Dad why do you work ?

Son: Dad, why do you work ?

Dad: So that I can earn money.

Son: Dad, why do we need money in life ?

Dad: So that you can buy the necessary things in life to live .

Son: Like buying rice?

Dad: Yes, that's right.

Son: Why does the shopkeeper need money to give me rice?

Dad: Because he had to pay someone else to get the rice.

Son: Who is that someone else ?

Dad: They are big wholesalers who buy rice from the farmers and then sell to the shops.

Son: Why does the wholesaler need money to give rice to the shop ?

Dad: Because he had to pay the farmer for the rice.

Son: Why does the farmer need money to give rice to the wholesaler?

Dad: Because the farmer needs money to buy tools from the hardware store to grow the rice.

Son: Why does the hardware store keeper need money to give tools to the farmer.

Dad: Because he needs to pay the toolmaker for the tools.

Son: Why does the toolmaker need money to give tools to the hardware store keeper ?

Dad: Because he needs money to buy the necessary things in life to live.

Son: Like for buying rice ?

Dad: Yes

Son: So, if the shopkeeper does not ask for money for the rice, then the wholesaler does not need money and so the farmer does not need money ?

Dad: That's right .

Son: Does the farmer have to pay the land for growing the rice ?

Dad: No, they are grown from earth and earth does not charge money.

Son: Does that mean that everything in life can be produced for free if people agree to give each other everything for free ?

Dad: That's right .

Son: So, why don't people agree to do that?

Dad: Because they will not be motivated to do anything without money.

Son: Why does money motivate them?

Dad: Because with money they can buy the necessary things in life.

Son: Like buying rice ?