The days flew by, and another month passed in a blink of an eye, promising to run to Xia Bing's house if he had nothing to do, with the efforts of Xu Hao's family, Xia Bing finally agreed to stay, the matter of the two of them is just a matter of time, that is, Xia Bing's father is a prince, and there may be some problems later, but Xu Promise has already become the new champion, and the future is limitless, so the two of them are also a good match.

The promise has been decided, Xu Hao's family is more prestigious in the village, Xu Hao is the first person in the history of Aoki Village to be admitted to the top prize, and the status of the Xu family has also risen, but Xu Hao does not let the promise be too public, they are all relatives in his village, it is not good to make himself so high, Xu Yu is also a sensible person, so he let those who came with him go back, and everything is as usual, so that the people in the village dare to come to the Xu family.

Within a few days, Xia Bing's father sent someone to pick up Xia Bing back, Xu Hao asked Xu to go back with him, personally go to propose marriage to the prince, and then come back when he got married, hold a wedding in the village, and also hold a wedding in the capital, Xu Hao was not going to make a big fuss, but Xu Hao insisted on doing it, he said that such a child must be a little grander, Xu Xu thought about it and agreed.

It didn't take long, it only took more than three months for the two of them to come back, and Xu Promise had already held a wedding ceremony with Xia Bing over there, but did they have to hold it once in Aoki Village, this was Xu Hao and Liu Zhixuan's idea, Xu Promise and Xia Bing were both obedient children, so they came back.

During the wedding, all the dishes in Xu Ji Tavern were discounted by three days within three days, and the business of the blacksmith shop was also discounted by five, and now there are several apprentices called by Xu Hao who do not need Xu Hao to do it at all, and at the promised wedding ceremony, not only the people from Aoki Village came, but even the people from several nearby villages also came, but no matter how many people came, as long as they came to congratulate the gift, Xu Hao greeted him with a smile.

The wedding lasted for seven days in a row, which was unprecedented in Aoki Village, and the people in the village secretly admired Xu Hao, and it took more than 20 years to develop into the most prosperous family in Aoki Village.

After the wedding ceremony, they promised to take Xia Bing to travel, they said that the northern Xinjiang is very big, they want to go to see, Xu Hao did not stop it, and the knowledge of traveling through the mountains and rivers has also grown a lot, let them go if they want to go.

This time Xia Bing brought a lot of dowry, a whole eight boxes, gold and silver treasures, silk and satin, what do you want, with these Xu Hao's family for a long time no longer have to think about money, Xu Hao's heart also rose to the idea of traveling, but there are still so many people in the family who need him and Liu Zhixuan to take care of, Xu Hao really couldn't leave for a while, and the idea of traveling was shelved by Xu Hao.

Year after year, just like that, five years have passed, Xu Hao has been an official in the court, and has Xia Bing's father as a backstage, almost a step a year, and now he is an official is already very big, and Xu Hao is persuaded to take a large family to live in the capital every time he writes a letter, but Xu Hao did not agree, he doesn't like that kind of life, Xu Hao wants this kind of life.

One night in winter, Xu's father did not come to eat, Xu Hao went to his room to see, and found that he was not in the room, he went to the village to find Xu's father, but Xu's father was not in the village, I heard the old man at the village entrance said that he had not seen Xu's father all day, Xu Hao was in a hurry, he hurriedly asked a large family to come out to find Xu's father, and then Xu Hao found Xu's father on the back mountain, that place was where Xu's mother's grave was located, Xu's father leaned there, still holding a pot of wine in his hand, and the corners of his mouth were still smiling, he had fallen asleep forever.

Xu Hao buried his father and mother together, looking back at his life, his life has been very good, very satisfied, and now there is nothing to hinder Xu Hao in Aoki Village, Xu Hao simply collected

Picked it up, he and Liu Zhixuan briefly discussed, he also wanted to take Liu Zhixuan out for a trip, Liu Zhixuan was still a little nervous, the two of them grew up in northern Xinjiang since they were children, and they really haven't gone out to play until now, they have long heard how beautiful the outside world is, and now they can finally go out to see.

For this matter, Liu Zhixuan was excited all night, she packed a lot of things, Xu Hao couldn't help but feel a little funny when she saw it: "Let's not go out to escape the famine, but to play, okay? Why do you bring so many things? Just bring the money." ”

The two of them went out with enough money for the two of them, the blacksmith shop had their own apprentices to take care of, the tavern was taken care of by Li Carpenter's daughter-in-law, and every night the whole family ate together, Wang Sichun's family also lived next door to Xu Hao's house, and their family of three had to eat with Xu Hao and them every day, the crazy old man had not changed for so many years, it was still like Xu Hao had just picked him up, the cattle and sheep in Xu Hao's family had been taken care of by him in the past two years, and there was no major problem, there was an old man in the family, Xu Hao had already instructed Wang Sichun and Li Carpenter to take care of him。

In this way, Xu Hao took Liu Zhixuan out to travel, the two of them rode a horse together, Liu Zhixuan listened to Xu Hao all the way, but she seemed to have a great interest in eating this aspect, Liu Zhixuan had to eat a lot of local snacks every time she went to a place, the two of them seemed to have returned to her youth, Liu Zhixuan seemed to have returned to her girlhood, she would sometimes stay there for a string of sugar gourds, Xu Hao had no choice but to buy it for her.

The two spent five years to travel all over the famous mountains and rivers in northern Xinjiang, all kinds of ancient temples have the footprints of the two of them, Liu Zhixuan seems to believe in Buddhism, she often tells Xu Hao the story of the Buddha's disciple Ananda Buddha, legend has it that the Buddha has ten disciples, ten of which are the well-known golden cicadas, seven of which are the Ananda Buddha, legend has it that Ananda Buddha saw a woman on the road when he was about to become a Buddha, and since then he fell in love at first sight, never forget, he said to the Buddha I don't want to become a Buddha, I want to find the woman, the Buddha said: " The two of you can't be together. Ananda said, "I would like to be turned into a stone bridge, which will be blown by the wind for 500 years, beaten by the rain for 500 years, and exposed to the sun for 500 years, and I will only want to see her walk across the bridge every day." ”

Liu Zhixuan was still eating candied fruit in her mouth when she said it, and her tears were still flowing when she said it, Xu Hao had no choice but to persuade: "That's all fake, how can there be any Buddha in this world, immortals, it's all made up by people to deceive a little fool like you." ”

"Hmph!" After listening to what Xu Hao said, Liu Zhixuan rolled her eyes angrily, she said that Ananda Buddha would be her idol in the future, Xu Hao actually said Ananda like that, Liu Zhixuan decided to ignore Xu Hao for several days, but that night Xu Hao told Liu Zhixuan several ghost stories in a row, and Liu Zhixuan was so frightened that she hid in Xu Hao's arms and didn't dare to come out.

Waiting for Xu Hao and Liu Zhixuan to play all over the northern Xinjiang, the two of them are ready to go back, along the way Liu Zhixuan can be regarded as eating all kinds of delicious food, and she also secretly learned a lot of people's snack making, Liu Zhixuan said that she wants to make these snacks in her own tavern for the people of Aoki Village to eat, they have never been out of Aoki Village, and they will definitely like these snacks when they bring them back.

And Liu Zhixuan also bought a lot of things, all of which were gifts for Wang Sichun and Li Carpenter, Xu Hao did not stop him, his life was very short, and he was in a hurry for decades, and Liu Zhixuan could do whatever he liked.

The two returned to Aoki Village, the village has not changed much, it is still the way it was before, the strange things that Liu Zhixuan brought back made people very surprised, the mink coat and good rouge gouache she brought to Carpenter Li's daughter-in-law made Carpenter's daughter-in-law happy for a long time, Xu Hao also brought similar things to Wang Sichun's daughter-in-law, in short, everyone has gifts, impartial, and everyone gets things of poor value

Not much, but they all like it.

Liu Zhixuan made a lot of snacks outside in the tavern, and there were many people who came to taste it, especially the children in the village liked to eat Liu Zhixuan's food, and after a short ripple, it entered the usual waves, Xu Hao had nothing to do every day, and he was bored and even began to mess with the crazy old man, the crazy old man would say a lot of things to him that he didn't understand, what a god, a fairy, he also let Xu Hao carry a lot of things, and handed Xu Hao several strange seals, Xu Hao originally disdained this, but he couldn't resist the crazy old man, so he had to pretend to memorize themAfter a while, Xu Hao felt bored, he began to read, read a lot of books, the days passed year by year, the old people in the village began to die one by one, everyone died Xu Hao will go to take a look, birth, old age, sickness and death are human nature, Xu Hao has unconsciously experienced most of his life, and his sun is about to end.

One night at dinner, the crazy old man told Xu Hao a lot, he said that he already understood what the Tao was, thanks to Xu Hao for so many years of care, he should have stepped into the realm of returning to ruins, but he had turned into a part of this world, he also said that he hoped that Xu Hao would wake up as soon as possible, otherwise sooner or later he would be the same as his own fate, and become a person who everyone was drunk and he woke up alone, after saying this, the crazy old man was not breathing, Xu Hao didn't have time to grieve, he quickly asked Wang Sichun to make a good coffin and then buried him on the back mountain, sleeping with his parents。

Xu Hao has seen too many lives and deaths, and the hunter who had a very good relationship with Xu Hao a few days ago also died, and Carpenter Li is also bedridden, obviously time is running out.

It's another winter, Carpenter Li closed his eyes forever, he was still talking to Xu Hao when he died, and it was also this winter that Liu Zhixuan also fell ill, Xu Hao seemed to suddenly understand his father's mood at that time, Xu Hao stopped everything, he accompanied Liu Zhixuan every day, and said a lot of things to her every day, and the promise came back, he had reached the position above 10,000 people under one person, but his mother's illness also made him look like a child who didn't know what to do.

One quiet night, Liu Zhixuan fell asleep, her hands lost their temperature, Xu Yue and Xia Bing and others all cried loudly, Xu Hao sighed and seemed to be self-enlightened, and seemed to persuade Xu Yue and others: "Life and death are human nature, a person's life is like the sun, the first life is like the morning, middle age is like noon, dusk is like old age, and death is the sun going down, but tomorrow morning the sun will rise and fall, this is reincarnation!"

Xu Hao buried Liu Zhixuan in the back mountain, and also chose a cemetery for himself, his heart was very sad, very lonely, very sad, he didn't want to go home, because there was Liu Zhixuan's shadow in every corner of the house, her voice and smile were still echoing in his mind, Xu Hao's heart has been thinking about what is life, what is death, what is true, what is false, he lies on the rocking chair in the tavern every day, thinking about life, Xu promised to have resigned, he and Xia Bing returned to Aoki Village, and took over everything from Xu Hao and Liu Zhixuan.

Xu Hao will go to the back mountain every day, he will talk a lot to Liu Zhixuan, Liu Zhixuan's fruit wine can no longer be drunk, every time he thinks of this, Xu Hao's heart is very sad, the people in the past may have passed, but the living people will never be able to pass.

Xu Hao also closed his eyes, just on the back mountain, like his father, holding a pot of wine in his hand, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and two lines of tears in his eyes, he felt that he had become very light and light, floating towards the sky, he also saw Xu Yu and others kneeling in front of him and crying loudly, at this moment he finally understood what was true, what was false, what was life, and what was death.

Suddenly, a voice sounded in Xu Hao's heart: "I am the soul of the altar, you tell me now, do you really understand?"