"You know what? I once heard a very interesting story."

Early that morning, Peter woke up early and found that Catherine had already gotten up to take care of her sick daughter Sophia, so the two had breakfast together.

"Really? What is the interesting story? ”

Catherine seemed to have something on her mind, and was stunned for a moment before replying to Peter, but Peter didn't care.

"The story goes that once upon a time there was a very poor family, how poor was it, the head of the family who was so poor that the old father, who was the most able to work and farm, often had to eat rotten black apples. One day, the youngest child in the family asked the old father, "Why does Dad eat black apples more than you?" There's an apple next to it that isn't black? A black apple is a rotten apple, you know. His old father said this, because, even black apples are not rotten, of course, they can be eaten, so Dad will eat black apples. What do you think? This story is interesting, right? ”

"Hmm... It's kind of an interesting story. It's just that, since the family is so poor, why should they eat fruit instead of saving money to do something other beneficial? ”

Catherine rolled her eyes in disdain, and thought to herself, what a boring story, terrible.

"That's all for later, but I'm not done yet."

Peter giggled as he spread the chocolate sauce on the bread.

After hearing the old father's answer, the youngest child said that since there are black apples and non-black apples, you should eat the non-black apples first, so that the first thing you can eat is a good apple! But if you eat black apples first, the apples that didn't turn black may also turn black one after another, so what's the point of doing so? Father, do you just want to eat black apples? ”

"Oh, this kid doesn't understand his father too much, his father obviously wants to keep the good apples for the children, and keep the bad black apples for himself, so that he can save money"

Catherine fully exudes the radiance of motherhood.

"Hehe, that's how the old father replied to the child"

Peter said noncommittally.

"But ah, the old father in this story has a few problems to pay attention to."

Immediately afterward, he changed his mind again.

"First of all, it's why there are black apples. If the apples are eaten quickly, then there will be no black apples, but there will always be black apples in their house, that is, they will always have a lot of apples in their house, why is that? In fact, this can be due to poverty. Because the apples sold in the market are definitely the most expensive when they are the freshest and most delicious, but some apples do not sell well, such as bumps and bruises on the surface of apples during transportation and storage, such apples are often sold at a reduced price, and the people who buy these apples are often poor. In other words, the apples that my father bought home were more likely to turn into black apples than normal apples. In addition, apples that are sold at a reduced price are usually sold together rather than one or two, and the poor have to buy a lot of apples that will soon turn black in order to get cheaper."

"Your Highness, where did you hear this story? I've never experienced anything like this."

Although Catherine came from a modest German aristocratic family, she was not poor enough to eat discounted black apples, so she was quite suspicious of Peter's story.

"It's all hearsay, don't you interrupt yet, okay?"

"Okay, Your Highness, please continue"

"Well, then, the old father brought the apples home, but there were still apples that had not been eaten before the black apples appeared. Let's not talk about how many people and children there are in their family, if they know that there are many apples that will turn black and spoil, but they don't eat them in various ways before they turn black, but every time they turn black, what is the point of buying apples like the child asked? ”

"Maybe it's because a father loves his children."

Catherine pouted at Peter, who was looking at her.

"There are many ways to love children, and even if the intentions are good, as you just asked, why can't the old father save up money and do something else that will improve the poverty situation of the family? Why do you have to buy apples that will soon turn black and rot? ”

"What exactly are you trying to say, Your Highness? How do I feel like you're talking? ”

"Hehe, you'll understand when I finish the last question"

"Okay, then I'll continue to listen."

"Uh, where did I just go? Oh yes, and then there was the question from the youngest child, why did the old father eat the black apples instead of the good apples when there were good apples and black rotten apples, and no one else in the family could eat all the apples? If you eat a black apple first, a new black apple will appear soon, but if you eat a good apple first, even if all the black apples are rotten, the number of new black apples will be reduced, because some of the apples are eaten before they turn black. That is to say, whether it is for the sake of taste or saving money, you should eat good apples first, which is a truth that even the youngest and youngest children can understand, but the old father does not understand, and always stubbornly insist, and instills in his children in the name of fatherly love, so only the youngest children will question their father, and the other children have all acquiesced to this strange behavior. Let's ask, is it the loss of the old father that the good apple turns black, or the loss of the black apple that is completely inedible? ”

"Well, of course, the loss of good apples turning black is greater."

Catherine thought that Peter was trying to trap herself, so she hesitated.

"Yes, but the old father is always concerned about the loss of throwing away a black apple, and would rather take the risk of other good apples turning black, and this risk is still very large, but he still wants to reduce the loss of even one bite of the black apple. This is the thinking of the poor! For people like the old father, throwing it away is the biggest waste, and spoiling it is not, it is more important to eat it than to eat it, so the old father will never enjoy the delicious taste of good apples, and he will always do the unlucky cycle of only buying bad apples and eating black apples, and any good things will drop in price until they are broken."

"Hmm... Sounds like it makes a lot of sense."

Catherine's beautiful eyes turned back and forth, as if she had entered thinking mode.

"So, tell me, what is your black apple?"

Peter finally asked meaningfully.

"My... Black apples? What does it mean? ”

Catherine muttered in disbelief.