Chapter 10 Scene 8 Tiger father and tiger son

The man regained consciousness, and he painfully turned the palm of his left hand upwards on the hospital bed.The man's spouse reached out and took his palm, and she felt a pang of heartache when she touched his cold palm.Their gazes intertwined, and the woman nodded to the man in reply to his silent greeting. The man knew in his heart that the footsteps of the god of death were not far away from him, but all the things in front of him prevented him from dying immediately.He set himself one last task, and he had to last as long as possible to complete this task.The man had just taken the medicine, and while he was enduring the pain, he was worried that he would not be able to make it through.His son was flying in from the other side of the world to see him.The man decided to risk his life to see his son one last time, or else he would die with regret.

The man closed his eyes and fell into a half asleep state again.The past was vivid, and he felt himself traveling between the past and the present.He felt as if he had walked into the room again where he had first met his spouse, the woman who would become his life partner.He saw another pool of blood that his son had brought with him when he slid down the birth canal into the world.Yes, he also saw the obstetrics and gynecology nurse, she held up his son, said the boy's gender, and immediately told him how much this son resembled him.Immediately afterwards, the baby was wrapped and handed over to the father.He was so small, with his little wrinkled face thrown up, his lower lip quivering as if sucking on a nipple that didn't exist.This is the most exciting moment in a man's life, his own flesh and blood being held in his arms.

Thinking of this, the man opened his eyes again.He still has only his spouse by his side.After she gave birth to their firstborn, she didn't want to have another child.Men don't care about it.Since they have only one child, they don't care too much about spending. At the same time, they also need to provide the child with a comfortable living environment and sufficient funds for growth and education.On the other hand, they also found that having fewer children makes it easier to live a more prosperous life.Children who grow up in this favorable environment are also more likely to be successful when they grow up, so the time and money that parents invest in their children can return more quickly.

During the growth of the child, the man was tempted to have an affair three times.But every time he encountered this situation, he could brake in time at the last moment, because he was afraid that his family would be destroyed.Losing a spouse makes a man sad, but losing a son breaks his heart.He and his son have a very close relationship and the two have always shared everything a father and son can share.Even in adolescence when the son's temper becomes weird, the man will spend it with his son.After his son graduated from university, his career was booming, and the man felt an incomparable sense of pride in his heart.Later, he saw that his son was surrounded by a group of beautiful girls all day long, and they all wanted to attract his attention.And one of the beautiful girls ended up being his daughter-in-law.The daughter-in-law gave birth to five children, and these grandchildren flocked one after another, making the man the patriarch of the entire family.

Recalling all that happened in the past, the man felt as if he was holding up a photo of himself.In fact, there is exactly one such photo sitting next to his hospital bed now, and it has been sitting in his living room for the past few years.The picture is all the more significant after his son's continued success in his career after he moved abroad.The photo was taken by a professional photographer with his son and grandson.The man thinks the picture contains his kingdom.A man becomes amused just by talking about the photo, which represents his contribution to the world and future generations.No work of art has survived as long as his contribution.Because a man's sons and grandchildren inherit his genes.At the same time, his children and grandchildren will soon inherit his huge property.

Thinking of this, the man's heart skipped a beat when he saw a young man walk into his ward.He believed that man was his son.The son looked good, success was written on his face, and he looked extraordinarily young.The man smiles, he has finally completed the task.He's lasted long enough. The man's spouse understands that he is dead.She felt his hands getting colder.He finally passed away.The woman thought that she had already shed her tears, but unexpectedly, the tears kept rolling down.She waited a moment, then called for a nurse.The woman pondered for a while, then went outside the ward and continued to wait for her son.Two hours later, the son finally arrived.As soon as they met, the mother told her son the sad news. Then, the two walked into the ward together and stood side by side beside the man who had completely turned cold.The mother wanted to comfort her son, and she tried to tell her son everything about the man's deathbed.The last time her father regained consciousness, she said, there was constant talk about him and the family.

The son cried loudly.He cursed the delayed flight and the traffic jams on the road.The son also didn't care about whether he would regret it in the future. He suddenly lost his reason, yelled at his mother, and accused her of infidelity. When he thought of his mother's secret, he felt sad.She almost made him suffer for ten years, and also made him feel heavy for ten years. This kind of psychological burden was so heavy that he had to choose to emigrate.The most unforgiving thing a son can do to his mother is that she made him hate himself to this day.During his long journey home, he kept asking himself: Why am I so worried?He is not my real father.

Throughout this book we have introduced men and women who have had affairs to enhance their reproductive success.However, in any case, an affair must be considered a beneficial behavior under the premise of "less costs bring more benefits". In this chapter, let's discuss the price you must pay when you have an affair.We will use examples from Scene 8 to Scene 11 to illustrate the price that must be paid and the harm caused by the affair.Men and women who have had affairs may face some risks, and their spouses may face other risks.Scene 8, the first of this chapter, shows how a male can be tricked into unknowingly raising another male's offspring.

Often, when we see a newborn baby for the first time, we're preoccupied with finding some resemblance between the baby and the father's appearance.But are such comments and comparisons correct?It's hard to tell.For example, the obstetrics nurse in scene 8, although she made an incorrect comment about the newborn, the man felt relieved to hear her comment.For the man's whole life, it might have been better for him if he hadn't heard the nurse's comment in the first place, because then he could recognize his situation and try to improve it. From a genetic standpoint, the deceased man was a loser in the brutal race to reproduce.He neither left his own offspring nor created a family kingdom that truly belonged to him.In the mating game of life, a man is duped by his spouse and another man he has never met.The son was brought up by him, but the other man was the son's biological father.Deceived by his spouse and the object of her affair, a man who devotes his life to expecting reproductive results only to raise someone else's offspring.All that a man does unwittingly is like a cuckoo bird tricking a bird into helping him raise a huge chick.

From the perspective of reproductive principles, even if the man had not been deceived, his reproductive strategy of deciding to have only one child is beyond reproach.According to recent research, all things being equal, increasing personal wealth to invest more in each child, or having more children, yields the same reproductive outcomes.Because if each child receives more investment from their parents, they will have more survival advantages, and they will be more likely to have wealth and health than others, and they will also attract more opposite sexes.And judging from the results, the more parents invest in their children, the more offspring they can produce.

Judging from the above conclusions, having a boy can be regarded as a very cost-effective investment.Boys with superior wealth and health are more likely to have the opportunity to ejaculate inside a woman before choosing a long-term partner. They are more likely than others to pursue attractive, fertile and loyal partners. Easier to get the chance to have an affair.In addition to having children and grandchildren with long-term partners, these boys may also have "satellite" children with other women, and in most cases, they can also trick other men into raising children for him. Only those who maintain the best balance between the pursuit of wealth and status and the reproduction of offspring can obtain the highest reproductive results.This principle applies to both African shepherds and Western industrialists.Even with other animals, the same principle holds true.For example, on the one hand, the male bird maintains its sphere of influence to ensure that the chicks are fed, and on the other hand, it does not forget to look for opportunities to mate at any time.Of course, the optimal balance is difficult to grasp.The reproductive strategy of spending too much time accumulating wealth while ignoring the time it takes to reproduce is wrong.In the same way, it is not correct to spend all your time in reproduction, so that you have no time to save wealth. This reproductive strategy is also incorrect.Because in this situation, children are likely to die due to malnutrition, or they may suffer from diseases so that they lose the ability to attract the opposite sex or reproduce offspring. From the perspective of the basic principles of investment, adopting the one-child strategy is very likely to achieve results. We have already described this point in this scenario. However, this strategy may also make mistakes.And what's worse, these mistakes are likely to have very serious consequences.For example, if the only child dies due to an accident or disease, or loses the ability to reproduce due to genetics and infection, then the one-child strategy can be said to have failed completely.And like the man in Scene 8, his one-child strategy is a complete failure. In this scenario, however, the reproductive strategy employed by the man's mate paid off.She gave birth to a son who not only survived, but did not even suffer from any serious disease.Fortunately, since he grew up in a family above the middle level of society, he has good results in both health and wealth.These conditions make him a popular object, attracting more attractive and fertile young women.As far as his mother knew, the boy may have fathered his children by many women.He might even be like his own biological father, tricking other men (like the dead man in the scene) into raising children for him.Leaving aside the "satellite" children the boy has had with other women, he has five children with his long-term partner.If the woman in the scene had given birth to more than one child, the investment per child would be reduced, and the number of grandchildren the woman would eventually be able to have would be reduced.But judging from the results, the reproductive strategy adopted by women is very correct. On the other hand, the reproductive strategy employed by the boy's biological father was also successful.He has a son with the woman in the scene and thus shares the same reproductive benefits as her.In addition, he also had children with his long-term partner, and these results gave him more reproductive benefits.The dead man in this scene has always regarded the boy as his own child and raised him. From a biological point of view, he has failed in his reproductive strategy.Because compared with the reproductive benefits enjoyed by the boy's biological father, the reproductive strategies of the two are really different.The man could have persuaded the spouse not to insist on having only one child, but the man did nothing.He could have used various opportunities for infidelity to increase his reproductive success, but he didn't take them.He could even leave his original spouse and find a new long-term partner who would give him more children, but the man still didn't take any action.For the men in this scenario, the one-child strategy was a total disaster. A man raises a boy that benefits him if he is his own, if he has the characteristics, and the way he approaches parenting.Moreover, the man and his spouse share in the rewards of his son's career success.But a boy raised by a man is not his own, and his characteristics cannot be passed on to boys from a biological point of view.According to the cruel law of natural elimination, a man's genes will gradually disappear and will never be passed on to future generations. The experience of the dead man in scene 18 is not uncommon.About 10 percent of children are not actually born to the man who claims to be their father, according to a worldwide survey of blood types.Even in such surveys conducted in advanced industrial countries in the West, the results are the same.It can be seen that we do need to use modern techniques such as DNA comparative identification (DNA fingerprinting) to conduct more extensive research.One such study currently underway is the paternity test conducted by child protection agencies.Such tests are often administered by faceless "fathers" with the primary purpose of avoiding or delaying financial aid claims from ex-spouses.According to a global report by child protection agencies, about 15% of the subjects tested were not biological fathers and children.This figure is higher than the 10% mentioned above, and we can even assume that the proportion of men who doubt the fidelity of their spouses may be higher than this figure. All test subjects to identify paternity are actually children who have already been born.In other words, if even unborn children were tested, the above-mentioned figures would surely be higher.Because a woman is likely to choose to have an abortion if a man other than her long-term partner impregnates her.Especially when the spouse already knows or is likely to find out that he is not the biological father of the child, women are more likely to choose abortion.She takes this approach mainly to avoid paying the price for the affair, which we will elaborate on in Scenes 9 and 11. So far, although we have not conducted in-depth research on the comparative identification of human DNA, we have conducted extensive investigations and studies on many "monogamous" birds.According to the survey results of different species of birds, the possibility of a male bird feeding the chicks born of other male birds is distributed between 0 and 0.5 depending on the species.This ratio is slightly higher than similar findings in humans.In other words, it is harder for male birds than humans to ensure that the offspring they raise will look like themselves.