In a small mountain village, a stranger suddenly came one day. The stranger was wearing a shabby robe. He walked in the village for two days, and then asked the villagers for water. The villagers were curious about his origin and asked him what he did and where he came from. The Taoist priest didn't say the purpose, but just smiled and shook his head, saying that he had been practicing in the mountains with his master since childhood. Now that the master is dead, he has come out to see the world for himself, and there is no purpose. The villagers won't ask.
But what makes the villagers curious is that the Taoist priest stayed in the village. He expanded a piece of land behind the village and built a hut. When the Taoist priest first arrived in the village, the villagers saw him in his thirties. I didn't expect him to live here until he died.
This Taoist priest can't chase ghosts. His biggest hobby on weekdays is playing chess with people. All the men, women and children in the village have played chess with him, and he doesn't care if his opponent will play chess or not, and he will win or lose 50-50 with everyone. Gradually, the Taoist priest became a freak in the village, but people gradually got used to his existence. Then one day, after playing chess with others, the Taoist priest suddenly confessed his funeral, saying that he hoped someone would help him bury him simply after his death, and someone would come to collect the body later.
A few days later, the Taoist priest really died. The old man in the village called all the people together and simply cleaned up the Taoist priest and buried him. Two years later, an old Taoist came to the mountain village. The old Taoist priest went to the village, looked at it a few times and asked if anyone had seen the Taoist priest. So the villagers took the old Taoist priest to his grave. The old Taoist priest asked everyone to help him dig his grave. He wants to send his friend's body back to his hometown. People have been curious about his origin, and the old Taoist finally said it.
It turns out that both of them are apprentices of a former chess master. Both of them are keen on chess and have no other hobbies. Since the death of their master, the old Taoist priests have joined the WTO to play chess with the world, while the dead Taoist priests have chosen to wander around. The old man in the village remembered what the Taoist priest once said when playing chess: you are invincible when you leave the hole, and you have to forgive others. It suddenly dawned on everyone that it was no wonder that his chess game with everyone turned out to be 50-50.