope." She gave Lao San the hemp rope she had been using to make the soles of her shoes. After that, the mason worked with the teacher's mother's bottom rope as a pulling line, do not believe you look closely.