Anticipating a divorce, he dared not get too close to his child, fearing the separation would be too hard on them later. He had learned none of the things a father should learn, couldn't even hold a baby. Now, with the box of eggs in his hand, if he were to hold the child too, either the child would be dropped or the eggs broken!
The two of them left the house and after a few steps, turned into a bamboo grove behind the house. Beyond the bamboo grove were the fields. Xu Zhong pointed to a small hillock in the opposite direction where there was a house, "Let's go there first."
"Are they relatives?"
"No. An old lady lives there, it's said she moved in the year I was born, she's not a local. Her family is quite impressive, they even have a helipad behind their house. Every few months a helicopter flies in, for reasons unknown to us. Last year during the earthquake, when rescue helicopters were sent to help, they even borrowed their helipad to land!"