Chapter 25 Education does not only start from dolls
Seeing the old Taoist leisurely admiring the moon, Zhao Ran said angrily: "Zhang Laodao, you are very comfortable, hiding here and being lazy, but you made it easy for me to find you!" As he said this, he slipped along the gap in the boulder.
Come down.
Zhang Laodao smiled: "You kid, you are not talking big or small, but you come to disturb Lao Dao's interest. Tell me, what do you want from me? Lao Dao is in a good mood today, and I can consider helping you."
When Zhao Ran heard this, his face showed disdain: "Come on, I'm a wise man. When you talk to someone, be careful and don't draw the bowstring too full. Didn't your master teach you? Don't agree to anything easily. If you really don't touch it,
If you get on top but shrink your neck and hide, you will be laughed at for nothing!"
Zhang Laodao rolled his eyes, sat up, pointed at Zhao Ran and scolded with a smile: "You brat, you actually used aggressive methods on Lao Dao. Well, it seems that you really have something wrong, and it's not easy! Forget it, Lao Dao, I'll listen to you.
Just a word of advice from me, just pretend you didn’t hear what I just said.”
Zhao Ran was at a loss for words, cursing in his stomach, but his face showed no expression, as if he knew everything. He just changed the subject and asked: "Old Zhang, I heard that you don't live in the living room these days, and you hang around all day long.
But it turned out that I hid here to enjoy the peace and quiet. The scenery here is not bad... Well, you built this little hut?"
This sentence scratched the old Taoist's itch. Zhang Laodao stood up and walked around the hut, as if he were admiring a masterpiece. He said happily: "Yes, the construction was just completed today. It took a lot of time."
The old Taoist has a lot of hard work in water grinding. Boy, what do you think of the blessed land of the old Taoist?"
A shabby thatched hut that was no taller than a person was crookedly built on a few wooden forks. It was surrounded by wind and looked as if it would fall apart if the wind blew it. However, this old man claimed that it was a "blessed place and cave." Zhao Ran couldn't help but
He laughed for a long time and then nodded pretendingly: "It is indeed a place of gods and immortals, a Taoist courtyard. Although the house is small, it has its own wonders. Although the thatch is broken, it is a blessed place. Mr. Zhang, you are so clever!"
Zhang Laodao smiled so hard that his mouth was crooked, and he nodded frequently: "You still have discernment! Come on, Lao Dao will make an exception today, and I will allow you to enter my paradise to open your eyes!"
Zhao Ran laughed angrily, shook his head and refused: "Forget it, your paradise is too exquisite. I am not lucky enough to go there."
The old man thought about it and nodded in agreement: "Well, what you said makes sense. I like it very much, old man."
Seeing that it was getting late, Zhao Ran didn't want to continue talking nonsense with him, so he brought the topic back: "By the way, Zhang Laodao, you just said that if something happens, can you help me?"
Zhang Laodao picked his nose and flicked it away with his little finger. Zhao Ran was so frightened that he ducked away. He didn't take it seriously. Then he looked at Zhao Ran with a half-smile and said, "Well, as you said, Laodao's bow is a little too open."
If it's full, you have to take back some. If it's too difficult, the experienced person really won't be able to handle it."
Zhao Ran hurriedly said: "It's not difficult, it's not difficult. Not only is it not difficult, it will be of great benefit to you!"
"Oh? Tell me about it?"
"Zhang Laodao, after we said goodbye last time, some words were stuck in my throat and I couldn't spit them out quickly. Don't blame me for being too preachy. Although I am young, I also understand a truth. In this life, people should work hard to make progress. There is a saying
What do you say? When we look back on the past, we will not regret for wasting our years, nor be ashamed of doing nothing. In this way, when we are dying, we can say that I have devoted my whole life and all my energy to
, are dedicated to the greatest cause in the world: fighting for life for mankind... er, for the cause of Taoism!"
Zhang Laodao stared at Zhao Ran with a strange expression and said curiously: "Boy, what are you talking about?"
Zhao Ran spread his palms and said helplessly: "Okay, I know you may not understand. Obviously we are not thinking about the problem at the same level. Let's do this, Zhang Laodao, let me ask you a few more realistic questions: Do you want to eat it?
Do you want to eat all the delicacies from the mountains and the sea? Do you want to live in all the mansions and mansions? Do you want a BMW and a fancy car? Do you want to have wives and concubines like clouds? Well, considering your age, I will pretend that I didn’t say the last one..."
Zhang Laodao scratched his crotch, then sniffed his fingers, and said: "These are all external things. Lao Dao, I travel under the forest and springs, among the mountains and rivers, looking for the way of the unity of nature and man. What you mentioned will come
What’s the use?”
Zhao Ran said scornfully: "Pull you down! It's hard to move without money in this world. Without money, what are you going to use to travel around in the woods and springs? What are you going to use to search for such and such a way?..."
"The way of harmony between man and nature..."
"Just asking you, when you travel around, what do you eat and drink all day long?"
"Taoist temples are everywhere, and I'm an old Taoist..."
"Zhang Laodao, how old are you?"
"Looking at it, this year there should be..."
"You are in your fifties or sixties, right? You don't work all day long, you eat and drink for free. You only ask for things from society, but you make no achievements. Are you embarrassed? Are you blushing?"
"When I was young..."
"If you don't work hard when you are young, you will be so depressed when you are old. As the saying goes, if you don't work hard when you are young, you will be miserable when you are old! As the old saying goes, it is not too late to rein in the horse from the brink; the old saying goes again, the prodigal son will not change now when he turns back; the old saying goes again,
Every inch of time is worth every inch of gold! Old Taoist, it’s time for you to wake up!”
"This...what exactly do you want to say?"
Zhao Ran said with a serious face: "Old Taoist, after playing for a lifetime, it's time to calm down!"
The words left Zhang Laodao dumbfounded and speechless for a long time. Zhao Ran was very satisfied with the effect, so he kept up his efforts, took two steps forward, patted Zhang Laodao on the shoulder, and said sincerely: "You will be brave after you know your shame. It's not too late to work hard now."
.Old Taoist, it’s time to earn a share of the family fortune for yourself, so that you can spend your old age peacefully!”
Zhang Laodao was stunned for a long time, and then said: "You mean... spend your old age peacefully?"
Zhao Ran was frustrated for a while and said seriously: "Get the point! The point is, it's time for you to make some money! Do you understand? Old Taoist, don't blame me for my harsh words. Since you and I are destined, I really can't bear the thought of you not even having a coffin after your death."
No. So I decided to give you a job!"
"Ah?" Zhang Laodao was obviously surprised.
What Zhao Ran wanted was this effect, and he said pleasantly: "Old Taoist, you heard me right, I decided to give you a job opportunity! And this job makes a lot of money, ten times more than Yamashita! The job is very simple, help me clean
圊, I will pay you fifty cents for one day of scanning! Think about it, ten days is five hundred cents, and one hundred days is five cents! You only need to work for three months, which is enough for you to buy a good nanmu coffin.
!”
"Wait a minute, you mean sweeping... what are you sweeping?"
"Sweeping, moving your hands, running errands, is there anything simpler than this?..."
Before Zhao Ran finished speaking, Zhang Laodao had already jumped three feet high: "You brat, you actually asked me to sweep the house! Sweep the house? Ah? Do I look like a sweeper? Huh?"
Zhao Ran cursed in his heart, secretly thinking that you are more like a sweeper than a sweeper. No, you don't look like a sweeper, you look like a "cleaner"! Of course, he couldn't express what he was saying, but he reprimanded him seriously: "
Zhang Laodao, don't look down on sweeping, okay? I directly doubt whether you have entered the Taoism gate and don't even understand the meaning of sweeping? You just said, what kind of Tao are you pursuing? "
"The way of harmony between man and nature..."
"I'm an old Taoist, no matter what Tao you pursue, you must unite knowledge and action! Do you understand the unity of knowledge and action? Can you achieve Tao by sitting here looking at the moon all day long? Why does Taoism insist on sharpening people's character? Is that true?
The far-reaching significance is definitely not to be bored and tossing people around! As the saying goes, "The edge of a sword comes from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from bitter cold." Without sharpening, how can there be frankness? The Tao is not complicated, but simple! Simplicity to the extreme is convenient.
It is the origin of Tao!"
Zhao Ran spoke so hard that his voice became hoarse. Just as he was about to clear his throat and continue speaking, he saw Zhang Laodao seemed to be in a state of infatuation, muttering to himself: "The unity of knowledge and action... The unity of knowledge and action... The Tao is not complicated...
The Tao is not complicated...it is extremely simple, which is the origin of the Tao..."
"Zhang Laodao? Zhang Laodao?" Zhao Ran was a little worried. Didn't he say that this old Taoist was stupid? He stretched out his palm and waved it in front of Lao Dao's eyes.
"Huh? Well... Yes, that makes sense..." The old Taoist ignored Zhao Ran and started to circle around the hut, going around and around, repeating it over and over again, and then stopped suddenly and asked: "You