It's an idiom in China that you don't knock into a house and uncover tiles for three days.

Idiom source

Bao has two very naughty children, who drive away chickens or dogs every day, or mess up the vegetables in the field. I was so angry that I beat them every day. After being beaten, the two brothers were honest. The next day, I was still fooling around. During the wheat harvest, Bao's husband broke his leg while doing business outside and couldn't go home. The work in the field is never done in the house, and the tiles fall on Bao alone. She cuts wheat during the day and threshes at night. She is too busy to take care of her two naughty sons. After harvesting the wheat, I was so tired that I couldn't stand up. He fell asleep in bed. It rained heavily in the middle of the night and was awakened by the rain leaking from the roof. She wants to know where the water comes from. When she lit the lamp, she found that several tiles on the roof had been removed. No wonder it leaks. Bao knew that it was her two naughty sons who did it. He was so angry that he shouted at them, "OK, you two little scorpions, if you don't hit you for three days, you will go to the house and uncover the tiles." Naturally, two naughty boys were severely beaten.

Later, people used to describe children's playfulness by not playing for three days and uncovering tiles at home.