After becoming the village head, Xu Hao's life doesn't seem to have changed, Xu Hao still stays in his blacksmith shop every day, and Xu's father will come to help when he has nothing to do, but Xu Hao feels that he is old, and he generally doesn't let Xu's father strike iron anymore, Liu Zhixuan's tavern has a lot of people every day, Xu Hao's family's prestige in Aoki Village is too high, and the things made by Liu Zhixuan and Li Carpenter's daughter-in-law are really delicious, so there is always an endless stream of people who come to eat.

Liu Zhixuan is tired every day, don't want it, every day after the tavern closes, take a shower and fall asleep, and then Xu's mother can't stand it anymore, so she takes the initiative to help in the tavern, which makes Liu Zhixuan's pressure much lighter.

The days passed, Xu's father and mother are getting older, Xu Hao has also entered middle age, Xiao Xu has grown up, his personality follows Xu Hao, very calm, and the learning ability is very strong, reading is always unforgettable, but Xiao Xu promise seems to have little interest in iron, but Xu Hao did not want to let him inherit his blacksmith shop, Xu Hao has received a lot of apprentices over the years, some simple things they can build themselves, Xu Hao is also happy to be idle, his daily hobby is to go around the village with his hands behind his back, to see if the village is stable and harmonious, and when he comes back, he will go to his own tavern to lie on the rocking chair and sleep, and he especially likes the fruit wine brewed by Liu Zhixuan, he has to drink a small pot every day, the days are very comfortable, and nothing major happens in Aoki Village, so ten years have passed in a blink of an eye.

Xu's father and mother are even older, and Xiao Xu has also reached the age of catching up with the exam, Liu Zhixuan brought a lot of money to Xiao Xu early and brought a lot of things he likes to eat, in the caring eyes of a large family, Xu Xu rode the horse at home to catch the exam, without Xiao Xu Promise, the family seems to be a lot colder, but then again, the body of the crazy old man Xu Hao picked up last time is still very good, sixteen years have passed, he has not changed at all, but Xu Hao's parents are getting older day by day, the two of them are now completely used to it in Aoki Village, who knows everything about itEvery day, Father Xu would go to the big locust tree at the entrance of the village to play chess with the old men in the village.

The days fly by, winter is coming in a blink of an eye, this year's winter seems to be full of parting, in a college rush, Xu's mother is gone, she walks very peacefully, with a smile on her face, Xu Hao's family began to bury Xu's mother, Xu's mother liked Xiao Xu the most before her death, but now Xiao Xu promised to take the exam, the dead are big, Xu Hao buried Xu's mother, looking back on Xu's mother's life, she is a very traditional village woman, in her eyes nothing is famous, although she has done a lot of wrong things before, but those are nothing compared to the grace of parenting。

In front of Xu's mother's grave, the crazy old man sighed and said seriously: "It's true, it's false, it's false, it's illusory, it's illusory, what is it? What is the way? What is the law? The way of nature, the way of truth and falsehood, hahaha, enlightenment, enlightenment." With that, the crazy old man left alone.

Xu Hao looked at the crazy old man and suddenly seemed to understand something, but now he can't think too much, his mother is gone, and he is dying, although this is already a good result, but Xu Hao's heart still feels very sad, no matter how old a person is, as long as his mother is still there, he will always be a child, and now that his mother is gone, Xu Hao seems to have experienced it all of a sudden

A layer of metamorphosis.

Since Xu's mother left, Xu's father seems to have become a lot lonely, the two of them have been arguing and shouting for a lifetime, and now Xu's mother is suddenly gone, Xu's father is very uncomfortable, but he is also a very strong person, he still goes to the village every day to play chess, and he is still happy every day, but he rarely goes home, Xu Hao knows that this is because his mother is gone, and his father will think of his mother as soon as he comes home, so he is reluctant to go home, he must be sad in his heart, and Xu Hao has nothing to do about this matter, but to go to Xu's father's house several times a day。

Xu's father's house is very tidy, Liu Zhixuan will come to clean every day, unconsciously the second spring will come, that day is still so ordinary, Xu Hao is lying on the rocking chair to rest, a column of horses came, the horse team is very long, everyone is wearing black and red clothes, the horse team is so big, causing the whole Aoki Village people to come to see the lively, this team of people went straight to Xu Ji Tavern, there are two people in the horse team, a man and a woman, the man is handsome and capable, the woman is beautiful and moving, both of them are wearing a big red robe, that temperament is really a spring breeze proud horseshoe disease, one day to see all the Chang'an flowers。

The horse team stopped when they arrived at Xu Ji's blacksmith shop, the man was the promise of high school, at this time, the people of the team shouted horse neighing of course woke up Xu Hao, Xu Hao squinted at the person wearing the champion robe, he couldn't help laughing, this kid didn't embarrass himself, he actually went to high school, Liu Zhixuan and others who heard the movement also rushed out, Liu Zhixuan stared at Xu Yue and looked, obviously very satisfied with her son's dress, when she saw the woman next to Xu Yue, she couldn't help but be happy, this time the exam was really not in vain, not only high school, but also brought back a daughter-in-law back, and immediately Liu Zhixuan put the promise aside, she grabbed the hand of the woman next to her and asked for warmth.

The woman's name is Xia Bing, she and Xu Promise are the champions in parallel, the two of them have their own opinions on the articles, but they are very outstanding, even the examiner can't tell the difference, and finally the person in power ordered, the two of them are tied this year, Xu Promise and Xia Bing are two proud people, they are very surprised when they see someone who can be side by side with themselves, after the two of them met, they began a set of debates, who can convince whom, who is higher, but the two of them said that the public is reasonable, and the mother says that the mother is reasonable, so that the promise took Xia Bing to Aoki Village, and the two decided to debate for three days and three nights。

Xia Bing looked at Liu Zhixuan, who had an enthusiastic face, and her expression was very stunned, but she also secretly marveled at Liu Zhixuan's appearance, she had long heard the promise say how good-looking his mother was, she originally thought that the promise was bragging, but she didn't expect Liu Zhixuan to be really so good-looking, even those palace concubines can't compare, Xia Bing is the only daughter of a prince, she is naturally beautiful and has a smart head, but now after seeing Liu Zhixuan, she actually feels ashamed.

Xu Hao had already secretly told Xu Hao the origin of Xia Bing, Xu Hao smiled secretly, this kid really has two hits, he likes people if he likes them, he doesn't dare to say it, he doesn't dare to say that he dares to deceive people into his home, he really has his own style.

Xu Hao hurriedly beckoned everyone in, and there was a reward of 100 taels of gold for the top prize, and he promised to give all these to Liu Zhixuan, Liu Zhixuan cheered and happily went to hide the money.

At dinner in the evening, the whole family gathered, and at this time Xu Promise learned that his grandmother had passed away, and his grandmother had always been very good to him, and now he died suddenly, and Xu Promise was still very sad in his heart.

Xu Hao saw the heart of the promise, and he said: "Okay, the dead have passed away, what we should do now is to cherish the people in front of us, you might as well tell me the topic of your exam essay this time, maybe I can have a little unique insight." ”

"Okay, Uncle Xu, the question of our exam this time is what is the Tao, explain your understanding of the Tao, and talk about what your Tao is. Xia Bing also saw the awkward atmosphere on the table and hurriedly said.

Xu Hao's heart was shocked, he instantly remembered the dream he had when he was a child, in the dream he became an immortal, more than one person asked him this question, his answer is still remembered, his heart also feels very strange, what kind of dream can make him remember for so many years, I still remember that day I woke up and my parents told me that I fell from the mountain and had been in a coma for three days, but why didn't I have any memory at all?

Xu Hao thought for a while and said: " I had a dream a long time ago, in that dream someone also asked me this question, I answered at the time that the Tao is freedom, the Tao is the direction, the Tao is the scenery along the journey, and later I feel that these words are a little inconsistent with me, I feel that the Tao is to guard, to protect everything around me, to protect what I want, but after your grandmother died, I felt that the Tao is innocent, the illusory is illusory after all, only the present is true, but this is really possible to become illusory, so let the illusory become true, let the real not be illusory is my way！”

"What are you talking about? What is it that is really fake, what is it that is true, what is true, you are all dizzying me. Liu Zhixuan glanced at Xu Hao and said.

"You may not understand what I say, but in my eyes, you must be true, and will always be true. Xu Hao took Liu Zhixuan's hand and said.

Just as Xu Hao and Liu Zhixuan looked at each other, the crazy old man who was eating next to him slapped the table and said: "Okay! That's right, the Tao is natural, illusory and innocent, and at a young age, he understands the Dao of Truth and Falsehood to this level, very good, very good!" Everyone was accustomed to this crazy old man, so everyone ignored him.

"What Uncle Xu said is very good, no wonder Xu Promise is so outstanding, it turns out that Uncle Xu and Aunt Xu are not mortals, I admire it, even if I lose the battle between me and Xu Hao this time, but I didn't lose to Xu Promise, but to Uncle Xu!" Xia Bing stood up and bowed to Xu Hao to the end.

Xu Hao hurriedly helped Xia Bing up and said: "Miss Xia doesn't have to be like this, I'm just talking nonsense, Xu Promise is actually good at more than just reading, he has a lot of good things, you can talk about it, there is a place in the back mountain that is very beautiful, and you can look up at the endless starry sky at night, and let Xu Promise take you to see it after a while, it will definitely make you feel worthwhile,"

"Okay, Uncle Xu, I like those stars and moons and things like that, so I will have to work for you. Xia Bing bowed to everyone again.

Liu Zhixuan looked at Xia Bing and couldn't help but smile, she secretly gave Xu Hao a thumbs up, obviously very satisfied with Xu Hao's method.